OJK in a 1910ish Manhattan bulldog.
***What Are You Smoking, March 2025?***
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MB Vanilla Rollcake in a Kaywoodie Shellcraft.
Loading up a bowl of Stonehaven in an Ahmet Govem commission on the back patio for the ride to town. BBQ's clean and in need of pellets for the baby back rib project at 3.
Interesting Substitution. Bengal Slices, one of my "protected species," and now discontinued, was given a boost last week when I obtained two tins last week from the Mohawk Reserve Store (don't know how they got them but I ain't complaining), now has an available backup at our local Sheffield's outlet, Mr. B's English Mix. The profiles are roughly the same, package and tin saying, a bit paraphrased, "Cyprian Latakia, selected Orientals, and Bright Virginias plus (?)" and they are very similar in taste.
The two McQueen Acorns, one a miniature and the other a small/medium bowl, were both dedicated to Bengal Slices, so I decided to try a taste test by smoking both tobaccos in the dedicated pipes. Both pipes handle the tobaccos equally as well, and both similar mixtures gave truly excellent smokes in both pipes with these both very bold (buddy Mike says "obnoxious" and don't offer them to me again) tobaccos. Nice to report a win-win, (win-win-win?
). And I now have three tins of Bengal and two jars of English Mix, which will last me a long, long time. Wish Black Frigate were in similar quantities, but I'm working on that, and getting a couple more tins of "Mad Fiddler" as well.
These are indeed quirky pipes, but delightful smokers. Tough to light for us visually impaired. Smoke from yesterday. Today's coming tonight lol.
The two McQueen Acorns, one a miniature and the other a small/medium bowl, were both dedicated to Bengal Slices, so I decided to try a taste test by smoking both tobaccos in the dedicated pipes. Both pipes handle the tobaccos equally as well, and both similar mixtures gave truly excellent smokes in both pipes with these both very bold (buddy Mike says "obnoxious" and don't offer them to me again) tobaccos. Nice to report a win-win, (win-win-win?
). And I now have three tins of Bengal and two jars of English Mix, which will last me a long, long time. Wish Black Frigate were in similar quantities, but I'm working on that, and getting a couple more tins of "Mad Fiddler" as well.These are indeed quirky pipes, but delightful smokers. Tough to light for us visually impaired.
Smoke from yesterday. Today's coming tonight lol.
Been trying to figure out what I’m going to smoke first in this Pathfinder Pipe I picked up at Muletown yesterday. I believe I’ll go with Irish Flake.
Good call! Nice pipe!
Lookin' Good! A bit more color than last time I saw it, methinks!
Listening to the birds while having Hunting Creek in a Peterson Tyrone apple. I had to skip my Saturday evening due to pollen messing up my “cadence”.
WC Strange Magic in a Pete 2023 POY X160
GH Kendal #7 Shag Cut In an Ashton 3X Brindle Pot
Linkmans Dr Grabow Pot, and a Tru Grain from the Chicago era. PA and 5 Brothers were the Tobacco's.
Sympathies with the pollen/cadence thing in the Spring. Have a similar cadence problem in the fall, when I sneeze and sniffle. Not pollen, but mushroom and fungi spores. Apparently not uncommon.
Puffing the last bit of a tin of C&D Red Va Flake 2024 in a Rad Davis "Smokers Forum POY 2008".
Enjoyed Watch City's Glass Slipper in a blue rusticated Savinelli Arcobaleno 606 KS bent billiard. Almost too windy outside today, but I was up for the challenge. First smoke for this pipe, and it did not disappoint. This might be my new favorite size shape pipe, as I have another 606 KS of the 2023 Saint Nicholas variety, and it is also a terrific smoker.
Almost a third of the way through this bowl of year 2024 KBV Mr. Christian's Haunted Virginia in a straight, black sandblasted 1980s Comoy’s Mark-2 G * 6 (4) bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
I went to town earlier today and it was 68 degrees. As I pulled in the driveway home it began to rain. It thunderstormed for 20 minutes.
Came out here 20 minutes ago to smoke a pipe........it's 40 freaking degrees.
Gotta love this time of year in the great white North.
C&D Opening Night
This blend has been pressed into a cake and then stoved.
In a Billy Sanders Zulu
This blend has been pressed into a cake and then stoved.
In a Billy Sanders Zulu
Smoking Elizabethan Mixture in a Savinelli Roma 706 while reading a Warhammer omnibus. The Buck 110 wanted to be in the picture too. I can’t say no to a Buck 110.
Kelly's Coin in a MM Country Gentleman.
Dunhill Flake in this Ropp. Iced tea.
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