Boswell's Best in a Cob and a cup of coffee. A beautiful morning belies a Triple-H heat wave expected in our area this week. Soggy drawers right off the bat makes for a long day! 
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Good morning. St. Bruno ready rubbed in a Nording
Cult Blood Red Moon in my most beautiful pipe, a Marxman “Big Boy” Straight Grain Rhodesian Chubby.
Bob Marx produced some of the gnarliest pipes for rugged outdoor men of action and also could produce a pipe equaling the beauty and refinement of any in the world.
There is not a fill, ripple or flaw in this jumbo sized masterpiece, and it’s colored to oxblood in less than a dozen smokes. It was unsmoked until I got ahold of it, and no I don’t oil or steel wool this grade.
The straight grain stamped pipes were not advertised in magazines or in the catalogs I’ve ever seen.
These were truly special productions.
I wonder exactly how these specials were born? As I understand the process, a very large plateaux with perfect straight is rare, and then one that can be finished and not have a tiny blemish or flaw even more rare.
They just barely struck it with the STRAIGHT GRAIN stamp.
Wonder who they blessed with this?
Bob Marx produced some of the gnarliest pipes for rugged outdoor men of action and also could produce a pipe equaling the beauty and refinement of any in the world.
There is not a fill, ripple or flaw in this jumbo sized masterpiece, and it’s colored to oxblood in less than a dozen smokes. It was unsmoked until I got ahold of it, and no I don’t oil or steel wool this grade.
The straight grain stamped pipes were not advertised in magazines or in the catalogs I’ve ever seen.
These were truly special productions.
I wonder exactly how these specials were born? As I understand the process, a very large plateaux with perfect straight is rare, and then one that can be finished and not have a tiny blemish or flaw even more rare.
They just barely struck it with the STRAIGHT GRAIN stamp.
Wonder who they blessed with this?
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2022 Watch City Waltham Broken Cake in my newly refurbished 1996 Peterson Sterling Silver XL02.
C&D Bayou Morning Flake in a 1993 Dunhill 4103 Wangee and the last of the Coffee 
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GL Pease Cumberland in a dedicated Chacom Selected Straight Grain. 
Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Alden.
Old joe krantz in a Nording extra
Stunning pipe, but your toes….
. So the emoji I used is not the ideal expression for a grown ass man to tell another man he is joking. However, without tone or facial expressions to tell you I’m joking, I must remove all doubt about my intent with something.
MB Vanilla Cream in a Falcon. Dark roast on the side.
Haunted Bookshop in a Ser Jacopo Delecta.
Seeing This made me break out my wangee and prep some capstan yellow flake to pack up and put flame to.C&D Bayou Morning Flake in a 1993 Dunhill 4103 Wangee and the last of the Coffee
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Good day all! Started with a tryout of GL Pease Samarra in two Upshalls, one with a 15/16" bore and the second with a 7/8" bore because Virginias were listed as forefront. The more narrow bore seems to pick up the Virginias a bit more, the larger gives a bit more voice to the Latakia. Either way, a very nice blend.
McConnell Red Virginia in the Bones Poker with Sunday morning coffee.
Smoking Mark Twain in a MM Country Gentleman.
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