MM Missouri Pride in a MM The Louis Bent with Fiery Red Stem along with a mug of black coffee.
***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***
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A nagging illness has made me cut back on the hobby significantly, but enjoying a lovely smoke this morning with my black coffee:
A bowl of Frog Morton on the Bayou in this Doctor's bamboozled Billiard:
A bowl of Frog Morton on the Bayou in this Doctor's bamboozled Billiard:
Chenets cake in an Eltang lumberman.
Finished the bit of Gawith Chocolate Flake from 2015 that I had. In a Stanwell 186 bent egg.
Got a new pair of walking shoes, and did a set of walking reps with no issues. I'm close to finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
An all-day meeting up at the farm, during which, little time to smoke, though I did snatch a few minutes watching Larry the Ram beginning to get interested in his ewes. Lambing time should be mid- to late April. Now home, and a Stanwell 232-ful of Irish Cask, with a bottle of Three Tuns stout.
Enjoying a cigar during the heat of the afternoon
Evening smoke of Golden extra in a Dunhill Tanshell model 197 group 4 Long billiard,
Enjoying Sutliff Virginia Slices this afternoon in a Rattrays Goblin billiard. With some water. 
Half way through this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.
That's what they all say!
I'm in constant awe of your gastronomic proclivities. I just can't do that. I usually fast for an hour or two before a pipe, and drink either water, cold coffee or fizzy spring water before I smoke a pipe, otherwise my taste buds are inoperative. I suppose that's why I like very bold tobaccos . . . . . been that way as a kid. Put hot sauce on everything I ate so I could taste something. Favoured cuisine is Tex-Mex or Sechuan Oriental. Put hot sauce on that, too. Asolute hell on the eczema when I indulge with what I like. I'm green with envy.
C&D Exclusive in a Musico Billiard
Jim is a growing boy so he tends to eat a lot of
Sutliff’s Blend No. 5 in a Dunhill Patent Sandblasted Billiard
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.
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.
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.
Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am smoking a year 2001 Bolivar double robusto. Gold Star Hawaiian Kona Extra Fancy, neat, is my drink.
Very clever and imaginative picture! Love the double entendre with the pipe bowl and sprouting container!
65 degrees in New England in mid-November. Snuck a quick one in at lunch. Peretti’s 432 in the Peterson Fermoy B10.
Cigar Time: Crowned Heads Four Kicks Capa Especial