Almost half way through this bowl of Wilke Beta Test #4XYZ in a 2016 quarter bend Royal Meerschaum fluted paneled brandy meer with a black, gold and cream swirl amber colored acrylic tapered stem. This will finish my smoking day.
I home stove this blend and it is out of this world! I have a pound home stoved now, waiting for our next Florida meet-up with @hoosierpipeguy and the rest of the gang.PS Luxury Twist Flake in a Ryan Alden Military Mount. I’m glad I bought a bunch of this in 2014. Some of my first big bulk purchases, but I didn’t really care too much for it and have regretted buying it. Flash forward 6 years. Age has been good to this blend. Very good.
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When I first glanced at this picture I thought “what is Jack Nicholson doing smoking Shanez’s pipe? Then I realized it was you! Should have known, Jack Nicholson probably isn’t cool enough to own a pipe like that. Enjoy!My daughter is asleep so I have some rare time right now.
Making the most of it with some DT SVH in my "Happy Hedgehog Smoking A Pipe And Drinking A Beer" meerschaum by carver S. Yanik.
Enjoying a glass of glass of A. de Fussigny Selection Cognac and listening to "The Thing From The Barrens" on Horrorbabble's you tube channel.
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Pure bliss!
Three examples (one out of the book "Ye Smokiana: Historical Ethnographical - Pipes of all Nations" by R.T. Pritchett first published 1889/1890 . . . a disappointing book with no pipes made of briar despite briar pipes having been around for a good thirty tears before the book was published)But "çubuk" in Turkish does not mean smoking pipe, it means a wooden stick or a tree branch. This makes sense if you think of the very long pipes of the Ottoman Empire era (as presented in paintings and drawings).
How are you stoving it? I have plenty to experiment/sacrifice with.I home stove this blend and it is out of this world! I have a pound home stoved now, waiting for our next Florida meet-up with @hoosierpipeguy and the rest of the gang.