Great success with last night's Pirate Kake/McQueen Seafarer cherrywood combination. No problem with tongue, just a little irritation on the lips. So decided this morning to do a repeat of the PK/McQ combination but with the duplicate pipe in ashwood, which is fully broken in and dedicated to Latakia tobaccos only. They burn cool and ash is a touchy wood in this respect. So I did a complete flip as per my usual bombastic morning taste assault with Mad Fiddler or that ilk, going with a far more sense friendly fodder in the pipe. What a treat!
I did a loose 2-pack this morning, figuring on about 2/3 the smoking time I got last night with a full 3-pack thick milkshake draw as I have done in the past. Surprise, surprise. I got a FULL 40 minute smoke, and I will say THE BEST smoke I've ever gotten from PIRATE KAKE, ever. Yes, I used slow smoking techniques that I'd picked up from posts in this forum. I'm also reaping huge benefits from pipe dedication as well.
I also used the "gizmo", shown, made up for me by a friend with a 3D printer. He knows I like Colt's Cavendish cigars, so he made a flexible plastic cylinder that would seal any longstem airtight, and made the tip so it could take a Colt's mouthtip (so the whole shebang is as close to having a composite pipe mouthpiece of acrylic, nylon or whatever) as you can get with this type of pipe.
The gizmo smokes like a hot damn indeed, and I just pitch the tip after a few uses because there are always others coming down the pike. I also sanded the tips of all my longstems because the varnish, I think, causes more irritations to more people than they thought at first. Maybe the wood. too.
I enjoyed a full performance and repeat of Gershwin's Orchestral Suite "Catfish Row." from Porgy and Bess, which lasts 24 minutes, got 3/4 the way through a repeat before the pipe tobacco quite, and spent the rest of the time listening to the rest while cleaning the pipe. Best morning smoke I've had ever, I think! Guess I'll be re-organizing my puffing program, now!
Also need to work on my pic presentation - what comes out GIMP prints perfectly on my Canon Pixma, but is always dark on the forum. Sorry about that. Now a work in progress.