Close to finishing this bowl of year 2020 D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 lumberman with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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Thanks for covering your toes. Nobody wants to see some dudes toes, unless that’s your thing. If it is, you’re on the wrong forum. Carry on with your vacation good sir.
507C Virginia Slices in a 2008 Rad Davis billiard.
Only ended up with one chance to smoke a pipe while camping; I’m sure it will be easier when the kids get older. It was a nice bowl of Capstan Blue Flake in the Vauen Patina.
Now I’m home, the van is unloaded and I’ll be smoking until they stop me; working through a bowl of Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake that I packed in the same pipe a couple of days ago.
Now I’m home, the van is unloaded and I’ll be smoking until they stop me; working through a bowl of Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake that I packed in the same pipe a couple of days ago.
2022 WC Waltham Broken Cake in a 1996 Peterson Sterling Silver XL02.
HU Director’s Cut in a Peterson Derry XL02
Just finished smoking year 2020 D&R Raccoon’s Friend in a pre-1980s straight dark brown Comoy's Sandblast 186 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Hustled three ferals in right before the thunderstorms started. Dunno where Abner the Eager is, but he's not here.
Well, I guess I learned my lesson, Gord.All Skippable Drivel, unless you're interested.
In a roundabout way, yes . . . . BUT, the answer is long, verbose, and repetitive, which are qualities I possess in abundance, as you've probably noticed.
I've explained before, my mom was a superb, trained cook, who often wrote food columns in the Vancouver Sun newspaper, back in the 1950s. Both me and my sister flourished under her guiding hand, and took opposite directions.
I developed serious knife skills, and am very good at specialty dishes and gourmet fare. I have no talent at all in the pastry skills, and don't really have a sweet tooth. I bake flatbreads and oatcakes to garnish, and that's about it. But my sister does indeed have a sweet tooth, and excels at pastries, which she gobbles up like my buddy Mike gobbles up Buttered Rum tobaccos, which I'm not really fond of.
So, she supplies me with the type of cookies and so on that I eat occasionally, and yesss, chocolate chip/coconut are about my faves, and I supply her with fish, game and other stuff "out there" that she cans, freezes and otherwise processes and uses. I also smoke, freeze and cure very well, too. So we have an excellent trading relationship, and as she only lives a couple of miles from me, a functional one, too.
As both an academic and a practicing professional violinist and pianist (retired but still teaching) I'm extremely methodical in what I do. Goes with the territory. I'm not OCD, autistic, Asperger's, or any other strange, novel and current disease (none were common or recognized until I was about 30), and I trained and disciplined myself in the manner of a professional athlete. Same processes, just different venues. Raw talent and instinct is just the start, I'm afraid.
This discipline has led me into many investigations, humbly he said, and being a well known teacher and academic has also made me a good student, as well.
I've been experimental in my pipe and cigar smoking, too, as you noticed..
Beginning with an often inevitable disease of old age, eczema, I quickly learned that Vitamin N is our friend, and got into the pipe/cigar world as a rank beginner about 2 years ago. A known antivenin, Vitamin N, I quickly noted, comes out in most of my friends in fishing trips to mosquito infested lakes. It works. Every single cell in your body has an N receptor for this purpose. Documentation available online for N.
That's about it - except to note that my sister, a passionate anti-smoker, uses N patches. She knows, as do most congnoscenti on the forum.
Remember, M. C, you DID ask.
And thank you for doing so.
Cheers,
Gord
If I someday ask you what time it is..... are you gonna build me a clock??
Only kidding. I love your passion for detail and thanks.
C&D XXV Anniversary Dawn in a Peterson 303.
Thanks. You've talked me into getting some.
Part way through this bowl of year 2012 Dunhill Flake in a straight smooth dark brown Algerian briar 1916 Barling The Hunt with beautiful silver work and a black vulcanite saddle stem with an orific bit.
Thanks.Beautiful pipe! Love it.
And that yard - with a few well chosen tee-off pads, and perhaps a few more yards, you could make a dandy 3 or 4 hole pitch and putt! Even as is, a great little wedge, chip and putt practice site!
It just keeps going all around the house. Almost 2 acres of mowing.
Solo in the bunkhouse woth some Purple Cow in my Stublin.
MacBaren HH Balkan Blend in a GBD 9456. This is my absolute favorite shape of bent pipes. I have several and they all are very comfortable to clench, and all very easily take a cleaner smooth as butter.
I buy every 9456 I find, no matter the year or condition.
I buy every 9456 I find, no matter the year or condition.
I've seen this pipe many times, and kinda just passed it by, but over the course of time, I've gradually ome to realize just how beautiful it is. Another proverbial 4 Leaf Clover, revealing it's true worth over the course of time.
I'm betting it's about as sweet smoking as they come, too.
It's nice to see a Rossi posted - not seen many of them. Love this one. Quarter bent, lots of wood and very elegant. Nice!
Right now I have what I want, and have only a Savinelli Bing to snag, hopefully late August. But I'm going to put this one down as a future, for sure!
Fixed it for you, everyone knows a golf course is just a waste of a rifle rangeBeautiful pipe! Love it.
And that yard - you could make a dandy3 or 4 hole pitch and putt! Even as is, a great little wedge, chip and putt practice sitecarbine pit!
Well, I guess I learned my lesson, Gord.
If I someday ask you what time it is..... are you gonna build me a clock??
Only kidding. I love your passion for detail and thanks.
Thanks!
I'd try, but I'm completely bereft of mechanical skills. I mean, a complete mechanical moron. I'm the kind of guy that when the oil light goes on in my truck, then add some. A can opener is my limit. And if it can't be fixed except by tightening a screw, epoxy or Crazy Glue, it gets the old heave-ho.
I bought another Brog Ugly and Kaiser, because my buddy Stu, a mechanic who drives a truck, is getting into pipe building and is going to teach me basic repairs, refinishing, bore drilling and so on. Means I got to get some tools. We'll see what happens - want to alter and refinish those pipes so that they look a bit different than their counterparts, and planning on color coding so they'll fit into my anal organizational scheme better.
It's a start, at least and we'll see what happens. As the photographers say, "Let's go into the darkroom and see what develops."
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