GLP Stratford in a Savinelli
***What Are You Smoking, March 2025?***
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ODF in a clay. Wind is winding up again. 
Happy St. Patrick’s Day 
Peterson Irish Flake in a Pete sandblasted Irish Harp 264. 
Peterson Irish Flake in a Pete sandblasted Irish Harp 264. 
Got some Peterson Flake in my Peterson Shannon with a glass of green tea...
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
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How about some Temple Bar in the Peterson Dublin to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? The Guinness is going to have to wait til after work. 
MM American Patriot in my new Zehn Dog I picked up from Josef Zehnder at Muletown. I…LOVE…this pipe. More pics of the pipe later. This young man Zehnder has a ton of talent.
Almost forgot it was St Patrick's Day. Smoking CAO Eileen's Dream in a Pete SPD '25 #268. More black coffee.
Thanks man. Yeah the wife doesn’t mind the beard at all but I guess the ‘stache is when she decides to speak up. My 5 year old daughter chiming in didn’t help. LOL. Maybe when my newborn son is older he’ll stick up for the ‘stache.
Dug out the old huge Yanik and stuffed it to the brim with Peacehaven 2021.
Almost finished smoking year 2014 Esoterica Tilbury in a straight smooth Danish gold straight grain undated W.O. Larsen Hand Made in Denmark dublin with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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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Fill them with less tobacco.
Close to finishing this bowl of year 2020 Pfeifen Huber Virginia Golden Flake in a 1938 smooth straight brown patent Dunhill R 115 bowling ball apple with a tapered cumberland stem.
My knees and spine are acting up again.
Doing ok, though. Thanks, Jeff.
OJK in an 1880s large presentation meer. Presented to Capt. Richard Douglass co. H 7th Michigan Cavalry. Probably a GAR reunion piece.
First taste of Quiet Nights in the Peterson Tyrone
Ya actually look best plain. Too much like Groucho Marx in t'other one. Plain makes you look like a doctor . . . . . hmmmmmm . . . . maybe that's not better?
