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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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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.
 

gamzultovah

Lifer
Aug 4, 2019
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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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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.
 

gamzultovah

Lifer
Aug 4, 2019
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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!
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!
 

Birddog66

Lifer
Nov 29, 2020
2,997
53,377
Newhaven England
I don’t like to form an opinion after just one bowl but I’m trying Chacom No6 now, espresso and chocolate apparently. Maybe my palate isn’t experienced enough to get it properly, supposed to be caramel too and I think and I’m getting a little. The last quarter is a little better but I think this one might be a bust for me (in a meer).
Royal Yacht up next, been wanting to try it for a while.
 

virkia

Lifer
Jan 30, 2020
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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).
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)

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ashdigger

Lifer
Jul 30, 2016
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Vegas Baby!!!
Newminster 400 (2014) in a 1904 Barling sold by PBH. This is another flake I bought a shitload of early in my “cellar deep” phase. I purchased 4 pounds after initially receiving a sample. I was told and I read this would age well because it’s a VA. Well, it’s true. Six years has treated this fantastically.

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Birddog66

Lifer
Nov 29, 2020
2,997
53,377
Newhaven England
I enjoyed the Royal Yacht in a MM Marcus, probably needs a bigger bowl to get the most out of it though.
I’m now trying one of the samples I got, SG St James Mayors Flake (too many saints and mayors in their titles in my opinion, is bloody confusing) but this is a very nice VaPer in my bent ‘22 Masta.
Next up is SG RB Plug in a Bantam Bulldog on the Falcon, I’m loving the nose on it, hope it’s as good in the bowl.
 
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