Just finished work and this bowl of Sir Walter Raleigh in a smooth three quarter bend 1979 Ben Wade Golden Matt freehand sitter with a brown pearl acrylic stem.
Cult Blood Red Moon in a Design Berlin Junior with gorgeous grain! After about a dozen smokes of VAs, VApers, and burley blends through the week, it was a really nice diversion... thoroughly enjoyed it!
Part way through this bow of Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.
Not far from finishing this bowl of Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic stem.
About a third of the way through this bowl of Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band with a black vulcanite stem.
I've got a personal mix of Burley, Lat#1, Lat#2, Perique, and Izmir in a MM Pride. I only made a few bowls worth to see how it would be. I hope I can duplicate it or come close. Very nice, strong and smooth.