Now smoking year 2013 Capstan Blue Flake in a straight 1924 Dunhill’s “Shell Briar” patent pot 7 with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Sleepy Suzy is by my side. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.
***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***
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Wilke Vermont Maple Cavendish in a Nording.
Doing some evening work now that the old Kubota’s got lights.
The Royal Yacht in a Pipes By Lee three star medium sale stem pear.
The Royal Yacht in a Pipes By Lee three star medium sale stem pear.
KBV 2023 Roman Legion XO in a Marxman Royal.
McCranies Jamestowne in a JP Urquiza 
C&D Evergreen in a Peterson Derry 69.
Pegasus in a Nording Woodcock
Bet we'll see this year's hunter pipe offering real soon
Bet we'll see this year's hunter pipe offering real soon
Edward’s Special Balkan in the Savinelli Autograph 3
2011 Burley Flake #1 recently pulled from the cellar in a Fatih freehand.
in another Eltang snail
I've never had any quite that aged. I'd be real interested to hear your thoughts as you smoke through
Breaking in the new Peterson Christmas X105 with some Exclusive tonight.
Great looking Pete,
Nice choice
Just finished feeding the ferals and this bowl of year 2015 Mac Baren Virginia #1 in a straight black 1925 Dunhill patent shell Canadian 33 with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Watching a Gene Autry western.
Now smoking Wilke Little Round Top in an undated straight smooth brown pre-Republic Peterson’s Sterling bulldog 150 with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite saddle p-lip stem.
Finally...I've been experimenting with creating a Balkan that in some way resembles Penzance. Finally, after a lot of conversation and something Ernie wrote about his own Balkan recipe, I realized a back door to creating a Balkan that has a unique note that compliments the Virginias and Orientals - green river Cavendish with a topping that could blend well with the rest of the tobaccos. Using the proportions set out by a well-known tobacconist I worked a blend up and lo and behold, there it was. The Cavendish had just enough influence with its topping to do exactly what I needed to have happened. I am satisfied with most of my choices for Virginia leaf and oriental leaves, but I can continue to work on that. Now that I see how the Cavendish can influence the batch as a whole, I can continue to play with various tobaccos and change the overall flavor note to approximate whatever I decide I am looking to make. Anyway, I wanted to document this experiment and this is what I am doing here. For now, I'll refer to the blend as PMP - Poor Man's Penzance.
8/18 MB HH Pure Virginia in a Howell.
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