ESF Connemera in a Castello bent billiard "Sea Rock". Deep bowl!
***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
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Marxman Mel-O with Mac Baren Virginia Flakes. Cool desert morning for July. I keep asking myself,”Why would I want to move to somewhere else?”
Gorgeous! Eltang's finishing is really nice.
Just finished a bowl of Lane 1Q in an Abe Herbaugh apple.
Just decided to go out and fell a large douglas fir that was dying too close to my house. Got it dropped, limbed and slash material piled on the firepit area. Time for a smoke break!
Twilight in a Cinar...
Twilight in a Cinar...
Kendall Flake in an Altinay. Tiny Bomb American Pilsner to wet the whistle.
Last of my Peretti 111 in a 1940s Brulor Hecht Optime billiard with iced decaf
Been really loving Pipe Force Episode 2. So far a very good blend. The rest have been ok. I like #5 as well. That along with Solani 633 VaPer, Capstan, MacLellands Nine 2 Five, and HB cake. Pipes picked up this month: a cool 78 Dunhill with Les Wood Silver Band, Castello and a Meer.
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Found a Sobranie cigarette end while litter picking today - a plain white one. I thought they were all different colours...
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Enjoyed a tall stack of cinnamon raisin French toast with unsalted peanuts and a golden delicious apple on the side. I'm near the last quarter of this bowl of year 2000 VaPer Three Nuns in a 1938 straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Watching the Braves-Mets game. Gold Star Peruvian Macchu Picchu, neat, is my drink. Finally decided on a cheap pipe to smoke the old pipe ghosting 1970s Heine's Blend with deer tongue.
Two afternoon smokes today. No morning smoke - Morning Sunday Mass as usual. However, two very interesting afternoon puffs. The burning in process continues with my Falcon, and I used TobaccoBarn's "Traditional English" which is one of my favorite English blends. Mild and cool burning, with just the right amount of Lat.
The first smoke, however, was very interesting indeed. I used another of my McQueen miniatures, this one called the "Dwarf." Similar bowl to the "Prospector" but a shorter 8" stem and this one is in briar. I tested out the third of my own English blends (and t'will be the last, t'will, t'will) and I'm happy to report that I'm really happy with the result. This mixture involves using Smoker's Pride Whiskey tobacco in 7 parts, 2 parts Britt's Balkan, and 1 part Latakia.
The Whiskey tobacco, if you read my mixing threads, seemed to have reacted with the Lat and produced a very perique like effect. Others who smoked it, said exactly the same thing, one friend of mine saying it was a bit "bruttaforza." Another forum member made it up dittoed. I smoked the "Britt's Balkan" by itself, and it was excellent. My first experience with a Balkan blend. So I made up the final mixture, using the Balkan as the oriental base, let it ruminate for a full week, dried it out quite a bit, and smoked it this morning. Ever so pleased with the result. I'd smoke this one on a regular basis. Thrilled I am, but thus ends my mixing career. I realized that the world doesn't really need another tobacco. We are,, or at least I am, currently overwhelmed.
BTW I have dubbed this blend "Gord's Balkan Style Whiskey English.
And now there are three. And, Quothe the Raven, "Nevermore."
The first smoke, however, was very interesting indeed. I used another of my McQueen miniatures, this one called the "Dwarf." Similar bowl to the "Prospector" but a shorter 8" stem and this one is in briar. I tested out the third of my own English blends (and t'will be the last, t'will, t'will) and I'm happy to report that I'm really happy with the result. This mixture involves using Smoker's Pride Whiskey tobacco in 7 parts, 2 parts Britt's Balkan, and 1 part Latakia.
The Whiskey tobacco, if you read my mixing threads, seemed to have reacted with the Lat and produced a very perique like effect. Others who smoked it, said exactly the same thing, one friend of mine saying it was a bit "bruttaforza." Another forum member made it up dittoed. I smoked the "Britt's Balkan" by itself, and it was excellent. My first experience with a Balkan blend. So I made up the final mixture, using the Balkan as the oriental base, let it ruminate for a full week, dried it out quite a bit, and smoked it this morning. Ever so pleased with the result. I'd smoke this one on a regular basis. Thrilled I am, but thus ends my mixing career. I realized that the world doesn't really need another tobacco. We are,, or at least I am, currently overwhelmed.
And now there are three. And, Quothe the Raven, "Nevermore."
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That is a really handsome dunnie. Love that band.
Capstan Blue Ready Rub in a Claudio Cavicchi Dublin
That's a very distinctive pipe! Love it! Oh yeah . . . that picture in the background too! A great heirloom for sure.
OJK in a 19teens WDC Triangle Bakelite bent bulldog with an oxford plate nickel band.
Near the half way mark of this bowl of 1970s Heine's Blend in a cheap, undated, unbranded straight smooth dark brown short shank Made in France Los Alton VBF billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This group of inexpensive French pipes I was gifted some time back smoke well. Still have more of them to break in. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Cornell & Diehl Orion’s Arrow from December 2019 in a Balandis sandblasted billiard
Broken Flake #7
Earlier, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.
MB HH Pure Virginia in an Altinay.
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