A 50/50 blend of dark fired and red Virginia
***What Are You Smoking, June 2023?***
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Grand Croupier Double Down in a homemade arbutus pipe, Half and Half in a cob, Red Cup rye and Dr. Pepper Zero to drink. Midnight carving times. Bonus pic, why does CA glue always migrate? I accidentally glue my fingers to something almost every time I use it.
Half way through this bowl of Wilke No. 222 in an undated straight, smooth light brown unbranded short shank Bing-ish billiard with a long, tapered black vulcanite stem.
A third of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite.
Closing in on the half way mark on this bowl of year 2012 Carter Hall in a black rusticated medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 437/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. I'll likely end the day with this smoke.
Rattray’s Brown Clunee in a MM Apple Diplomat with a Forever Stem.
Getting ready to watch S.W.A.T. on Netflix, just started watching it yesterday. Haven’t seen any tobacco busts yet! LOL
Be well everyone!
Getting ready to watch S.W.A.T. on Netflix, just started watching it yesterday. Haven’t seen any tobacco busts yet! LOL
Be well everyone!
Peterson Deluxe System 20 Silver Cap with some St Bruno and some
Cafe Bustelo.
Cafe Bustelo.
Yunnan Virginia In a kaywoodie 08B, which have been added strong liquor and sugar, aged in mason jars for 11 months.
Listening to Mahler's Symphony No.6
Listening to Mahler's Symphony No.6
Happy Friday everyone! Enjoying some Simply Orange in a Baki
Old Dark Fired in an Abe Herbaugh asymmetrical bent egg, first bowl of the last day before a 4 day weekend!
Last night, finished off the Pure Virginia, and pulled out the Tilbury, which is nearing its end as well--talk about a blend that has to be sipped. Every blend behaves so differently. I can puff harder on the Pure Virginia and get great non-bite flavor, but the same pull on the Tilbury left me nothing. It wasn't till I barely sipped that the leather apricot/peach came through really nicely.
Some Early Morning Pipe in a sandblasted tomato by Neal Monier
ODF in an S Bang made for European Market, takes a filter. Also, included my newest 2 Lasse Scovgaards because they look nice. 
I’m fairly new to thinking about different sandblast styles. It’s interesting here looking at S Bang blast vs Scovgaard. I think the S Bang is deeper and has the best ring grain.
Question to whoever wants to answer: How long do you hold on to pipes you aren’t reaching for before selling or trading? I’m about to trade a bunch but I’m on the fence about a few of them.
I’m fairly new to thinking about different sandblast styles. It’s interesting here looking at S Bang blast vs Scovgaard. I think the S Bang is deeper and has the best ring grain.Question to whoever wants to answer: How long do you hold on to pipes you aren’t reaching for before selling or trading? I’m about to trade a bunch but I’m on the fence about a few of them.
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I want to try Tilbury, it is on my bucket list of overpriced tobacco
. Dorchester and Dunbar are so good!Good day all! Starting this last day of June on a KBV run, namely Red Line ("most sippable Carolina Reds" etc.) in an Upshall sandblast Canadian size 4. Will end the calendar day with Matured Fragrant Virginia in a companionable Upshall, too. Lovely pipes back there, Ben.R.C.!
So far, forever. The collection grows and the pipe rotation just gets larger. This is the way.
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