Great Regiment, my nephew has only been in a little over a year but he’s already starting to prove himself. I’m very proud of him.
***What are You Smoking, March 2022?***
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The beers cold brother! I love to share this outdoor oven with folks.
Having some Eastfarthing in the big Caveman with a glass of 10yo Black Forest Cherry Schnapps, not the sweet liqueur type.
Just want to say RIP Shane Warner, Australian spin bowler, probably the greatest, who died aged 52 today. He was the Sandy Koufax of cricket and although he demolished many an England team the man was a genius with a ball.
Just want to say RIP Shane Warner, Australian spin bowler, probably the greatest, who died aged 52 today. He was the Sandy Koufax of cricket and although he demolished many an England team the man was a genius with a ball.
Wessex Gold Slice (2018) in a Baki Panel.
Final bowl of the night is Lane 1-Q in a MM Twain.
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm smoking C&D Yorktown in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Terracotta 4AB No.108/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Love the composition, and the salute to a great sportsman. But at 52? Dayammm!
My English "Mum" married a chap who went by the name of "Hoppe" or maybe it was "The Hopper" on the pitch due to his delivery. He retired before I could ever see him, and I am guessing that was in the 60's. I think he was All England, but my info is sparse.
Anyone heard of him?
Early 1980s DR. PLUMB STANDARD / MEERSCHAUM
+ Samuel Gawith WESTMORLAND MIXTURE
Lining briar bowls and Calabash gourds with meerschaum goes back to at least the 1880s
As for 'doctors' being involved in pipe-naming off the top of my head I can think of only three - Dr. Grabow and Dr. Sir Morell Mackenzie apart from Dr. Plumb and out of these three two were actually real doctors
'Dr.' Plumb
Was actually Mr. Plumb - although Dr. to his friends - and was a chartered accountant
"the late Leslie Watts Plumb, FCA. (1889-1941) Before World War II, he managed the business affairs of a smoking pipe factory Verguet Freres/ Marechal Ruchon at St Claude in the French Jura Mountains... where his Plumb Family lived in a flat adjacent to the factory premises.
He lent his name to the Dr. Plumb Smoking Pipe & I had always understood that he played a part in its promotion & design of the pipe's unique aluminum cooling filter system."
Dr. Grabow
"Dr. Paul E. Grabow (1868-1965) stated that he developed, or helped develop, the Dr. Grabow brand of pipes. This was a tactic used to convince people that a pipe developed, endorsed, and used by a medical physician would be 'more healthful' than a pipe that was not developed by someone in the medical community."
Courtesy Pipedia
Morell Mackenzie
"Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892) was a British physician, one of the pioneers of laryngology in the United Kingdom. Nevertheless he failed to diagnose the throat cancer of German Emperor Frederick III ..."
1895 Harrods catalogue
“Probably one of the first filter pipes (paper filter) was the BBB “Sir Morell Mackenzie‘. That this pipe was made before 1900 is shown by a letter dated August 27, 1891 from Sir Morell Mackenzie regarding these models with longer mouthpieces. The brand survived into the 1960s.”
From a BBB paper by Jacques Cole
+ Samuel Gawith WESTMORLAND MIXTURE
Lining briar bowls and Calabash gourds with meerschaum goes back to at least the 1880s
As for 'doctors' being involved in pipe-naming off the top of my head I can think of only three - Dr. Grabow and Dr. Sir Morell Mackenzie apart from Dr. Plumb and out of these three two were actually real doctors
'Dr.' Plumb
Was actually Mr. Plumb - although Dr. to his friends - and was a chartered accountant
"the late Leslie Watts Plumb, FCA. (1889-1941) Before World War II, he managed the business affairs of a smoking pipe factory Verguet Freres/ Marechal Ruchon at St Claude in the French Jura Mountains... where his Plumb Family lived in a flat adjacent to the factory premises.
He lent his name to the Dr. Plumb Smoking Pipe & I had always understood that he played a part in its promotion & design of the pipe's unique aluminum cooling filter system."
Dr. Grabow
"Dr. Paul E. Grabow (1868-1965) stated that he developed, or helped develop, the Dr. Grabow brand of pipes. This was a tactic used to convince people that a pipe developed, endorsed, and used by a medical physician would be 'more healthful' than a pipe that was not developed by someone in the medical community."
Courtesy Pipedia
Morell Mackenzie
"Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892) was a British physician, one of the pioneers of laryngology in the United Kingdom. Nevertheless he failed to diagnose the throat cancer of German Emperor Frederick III ..."
1895 Harrods catalogue
“Probably one of the first filter pipes (paper filter) was the BBB “Sir Morell Mackenzie‘. That this pipe was made before 1900 is shown by a letter dated August 27, 1891 from Sir Morell Mackenzie regarding these models with longer mouthpieces. The brand survived into the 1960s.”From a BBB paper by Jacques Cole
Sadly, the last of my Gawith Hogarth Black Irish Twist in my Peterson XL 315. Can't find it anywhere in any tobacco store that ships to Canada.
It will be missed.
It will be missed.
Cracked open a tin of Smokers Haven Exotique Mixture from 2019 - Smoking it in a Paykoc Meerschaum Dr Watson - From Sherlock Holmes/Dr Watson two pipe set
Now smoking a bowl of 300 Blend in an Ed's pot, having some more Red Diamond, and watching Master and Commander.
Yes, reminds me of the reed stem clay pipes by The Akron Smoking Pipe Company of Ohio
A little vanilla custard aro from the Oxmoor Smoke Shoppe in Louisville KY in a 2020 Peterson Christmas poker, paired with an Old Forester single barrel. Celebrating success after finding out the job I have been pushing for in Louisville is mine, cross country move upcoming.
Burley Flake #5 in a Ryan Alden four square panel
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