***What Are You Smoking, June 2021?***

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Balkan Supreme in Peterson SH Squire. Doug Ritter MK-1 Gen2. Great smoke. Fishtail does put little stress on my tongue, but smoke lasted only 90 min. When I like the blend, 90 min is little short.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

If you want to order from estervals it might be best to have it sent to family in the EU and have them send it on.

I thought there was an Esterval's thread that was "testing" the new shipping methods recently and found it to be successful and reliable?

I commented at the time that one tin of tobacco and a couple of accessories does not accurately represent the average package coming in from them and may misrepresent the possibilities/probabilities of custom issues.

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Back to the Nate King Troll Stoker today and burning a bowl of Syrian Full Balkan:

 

[MattRVA]

Dunhill Three Year Matured Virginia in a cob.

 

[B.Lew]

Stockton in a Altinay Meer. Pre-lunch smoke on a beautiful not-to-hot Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Skatutakee]

Flake Medallions in a Nording Valhalla sandblasted bent billiard

 

[lelik]

Tilbury in meer.

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Good evening All
A bowl of Samuel Gawith’s Squadron Leader in a Blakemar Briars. Seen this little chap on the way home from work. Hope she doesn’t get turned inside out by badgers she is heavily pregnant. It’s a hedgehog and closely related to our native haggis ?
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2016 Orlik Golden Sliced in a smooth brown medium bend Abbott 788 (Sasieni family era) author with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo.

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Thank you
I bought it from the Danish Pipe Shop - it was an unsmoked 2016 competition pipe.

Beautiful Lovat, did you get a dowel tamper and a matchbox with it ?
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

 

[LotusEater]

Beautiful Lovat, did you get a dowel tamper and a matchbox with it ?
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

Thank you
I got a dowel tamper, a match box with 2 matches and a pipe shaped black licorice candy!

 

[shikano53]

I was rummaging in my well organized pipe drawer (cough) and found this Medico: my very first store bought pipe and decided to pull it out and smoke a bowl in it. It's not even made out of Briar, it's made from a synthetic called Brylon. Smokes great!

 

[MrTom]

Good Evening Folks, 965 in a Peterson's Ashford.

 

[JOHN72]

Smoking now with. Standard Mixture of Peterson, in corn cob Charles Towne Cobbler......................

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am part way through this bowl of year 2013 Solani 633 in a 1954 patent Dunhill 148 Group 3 black shell bulldog made for the France market with a black saddle vulcanite stem.

 

[--dante--]

Still tweaking my Prince Albert/Kelly's Coin mix. 70/30 (PA to Coin) seems quite good. Testing it now in a MM Freehand cob.

 

[FurCoat]

No fortunately everything I’ve been sent by forum members in the US has made it through with no problems. Same when I send to America so far thank heavens ? ??

Well at least that's worked out

 

[FurCoat]

If you want to order from estervals it might be best to have it sent to family in the EU and have them send it on.

I might have to try that and see how it goes

 

[FurCoat]

@FirCoat After being stung by the customs for buying from a US online shop, I had an American friend send me some US tobacco as a gift, but the customs put a huge charge on it & I had it returned to my US friend.

That just sucks, government looking to stick it to everyone and anyone.

 

[Tar Wheel]

Got home from work a little earlier than normal today and I’m going to take advantage of the nice weather and low humidity with a bowl of GH&Co Ennerdale in a MM apple diplomat on the porch.

 

[Paul lec]

Amphora Burley in a Sav. Coconut, cup of coffee while watching the afternoon storms come in.