I think pipes in trees are a natural partnership.
***What Are You Smoking, January 2025?***
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MB London Mixture in a Grabow with black coffee 
️. Little chilly this morning. 
️. Little chilly this morning. 
WCC American cut plug mixture in a corn reverse calabash shotshell cob
Everyone should try one or two G&H ropes - even if only to be able to say that they have.
I'm over here in NJ half way between the ocean and the Delaware and it's currently 10 degrees at 10am and we have about 3" on the ground and no way that I am headed out. You're heartier than I am.
WCC Undead Scottsman in a Rad
Another bowl of Whiskey Twist by Gawith and Hoggarth. no desire yet to drop the letter g in any of my speech. I must have an old batch.
All right , Good Ole St Bruno RR in a Stanwell Royal Prince discontinued medium billiard model 61
As you smoke your way thru your 'awith and Ho''arth, may you experience no an'uish at a tra'edy of betrayal if you find the next smoke tastes sli'htly different from the previous one.
Good day all! Taking the 12 hour reprieve from the arrival of more freezing temps here in Florida with a break from two weeks of smoking 1792 Flake. Reliable Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls in an Upshall sandblast Canadian size 4 is doing the trick.
Match Victorian in the Briarlee Illustrious for the commute in (shocker, I know).
Just finished a smoke of Irish Flake in the Ropp J07 while sawcutting a concrete deck. I’m really enjoying this pipe, if anyone a Ropp is listening, a flat bottomed “sitter” of this billiard at this price point would be the perfect working man’s pipe!
Just finished a smoke of Irish Flake in the Ropp J07 while sawcutting a concrete deck. I’m really enjoying this pipe, if anyone a Ropp is listening, a flat bottomed “sitter” of this billiard at this price point would be the perfect working man’s pipe!
Heath and Home Marble Cake
(In snow, rare for Louisiana)
(In snow, rare for Louisiana)
Thank you so much for the write up! I'm interested in trying this out, although maybe with something mild!Afternoon activity on the tobacco front consisted of confirming and finalizing the cigar tobacco observations and results. Didn't take long for me to find out what was a general trend, and add a new genre to my repertoire. Observations on the cigar tobaccos I tried:
1. They resembled their cigar counterparts in the pipe, but were a bit stronger. Makes sense when you think of the differences between how tobacco burns, in both a pipe and cigar. The taste in a pipe more resembles the latter third of the taste and strength of the cigar, in the tobaccos I tried. And they burn quite quicky - got about 20 - 25 minutes in these medium bore pipes rather than the usual 30 - 40 minutes I usually get in them. This is not a disadvantage to me, though . . . I don't want anything longer in the AM and I can use a medium bowl pipe for mornings now. They simply burn better than the miniatures except for certain tobaccos.
2. Once again, considering only tobaccos for morning (ie a touch forte lol), the results are a lot cheaper for regular use than pipe tobacco, especially considering the vicious duty we pay if importing from the US.
3. This does NOT replace my use of cigars, but AUGMENTS them, as do my home rollies. I'm not about to take a pipe to the shooting range, for instance. I don't need a 30 minute break for a number of reasons. And I like cigars.
4. including the cigar leaf wrapper with the tobacco (chopped up of course) was desirable in my opinion. Made it a bit smoother I thought.
5. Even with respect to price difference, I didn't bother to try Smoker's Pride products in my tests because we get them pretty reasonable from native sources, about $70 bucks Canadian for a 12 ounce bag. I also didn't bother with anything but ribbon cut.
6. Aromatics or Flavoured cigar tobaccos don't work as well with the exception noted below, probably because flavoured cigars can use a lower grade tobacco than a high quality plain leaf.
7. This is a project that pipers should try. It only costs you a cigar.
I selected only two cigars to use as a regular addition to my mornings, because the Caribbeans are the best cigar I can afford, and the Phillies Blunt Berry worked out not too bad at all for a flavoured cigar. I moved Mad Fiddler to my afternoon time slot because such a fine tobacco deserves to be smoked when I have some tastebuds!
Plus the obviousprice consideration.
Cheers.
Still smoking this hearth and home in the snow.
Soooo much better flavor from a pipe in the cold weather. No humidity and a cold draw everytime.
Soooo much better flavor from a pipe in the cold weather. No humidity and a cold draw everytime.
Chenet’s cake in a Suhr. A little lunch pipe action.
Wearing that cool smoking jacket begs for a fedora ! Come on , man !!!
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