@RobNYC I enjoyed the Old Dark Fired in my clay pipes; @Chasing Embers recommends it for seeing how long I can make a clay pipe of baccy last!
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And another 1 Kramer’s English Blend in a 4th Generation Freehand
Watching the season change with wind & leaves smoking Peterson 
Shelock Holmes 'Strand' and a combination of a four different cherry blends mashup! I like it!
Shelock Holmes 'Strand' and a combination of a four different cherry blends mashup! I like it! 
Biggest wear-gap I've ever seen.
How was your homemade mixture? Whats the ratio for your Virginia mix? It sounds awesome.
That sounds like a great experiment.
Enjoying a healthy sized bowl of Drucquer and Sons Trafalgar in a Ser Jacopo coral dot bent brandy with swan neck.
Sun Bear Tupelo in a Morgan Bones
I'm pretty sure it was in tight when I took the picture as well.
A literal cherry bombWatching the season change with wind & leaves smoking Peterson
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Had a good bowl of PS Cube Cut in my Dr Grabow Omega this morning. It had sat out for a few days before smoking, so it was nice and dry. Combined with fairly low humidity today, it stayed lit remarkably well.
Toward the second half, I started picking up some cigar notes from the burley. Perhaps it's worth its own thread, but I'm curious why that's happening. Is that an essential part of the burley flavor that I'm just getting better at picking out whenever I smoke it? Or something about my physiology that won't be common with other palates, like the soapy cilantro thing? Or is it just a sign that I still smoke too fast and can make anything turn acrid?
Toward the second half, I started picking up some cigar notes from the burley. Perhaps it's worth its own thread, but I'm curious why that's happening. Is that an essential part of the burley flavor that I'm just getting better at picking out whenever I smoke it? Or something about my physiology that won't be common with other palates, like the soapy cilantro thing? Or is it just a sign that I still smoke too fast and can make anything turn acrid?
@RobNYC Video of clay pipe smoking competition from Harpole, Northamptonshire:
I'd like to get hold of a giant clay pipe like these:
It would be fun to find out how much they hold & how long they take to smoke!
A third of the way through this bowl of Sutliff Maple Shadows in a medium bend fumed tan crackled year 2020 Ahmet Govem reverse calabash meerschaum with a military mount silver band and black acrylic stem. Working on a review as I watch the Twins-Astros game.
Crooner in the meer.
Just not as good without the ghost I've imbued into my little Ropp. Truly, this is the blend that's made a pipe-dedicator out of me.
Just not as good without the ghost I've imbued into my little Ropp. Truly, this is the blend that's made a pipe-dedicator out of me.
@Pooh-Bah I smoked a clay pipe of Crooner at Nottingham Pipe Show.
@RobNYC I'd like to take part in the clay pipe smoking competition but need to practice first.
Do you think I should get a giant 'cadger' clay? A King Size clay for the Clay King
Absolutely. A clay king NEEDS to have a king-sized clay. Anything else would be uncivilized. You definitely should practice and take part in a competition. Show them who the king REALLY is!@RobNYC I'd like to take part in the clay pipe smoking competition but need to practice first.
Do you think I should get a giant 'cadger' clay? A King Size clay for the Clay King
Enjoying some Captain Black in my Tekin Lion and Claw meer.
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