HU Delight in a Paul Becker with a cup of hot tea on the side. It was a cold sunny day and now the clouds are comming in.
***What Are You Smoking, March 2025?***
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Some Horizons in the Baby Wellington I got at Mueltown yesterday. This is for sure my new coffee break pipe!
G&H aromatic dark flake in the Falcon.
Finding it a little harsh.
Finding it a little harsh.
Lovely looking pipe
Pulled a jar of MB Navy Flake from to smoke bin in a Peterson Deluxe Classic 150
Cowboy Coffee in the SMS Big Bent Lattice Meer with coffee on this pleasant and mild Sunday morning.
The little one was bought from China by the wife, who thought it would be much bigger, so I can’t take credit. I’m a hack with wood, so I’m happy the thing has been standing for a couple days
Thanks!
Weather front has moved on through. Beautiful morning for burley,coffee,cob!
Birthday Stock
1994 Capstan
1994 Capstan
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.
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.
Having some GLP Key Largo in a Tsuge Bent Dublin with Bamboo. With some hot coffee on this snowy March day. 
Sell ‘em. Maybe keep one around in case the mood hits you for a long smoke. Somebody will enjoy them.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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Just came inside for a quick photo. C&d Habana Daydream in a Cai Dou bent pot. It's a very windy, damp and rainy day. We'll see how well this fairs out. Brewed some bottom of the barrel quality dragon well tea to go with this
Some Odd's & End's in a System Standard 314 Made in Eire (encircled) circa 1938-1942
Orlik Golden Sliced in a Savinelli Dolimiti 311KS. 
10+ year old Union Square in a Rad Davis prince.
Woke up feeling a bit subpar 
Chenet’s cake in a Chris Asteriou. Happy Sunday!
Chenet’s cake in a Chris Asteriou. Happy Sunday!
A third of the way through this bowl of year 2024 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Fed all the cats except for the absent Abner the Eager. Daisy the Feral Princess tried to come to the bedroom, and Molly Danger had hissing fit when she saw her. I had to get Daisy, and take her upfront. When I couldn't sleep this morning, and was working on David's estate pipes, Molly actually came out of the bedroom. She got plenty of attention before I went back to bed. That's the first time she has left the bedroom in months. She hates all ferals, and is afraid of them. Going to check on the status of those pipes in a couple of minutes.
