Earlier, I smoked a bowl of Wilke No. 111 in a smooth medium bend 1938-1948 Pre-Republic Peterson Killarney 9BC with a nickel band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.
Passing the first third of this bowl of year 2018 Sutliff Walnut Match in a 1990s smooth brown medium bend briar calabash shaped Butz-Choquin Maitre Pipier JR Fait Main with a horn ferrule and a black vulcanite stem.
After spoiling my wife for BirMother’s Day (the time from her birthday (Friday) through Mother’s Day, and after seeing Skippy’s bad news that Kendal #7 was discontinued, I’m having some Kendal #7 in the Falcon meerschaum chimney bowl.
On the menu for my afternoon smoke was a bowl of GH&Co Dark Bird's Eye Vintage Cut loaded in my Thayne with an iced coffee on the side.
@JoeW First and foremost, happy birthday/Mother's day to your wife! I'm really bummed to hear about Kendal No.7 getting the axe, but really appreciate the heads up! Do you (or anyone) know if any of the other Kendals are getting nixed too?
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, cod and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm a third of the way through this bowl of year 2022 Solani 633 in a straight smooth brown Algerian briar post-WW2-mid 50s family era Barling’s Make Ye Olde Wood Straight Grain Made in England bulldog with a diamond shape shank and black ebonite stem. This pipe came from the estate of David Cuneo. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Fed all the ferals although Abner the Eager didn't stay inside long. Only Harry the Hairy is inside.
Now smoking year 2020 Mac Baren Scottish Mixture in a straight, smooth brown 1960s Lane era Charatan Special 38 bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
Russ’ Espresso Bean and real espresso, neat, in my dedicated aromatic pipe, the 2019 Nording smooth, bent, paneled, Hunter White Rhino with small saddle stem and swirled accent.
First post in a long time. Smoking some eleven year old Condor in a Parker bent billiard gifted to me by Simon. Slightly mellowed & subdued, wonderful stuff. Hope this finds you all well.
Some espresso left, but this time, preparing to smoke Samuel Gawith’s No. 4 Brown Kendal Twist in a smooth, bent, Karl Erik thick-walled burly brandy with saddle stem.
GLP Sextant in a large-ish Northern Briars Helix. It's this pipe's maiden voyage. So far, it's pretty great! I'm feeling like Chicago treated me well this year.