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Uruss

Starting to Get Obsessed
Mar 22, 2022
188
1,920
Alabama, USA
I originally wanted to get one of these pipes from Former, then I read they are from pre made stummels.

They are still nicer lookers, I was just saddened to read they weren’t all made by hand from him.
Hmm, He uses a template and still shapes the stummels himself. The stem is a preform acrylic that he modifies, But still very much a Former made pipe. 👍
 

dino

Lifer
Jul 9, 2011
2,095
15,451
Chicago
I haven't posted since before the Chicago Show. I will try to catch you up later to some of the amazing blends I tried.
This past afternoon the weather was just so gorgeous, that I had to have a bowl in the sun. I smoked some Samovar in my newly acquired Peterson System Standard smooth 317, a gift from my friend Pete Rothenberg, who graciously gave it to me at the Show. Thanks, Pete, it's a great smoker!
A tumbler jammed with bergs and filled with Bombay Sapphire Gin and Fever Tree tonic was the perfect quencher.

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Zamora

Part of the Furniture Now
Mar 15, 2023
786
1,942
Olympia, Washington
Going to have @Humblepipe ’s Darth Vaper (Virginia-Perique with about 10% Turkish-Oriental, topped with Jack Daniels and cellared for one year) in an Oguz Simsek Darth Vader Figural, while wearing a Darth Vader suit. May the 4th be with you!

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The Ewoks smoke pipes, I wonder if anybody else in the Galaxy does
 

Zamora

Part of the Furniture Now
Mar 15, 2023
786
1,942
Olympia, Washington
I had a bowl of PS Norwegian Blend in my MM Country Gentleman. I find it to be a very bland smoke and not much better than my go to mix of SWR with H&H, however I did get more flavor from it this time because I've been practicing the breath method. I'm sure there's a lot I'll have to revisit as my cadence improves.
 

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
65,137
663,901
Didn't sleep much, so I'm awake and watching The Woman in Green starring Rathbone and Bruce on one of the Stars channels. I've passed the first quarter of this bowl of Wilke No. 515 Double Shot in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This is No. 515 with twice the rum of the Basil Rathbone blend. I figured this is a very appropriate smoke. ;)
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haebar

Can't Leave
Nov 10, 2014
348
6,245
East Tennessee
This had been the most physically demanding week at work that I've had in a long time; got home at 1:30 this morning after working outside all night. Fortunately, I have a short day working at home tomorrow.
Smoking some Five Brothers in a Bari Rhodesian.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
65,137
663,901
Close to finishing this bowl of 2021 Watch City Simply Orange Virginia in a black sandblast medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 182/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Watching Dressed to Kill starring Rathbone and Bruce.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
65,137
663,901
Last smoke of the day is year 2019 C&D Yorktown in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Terracotta 4AB No.108/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Needed more tobacco until the movie ends. Fed the ferals, and my cats.
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