Erik Stokkebye 1989 in a Stanwell. Havent had this blend since it came out and damn its tasty, gonna have to get more esp for the price.
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5 year old F&T Cut Virginia Plug in a Willmer billiard.
Almost a third of the way through this bowl of pre-2014 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. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo. Fed my cats and all of the ferals, except for the absent Abner the Eager.
The blast side of the Stanwell Vario, with Mac Baren Symphony.
GLP Barbary Coast in a Savinelli poker.
OJK in a Charatan’s Make Perfection 371 DC.
Match Balkan Sobranie 957 in a cheapy bullcap 
80 degrees in Connecticut today so I popped a tin of Ashton Rainy Day. Pipe is a Pete Fermoy B10. Cheers!
1949 Dunhill Pot, with my best personal blend success, 88s or as my brother calls it, Dans Blend. Waves gently crashing in the background.
@PaulRVA I also forgot to mention with the Nightcap try this it has worked great for me, when you open a tin, pull apart and get the tin compression from the tobacco, place in a mason jar and seal, give it about week and a turn the jar and flip it, Do this each week for 2 more weeks and on week 4 open it up be ready for the tin note and The different tobacco notes when smoking, when I get my smoking jar down I have one already in this process 
2012 McClelland Contest Blend in a John Bessai Yachtsman.
Mac Baren Navy Flake in a Barling Benjamin Ye Olde Wood (1814) with a cup of black coffee.
Enjoyed a tall stack of cinnamon raisin French toast with a golden delicious apple on the side. I've passed the last third of this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Gold Star Papua New Guinea, neat, is my drink. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.
The lady who adopted the shy orange tabby renamed him Ringo, which I wanted to do, but didn't because I felt the new owners of Sam's scampers should have that responsibility. It was a good decision. I make one of those every year or so.
Anyway, here's the latest photo of Ringo. Makes me miss him, but I am sure glad that he has such a wonderfully loving home.
The lady who adopted the shy orange tabby renamed him Ringo, which I wanted to do, but didn't because I felt the new owners of Sam's scampers should have that responsibility. It was a good decision. I make one of those every year or so.
Anyway, here's the latest photo of Ringo. Makes me miss him, but I am sure glad that he has such a wonderfully loving home.
Absolutely beautiful pipe! I have a Pipes Depot Meer as well and it's very well made. Very happy with it.
Progress report. Same picture, same process. Position of dog is now different than the photo however, and he's sleeping. Old dogs mostly sleep. And did start the day off with a Mad Fiddler perique blast, good 20 minute smoke in a McQueen miniature. With cold coffee. A usual fast morning smoke for me.
Break - ins going very well indeed. The curved Falcon on the left, meershaum lined bowl, is about two smokes away from going into rotation. Being biased for rums, had a good smoke with only a slight mineral taste. Not too much subtle stuff yet, but could tell it was Backwoods and not a generic buttered rum.
Middle pipe, Falcon International with a plain briar bowl, is almost ready to go. Four smokes so far with Smoketr's Pride Whiskey Tobacco, my go to codger. The bowl is now completely covered, and the last smoke tasted pretty good. Needs a bit more carbon, but what a difference a straight, undipped or unvarnished bowl makes. As easy as breaking in a Ropp. I'll put this bowl in rotation for codger days probably on Thursday. That'll give it 4 more smokes.
Large meer (Sunday Picnic) is already starting to tinge brown on the outside of the back of the bowl, and only a very slightly mineral taste now . . . . could definitely taste Sunday Picnic over the brou-hah of the meer taste. Maybe another 4 smokes.
Break - ins going very well indeed. The curved Falcon on the left, meershaum lined bowl, is about two smokes away from going into rotation. Being biased for rums, had a good smoke with only a slight mineral taste. Not too much subtle stuff yet, but could tell it was Backwoods and not a generic buttered rum.
Middle pipe, Falcon International with a plain briar bowl, is almost ready to go. Four smokes so far with Smoketr's Pride Whiskey Tobacco, my go to codger. The bowl is now completely covered, and the last smoke tasted pretty good. Needs a bit more carbon, but what a difference a straight, undipped or unvarnished bowl makes. As easy as breaking in a Ropp. I'll put this bowl in rotation for codger days probably on Thursday. That'll give it 4 more smokes.
Large meer (Sunday Picnic) is already starting to tinge brown on the outside of the back of the bowl, and only a very slightly mineral taste now . . . . could definitely taste Sunday Picnic over the brou-hah of the meer taste. Maybe another 4 smokes.
It's a household favorite here.
I often wonder what that pipe looks like today….
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