Yeah, it is a bit gloopy. The raspberry is the only one I smoke, and that occasionally. The 1Q is way too much.
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Yeah I totally regret getting rid of my 102 short army smooth and look at his rusticated one with envy.
Did some jarring and replenished my “mixed flake shake” can…always tasty.
Had a short smoke in an MM Missouri Pride feeding the horses to end a chilly, drizzly afternoon.
Had a short smoke in an MM Missouri Pride feeding the horses to end a chilly, drizzly afternoon.
Pipe Force 6 in my Former bamboo billiard.
Superior Round Slice in my L’anatra watching Better Call Saul while these dogs sleep. 
Ok, I have a confession to make, with apologies to the guy who gave me the little algerian pipe. It is a neat pipe that smokes great. But when I did the initial cleaning, with vodka as usual, it started smelling, shall we say, odd. It also bled stain all over my hands. It made me uncomfortable to smoke that stuff. I took off the stem and dunked the stummel completely in a jar of vodka for about 3 hours. The alcohol turned dark brown. Then took it out and rubbed it off outside and swabbed the interior with pipe cleaners. Still tons of stain and odd smell. So back in the baptismal it went. 3 hours later I repeated the clean up. This time it smelled better and the stain was stabilized. The overall stain is pretty close to the original. It brought out the grain nicely. And now it smokes very well, and is a pleasure to use. I am on bowl 6. I let it dry for 2 days before lighting up. I was afraid it might ignite the whole alcohol soaked pipe and just go poof!
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, steel head trout and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm nearing the last quarter of this bowl of KBV Verge Engine Santa Drive 2021 in a 1978 Peterson Deluxe 20S medium bend smooth dark brown billiard with a silver cap military mount black vulcanite saddle p-lip stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
Orential Silk in a Radice billiard
A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2020 D&R Raccoon’s Delight in my very reliable smooth straight post-1938 pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian 263 with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Off to work now.
Funny, I’m almost out of Everclear and asked my wife to see if there was half or full pints at the grocery store Friday. We’re both clean and sober, and since my pipe hobby is all booze is for in our home, she came home empty handed because all they had was liters (last 1/2 pint lasted almost a year of routine and estate cleaning). I guess with the couple ElMorjanes I’ve got that would’ve been about rightOk, I have a confession to make, with apologies to the guy who gave me the little algerian pipe. It is a neat pipe that smokes great. But when I did the initial cleaning, with vodka as usual, it started smelling, shall we say, odd. It also bled stain all over my hands. It made me uncomfortable to smoke that stuff. I took off the stem and dunked the stummel completely in a jar of vodka for about 3 hours. The alcohol turned dark brown. Then took it out and rubbed it off outside and swabbed the interior with pipe cleaners. Still tons of stain and odd smell. So back in the baptismal it went. 3 hours later I repeated the clean up. This time it smelled better and the stain was stabilized. The overall stain is pretty close to the original. It brought out the grain nicely. And now it smokes very well, and is a pleasure to use. I am on bowl 6. I let it dry for 2 days before lighting up. I was afraid it might ignite the whole alcohol soaked pipe and just go poof!
I love the cheap and the size for a beater briar, but that stain is horrible!
Pennington Gap in a Castello Ancoretta. First try of PG and it’s got an interesting funk. Verdicts out.
Yes. It is too bad they obviously dip stained the pipes. I too very seldom drink alcohol. I do occasionally make a couple gallons of my own wine, and give it away to friends and family. I think I've had 3 glasses of wine myself in the last year.Funny, I’m almost out of Everclear and asked my wife to see if there was half or full pints at the grocery store Friday. We’re both clean and sober, and since my pipe hobby is all booze is for in our home, she came home empty handed because all they had was liters (last 1/2 pint lasted almost a year of routine and estate cleaning). I guess with the couple ElMorjanes I’ve got that would’ve been about right
I love the cheap and the size for a beater briar, but that stain is horrible!
KBV Mycroft in a Matches Sav 673
Baker Street courtesy of The Country Squire in a MM Diamondback. This was the first English blend I ever smoked.
MB HH Pure Virginia in a Rubio.
Gawith Hoggarth’s Dark Birds Eye in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am smoking Wilke Surbrug’s Golden Sceptre in a late 40s, early 50s straight black sandblasted Wagner British Thorn 495 (Comoy’s second) pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Working and listening to Counterspy from my radio collection.
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