Kramer’s Father Dempsey in a Peterson Sherlock Holmes Squire
***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
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KBV Jim's Special Flake in a Peterson sandblast bent billiard House Pipe to cap off a great day at work. Vacation day tomorrow so my wife, daughter and I are going camping with some friends.
The last of my C&D Odessa mixed with some C&D Red Odessa in a Celebi Meerschaum with a glass of iced tea.
I just finished a three day stint of smoking only Pirate Kake. Got back to a more regular program because I'm still breaking in about 8 or 9 pipes (with two more coming to hopefully complete the madness) and i don't think an overwhelmingly lat based tobacco is the thing to break in pipes. Could be wrong, but there were also many blends that I have that I haven't smoked more than once or twice so I wanted to get back to that arena.I'm smoking C&D Virginia Gentleman in a straight smooth dark brown pre-1940s Comoy’s Jost’s Olde English Supreme J299 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. How about you folks?
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Currently I'm mixing up the pipes I'm smoking with. Concentrating on breaking in the Falcons with English blends, because I like them, and the Falcon's were bought for outdoor fishing afternoons when trout are in the doldrums, and English blends are what I'll be smoking in them on outings.
I just finished a fantastic late afternoon bowl of "Sunday Picnic" in a well broken in 9" stem McQueen Ashwood Russet, and I'm going to have an evening smoke in a straight pipe not yet chosen, but the tobacco will be some kind of gooey aromatic, probably Autumn Evening, which is one of those tobaccos I bought a tin of to try and haven't smoked yet.
That's a beautiful pipe you showed us, by the way!
Here's a pic of my 9" Russet i smoked the Sunday Picnic with this afternoon. It's the vertical pipe, bowl just below my hand.
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Solani’s aged burley flake in a Comoy’s old bruyere pot.
C&D Burley flake #4
Trying to widen my horizons a bit. It's definitely not bad.
Trying to widen my horizons a bit. It's definitely not bad.
Just opened a year old tin of GLP Geometrie. Pipe is a GBD author shape.
It was a two cigar day today. Earlier I smoked Oliva Serie V. Now smoking a San Lotano The Bull. 
Sutliff’s Blend No. 5 in a Dunhill Quaint
Bayou Morning in a Peterson Christmas Canadian. I've had this jarred up for around 8 months. Earlier smokes of this blend were underwhelming with the Virginias being very muted. 8 months has helped for sure. To me, there's a nice grassy/hay flavor with a subtle sweetness from the Virginias. Perique was more noticeable at first but has mellowed out as I'm 1/3 of the way in. Maybe it'll get some steam back as the bowl progresses. Nice blend, but Exclusive it is not! 
Finished up a tin or C&D's St. Patrick's Day Reserve 2023 which was included by SP when buying a new Peterson. Its not regularly available and I missed it. "notes of hazelnut and vanilla, bright Virginias and three distinct varieties of Cavendish" .
I found the following to take its place.
Dan Tobacco's, Milonga that is"an aromatic blend of Virginias and extra-smooth Black Cavendish flavored with caramel and vanilla".
Really like and enjoyed it in my Peterson System Spigot Smooth (303) P-Lip this evening as the sun went down.
I found the following to take its place.
Dan Tobacco's, Milonga that is"an aromatic blend of Virginias and extra-smooth Black Cavendish flavored with caramel and vanilla".
Really like and enjoyed it in my Peterson System Spigot Smooth (303) P-Lip this evening as the sun went down.
S. Gawith Chocolate Flake in a Peterson Derry 69.
2000 Virginia Woods in a Wandi Riyadi, enjoyed with an Oolong
Something I set out to dry some time ago. I suspect it's Old Dark Fired. In the Cobbit.
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, wild caught cat fish and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm close to finishing this bowl of year 2020 C&D Virginia Flake in straight medium brown 1922-1937 Irish Free State era Peterson 222 bullcap with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
2008 Escudo in my MarTelo billiard.
Got couple ounces of Newminster 403B Superior Round Slices back in Dec & jarred. Just took out enough coins, after 7 months, for two pipe loads. Intention is to continue to age it further, still sort of "young", but wanted to try it. Very pleased, a bit woody, earthy. Beautiful coins (kudos to Mac Baren). Not the all-time smoothest smoke, some faint rough edges, but that could be the Kentucky. Thinking that adding a sprinkle of Perique would be good. Also, some Oriental (Turkish) or some unflavored Black Cav are potentials.
Rossi Vittorio 8804 Canadian, a clone of the Savinelli 804KS. This fantastic pipe smoked 100% on its first smoke & has continued the same. Enjoying a (thankful) relatively cool evening (in MN), a coffee mug with some Canadian Whisky topped with a splash of Diet Cola alongside & a beautiful slab of salmon in the oven. Already ate a big container of Cole Slaw (gotta have the veggies).
Dark now before 9:15pm, Back-to-School ads popping up regularly .... so, Summer's on the wane.
Rossi Vittorio 8804 Canadian, a clone of the Savinelli 804KS. This fantastic pipe smoked 100% on its first smoke & has continued the same. Enjoying a (thankful) relatively cool evening (in MN), a coffee mug with some Canadian Whisky topped with a splash of Diet Cola alongside & a beautiful slab of salmon in the oven. Already ate a big container of Cole Slaw (gotta have the veggies).
Dark now before 9:15pm, Back-to-School ads popping up regularly .... so, Summer's on the wane.
Now smoking year 2021 Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation Evening Flake in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson Ebony POTY 4AB No. 422/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.
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