Long day at work but celebrated the middle of the week with a cigar. Tonight was the San Cristobal Elegancia. I finished book 4 of Dungeon Crawler Carl while enjoying it.
***What Are You Smoking, July 2025?***
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Mario Pascucci – P Rust – 2127 + GL Pease Teleraph Hill
Maybe it’s just me, but I keep gravitating toward pipes with conical chambers. The draw feels smoother, the flavor stays deeper all the way through the bowl, and the burn seems more controlled — looser at the rim, denser toward the heel. Whatever the reason, I tend to reach for them again and again. I have a theory — unscientific, but intuitive — that the narrowing shape slightly concentrates airflow and heat as the ember descends, kind of like a slow, mellow Venturi effect. It might all be in my head, but the smoking experience feels more cohesive and flavorful. Curious if anyone else shares the same impression?
Maybe it’s just me, but I keep gravitating toward pipes with conical chambers. The draw feels smoother, the flavor stays deeper all the way through the bowl, and the burn seems more controlled — looser at the rim, denser toward the heel. Whatever the reason, I tend to reach for them again and again. I have a theory — unscientific, but intuitive — that the narrowing shape slightly concentrates airflow and heat as the ember descends, kind of like a slow, mellow Venturi effect. It might all be in my head, but the smoking experience feels more cohesive and flavorful. Curious if anyone else shares the same impression?
Now smoking Watch City Simply Gold beta in a 1970s slight bend medium brown Caminetto Business 134 poker with a pearl gold acrylic stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Harry the Hairy showed up more than an hour ago. He hid under the deck from the storm, which is still going on. Tomato the Brave wanted out earlier, and I could not convince him to stay inside. An hour and half later, he came back inside to eat, and is still inside. I knew Harry would be mostly dry, but wherever Tomato was hiding on or under the deck kept him dry, too. Daisy the Feral Princess and Abner the Eager were too smart to go outside.
Nice kitty kittyThat’s a big kitty. I hope he never STOPS liking you.
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Watching the waning sun with a bowl of HU White Horses in a Tendi billiard.
Cornell and Diehl Burley Flake #1 in this straight Apple from the Connoisseur Pipe Shop.
Kendal #7 in the Fly Spray Special, and egg number four so far.
Not far from smoking year 2020 Peretti Blend W in a straight black sandblasted circa 1950s Comoy’s Peterson’s made for Peterson, Ltd. in Wisconsin billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Pete SPD 2011 69. 
Did a little low calorie snacking, and am at the half way mark of his bowl of year 2012 Butera Pelican in a 1970s slight bend black sandblasted English Rustic 120S Billiard (Comoy’s second) with a black vulcanite saddle stem. This pipe originally belonged to my college art mentor, the late professor Walter Barker. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
That's a beautiful pipe with a simple, yet surprisingly elegant, shape. I love that it has a story, and obvious sentimental value as well.
Now smoking year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a late '80s, early 90s small bend medium brown smooth, unbranded Nording pot with a couple of small rusticated spots, an amber colored acrylic ferrule and tapered stem in the military mount style. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.
OJK in a Jirsa 210.
Last pipe of the night...Peretti's Cuban Mixture in a freehand cob.
Enjoyed a tasty red delicious apple, and am smoking Wilke Back Bay w/o perique in a straight smooth brown undated pre-Republic Peterson Dublin Sterling Canadian 264 with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Fed Daisy the Feral Princess who has spent a bit of time snoozin' by my feet. Did the same for Sleepy Suzy, only she's been by my side for hours. Harry the Hairy's been snoozin' for hours. No cat that I've ever seen can sleep as long as he does and not move at all. Reading baseball box scores.
Morning smoke of ,,Barens Golden Extra(EU-Golden Blend) in a BBB Silver Grain 709 Long shanked medium (group 3)size billiard
Last smoke of the day is year 2000 SWRA in a straight smooth 2024 Peterson Red Killarney 264 Canadian with metal accents around the shank and a black acrylic p-lip stem. Tomato the Brave came in to eat, and play. I threw a few cat nip balls at him, and he batted them around the den to the amusement of Daisy the Feral Princess and Sleepy Suzy. I had to laugh when he has one in his paws and bunny kicked it right to Daisy. Daisy looked at him as if to say, "You just ain't right, boy."
Pfeifen Huber English Perique in a Santambrogio Bent Pot.
huntertrw...
Happy Birthday!
Only missed it by that much.
Happy Birthday!
Only missed it by that much.
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