Mcclelland Pebblecut in the Barling Straight Grain from James J Fox in London.
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Mcclelland Pebblecut in the Barling Straight Grain from James J Fox in London.
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Dan, based on your posts over the months, I tried an Old German clay with a 20×40 bowl size. I was very surprised how well it smoked. At 1/100th the cost of an artisan pipe, I am sold!@gcm Do think the Clay King would like it? Not into Latakia but not sure about Oriental leaf. The Clay King is more Virginia / Burley / Cavendish blends.
Zamora, yes, I was skeptical as well. With two years or more of age it is worthy the premium price. I do prefer the Small Batch Carolina Red Flake from C&D but can only get limited amounts every two years.Had my first bowl of Capstan Blue today and I'm already a big fan. Easy to see why this was Tolkien's go to blend. The only other straight VA I've tried so far is Sweet Virginia which I found rather dull, but Capstan is wonderful. I used to be skeptical of how good a straight VA could be, but now I get it. It's a very different animal then even Orlik Golden Sliced, which famously has so little perique many insist it can't be a VaPer. I'm still house sitting for my grandma and taking care of her garden. Her house has a wonderful view of the woods and mountains. Smoking this bowl was so relaxing as I watched birds eat at the feeders and bees pollinate her flowers. Sadly it will probably rain for the rest of her time away so this is mostly likely my last bowl over here.
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Very nice new stem!@dad-o-nine
George Dibos did the stem replacement for it just a little while ago:
Here's a thread about it.
Reiners Golden Flake on Stanwell Reg'd era Royal Briar 336..gardening day
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Taking it easy this Sunday morning with Sutliff Revelation Match in this Bari Wiking. Another cup of coffee after an eggs and scrapple breakfast.
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A spot ? That spot would put me on the 7 Seas