That's the blackest pipe I've ever seen.
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Toscanello original (DFK) with some 2019 ripe Puer. 
I've got two pouches that I bought just because I saw it. I've stuck them both inSitting on the back porch with Captain Black Grape. Missing the sound of frogs and crickets, I really hate this time of year.
That said, I've been thinking about breaking it out and desecrating a new cob.
Almost half way through this bowl of Peretti Royal in a black sandblasted medium bend 2013 Mark Tinsky Coral 5 cherrywood with a smooth dark brown shank and bottom with a tapered black briar accented acrylic stem. Time to clean a few pipes.
The McQueen miniatures are uniformly 3/4" deep and 14mm in diameter.
My Ropp J05 (miniature tall bowl) has a chamber depth of 1.45 " and diameter of .65"
My Ropp J16 has a chamber depth of 1.17" and diameter of .70"
These are normal for my usual smokes. My J07 is a bit larger, but don't have the figures at hand - I'd class it as a medium bowl, the others above as miniatures or very small.
That pair shown earlier (Peterson System and Savinelly) are caverns in comparison, and I have a lot to learn about smoking them to advantage. I don't indulge in them often (once a week usually for those two) because they use much more tobacco than the smaller pipes. When I can get Smokers' Pride in bulk (Cheapest in Canada is $70 Can tax out for 12 ounces) at the Mohawk Reserve in Ontario, I use them a lot more. If you consider say, Black Frigate or Mad Fiddler, both unavailable in Canada, cost me $102.00 a tin, tax in and duty, plus shipping) you might see why I smoke the little guys.
And yes, I pay the price for Black Frigate, Mad Fiddler and Bengal Slices three times a year because if I didn't have those three, my pipe smoking might be in jeopardy. They're my favourite toaccos. Interprovincial shipping of tobacco is illegal in Canada except for the Reserve store in Ontario. They'e constantly out of stock too - not surprising.
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Some Erinmore Flake in my radiator stack.
Billy Budd on a porch of an Airbnb in Arlington, VA. Damn, it's cold out here! My Floridian ass is not used to these temperatures.
Catching up - late morning smoke. When I bought the meer-lined Falcon bowl I had some misgivings and apprehensions, but not now. Dedicated to rum tobaccos, this bowl gives me the best smokes I've ever had from Backwoods Buttered Rum, my favourite of the breed, than in any pipe other pipe I've smoked it in. This morning was no exception. I no longer have reservations of meer-lined bowls.
McC Celebrated Sovereign in a White Spot
Just had yet another bowl of Passe canoe oriental in the Ahmet Govem meer.
No picture as it seems to be my main smoke these days. I think I’ll have to change it up for the sake of variety
No picture as it seems to be my main smoke these days. I think I’ll have to change it up for the sake of variety
I suddenly feel the urge to come visit my kids.
GH Kendal #7 in a Glenn Tinsky Billiard
A Randy Wiley Galleon, with some EGR blend strong coffee 
Never buy Visions of Celephaïs, it's easily 10x stronger grape.
Cowboy Coffee for the drive into work. Wilke Rum & Maple for the drive home. Enjoying some Lane HGL in a Peterson Derry.
After dinner bowl of Nyala in an IMP. This, with a double shot espresso and cream, counts as dessert. 
There is/was a nice smooth oak 9mm on SP.eu. I bought the sandblast unsmoked as an estate on sale last year.
Great pipe; large capacity; takes a while to break in because of size and time required. Worth getting.
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