Almost a third of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 524 in an undated, unbranded, slight bend smooth darker brown made in France Los Alton VBF zulu with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
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DT Ascanian No 2 in a fish(?) by Negoita with a glass of Andre Petit Fine Cognac:
Pegasus in a Peterson System Standard B42. Almost finished with my seemingly bottomless jar of Pegasus. I've got maybe one more medium sized bowl left. Luckily I have many more jars of it in the cellar. Could use a few more though.
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am smoking Wilke No. 24 in a smooth straight brown 1949 KBB Yello-Bole Century Model Lovat with a nickel band accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem.
Seattle Pipe Club's Pottlatch in a kind of Hawkbill/Acorn by LeoPipe.
Now smoking Wilke High Hat in an undated black sandblasted straight made in France Silvermatch Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Working and listening to The FBI in Peace and War from my radio collection.
This evening I smoked two bowls in a row of Semois thick cut in two different MM cobs, a diplomat with a Forever stem and a special edition MM with an acrylic stem, a nose warmer.
As most here know, Semois is a Belgium burley variant packed in foil blocks and shipped very dry, so you get a lot of smokes for every ounce. Tonight I came to the realization that Semois smokes especially well in cobs, as do most burleys. Cobs just bring out the best in this burley and bevel off all the rough edges. It makes a robust burley smoke well-tempered if not mild, a perfect pairing.
As most here know, Semois is a Belgium burley variant packed in foil blocks and shipped very dry, so you get a lot of smokes for every ounce. Tonight I came to the realization that Semois smokes especially well in cobs, as do most burleys. Cobs just bring out the best in this burley and bevel off all the rough edges. It makes a robust burley smoke well-tempered if not mild, a perfect pairing.
Now smoking Wilke Gentry Royal Blend No. 2 in a black sandblast quarter bend undated Briarcraft (Dr. Grabow made) Wimbledon 810 author with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Now smoking year 2016 Sutliff Revelation Match in a straight smooth brown pre-WWII Kingsway (Comoy’s) London Made 61 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Listening to You Bet Your Life from my radio collection.
that's a sadde stem?
Morning smoke of ,,,Borkum Riff Bourbon-Bronze*in a Orlik De Luxe extra Long Canadian, btw,now they had changed this blend's formula to bright Virgina Black Cavendish ribbon cut, can't detect no burleys
@sardonicus87 Nice pipe! HH Rustica is the tobacco I've got a huge nic hit from; I had to sit down to smoke it! Rustica smokes well in a clay; I recommend you try it in yours.
@samuelgawith01 I smoked a clay pipe of Elizabethan Mixture at Nottingham pipe show in memory of Queen Elizabeth II. I see HH Rustica is back in stock at Smokingpipes; the guy in the review video is smoking it in a Markus Fohr Old German Clay with a regular pipe stem:
HH Rustica - Mac Baren Pipe Tobacco | Smokingpipes.com
Experience Mac Baren's limited edition HH Rustica today, featuring N. Rustica tobacco.
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Passing the quarter mark on this bowl of Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite.
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