2007 Esoterica Stonehaven in a Rad Davis Lovat.
***What Are You Smoking, July 2022?***
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After a pizza and a few cold Belgian beers. Let's start by smoking a bowl of C&D Byzantium. In a MM General bent pipe. With a small glass of Brandy.
For this afternoon, I have loaded up Mac Baren HH ODF, gently rubbed out as I always do with flakes, and now I am wondering why I didn't buy a tin of this stuff sooner, and regretting only getting the smaller 1.7 oz tin. I should have known I would love it and bought the larger tin. Mmm, dark-toned, herbal-woody goodness.
Robert McConnell - Scottish Flake in a Diplomat 5th Avenue Cob and some Iced Water on the side.
Reading a Dennis Etchison story.
Reading a Dennis Etchison story.
I’m curious about horn stems. Are they neutral in flavor and smell? How do they feel between your teeth?
Our good friend, the solicitor, has extolled Lees as though they were an act in a circus. They are worth collecting for all the reasons you mentioned. For many of our dear posters, they are considered a joke or a side show, but no one thinks that of a Kaywoodie or a Grabow. Lee has its place and I am glad the good solicitor has brought attention to them. I appreciate your attention to these pipes as well. There is a legacy out there and keeping it alive is an important work. Pipes, for many, are not just simple tools After all.
They are my favourite stem material. I find them softer than vulcanite, and I don’t get any noticeable flavour from them either. Similar in feel to an all briar stem too.
Having some aged sutliff Virginia slices in a Smith House canted Canadian. This is my first bowl in this pipe and I’m really liking it so far! Happy smokes all! 
This stem doesn’t get as slick as some vintage horn stems I have from the ’50s and ’60s; I don’t notice anything untoward. I generally don’t clench, so I can’t report anything regarding the feel between my teeth.
GL Pease Charing Cross in a Former Handmade half-bent apple.
Going to have Warped/Cornell & Diehl Saint Espresso (0462/3000) in a Stanwell Authentic 95 Pot (unfinished like the Savinelli Series III pipes).
Bow Legged Bear in a MM Freehand cob.
Enjoyed a too-short nap, and then smoked a bowl of Chris Morgan Jackalope in a straight smooth medium brown year 1912 Henry Tongue bulldog with a silver cap and band and an amber saddle stem with an orific bit.
Enjoyed a bowl of Orlik Golden Sliced in a cob before heading to work today. Going to be a brutally hot week in Philadelphia
More Ampersand Flake in my Jason Patrick.
Glad the hot weather has broken; not going to Newark civil war re-enactment due to the rail strike. Not too keen on rail travel at the moment due to the pandemic, heatwave, track works and strikes...
I used to love train travel...
At least if I'm not going to the Civil War re-enactment I won't need any pipeweed
I used to love train travel...
At least if I'm not going to the Civil War re-enactment I won't need any pipeweed
Onto some old Joe Krantz in a comoy’s made crown coachman shape 66 sandblasted Liverpool. Happy smokes! 
Did a second set of walking reps, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2015 D&R A.B. Rimboche in an undated slight bend, smooth flame grain Wessex Standard egg with a brown accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem.
Needed to take a break from the office, even though coming outside is almost as draining due to the heat. Trying to stay in the shade even though it doesn’t help much. 103 “feels like” 107.
Aged burley flake in an Adam Davidson pipe. Even after extra drying, I’m still not sure I like this blend as much as I expected to.
Aged burley flake in an Adam Davidson pipe. Even after extra drying, I’m still not sure I like this blend as much as I expected to.
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