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MisterBadger

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 6, 2024
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6,026
Ludlow, UK
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Peterson's Irish Flake, in a new old stock Kiplay horn-stemmed full-bent chimney. One single flake, folded and stuffed, straight out of the (relatively new) tin. Took a bit of nursing that way but good and intense. At first, not the fullest, most diversely flavourful smoke I'm used to with PIF, and this I attribute to the new briar: it likes flake, but having smoked anything in it only twice before, its aerodynamic qualities are still revealing themselves - the draft is very efficient and calls for an extremely gentle approach. It seems to me that every pipe, like every tobacco, dictates a specific cadence for best enjoyment. YMMV, of course.
 

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Pipe Dreamer and Star Gazer
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Peterson's Irish Flake, in a new old stock Kiplay horn-stemmed full-bent chimney. One single flake, folded and stuffed, straight out of the (relatively new) tin. Took a bit of nursing that way but good and intense. At first, not the fullest, most diversely flavourful smoke I'm used to with PIF, and this I attribute to the new briar: it likes flake, but having smoked anything in it only twice before, its aerodynamic qualities are still revealing themselves - the draft is very efficient and calls for an extremely gentle approach. It seems to me that every pipe, like every tobacco, dictates a specific cadence for best enjoyment. YMMV, of course.
I have found chimneys prefer drier tobaccos.
 

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
65,169
664,895
Starting off my smoking day with a bowl of pre-2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Abner the Eager happily ran inside when I opened the back door. Harry the Hairy was right behind him although Harry was trying to bully him. They get along less well than before, and they didn't get along then, sad to say. Harry doesn't seem to like other cats. I kept them apart so both could eat. Haven't seen Tomato the Brave yet.
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