Thank you! Great smoker too!
***What Are You Smoking, June 2024?***
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Cornell & Diehl Palmetto Balkan 2024 in a Dunhill Millennium Shell from 2000
SG Chocolate Flake in a Peterson Donegal Rocky 69.
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am smoking Watch City English Ernie-ental in a straight dark brown and tan rusticated Peterson 2023 Saint Patrick’s Day 264 Canadian with an Irish flag colored ferrule and tapered black acrylic stem. Working and listening to Crime Classics from my radio collection.
Ennerdale Flake in the Moonshine Long Devil Anse, and some San Pellegrino to chase.
Been enjoying some Exclusive in the Meer!
Now smoking Wilke Back Bay w/o perique in a straight smooth brown undated pre-Republic Peterson Dublin Sterling Canadian 264 with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. When I went outside to see if any of the ferals needed food, Harry the Hairy, father of two of the kittens we had, came to the door. Sam the Scamp was standing on the top of my chair, and growled at Harry when she saw him. Guess she doesn't like dead beat dads.
Going to have Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake in a Savinelli Autograph Sandblasted Freehand. This shape makes me think of a bow on a ship.
It’s difficult to fully appreciate the shape of this pipe from a photo. Its sharp median line is not unlike the two halves of a clamshell meeting.
It’s difficult to fully appreciate the shape of this pipe from a photo. Its sharp median line is not unlike the two halves of a clamshell meeting.
Hal ‘O the Wynd in this new system 313 with a p-lip. It’s very light and good little smoker, clenches really well. I can see I’m gonna smoke the hell out of this pipe. The stain seems a little lighter than the System Standards from the past several years. I don’t know when it was made aside from knowing it is neither very old, nor very new. 
To me, a leather wrapped pipe just looks so .... "cool" .... and elegant. Not all had a meerschaum lined bowl, but with both the meerschaum lining plus the leather, that pipe is great.
NOTE: I know that there's controversy regarding affection for leather wrapping.
Enjoyed a little low calorie snacking, and am smoking 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. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Makes sense -- why would a manufacturer or a carver take a stunning straight grain or an awesome birds eye and then sandblast or rusticate it, hiding its natural beauty. The exception is a sandblast or a rusticated with beautiful, amazing ring grain.Most of the sandblasted or rusticated pipes made all through history were made from ugly briar.
I've also heard .... underscoring your comment .... that "ugly" briar was chosen for leather wrapped pipes, with the same logic.
I thought so too @Pappy Coon ,the tin will patina like the lighter did, thank you
MB Symphony in a Mastro Gepetto Dublin. I'm fairly certain this is what my dad smoked when I was a kid. He was a professor. I'd go to his office and it would be the most wonderful smell of pipe and old books.
Well, since I'm on a bit of a roll --- --- --- so, last weekend I packed a pipe with kind of an "odds & ends" mixture. The jar was about 12 years old, several Virginias, some Burley, some Perique. I purposely packed it really full, hence a pretty tight pack. So tonight, trying to get this lit, I just could NOT keep it going. Kept using a pick to try to loosen stuff up, stabbing down the center, carefully stabbing down the sides. But NOPE .... finally admitted defeat & completely dumped the bowl into a dish using the pick to get it all out. Then, I carefully packed the pipe again & all was well. However, I haven't had to do this for quite a few years.
I felt like .... well .... that awesome pic posted some time back by either Cosmic or Sable.
If an explanation is needed, perhaps this comment might result in a reposting of that pic.
NOTE: The pic was totally awesome (!!!). : ) : ) : )
I felt like .... well .... that awesome pic posted some time back by either Cosmic or Sable.
If an explanation is needed, perhaps this comment might result in a reposting of that pic.
NOTE: The pic was totally awesome (!!!). : ) : ) : )
Had a quick “fold and stuff” of SG Best Brown Flake in a Stanwell for Poul Olsen MOB earlier.
Not my preferred method, I’ll be going back to prepping a jar’s worth in my usual chop, rub, and dry method. Seems to be an easier way to a cooler, sweeter, smoother smoke for me.
Not my preferred method, I’ll be going back to prepping a jar’s worth in my usual chop, rub, and dry method. Seems to be an easier way to a cooler, sweeter, smoother smoke for me.