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warren99

Lifer
Aug 16, 2010
2,466
28,961
California
GLP Samarra in a Tonni Nielsen No. 3 cherrywood.

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gord

Part of the Furniture Now

gord

Part of the Furniture Now
Erratic past day . . . preparing my spiel for AGM at the Gun Club. This morning's smoke was not that unusual . . . . every once in a while I do a small pipe, in this case my McQueen Miniature Prospecter in cherry wood and load it up with Borkum Riff Cherry Cavendish, a bold, sturdy aromatic that suits my taste for a morning blast just fine.


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gord

Part of the Furniture Now
Here's my late afternoon/early evening smoke, and my last post until Tuesday until after our AGM. This was a most excellent smoke with my Brigham Tundra 026S Rhodesian, a very fine entry level job, which I use if I want a long afternoon smoke with an English. Today I loaded it with TobaccoBarn's Traditional English, an excellent tobacco which I have an abundance of. This most excellent hour plus joined my growing list of best smokes I've ever had. As I said before, finally catching on and learning the ropes. I'd class this pipe as a dedicated genre pipe, and gets fed only English (not Navy - I think that's a decidedly different kettle of fish.) Whatever the case may be, it made my day! See you on Tuesday! 😁


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Joe H

Starting to Get Obsessed
May 22, 2024
189
1,663
Alaska
I received a tin of Golden Days of Yore for Christmas and it’s certainly a good blend, but for my tastes it lacked the strong holiday spices I wanted. To that end I oven-dried what I hadn’t smoked and mixed up a batch of rum, peppermint candy canes, cinnamon and cloves. The mixture was reduced, blended with the dried original and the moisture allowed to even out. Finally an ounce or so of cherry aromatic was mixed in. The result was jarred and today I had a bowl. It was definitely a more noticeable holiday blend in taste and smell – very yummy. If my holiday spice topping tames down too much over the next couple of months, I may add a second dose of the topping so it will be a spice bomb next Christmas.

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