Now 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.
***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***
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A new integrated amplifier? Which did you choose?
Morning Kiko with Perique Cones and coffee.
Finished work for the day, and fed Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave. Daisy is very dainty in how she nibbles her food. Tomato wolves it down. Just fed Sleepy Suzy and Molly Danger, too. I'm passing the quarter mark on this bowl of Angler's Dream in a 2018 natural smooth medium bend Peterson 03 apple silver spigot military mount with a tapered black acrylic fish tail stem. May end the day with this smoke.
Now Smoking: ... MAIDEN VOYAGE... Early this week, our dear Brother-of-the-Briar, @Templekeeper, showed your friend and humble narrator, his Brigham Klondike-series Volcano '84, with super flamey grain.
Being the self-proclaimed 'Bishop of Brighams' , I knew I HAD to add one of these beautifully finished high-tier wonder wands to my existing collection of Brighams; of which the Heritage series is the highest finish-level I have in my collection... before 2pm this afternoon that is.
Oh yes, my brothers, the PAD kicked-in hard; and this, after resisting the price-point of the Klondike series for soooo long; but, Brother @Templekeeper broke me down - for which I am VERY grateful !!!
So, here is my new French-made, 5.5" Brigham Klondike-series '09, straight smooth apple, with Acrylic stem.
This is essentially the exact same pipe as my beloved Brigham Heritage series '09, which most of you have seen on here many times in the past - but, the Klondike offers a highly figured and highly flamed piece of Briar... and, of course, the associated higher price tag of +30% to get this tier of Brigham.
The question is: Is the extra $ worth it?
I'll let you decide for yourself:
That grain is so flamey, you could roast Marshmallows over it... So, I am a happy boy!
As is the tradition, I will be breaking her in with the ol' Prince Albert; of course! - Sherm Natman
Being the self-proclaimed 'Bishop of Brighams' , I knew I HAD to add one of these beautifully finished high-tier wonder wands to my existing collection of Brighams; of which the Heritage series is the highest finish-level I have in my collection... before 2pm this afternoon that is.
Oh yes, my brothers, the PAD kicked-in hard; and this, after resisting the price-point of the Klondike series for soooo long; but, Brother @Templekeeper broke me down - for which I am VERY grateful !!!
So, here is my new French-made, 5.5" Brigham Klondike-series '09, straight smooth apple, with Acrylic stem.
This is essentially the exact same pipe as my beloved Brigham Heritage series '09, which most of you have seen on here many times in the past - but, the Klondike offers a highly figured and highly flamed piece of Briar... and, of course, the associated higher price tag of +30% to get this tier of Brigham.
The question is: Is the extra $ worth it?
I'll let you decide for yourself:
That grain is so flamey, you could roast Marshmallows over it... So, I am a happy boy!
As is the tradition, I will be breaking her in with the ol' Prince Albert; of course! - Sherm Natman
A change of pace today. Recently got a Middle Earth sampler from Country Squire; smoking some Old Toby in a big Larsen brandy.
Have to say I like this more in a smaller bowl; the perique has completely disappeared in this one.
Have to say I like this more in a smaller bowl; the perique has completely disappeared in this one.
Sir Walter wishes you a grand good morning on this St. Patrick’s Day!
Piece of 23 kilograms powerhouse of high end sound. Beautiful blue vu-metres. I liked those on my old Accuphase E 305 from the 1980s a lot. Nothing to complain about. But in the recent years it had some serious defects and I gave it to a friend, who restored it with original NOS parts. I got his, the smaller sister E-202 of that time, which he already restored. This is also a nice one and I don’t need that much power any more. But it’s only one from three amps I use in different setups.
Big amps and cheap cobs filled with a leftover of Black & Beauty.
Oh wow! That grain and flame is so interesting and so different! The color is so rich, I'm getting a tiny bit of envy here!
For reference, here is the pipe @shermnatman was talking about. Being smoked with Low Country's Hazelnut on this rainy WFM day...
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I’m just over here tickled that I’ve learned enough that I caught it when I just scrolled through!
You can always count on Accuphrase, Luxman, or ESITRIC.
Smoking some haunted bookshop in my Greek pipe and thought about whether to get another electronic tube amplifier, such as Jadis or EAR.
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Interesting choice for an ashtray...
You see how Brother @Templekeeper 's good works go on and on...
What a beautiful Brigham! - Sherm Natman
A fitting pair for the day commemorating my patron saint. The tin has 8+ years of age, it's nearly impossible to visually distinguish the red from the black. 
Wessex Sovereign in the Barling Bent Billiard 
Good day all! Started this beautiful Florida morning with another bowl of GL Pease Six Pence in a large Tilshead smooth Semibent with tapered stem and small bore.
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