Bowl of MM American Patriot in a straight brandy sandblast with saddle stem, from BriarWorks.
***What Are You Smoking, March 2025?***
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2018 Cabbie’s in my BST oval shank billiard.
Now smoking year 2014 Full Virginia Flake in a slight bend 1968 group 4S Dunhill Shell 475 cherrywood with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Fed Daisy the Feral Princess and Harry the Hairy. Watching Deconstructing The Beatles.
Not a lot of pics, but many smokes were had today in the Ropp J07 from a pouch of Kendal #7 I was carrying around in my pocket.
Mama’s chicks are getting to be pullets and the little coop she purchased (on the left) is nowhere big enough for them, so today was the day to get their run started. Still needs a door and a couple more vertical braces, then I’ll time the roof and she can paint and apply the chicken wire.
Mama’s chicks are getting to be pullets and the little coop she purchased (on the left) is nowhere big enough for them, so today was the day to get their run started. Still needs a door and a couple more vertical braces, then I’ll time the roof and she can paint and apply the chicken wire.
Bayou Morning Flake in a Peterson Christmas 69.
10 year old C&D Old Grove in an Ashton Old Church XXX.
Closing out the day with Veermaster in the new Blue Room Briars French Billiard. This thing already smokes like a champ! Also enjoying a glass of Montepulciano as a nightcap.
Saint James Flake in a pete
Took out the trash, broke down boxes for recycle, enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, fed Daisy the Feral Princess, Harry the Hairy, and Tomato the Brave, and am near the last quarter of this bowl of year 2014 Dan Tobacco Hamborger Veermaster in a smooth straight brown 1950 Dunhill 48 bulldog group 4 root briar with a black vulcanite fish tail saddle stem. Daisy and Tomato took turns coming in and out three times in two minutes. Dunno what that's about, but Daisy finally decided to stay in. At least they had plenty to eat. So did Harry the Hairy.
Rum Flake and some Absinthia Blanche.
Ropp J06 stuffed with Ravenwood Hobbit's Leaf.
Now smoking year 2014 Sam Gawith Best Brown Flake in a 2002 black sandblast full bend D.R. Ardor Urano dublin with a slightly tapered far side of the bowl and a black acrylic saddle stem. Haven't smoked this pipe a couple of years, so I decided to do so while I do some reading now that the house is quiet. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Earlier, 2019 Capstan Blue Flake in an Altinay.
2015 MB HH Pure Virginia in a Rubio.
Thanks to the time change, I’m still up so burley flake #1 it is in my trusty Dracula! 
Thank ye kindly! There's definitely an odd feeling to finding so much enjoyment from a blend that comes in a big 12 oz bag for $25 that you can probably find in most local tobacco stores, since as folks who are deeper than most into the pipe smoking hobby there's a tendency to scoff at budget priced commonly available blends and chase after rare and expensive tins, but I can't deny that Smoker's Pride Whiskey is actually really good! Much better than any of the boutique whiskey flavored blends I've tried, in fact. Low price doesn't always mean low quality.
As another case in point, @NookersTheCat will be pleased to know that I just finished trying Lane TK-6 for the first time (in a Country Gentleman cob) while taking a leisurely hour long walk with the pooch.
The pipe:
The pooch:
I should preface my thoughts on Lane TK-6 by saying that I've heard many folks say it's very similar to Cult Blood Red Moon, and I've smoked more Cult Blood Red Moon than any other blend. It was the first pipe tobacco I smoked when I took up the hobby 3 years ago and I've since smoked through 3 tins of it, which for me is quite a lot since I almost never buy a second tin of any blend. I actually just finished my third tin of it a couple weeks ago. So, it's a blend I'm pretty intimately familiar with.
Taking that into account, if someone handed me a pipe full of Lane TK-6 and told me to smoke it and guess what blend it was I would tell them with absolute confidence, "Oh, that's super easy! This is Cult Blood Red Moon!" It looks like Blood Red Moon, it smells like it, tastes like it, and smokes like it.
Knowing however that what I was smoking was not Cult Blood Red Moon, I spent an hour slowly sipping on the pipe evaluating every little nuance of the flavor and topping strength, the mouth feel of the smoke, the retrohale, and the burn characteristics of the blend and the only difference I could find between Lane TK-6 and Cult Blood Red Moon was... was... honestly, I've got nothing. As far as I can tell this is the exact same blend!
That's no bad thing though, since Cult Blood Red Moon is a marvelous blend but rather expensive and often out of stock; and Lane TK-6 is $46 a pound and available year round. I suppose it's just another case of tobacco coming in a big bulk bag for a low price not meaning that it's low quality!
Cigar from earlier this evening.