Doc,
Where is a good place to find whole leaf deer tongue? How to you think it would pair along with anise and latakia?
Love the meer also.
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Where is a good place to find whole leaf deer tongue? How to you think it would pair along with anise and latakia?
Love the meer also.
Boswells Northwoods in the flakemaster 3000. Anything less would be uncivilized.
After failed attempts last week, I’m taking an afternoon off and vow not to be interrupted! Contemplating what I’ll be doing on the deck for a bit with a Pete Short Army XL16 and KBV Mr. C’s Stoved and Red which I think is a great Va (though technically an aro). And I have a fast growing friend! 
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Just finished smoking early 2000s Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style.
HH Old Dark Fired in a Peterson System Spigot B42.
Love the look of those! I think my first new pipe will have to be a Peterson!
God I love a good taper. Beautiful example. BBB has some fine examples from over the years
HU Edward G in the BST full bent Hungarian.
You'll find mixed opinions on here about Peterson, but I love the ones I have. I think it would be an excellent choice for a first new pipe.
HH Bold Kentucky in a Former. This pipe recently had loose stem issues after the recent temperature drops. Beeswax is working fine and I think smoking it will correct the problem. I have also moved where I store my pipes from a closet that tends to run a little cold compared to the rest of the house.
Just finished smoking year 2014 Astley’s No. 55 in a straight smooth brown circa 1940s-50s JW (John Wanamaker) made in London (Comoy’s) 186 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Long time since I smoked this pipe. Phone chatting with my editor.
GLP Geometrie in a Savinelli Punto Oro 707
Heck yeah! That's how it is with alot of things! I have some Marxman estates on the way. I am going to experiment with light restoration so I might get an estate before new to see if I like em. They look great and have heard they are real nice smokers.
The Briarlee Illustrious back at it, C&D Yorktown strengthened by a healthy portion of SG 1792.
Watching new guy learn on the hoe, and letting some GLP Windjammer dry a touch for later.
Watching new guy learn on the hoe, and letting some GLP Windjammer dry a touch for later.
Current year Solani ABF. I popped this tin last night because I leave on a trip tomorrow and I am trying to decide what to bring with me.
I never had the old ABF, but this iteration isn't terrible, just not what I want in burley. When I popped the tin, I was afraid because I was greeted with a very strong chocolate smell, and I hate chocolate. Tin notes can be deceiving though.
Actually smoking it, it started more like cocoa than chocolate. Still tastes as the name suggests... aged. I prefer my burley fresh, while it still has that light, yellowy floral taste, not this brown-y cocoa taste. And it was VERY cocoa tasting. Five minutes in and it's tasting more woody, which I greatly prefer to the start. Hopefully it will stay like this the rest of the way.
I never had the old ABF, but this iteration isn't terrible, just not what I want in burley. When I popped the tin, I was afraid because I was greeted with a very strong chocolate smell, and I hate chocolate. Tin notes can be deceiving though.
Actually smoking it, it started more like cocoa than chocolate. Still tastes as the name suggests... aged. I prefer my burley fresh, while it still has that light, yellowy floral taste, not this brown-y cocoa taste. And it was VERY cocoa tasting. Five minutes in and it's tasting more woody, which I greatly prefer to the start. Hopefully it will stay like this the rest of the way.
Enjoying some Arango Balkan Supreme in my CAO lattice billiard.
Peterson Sweet Killarney out of a Crown Monarch CR1.
Good luck with the restorations. Nothing wrong with an estate, that's a great way to test the waters. I can only speak to the Petersons that I have, but they are all great smokers and I have about a dozen. I would say the odds are in your favor. However, it can be quite the rabbit hole!
Sun Bear Tupelo in a Morgan bulldog
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