A quarter of the way through this bowl of Lane Ready Rubbed/McClelland Samsun in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem. A friend made this and sent me a sample. Very tasty.
Just cracked a 2012 tin of C&D Crooked Lane. A little more damp than I'm used to C&D blends being. Not bowling me over with flavor at the moment, but what's there is nice. VA forward for sure...
Some Lancer Slices in a 1994 Comoy Christmas bent bulldog. The drilling in the stem is waaaaaaay lopsided, but for whatever reason it smokes flake tobacco like a champ.
Margate in my Peterson. I may need to give this pipe a rest lol. Last 15 bowls have been outta this thing. It just seems so well attuned to English blends.
Part way through this bowl of HU Directors Cut in a smooth straight Lane era 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 stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad.
Now smoking Ken Byron Ventures Burley Morning Pipe in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band with a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.