Now enjoying some 1792 Flake that I set out yesterday and never got around to smoking - rubbed out in a MM Country Gentleman. I find myself reaching for cobs more and more these days. Especially for the blends I've been smoking. Still have my dedicated VA/VaPer Briars. Ice tea to drink.
Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.
Now smoking Uhle’s Golden Shag in a 1978 slight bend CAO Turk's Head Meer with a yellow acrylic stem. Not sure why this is named "Shag" when it isn't a shag cut. Oh well...
Didn't want to sit outside for a half hour, so I resorted to an Alta Gracia cigarillo, an Irish make.
Not really a cigar guy. Tried these on a whim and like them enough to finish the box.
Now smoking Sam Gawith Medium Virginia Flake in a straight smooth patent era 1952 Dunhill Bruyere ODA apple 806 B124 with a black vulcanite stem. A bottle of Boylan's Birch Beer made with pure cane sugar is my drink. Watching Wyatt Earp before the Phillies-Pirates game starts.
Now smoking Dunhill My Mixture Rum Truffle in a medium bend smooth paneled 2017 Turkish Meerschaum with a gold and black swirl acrylic stem. Have enough left foe one more bowl. Watching the Pirates-Phillies game.
Some 21-year-old Middleton's Hickory (it has aged surprisingly well) in a venerable Colossus Pipe Factory oval-shanked, silver-banded, red-Bakelite-stemmed billiard (Johnson's Handmade). A delightful paring!
Part way through this bowl of D&R A.B. Rimboche in a smooth straight pre-transition Barling 313 T.V.F. EXEXEL pot with a black ebonite stem. Ice water and bergs is my evening drink.
Relaxing after a wonderful lasagna dinner with a bowl of Stonehaven in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and a black ebonite military bit. M'lady is baking a chocolate meringue pie, so I'll have some of that before too long.