Having some PS Bullseye Flake this Friday night.
***What Are You Smoking, June 2023?***
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Half way through this bowl of 2021 Watch City Simply Orange Virginia in a black sandblast medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 182/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.
The black cat has become very friendly very quickly. He even wants to go in the house, which we won't allow. Suzy and Molly would freak out. Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave were not amused to see me playing with this cat, but they'll have to get used to it. I was surprised to see it in the day time, but he got a ton of food and was very appreciative. I like him a lot.
The black cat has become very friendly very quickly. He even wants to go in the house, which we won't allow. Suzy and Molly would freak out. Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave were not amused to see me playing with this cat, but they'll have to get used to it. I was surprised to see it in the day time, but he got a ton of food and was very appreciative. I like him a lot.
I'm enjoying a lovely bowl of C&D Three Friars. This blend has been cellared for a little over two years. For those of you who haven't tried this, it is va's, burley and a dose of perique. Excellent with coffee. I'm smoking it in a partially rusticated straight bulldog with a vulcanite stem made by Al Baier. He was a talented sculptor and pipe maker in Vermont who was known for his figural pipes. I visited him in the early 90's and purchased this pipe from his "seconds", which was all I could afford at the time.
Have a rewarding weekend my friends!
Have a rewarding weekend my friends!
Peterson Old Dublin in an Ardor Venere bent Rhodesian.
Probably going to smoke through the rest of this pure Virginia. 2 or 3 years of age, just perfect and simple.
I smoked some Westminster (my favorite medium English) and seem to have lost my taste for Latakia. Started puffing on the Virginia, and even more amazing flavors came out. Kind of fun.
I don’t know if it’s just the season, but the simpler blend the better right now.
I smoked some Westminster (my favorite medium English) and seem to have lost my taste for Latakia. Started puffing on the Virginia, and even more amazing flavors came out. Kind of fun.
I don’t know if it’s just the season, but the simpler blend the better right now.
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Going to have G.L. Pease Westminster (2009) in a KB&B Premier Meerschaum Billiard.
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am passing the quarter mark n this bowl of Watch City Blue Ridge Special in a straight smooth ebony post-WW2 LHS Sterncrest 91 bulldog with a sterling silver band, a diamond shank and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Off to work now.
Peterson Irish Whiskey in my Hardcastle 
SG Navy from 2012 in a Radice Brandy
Gawith Hoggarth & Company Dark Flake Aromatic in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
Whatcha think of this one? I’ve been wanting to try a whiskey aromatic as booze toppings seem to do well with my chemistry. They don’t seem to drown out the tobacco as much
This one is about 3 years old and I don’t get any booze. I can’t remember if it did when it was fresh. It’s still a great smoke.
A few minutes away from smoking Wilke Surbrug’s Crystal Palace in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2 LHS Certified Purex 79 bulldog with a nickel ferrule and tenon with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
Amphora Original Blend in a Talamona Virginia 1508. Have a nice day everyone.
Did some snacking, fed Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave, and am going back to work with a bowl of Wilke Surbrug’s Golden Sceptre in a late 40s, early 50s straight black sandblasted Wagner British Thorn 495 (Comoy’s second) pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Listening to the super excellent BBC Sherlock Holmes series starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Tomato the Brave is one of the best names for anything I’ve seen be it creature, friend, heck even a pipe could go by that moniker. I’ll have to keep an eye out for him/her in a future picture. I’m assuming it’s a cat.
New toy arrived, Savinelli's Punto Oro army mount 1002.
The first pipe I had in 2008 was a Savinelli Roma Lucite(something like that), and I also took Danish Black Vanilla and Sunday's Fantasy from the pipe shop. This terrible combination almost made me give up smoking pipes too early. Fortunately, a friend gave me a can of Morton Frogs and a can of Orlik Golden Sliced as gifts, reversed my misconception that pipe tobacco is a kind of sweet and greasy artificial spice.
15 years later, I once again get a Savinelli, a product from 1958 to 1969 that was comparable to dunhill from the same era. Now I began to understand why our friend @TheIronMonkey Jeff had such a passion for Savinelli.
Will smoke a bowl of 965 in it later.
The first pipe I had in 2008 was a Savinelli Roma Lucite(something like that), and I also took Danish Black Vanilla and Sunday's Fantasy from the pipe shop. This terrible combination almost made me give up smoking pipes too early. Fortunately, a friend gave me a can of Morton Frogs and a can of Orlik Golden Sliced as gifts, reversed my misconception that pipe tobacco is a kind of sweet and greasy artificial spice.
15 years later, I once again get a Savinelli, a product from 1958 to 1969 that was comparable to dunhill from the same era. Now I began to understand why our friend @TheIronMonkey Jeff had such a passion for Savinelli.
Will smoke a bowl of 965 in it later.
Smoking this morning Weinig no 7 from Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany. In a cob. Reading these days the latest novel ("Killing Moon") by the mighty Norwegian crime author Jo Nesbo. I am a constant, loyal reader of his work. Actually I am an addicted fan.
Have a nice weekend good people.
Have a nice weekend good people.
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