***What Are You Smoking, November 2022?***
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Very nice! I tried to order some Wilke blends today and after going through it all, then they inform me will not ship to my state (WA). I don't blame them, i blame my ...legislators.
Smoking Stonehaven in an Ashton Sterling Silver Brindle XX on this windy Fall evening. Magical.
Most of the way through a bowl of H&H WhiteKnight in my Dr Grabow Regal bulldog. It's 10 degrees out, but at least the wind has died down!
This was... entirely satisfying! just over an hour smoke with the 22mm wide (at top) and 48mm deep Calabash bowl. The LJP 150th Flake was really tasty and i will absolutely order a healthy portion with my next order! Dang we are blessed with great tobaccos (despite the recent ignoble departures of some beloved brands).
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Now smoking some 5100 in my 1940 Dunhill 59.
A quarter of the way through this bowl of C&D Derringer in a straight smooth brown 1920s (Comoy’s) Lions Head 399 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
After a nice long lunch with a few friends
Sitting on the verandah and enjoying
A Cohiba Esplendido with a couple of my favourite runs
Sitting on the verandah and enjoying
A Cohiba Esplendido with a couple of my favourite runs
Yesterday's Saturday ZOOM meeting featured an amazing “show and tell” by our friend Neal, of his recent trip to the Castello factory in Cantù. His many excellent photos and retelling of his conversations and time spent with Kino, were wonderful, entertaining, and informative.
I smoked a bowl of c.1941 Three Nuns (Scottie Piersel opened the cutter-top tin in the 2022 Chicago Show smoking tent and shared some pipefuls with a group of us. It was a little dry, so I rehydrated it with Boveda packets). I smoked it in my 1980s Hayim Pinhas bent billiard meerschaum. The tobacco was very mellow, yet still sweet and a bit spicy. A wee dram of The Macallan 12 was my tipple.
I smoked a bowl of c.1941 Three Nuns (Scottie Piersel opened the cutter-top tin in the 2022 Chicago Show smoking tent and shared some pipefuls with a group of us. It was a little dry, so I rehydrated it with Boveda packets). I smoked it in my 1980s Hayim Pinhas bent billiard meerschaum. The tobacco was very mellow, yet still sweet and a bit spicy. A wee dram of The Macallan 12 was my tipple.
AppalachianPiper92,
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Mixing Time! 
75% C&D Anthology with 25% Solani Aged Burley Flake in a Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.
I get no Burley flavor, Anthology at 75% is still overpowering, but the Solani does seem to make it cooler, less rough.
Next, going to do 50/50, I think it will be a nice combo.
@AppalachianPiper92 Happy Birthday!
Enjoy that pipe! 
Be well everyone!
75% C&D Anthology with 25% Solani Aged Burley Flake in a Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.
I get no Burley flavor, Anthology at 75% is still overpowering, but the Solani does seem to make it cooler, less rough.
Next, going to do 50/50, I think it will be a nice combo.
@AppalachianPiper92 Happy Birthday!
Enjoy that pipe! Be well everyone!
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and then I smoked a bowl of D&R Windsail in a smooth straight dark brown family era “Canadian” by Sasieni with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Finished work for the day, and going to get another pipe, and check on the ferals.
Just finished smoking year 2020 D&R Raccoon’s Delight in my very reliable smooth straight post-1938 pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian 263 with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem.
Last smoke of the day is year 2021 Watch City Glass Slipper Micro-Batch in an undated straight brown sandblasted Tom Eltang cherrywood with a black acrylic saddle stem.
Mixing it up again!
This time trying out 50/50 Solani Aged Burley Flake and C&D Warped Scarecrow in a Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.
This is turning out quite interesting, Solani with a slight Scarecrow sweetness.
Solani on the left, Scarecrow on the right.
Be well everyone!
This time trying out 50/50 Solani Aged Burley Flake and C&D Warped Scarecrow in a Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.
This is turning out quite interesting, Solani with a slight Scarecrow sweetness.
Solani on the left, Scarecrow on the right.
Be well everyone!
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