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Lifer
Jan 7, 2023
4,716
63,294
Casa Grande, AZ
Seeing this post again upon a second scroll-through of the thread, that pair of chicken houses really does deserve an upgrade of like to love. Awesome work there.
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!
 

gord

Lifer
May 1, 2024
1,013
10,076
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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. :cry:


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tschiraldi

Lifer
Dec 14, 2015
2,165
8,531
55
Ohio
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. :cry:


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Sell ‘em. Maybe keep one around in case the mood hits you for a long smoke. Somebody will enjoy them.
 

das3353

Lifer
Sep 7, 2019
2,365
58,538
Rum Flake in a BST

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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
66,012
689,679
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.
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