C&D Winchester in a small Hardcastle clay pipe and GH brown twist in a Jamestown clay.
The Jamestown clays look perfect for the English Civil War period (1640s).
Unfortunately I broke my Hardcastle clay...
I met a fellow smoker from the Sealed Knot and gave him a smoke of both my clays; his name was James and we enjoyed talking, drinking and smoking together.
He said he enjoyed his smoke and showed me how to dump the ash from a clay pipe without breaking it. Hold the pipe by the stem across the back of your other hand and GENTLY tap the ash out.
Our beers
and pipes went down very well!
James said he got a mild baccy rush from the clay pipe smoke and on this cold but dry day we both needed a good warming blast of pipe smoke to stoke our fires; he said the twist tasted smoother than the Winchester.