***What Are You Smoking, July 2025?***
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A bit of Directors Cut in a Peter Klein.
Early morning with Milan’s Our Carter Hall in a Falcon with black coffee and plenty of fog. 
an afternoon smoke of 2017 Orlik Golden sliced in a Stanwell straight grain lovat shape and a cold German Pilsener
Gotta love a good lovat pipe.....
Everyone should own a couple.
One of my favorite shapes, along with poker and billiard.
C&D Exclusive in a Castello KK 10 Bent Sea Rock and the last of the Coffee 
️ in a traveler. Out with the wife getting her wig smoked.
️ in a traveler. Out with the wife getting her wig smoked.
C&D Exclusive in a Castello KK 10 Bent Sea Rock and the last of the Coffee
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The evolution of Castello, in my opinion, they are getting bigger and bigger every time.
These KK’s in the 10 stay pretty consistent. The KK 15’s can steroid up on you though if you’re not careful
A home blend in a Peterson.
Each time I attempt a home mixture I am humbly reminded that I need to leave it to the professionals.
Each time I attempt a home mixture I am humbly reminded that I need to leave it to the professionals.
GH&Co Aniseed Twist in a Kaywoodie FlameGrain Meerschaum 40, an odd stingerless push tenon. Pretty sure the elongated clover puts it earlier than the more modern push stem variants. Regardless, it smokes wonderfully.
If ya lay cement, why not make a tennis court? Or some kind of game thing. Full of ideas today.
Got 5 miles in early today and didn't see another soul
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That's a fine photo you've posted. Well composed and best of all, very "painterly." Made my morning. Very reminiscent of a J.A. Turner landscape, especially with that big sky!
Paul, it is a forgone conclusion that "all things cool" originate with you....... or at least in your back yard.C&D Exclusive in a Castello KK 10 Bent Sea Rock and the last of the Coffee
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Dean Martin used to come to you for lessons and tips on how to be hip.....
Mick Jagger calls you to find out where the cool parties are happening.....
Clint Eastwood studied under your oversight to develop the "stare" for his "Man with no name" westerns....
Peyton Manning used to text you for tips on how to read defenses in the NFL....
But for us that are made of lesser stuff, what in the hell does "Out with the wife to get her wig smoked" mean???
Does it mean getting her hair cut or "done?"
Or maybe getting white powder placed on a literal wig so she can serve as a British Barrister?
Perhaps it's a hipster thingy???
I just "gots" to know!!!
The amount of well blended tobaccos I have stashed away discourages and future attempts. Really, the only reason I made this attempt is because I have some C&D Pegasus that I did not care for and thought I could attempt to modify it more to my liking.You keep on trying! It'll happen!
I blended up 2oz consisting of 50% C&D Pegasus, 30% Sutliff Stoved Virginia, 20% C&D Yorktown.
It will remain jarred up for the foreseeable future.
Insomniac night . . . woke up about 5 and couldn't get back to sleep. No particular reason. Happens on occasion. Home mixers, failed or not, you might want to take note of this skippable drivel before the Skippable Drivel below this text.
But first, the smokes of yesterday. There weren't any. Finally got the "curse" after all that breaking in of pipes, and am currently doing at least two days of "chew". But there's a twist to this, as I'm currently enjoying a wad of Smokers' Pride Black Cavendish. I mean, really enjoying it. It's even better than SWR as a chew - a very pronounced chocolate taste, so much so that I'm already preparing a homemix of this tobacco, ground up Phillies Blunt Chocolate cigars, with the addition of some sweet, home grown oriental leaf. Test batch in the bag, and will report on it as soon as I try it after a few days of quick curing.
And this is a solid indication that my tastebuds are starting to return. Even enjoying some foods right now, lol. And this chew.
Skippable Drivel: Don't usually post a pipe here until I own it, and then I usually post it in the "New Pipes" thread. But I'm making an exception here, and giving you a first look at my new pending arrival.
I have a lot of short pipes, and a lot of longstems, but needed a couple of "Mama Bears" to fit in between. I have only my "Little Pete" and a couple of shorty medium McQueens that fit into this company. I'm so impressed with the Little Pete that I decided to spurge on this Peterson Tavern Pipe in a Rhodesian Bowl, 'cause who doesn't want another Pete? Great pipes, and I'm expecting the same excellence from this pending arrival as from my current pair. (Also have the System Standard Bent), one of my largest pipes. Anyone else have this Tavern Pipe? It's made in several configurations, but I've always loved Rhodesian bowls. It's 7 1/2 " long according to the description. Might be the perfect small bowl pipe. Lifted the picture from the website.
But first, the smokes of yesterday. There weren't any. Finally got the "curse" after all that breaking in of pipes, and am currently doing at least two days of "chew". But there's a twist to this, as I'm currently enjoying a wad of Smokers' Pride Black Cavendish. I mean, really enjoying it. It's even better than SWR as a chew - a very pronounced chocolate taste, so much so that I'm already preparing a homemix of this tobacco, ground up Phillies Blunt Chocolate cigars, with the addition of some sweet, home grown oriental leaf. Test batch in the bag, and will report on it as soon as I try it after a few days of quick curing.
And this is a solid indication that my tastebuds are starting to return. Even enjoying some foods right now, lol. And this chew.
Skippable Drivel: Don't usually post a pipe here until I own it, and then I usually post it in the "New Pipes" thread. But I'm making an exception here, and giving you a first look at my new pending arrival.
I have a lot of short pipes, and a lot of longstems, but needed a couple of "Mama Bears" to fit in between. I have only my "Little Pete" and a couple of shorty medium McQueens that fit into this company. I'm so impressed with the Little Pete that I decided to spurge on this Peterson Tavern Pipe in a Rhodesian Bowl, 'cause who doesn't want another Pete? Great pipes, and I'm expecting the same excellence from this pending arrival as from my current pair. (Also have the System Standard Bent), one of my largest pipes. Anyone else have this Tavern Pipe? It's made in several configurations, but I've always loved Rhodesian bowls. It's 7 1/2 " long according to the description. Might be the perfect small bowl pipe. Lifted the picture from the website.
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HU White Horses (01/2024) in a Radice Rind. 
Casey Jones in a MM Mark Twain. Currently outside enjoying the overcast day here in Indiana.
On my second bowl of Dorchester in this l’Anatra. The first one was so good I decided to have another.
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