Not far from finishing this bowl of Jim's Va/Bur #1 in the first pipe Trever Talbot made when he went to France many years ago. It's a smooth straight Algerian briar Billiard bowl with a long Canadian stem, unbranded.
Equal parts from Tinder Box...Churchill, Burley Light and Midnight in Mayfair straight Bulldog. Wakes me up as well as coffee !! Hope to upgrade to the "finer" stuff from Pipeworks and Wilke after picking owner's brain yesterday.
No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal -- the redness and the horror of blood.
Party planning for a few, select friends while smoking Scar of the Beast in an Old Scare-ity billiard. Strict dress code. No red allowed. I think it will go well.