Interesting development in my smoking journey . . . . Last night ended with an extended smoke in my
Savinelli Avorio, with a full bowl of
TobaccoBarn's Bing Cherry, a pretty reasonable facsimile of the better known
CAO Cherry Bomb.
I quite enjoy cherry aromatics, and smoke the several varieties I have a couple or three times a week. The Avorio has a very large bowl, comparable to my Peterson System Standard P-Lip, which was the only pipe to this point I've exceeded 2 hours with. Not now. Drew a full 2 hours and 5 minutes with the night's smoke.
Yeah, my slow smoking has improved. Getting there. However, while the first hour was completely delightful, I lost interest in the smoke after that. Was just seeing how long I could make the thing last. There was still unsmoked dottle in the pipe when I finally put up the white flag. Just wasn't enjoying it although the flavour remained of the same stellar nature.
There is a pattern here, and I'm gravitating almost totally to small and medium size pipes, like my Ropp J07 and the new Peterson. Found the last hour mind numbingly boring. Which leads to a conundrum. The Avorio, Peterson System Standard, my big Tundra, and a few others, are being ignored. And they are great smoking pipes. Unless I'm watching a full opera, they're going to remain ignored. I'll woefully have to start smoking half-bowls I suppose. Any suggestions? These are wonderful pipes that should be smoked on a regular basis.
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