Vauen No 14 in a Skip Elliott Osage Orange.
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Two smokes today, an afternoon smoke with the Mr. Brog Noseburner, and an evening smoke with the Ropp J06. Both break-in smokes with Smoker's Pride Whiskey. Both lookin' good and smokes were surprisingly good for the nature of the break-in beast.
I'll repeat tomorrow in the same order with a final douse of Whiskey, afternoon and evening, and then, at the suggestion of @telescopes I'll be saucing them with two dark Cavendish tobaccos, that I smoke and like a lot (Borkum Riff Dark and Captain Black Dark Cavendish) for the final break-in rituals.
I have quite a bit of both, so they might just become regular staples in both pipes, along with similarly compatible tobaccos. These are two sweet-smoking pipes. I'm strongly considering another Mr. Brog Nosewarmer in black. Not only do I love smoking this pipe, I can see it being a staple in my travel outing kit.
Time to pack'r in and see what tomorrow brings. Let's hope it's not the Pilsbury Doughboy coming over the hill. These days ya never know, eh?
I'll repeat tomorrow in the same order with a final douse of Whiskey, afternoon and evening, and then, at the suggestion of @telescopes I'll be saucing them with two dark Cavendish tobaccos, that I smoke and like a lot (Borkum Riff Dark and Captain Black Dark Cavendish) for the final break-in rituals.
I have quite a bit of both, so they might just become regular staples in both pipes, along with similarly compatible tobaccos. These are two sweet-smoking pipes. I'm strongly considering another Mr. Brog Nosewarmer in black. Not only do I love smoking this pipe, I can see it being a staple in my travel outing kit.
HBD! That’sa very cool 87
Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Pete SPD 2011 69 with coffee. 
The next is a 1918 Civic bent billiard with a tapered stem.
The bowl- shank transition and the shank- stem taper are particularly pleasing to the eye
With a bowl of MacBaren HH Arcadian Perique
The bowl- shank transition and the shank- stem taper are particularly pleasing to the eye
With a bowl of MacBaren HH Arcadian Perique
Did a little low calorie snacking, and am half way through this bowl of year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Sleepy Suzy is by my side. Daisy the Feral Princess is by my feet.
Almost a third of the way through this bowl of 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. Watching a documentary on Ruth Paine, who knew Lee Harvey Oswald.
For short smoke breaks (the parcel arrived today). Erik Nording - Compass - Light Brown - Rustic (Handmade) + Stanislaw - Scottish Autumn Flake. Perhaps from the entire collection of flakes, Scottish Autumn is the most successful blend.
Nice pipe, I have the same one in stockHalf way through a bowl of Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Gatlinburlier Christmas pipe from 2007.
Earlier, I smoked a bowl of year 2020 Angler's Dream in a 2016 PSF POY quarter bend black sandblasted Steve Norse Vermont Freehand egg with an aluminum band and a tortoise shell colored acrylic saddle stem.
Currently, I smoking from a freshly opened tub of year 2000 SWRA in a straight black sandblast undated Savinelli Hercules 115EX pot with a tapered black vulcanite stem. The tub was bulging and when I opened it, there was a loud "whoosh" sound with several strands of tobacco flying out of it. The fermented smell of this blend wonderfully covered the space around me. The flavors that I expected are still present and the tobacco is moist, but it tastes like a fermented version of the SWRA that was my OTC in those days.
Currently, I smoking from a freshly opened tub of year 2000 SWRA in a straight black sandblast undated Savinelli Hercules 115EX pot with a tapered black vulcanite stem. The tub was bulging and when I opened it, there was a loud "whoosh" sound with several strands of tobacco flying out of it. The fermented smell of this blend wonderfully covered the space around me. The flavors that I expected are still present and the tobacco is moist, but it tastes like a fermented version of the SWRA that was my OTC in those days.
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C&D Exclusive in a Nuttens Twiggy and Coffee 
️ on the side
️ on the side
Reiners Golden Flake in a Kai.
Someone must be dipping into this blend when Im sleeping. It is rapidly shrinking.
Someone must be dipping into this blend when Im sleeping. It is rapidly shrinking.
Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Jirsa 210.
WCC Off the Rails in a Larry Roush
Starting out Sunday with Boswell’s Christmas Cookie in my Boswell pipe. Coffee on the side as I usually do.
Another round of C&D Exclusive in the Nuttens Twiggy and more ️
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This is a nice looking pipe. Gorgeous
Milan's "Our" London Dock in the Rattray's Old Gowrie apple drinking coffee this beautiful breezy Sunday morning. After the Buccos bloodletting last evening, I think I'll save myself the trouble of tuning in to this afternoon's game and go fishing instead...
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