Sir John’s Flake Virginia in an Altinok.
***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***
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Been smoking Chenet’s Cake in the little meer all day. 
My biggest problem ( years ago) with stopping cigarettes was...I kept buying them. Once I stopped buying them it was much easier to stop smoking them. If I had no cigarettes, I smoked my pipe.
Going to have Condor Original Ready Rubbed in a Missouri Meerschaum/Cornell & Diehl Collaboration Charles Towne Cobbler Corn Cob.
Earlier, I smoked a bowl of year 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. Enjoyed a great chat with a great friend.
Currently, I just did a second set of walking reps, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2015 D&R A.B. Rimboche in an undated slight bend, smooth flame grain Wessex Standard egg with a brown accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem. Tomato the Brave showed up for more food. Haven't seen Abner the Eager today.
Currently, I just did a second set of walking reps, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2015 D&R A.B. Rimboche in an undated slight bend, smooth flame grain Wessex Standard egg with a brown accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem. Tomato the Brave showed up for more food. Haven't seen Abner the Eager today.
@MisterBadger I think it's a fitting baccy for the King's Clay. Photo from last January; @Speak Easy says he isn't surprised I got through nearly a full pouch
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Old Joe Krantz inna cob. My wife got her first black powder whitetail kill, a nice 8 pointer.
Seriously - my 17thC disparagement apart - My curiosity about 1792 has been piqued to the extent that I have actually ordered a small sample@MisterBadger I think it's a fitting baccy for the King's Clay. Photo from last January; @Speak Easy says he isn't surprised I got through nearly a full pouch
I am wondering whether the tonquin topping is the 'French beans' to which Ben Jonson refers admiringly in my signature. I grow what are now called French beans (haricots), and they don't smell of anything you'd notice, whereas 'tonquin' is how 'tonka' would be spelled in French. I have a notion the flavouring may have been introduced to England from France in the late 16th/early 17thC. I may speculate further on the 'Tobacciana History' forum later...
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Congratulations to Mrs. BlueRidge
Just finished smoking 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. Had more great chat with the same buddy that I talked to earlier. Bet his ears are still in shock.
@MisterBadger Yes it definitely suits the King's Clay and the Sealed Knot.Seriously - my 17thC disparagement apart - My curiosity about 1792 has been piqued to the extent that I have actually ordered a small sample
Round Midnite a house blend from Davis and Sons Tobacconist in Wilmington NC, (great folks) In a Peterson 2024 POTY
Back in the late afternoon after saying goodbye to an old friend, and felt like a smoke. Figured I'd go with one of the cheapest (and best smoking) pipes I own, the Muxiang "Uncle Henry". Cost me 24 bucks Canadian, so is about the same price as the meer miniature (15 bucks US) I posted this morning, so I'll dig up another el cheapo for this evening to round out today's festivities.
Smoked "Skragg" in the Uncle. If you remember, it's a bunch of tailings with 35% dried parsly added, that I had developed over the past year. In a stroke of brilliance about 6 months ago, I added a good pinch of C&D Latakia to it, and it has remained dormant since then. Did a loose 2 pack and expected the worst. Danged if I didn't get 40 minutes out of it. Danged if it wasn't all that bad. Will rechristen it "Popeye's Surprise Garden English," or something of that ilk. The moniker "skragg" was applied, in my area, to a tall, relatively unattractive girl, not a floozie. We had other names for them. Think Olive Oyl. hence the Popeye reference. A bit floral, but went well with the Renaissance Dances and the out of tune recorders, rackets, reed flutes and sackbutts I was listening too.
I'll have to really come up with something tonight to top this one, eh?
Smoked "Skragg" in the Uncle. If you remember, it's a bunch of tailings with 35% dried parsly added, that I had developed over the past year. In a stroke of brilliance about 6 months ago, I added a good pinch of C&D Latakia to it, and it has remained dormant since then. Did a loose 2 pack and expected the worst. Danged if I didn't get 40 minutes out of it. Danged if it wasn't all that bad. Will rechristen it "Popeye's Surprise Garden English," or something of that ilk. The moniker "skragg" was applied, in my area, to a tall, relatively unattractive girl, not a floozie. We had other names for them. Think Olive Oyl. hence the Popeye reference. A bit floral, but went well with the Renaissance Dances and the out of tune recorders, rackets, reed flutes and sackbutts I was listening too.
I'll have to really come up with something tonight to top this one, eh?
Now smoking year 2013 Capstan Blue Flake in a post 2007 Castello straight brown Sea Rock KK US made in Cantu (Kimo) apple with a tapered black acrylic stem.
Thus @BlueRidge : My wife got her first black powder whitetail kill, a nice 8 pointer.
- I forgot to ask: what did she shoot it with?
- I forgot to ask: what did she shoot it with?