Carolina Red Flake in a Kharitonov mammoth tusk pot.
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2014 Scottish Flake in a custom Preston Roger’s volcano
Close to the first third of this bowl of year 2010 Mac Baren Burley London Blend in a 2017 smooth, straight medium brown made in France Comoy’s Riband 298 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
The tusk on top of the bowl is striking- A very unique pipe.
Smoking Haunted Bookshop in my Dad's Meerschaum. Kieth Fields was the toughest man I ever met, and a good Christian. He worked as a Powerplant supervisor for 35 years in Southern Indiana. This week he passed away and went with God. I love you Dad.
Couldn’t resist sitting outside in this 60 degree Sunshine.
A cup of Espresso and Uhle’s 44 in Grandpa Mac’s KW12b.
A cup of Espresso and Uhle’s 44 in Grandpa Mac’s KW12b.
Wow! Triplets, on a stunning pipe that woulda got the Kewpie anyway! My eyes went "boing" with that first pic. Totally delightful pipes with a most artistic design. Unique concept, and the bowl just flows into that quarter bent stem!!! One for Huey, one for Dewie and the third for Louie!!
Think I like the black one best . . . . Good photo of it with the tin, as well!
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Now smoking year 2015 Mac Baren Virginia #1 in a straight smooth brown pre-1920s W.D.C. Bakelite bulldog with an electro silver band and tapered black vulcanite stem with an orific bit. Haven't smoked this pipe in a while.
After watching the Smoking Pipes video about C&D 2025 From Beyond, I loaded up my chonky Savinelli Hercules 320 EX with a bowl of the 2023 edition!
That’s a great point — “Pensive” really does sound like a blend that should exist.
Thanks Gord.Wow! Triplets, on a stunning pipe that woulda got the Kewpie anyway! My eyes went "boing" with that first pic. Totally delightful pipes. Unique, and the bowl just flows into that quarter bent stem!!! One for Huey, one for Dewie and the third for Louie!!
Think I like the black one best . . . . Good photo of it with the tin, as well!
This Anne Julie designed canted egg is my favourite Stanwell shape.
All 3 are all from the Danish era and are all seconds
The smooth has pretty pedestrian grain, so I can see why it was downgraded. But it has no fills.
Like you, my favourite is the sandblasted exhibiting a deep blast. I can’t understand why it was relegated
They must had high standards back then.
Getting ready to watch the broadcast of UFC 322, Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev (for the Welterweight title), taking place at Madison Square Garden, in New York City; the co-main event between Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang Weili for the Women’s Flyweight championship should be a real banger—I have no idea how either of these fights will play out. Having Cornell & Diehl Small Batch Folklore (2022, 805/1000) in an unbranded, unmarked, Magnum-sized Swan Neck LC (Large Curve) with a horn stem with an orific bit; this pipe is most likely French in origin, and may be from the late 19th or early 20th Century—it is curve/step drilled, has a bone tenon, and a cork mortise. Our friend, John is visiting to watch the fights with us and brought his Missouri Meerschaum Wizard Cobbit pipe, and will also be smoking Folklore. John and I have been watching UFC fights together regularly for close to fifteen years.
Yesterday, UPS delivered a box containing Weird Tales Presents novels that John and I recently worked on (that I designed and illustrated).
Our friends, Anthony and Nicole at Moonlight Pizza (Dave Portnoy of One Bite Pizza Reviews gave them a well deserved 8.3 rating in 2023) gifted Susan and me a bottle of champagne for our wedding last month. We’ll pop this open to celebrate the changing/not changing of two belts tonight.
My Yenidje tobacco plants have gotten taller.
I’m still catching up with old WAYS posts and am up to September 2025. I see I’ve missed a birthday or two and at least one retirement—apologies and congratulations to all those I’ve missed.
Yesterday, UPS delivered a box containing Weird Tales Presents novels that John and I recently worked on (that I designed and illustrated).
Our friends, Anthony and Nicole at Moonlight Pizza (Dave Portnoy of One Bite Pizza Reviews gave them a well deserved 8.3 rating in 2023) gifted Susan and me a bottle of champagne for our wedding last month. We’ll pop this open to celebrate the changing/not changing of two belts tonight.
My Yenidje tobacco plants have gotten taller.
I’m still catching up with old WAYS posts and am up to September 2025. I see I’ve missed a birthday or two and at least one retirement—apologies and congratulations to all those I’ve missed.
Don't think I've seen this one before . . . . I quite like it. Saw the picture of one of the Castello's bought the other day and displayed in the thread. Was really shocked as to how large the bowl was, and how much wood was on it. After seeing it, I would ask is the above version as large as the posted "monster?" Hate to say this, but I'm thinkiin'.......
Might fit my big mitts, which, btw, can actually palm a basketball!
MacBaren Uncut Navy Flake in this family era Barling. 
Thanks @gordDon't think I've seen this one before . . . . I quite like it. Saw the picture of one of the Castello's bought the other day and displayed in the thread. Was really shocked as to how large the bowl was, and how much wood was on it. After seeing it, I would ask is the above version as large as the posted "monster?" Hate to say this, but I'm thinkiin'.......
It’s big but not GGG big like that other one.
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