Three flakes of 2013 Glengarry Flake as described on the Roll 3 or 4 Flakes thread.
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We managed to sneak away from the city for a night and are at 9800 feet elevation in the mountains with a current 41 degree temp.
After roasting some marshmallows with my daughter I'm really enjoying some Roper's Roundels in a Bruno Nuttens Bing and some 25 year old Domaine Tariquet pure Folle Blanche Bas Armagnac (had to put it in a plastic bottle) next to the fire pit at the hotel:
After roasting some marshmallows with my daughter I'm really enjoying some Roper's Roundels in a Bruno Nuttens Bing and some 25 year old Domaine Tariquet pure Folle Blanche Bas Armagnac (had to put it in a plastic bottle) next to the fire pit at the hotel:
Cornell and Diehl Burley Flake #1 in a Brigham Rideau Canal pipe of 2022.
Inauguration of my Brebbia estate pipe, went with Balkan Sasieni.
Almost half way through this bowl of 2021 Watch City Simply VOriental in a straight smooth medium brown 1930s Wilshire 5 bulldog (Comoy’s second) made for John’s Pipe Shop in Los Angeles with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye in a Big Ben Barbados as I jar up tobacco.
My understanding is the Barbados was inspired by the AL Pascia Curvy, but it isn't a reverse calabash. The walls are thin and the chamber is deceptively large. However, it has more fillings than the Candy Man's teeth.
The pipe smokes great, but I haven't reached for it often enough. That may change.
My understanding is the Barbados was inspired by the AL Pascia Curvy, but it isn't a reverse calabash. The walls are thin and the chamber is deceptively large. However, it has more fillings than the Candy Man's teeth.
The pipe smokes great, but I haven't reached for it often enough. That may change.
Daughters & Ryan Rimboche S.J. in a Peterson short army 106.
I'm grabbing this pipe the most even though I'm not typically a fan of straight stems.
I'm grabbing this pipe the most even though I'm not typically a fan of straight stems.
Pegasus in the AGovem meer. Just finished watching Anchorman with the wife and was surprised to see so many pipes in the film. My first time watching it in over a decade.
I didn’t think I’d like a p-lip, but sooo glad I grabbed my Short Army!
Almost finished smoking year 2018 Mac Baren Acadian Perique in a straight smooth brown 1933-36 KBB Yello-Bole Honey Cured Briar 2384 Acorn with a tapered yellow rock ambra stem. I did finish work for the day.
Just finishing this bowl of Wilke No. 515 Double Shot in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This is No. 515 with twice the rum of the Basil Rathbone blend.
Close to finishing this bowl of year 2014 Uhle’s 00 in a 2015 straight dark brown Peterson Irish Harp 150 bulldog with a silver band and a tapered acrylic cumberland fish tail stem. This'll do it for me today.
Peter Stokkebye LNF in a Irish Seconds.
Morning everyone, starting off with Solani 633 in this 7 1/2” cutty, this unmarked pipe was owned by a gentleman that worked for GBD from the 1930’-50’s but I’ve never seen a GBD like it. I’m not sure if he made it or not or if was made during his time at GBD unfortunately but it’s nice to have some provenance even if it raises more questions than it answers. There’s a tiny fault in the grain about 3/4” from the bowl that you need to search for to find but it’s enough to keep it being stamped. 
Enjoying another bowl of Kendal Black Cherry in the Savinelli 401 Churchwarden tonight. I was doing a little research on the history of this blend and as far as I can tell it used to be called Top Black Cherry but was renamed Kendal Black Cherry back in 2019. I'm not sure why exactly it was renamed, or if I'm even correct about Top Black Cherry and Kendal Black Cherry being the same, but perhaps @gawithhoggarth could shed some light on the matter?
P.S.: It sure would be nice if we could get some shipments of Exclusiv Black Cherry sent over to the states sometime, since I've heard it's very good!
Carolina Red Flake w/Perique
A bit woozy this morning as a result of yesterday's experiment with my innovative SEDRHGT* approach to pipe smoking.
After setting up as described previously I reëntered the closet, now dense with smoke from Best Brown Flake, chosen for this purpose as it is relatively straightforward.
Inhale. Retro-hale. The first thing that came to mind was how wonderfully liberating it was to smoke without requiring recourse to a pipe.
Inhale. Retro-hale. Waves of gustatory and olfactory sensation coursed through me with a complexity that was beyond anything I had ever experienced.
Inhale. Retro-hale. I began to unravel the individual strands: the scent of the sea off the coast of Malabar; castelvetrano olives; pickled herring; Barbasol shave cream...
Inhale. Retro-hale. The melange began to overwhelm me; a veritable phantasmagoria of tastes and smells.
Inhale. Retro-hale. My head started to spin. Inhale. Retro-hale. Inhale. Retro-ha...
I came to on the floor of the closet having evidently neglected to account for the paucity of oxygen in the hermetically sealed closet and its rate of depletion. Fortunately my wife had returned and opened the closet door before I had succumbed to asphyxiation. Unfortunately, she took in the modifications I had made to the closet and, unaccountably displeased, shut it again with me still in it.
But the influx of air coupled with the noise of the slamming door had roused me sufficiently that I was able to crawl to the backyard where I was eventually revivified.
Clearly the SEDRHGT* method, although enormously promising, requires a bit of fine-tuning. Assuming I survive, I'll report on future progress in this space.
*Sealed Enclosure Delayed Retro-Hale Gratification Technique© 2023, all rights reserved.
A bit woozy this morning as a result of yesterday's experiment with my innovative SEDRHGT* approach to pipe smoking.
After setting up as described previously I reëntered the closet, now dense with smoke from Best Brown Flake, chosen for this purpose as it is relatively straightforward.
Inhale. Retro-hale. The first thing that came to mind was how wonderfully liberating it was to smoke without requiring recourse to a pipe.
Inhale. Retro-hale. Waves of gustatory and olfactory sensation coursed through me with a complexity that was beyond anything I had ever experienced.
Inhale. Retro-hale. I began to unravel the individual strands: the scent of the sea off the coast of Malabar; castelvetrano olives; pickled herring; Barbasol shave cream...
Inhale. Retro-hale. The melange began to overwhelm me; a veritable phantasmagoria of tastes and smells.
Inhale. Retro-hale. My head started to spin. Inhale. Retro-hale. Inhale. Retro-ha...
I came to on the floor of the closet having evidently neglected to account for the paucity of oxygen in the hermetically sealed closet and its rate of depletion. Fortunately my wife had returned and opened the closet door before I had succumbed to asphyxiation. Unfortunately, she took in the modifications I had made to the closet and, unaccountably displeased, shut it again with me still in it.
But the influx of air coupled with the noise of the slamming door had roused me sufficiently that I was able to crawl to the backyard where I was eventually revivified.
Clearly the SEDRHGT* method, although enormously promising, requires a bit of fine-tuning. Assuming I survive, I'll report on future progress in this space.
*Sealed Enclosure Delayed Retro-Hale Gratification Technique© 2023, all rights reserved.
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Started the day with Dark Bird’s Eye in an Altinay.
Enjoying more of the same in a George Boyadjiev.
Enjoying more of the same in a George Boyadjiev.
I’m not sure but all tobacco blends in the UK can no longer mention flavouring so that blend is now called Kendal BC here, Rum Flake is Jamaican Flake but like the BC most others have been reduced to initials. I guess it’s to stop 13 year olds picking up the pipe instead of disposable vapes that they can leave literally everywhere and enjoy bubble gum watermelon flavours among many others obviously marketed towards kids. Brave new world I guess. No strike that, it’s a stupid, cowardly new word where the easiest route through life is encouraged. Or am I just a jaded old cynic?View attachment 255197
Enjoying another bowl of Kendal Black Cherry in the Savinelli 401 Churchwarden tonight. I was doing a little research on the history of this blend and as far as I can tell it used to be called Top Black Cherry but was renamed Kendal Black Cherry back in 2019. I'm not sure why exactly it was renamed, or if I'm even correct about Top Black Cherry and Kendal Black Cherry being the same, but perhaps @gawithhoggarth could shed some light on the matter?
P.S.: It sure would be nice if we could get some shipments of Exclusiv Black Cherry sent over to the states sometime, since I've heard it's very good!
Good afternoon. While my sister-in-law prepares lunch. I continue with the second third of mb scottish mixture, in a MM General bent. Finally the cold weather is here, I can wear wool socks 
. Well, my sister-in-law is going to try to make a Valencian paella, if it doesn't work out, we have a pizzeria near our house. I wish you a happy Sunday. And God bless you.
. Well, my sister-in-law is going to try to make a Valencian paella, if it doesn't work out, we have a pizzeria near our house. I wish you a happy Sunday. And God bless you.
I had the tiniest amount of Revor Plug left in a tin and had to beef it out to fill a bowl. I added equal amounts 633 and MacB Golden Extra and just a pinch of HH ODF. The resulting blend was rather fine and I’m looking around for something similar to Revor to reproduce it. Smoked in a bent Tilshead. 
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