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krizzose

Lifer
Feb 13, 2013
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Michigan
Earlier this evening, 2008 McClelland No.22 in a Savinelli Zulu.

I cracked this tin to celebrate a couple of things. I got through recovery from oral surgery, so it’s my first smoke in 3 weeks. It was also my first bowl in my new [to me; it’s 100 years old] house, which we’ve been renovating for several months. We moved right after I had the surgery (yes, that was really $&@?ing stupid of me). I wanted a whole house fan, so I had one installed not in the typical second floor hallway location, but rather in the spare bedroom that serves as my office. I close the door, open the window and turn on the house fan, and it’s my smoking den. As long as I close the heat vent, I’m isolated from the HVAC system, and it works perfectly. As long as I didn’t sit directly between the window and the fan, it wasn’t even chilly. No lingering odor.

A good friend joined me, and we both were struck with how sweet the blend was. It had a candy-like sweetness on the finish. Not quite deep enough in flavor to be really interesting, but with 15 years of age, it was smooth as silk.

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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,874
656,122
Almost a third of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 111 in a straight smooth medium brown 2016 Brigham Klondike 16 bulldog with a tapered black acrylic stem. Working and listening to The Green Hornet from my radio collection.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,874
656,122
Just finished smoking Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,874
656,122
Now smoking Wilke Crystal Palace in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2 LHS Certified Purex 79 bulldog with a nickel ferrule and tenon with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Listening to William Conrad in an episode of Escape.
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