GH Coffee and Caramel in the Ben Wade lovat (with some Bob's Chocolate Flake as kindling) 
***What Are You Smoking, January 2025?***
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PS Cube Cut burly in a Grabow bent bulldog with coffee. 
Steamworks in the Musico Floodlight w/ silver.
Good morning, all.
Just cracked open my one and only cellared jar from 2020, 78g of Full Virginia Flake. I had to sell away many of my jars and tins from my earlier pipe smoking days, but I expect smoking through it to be as rewarding as it felt to finally pop it open, which is to say very much so.
I’ve had many vintage tins and tobaccos much older and much rarer than this, but this one to me means the most. I think. I’ll mull it over many, many pipefuls over these next few days, and then many more after that stuffed full from a 100g tin of Marlin Flake of the same vintage.
Just cracked open my one and only cellared jar from 2020, 78g of Full Virginia Flake. I had to sell away many of my jars and tins from my earlier pipe smoking days, but I expect smoking through it to be as rewarding as it felt to finally pop it open, which is to say very much so.
I’ve had many vintage tins and tobaccos much older and much rarer than this, but this one to me means the most. I think. I’ll mull it over many, many pipefuls over these next few days, and then many more after that stuffed full from a 100g tin of Marlin Flake of the same vintage.
Had Dark Sails in the dark this morning.
Getting over my aversion to burley (since I like strength, and bulk, and C&D does burley well) with Haunted Bookshop in a Ropp J07.
I couldn’t stand HBS when I started, but decided to revisit with some experience under my belt (and it was the best choice of three 1oz samples offered at my last purchase)-gotta say ,it’s growing on me.
Getting over my aversion to burley (since I like strength, and bulk, and C&D does burley well) with Haunted Bookshop in a Ropp J07.
I couldn’t stand HBS when I started, but decided to revisit with some experience under my belt (and it was the best choice of three 1oz samples offered at my last purchase)-gotta say ,it’s growing on me.
HU Director’s Cut in a J Alan and the Last of the Coffee 
️ before the winds come in.
️ before the winds come in.
Extra sweet brown bogie in a corn pipe
Old Joe Krantz in a Karl Erik Handmade. 
Pegasus in a MM cob with black coffee.
Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok. Water rinsed this pipe thoroughly ten minutes before smoking it. Smoking great.
Brought along my Pete for the commute this morning. On today's menu was CS Shepard's Pie with a nice black coffee.
Hope you all have a terrific Wednesday.
Hope you all have a terrific Wednesday.
After breakfast bowl of Krater Plug in a Celebi deep lattice reverse calabash and a walk with the dog...
Some Stokkeby PS3 Cherry n a Peterson System Standard 314 while watching the snow melt.
Coffee and a bowl of Wessex BS in a 1936 bruyere billiard. Beautiful sunlight and clear, crisp blue skies here in the Purcells.
Finishing the tin of HU Director's Cut in my Bones Poker, with morning coffee
Woodcutting Wednesday, and McConnell's Scottish Cake in a Peterson 999 Army Rhodesian... and an auspicious New Year Of The Wood Snake, to those who celebrate...
...hadn't had any of this for a month or so. Forgot just how lively a smoke it is, with so much going on, from sweet spring grass, to the woods in autumn. Lovely.
...hadn't had any of this for a month or so. Forgot just how lively a smoke it is, with so much going on, from sweet spring grass, to the woods in autumn. Lovely.
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. Just fed all the ferals while m'lady is feeding Sleepy Suzy and Molly Danger. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
It's amazing how many of our workspaces look alike, eh? Computers, a disparate array of pipes, cups, papers, baggies, jars of tobacco, bowls, etc etc etc hastily cleared up for a snapshot for the forum! Love it, And that is one stellar pipe!