Not far from finishing this bowl of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.
Enjoyed a tasty lunch and am now smoking HU Old Fredder’s Broken Flake in a smooth straight early 1960s Lane era Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. My drink is Boylan's Birch Beer made with pure cane sugar. Watching A Tale of Two Cities starring Basil Rathbone on TCM. Today is Rathbone's birthday.
A third of the way through this bowl of year 2011 MacBaren Norwood in a 1981 Ascorti Black Billiard Business with a military bit and pearl gray acrylic stem.
A couple minutes away from smoking Jim's VaPer in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic stem. Ice tea and bergs is my drink.
Sutliff Lord Nelson, a mild English, in a Ferndown bent billiard sent to me with some tobacco by a Forums member a few years ago (!) ... the pipe seemed to match the name of the blend.
Now smoking MacBaren HH Burley Flake in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and a black ebonite military bit. Ice water and bergs is my evening drink on this very hot and humid day.
Part way through this bowl of MacBaren Modern Virginia Flake in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem. One of my favorite pipes. The tobacco's pretty good, too.