***What Are You Smoking, November 2022?***
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Going to have Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake in an Austrian Meerschaum Bent Billiard with Amber stem (possibly from 1939, or even earlier given the kind of stem), originally sold by the pipe shop founded by Josef Ostermann, a woodcarver from Tirol, in 1811. The shop was located at Am Hof 5, in Vienna, Austria. Sadly, the shop closed in 2016. Many thanks to @ashdigger for this wonderful pipe.
Enjoyed a big, tasty golden delicious apple, and am 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. Off to work I go.
Peterson Royal Yacht in a Savinelli 614. Everything about this blend on paper seems like it wouldn’t be my style, but I thoroughly enjoy it.
Early morning smoke of Amphora Burley in an Ashton XX Old Church saddle stemmed short medium size billiard
Redburn in a Briarworks bent apple. I don't smoke this that often, which is odd, because Burley + Virginia + DFK + Rum + Molasses is probably my favorite combo. I'm glad I've got some stashed away. Maybe next time C & D is on sale, I'll really stock up on it.
Just finished a bowl of 2019 Escudo, rubbed to chunky ribbons and dried overnight before smoking in my Kaywoodie "42" apple. It's a chilly but still night, and I focused on breath-smoking to some pretty good effect. A few ghosts of past bowls (notably Revor Plug) popped in from time to time, but we made it a party. 
This Stanwell is such a fine smoker, I just fill it light it and it just smokes beautifully. It’s decades old but what a companion. Filled with Wilke 193. A little bit of scotch.
Now smoking C&D Yorktown in a straight sandblasted black circa 1920s-30s (Comoy’s) Ancestor bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
I own a couple of those books on your computer screen
Going to have Captain Earle’s Ten Russians in a Peterson Meerschaum Rhodesian 999.
GLP Montgomery in a Ruthrnberg.
Did some snacking, and am a quarter of the way through the last of my stash of Wilke Hearth of Galway in an undated smooth straight medium brown made in France Saillard Lord Clerit lumberman with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Enjoyed a tasty Jazz apple, and am a third of the way through this bowl of C&D Virginia Gentleman in a straight smooth dark brown pre-1940s Comoy’s Jost’s Olde English Supreme J299 billiard with a black tapered vulcanite stem. Working and listening to The Adventures of Harry Nile on the XM.
Almost half way through this bowl of Watch City Original Crumb Cut in a 1950s-60s straight smooth brown Bertram 07 octagonal paneled billiard with a square shank and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Fed Suzy and Molly as well as Daisy the Feral Princess and Shy Stripesy. Time for me to catch up on the forums.
C&D Wintertime Reserve Vixen in a BriarWorks.
Last smoke of the day is AceFour’s VaBur in the third pipe I ever bought ($1.95), a 1974 smooth straight French briar Hadley NEBPC apple with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
That’s what I like to hearI own a couple of those books on your computer screen
. Which ones?!
The last of my cut up Latakia Virginia Bright in a clay, gotta cut up much more of that leaf soon because I can't stop smoking it. Having a nourishing Störtebeker (a very local pirate in the 14th century) black beer for a little celebration.
When you soak lemon peels in mead and spray that on Virginia leaves that you leave under pressure for a week you get this: (my camera didn't like that external light source, hence the stripes)
Quite a change in color but I'm very happy with them.
Left to dry a little in the air, at least over night. I'll have to look up some facts about stoving.
Have a great day, folks!
When you soak lemon peels in mead and spray that on Virginia leaves that you leave under pressure for a week you get this: (my camera didn't like that external light source, hence the stripes)
Quite a change in color but I'm very happy with them.
Left to dry a little in the air, at least over night. I'll have to look up some facts about stoving.
Have a great day, folks!
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