This morning, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.
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BDL Toro while playing golf today. Bought these from Cigar Page, around $3 per stick. Looked like they'd be worth a try. They are, very good cigar. Full bodied, nice taste.
Rocky Patel Edge Toro while playing golf today.
BDL Robusto while playing golf today. Even better than the Toro.
4/19 Germain's Rich Dark Flake in an Altinay.
Last smoke today, C&D Virginia Flake in the Pete Junior blasted bulldog 
Almost a third of the way through this bowl of year 2012 Esoterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Have enough left for maybe half a bowl. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Saw one of my favorite bands tonight and my smoking buddy was a lil opossum so that was cool. Three Nuns in a Peterson Aran Rhodesian. Good stuff.
Finally, a brief respite from today's winds. 
So, playing it uncomplicated with a cigar. Expecting another windy day tomorrow. 
CAO Brazilia
with a nice Ruby Port 
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@abecox This li'l guy visits me just about every night for piping time.
So, playing it uncomplicated with a cigar. Expecting another windy day tomorrow. CAO Brazilia
with a nice Ruby Port .@abecox This li'l guy visits me just about every night for piping time.
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Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men. Looks like fishing season is over and it just started. Heavy snow this morning and either snow or heavy rain tomorrow. And I was just starting to look forward to it. So in lieu of all this, I'm going to do some floor washing and cleanup tomorrow, post a few interesting smokes, and leave y'all with this post on a new tobacco mix of mine that has drawn rave reviews from my admittedly small group of smoking friends. I posted this in the regular forum two days ago, and as usual, I then repost it in this thread a couple of days later. So, without further delay, I offer you this Tuesday evening:
A NEW HOMEMIX FROM GORD
My usual hangout is Jimi's "What Are You Smoking Today?" but I do make the occasional foray into the fray of general pipe or tobacco discussions when I have something that I think will be of general interest.
Those of you who know me know that I hunt and fish, which are my main recreations especially since retirement. I also have had a lot of fun with home mixes and learning about different tobaccos, and that I've usually posted in the general forum on these subjects before I present the same post in "what Are You Smoking Today." That's the case with this post.
You also know me as being fairly verbose, and I'm going to start off in this manner with a general statement that I'll simply present, and back off . . . this is my opinion and I'm not going to argue or defend it. The info on the new mix is what this post is really about.
General Statement: As a guy who hunts and fishes a lot (taken over 60 head of big game and then stopped counting), I firmly believe that pipes and cigars have absolutely no place in the hunting field. Forest fires is the obvious biggy, and in a place of excitement, ANYBODY can get careless. The highly developed sense of smell of big game animals is the main reason. In my callow youth I had moose, deer and bear suddenly vamoose when they winded me. Imagine what they'd do if they winded your pipe. 'Nuff said.
My answer to this is when I want Vitamin N in the field or stream, I chew tobacco. I discovered a few years back, that Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco tastes as good or better than any snoose I've ever bought, and have used it for a long long time. Still do. Which brings me to the meat of this argument, pun intended.
Before I post the info, I'll also state that yes, I do have a pipe or cigar when fishing, but always at the picnic table or a safe area at break time. Never in the boat. Guess I'm simple minded but I can only concentrate on one thing at a time. So, here ya go:
I developed a "chew" based on three readily available, and fine tobacoos in their own right:
Equal parts of Smoker's Pride Black Cavendish, which has a very noticeable chocolate flavouring, Smoker's Pride Whiskey Tobacco, which is all burley with a sweet Bourbon flavouring, and Sir Walter Raleigh regular Pipe Tobacco, which is all burley with a very sweet anise flavour.
All of these tobaccos are excellent chews all by themselves, but in this combination, they are dynamite. I vary the chew that I take with me on trips to balance what I want to experience on the outing. If I like a chocolate overtone, I mix 3:2:2 with a bit more SP Black, and if I want the sweetness to predominate, I go 2:2:3 with the dominance of the delightful SWR leading the mix. I put the chew in a plastic 35mm film container in my pocket, which easily lasts the day in the field.
Now here is the crux of this post: A number of my hunting/fishing buddies chided me a bit for this stuff, and just said that chewing is for animals. Yup. Guilty as charged.
Then one of them, at a reverie at my home, the stalwart Mike, said that if he couldn't smoke it, he didn't want it. So I tossed a container over to him and said, "Go ahead."
He did, and said, " . . . uh, Gord . . . . this is your best mix ever." Others present then tried it and agreed completely. So, after that day, I put a jar of what is now called (Mike named it, btw, not me,) "Gord's Snuff'n'Puff." It's a go-to for my guests now.
And, there it is. Give it a try. Cheap, easy to mix and quite an excellent home mix aro. Yup. I smoke it quite a bit myself. Pictured with my at present favourite aro-biased pipe, my recently aquired Peterson Rhodesian Tavern Pipe. A real gem of a pipe if there ever was one.
You're Welcome.
Oh, yeah, I've been growing my own tobacco the past year and a half, and am preparing a post on Izmere Oriental (sp?) growing, mixing and pressing, for making your own Balkans. Post will be ready and I'll post it here in about two weeks. Promise I'll spel it rite then lol.
A NEW HOMEMIX FROM GORD
My usual hangout is Jimi's "What Are You Smoking Today?" but I do make the occasional foray into the fray of general pipe or tobacco discussions when I have something that I think will be of general interest.
Those of you who know me know that I hunt and fish, which are my main recreations especially since retirement. I also have had a lot of fun with home mixes and learning about different tobaccos, and that I've usually posted in the general forum on these subjects before I present the same post in "what Are You Smoking Today." That's the case with this post.
You also know me as being fairly verbose, and I'm going to start off in this manner with a general statement that I'll simply present, and back off . . . this is my opinion and I'm not going to argue or defend it. The info on the new mix is what this post is really about.
General Statement: As a guy who hunts and fishes a lot (taken over 60 head of big game and then stopped counting), I firmly believe that pipes and cigars have absolutely no place in the hunting field. Forest fires is the obvious biggy, and in a place of excitement, ANYBODY can get careless. The highly developed sense of smell of big game animals is the main reason. In my callow youth I had moose, deer and bear suddenly vamoose when they winded me. Imagine what they'd do if they winded your pipe. 'Nuff said.
My answer to this is when I want Vitamin N in the field or stream, I chew tobacco. I discovered a few years back, that Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco tastes as good or better than any snoose I've ever bought, and have used it for a long long time. Still do. Which brings me to the meat of this argument, pun intended.
Before I post the info, I'll also state that yes, I do have a pipe or cigar when fishing, but always at the picnic table or a safe area at break time. Never in the boat. Guess I'm simple minded but I can only concentrate on one thing at a time. So, here ya go:
I developed a "chew" based on three readily available, and fine tobacoos in their own right:
Equal parts of Smoker's Pride Black Cavendish, which has a very noticeable chocolate flavouring, Smoker's Pride Whiskey Tobacco, which is all burley with a sweet Bourbon flavouring, and Sir Walter Raleigh regular Pipe Tobacco, which is all burley with a very sweet anise flavour.
All of these tobaccos are excellent chews all by themselves, but in this combination, they are dynamite. I vary the chew that I take with me on trips to balance what I want to experience on the outing. If I like a chocolate overtone, I mix 3:2:2 with a bit more SP Black, and if I want the sweetness to predominate, I go 2:2:3 with the dominance of the delightful SWR leading the mix. I put the chew in a plastic 35mm film container in my pocket, which easily lasts the day in the field.
Now here is the crux of this post: A number of my hunting/fishing buddies chided me a bit for this stuff, and just said that chewing is for animals. Yup. Guilty as charged.
Then one of them, at a reverie at my home, the stalwart Mike, said that if he couldn't smoke it, he didn't want it. So I tossed a container over to him and said, "Go ahead."
He did, and said, " . . . uh, Gord . . . . this is your best mix ever." Others present then tried it and agreed completely. So, after that day, I put a jar of what is now called (Mike named it, btw, not me,) "Gord's Snuff'n'Puff." It's a go-to for my guests now.
And, there it is. Give it a try. Cheap, easy to mix and quite an excellent home mix aro. Yup. I smoke it quite a bit myself. Pictured with my at present favourite aro-biased pipe, my recently aquired Peterson Rhodesian Tavern Pipe. A real gem of a pipe if there ever was one.
You're Welcome.
Oh, yeah, I've been growing my own tobacco the past year and a half, and am preparing a post on Izmere Oriental (sp?) growing, mixing and pressing, for making your own Balkans. Post will be ready and I'll post it here in about two weeks. Promise I'll spel it rite then lol.
Nice photo! Really works!
Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am a quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2000 SWRA in a straight smooth 2024 Peterson Red Killarney 264 Canadian with metal accents around the shank and a black acrylic p-lip stem. Tomato the Brave came to eat his wet food. He thanked me and went out. Harry the Hairy ate, and m'lady is playing rope with him. Daisy the Feral Princess stayed outside.
Arango Balkan Supreme in an Ardor Venere Rhodesian.
Ryback+P in the Briarlee driving in, then Match Victorian driving home (which is about 3mi past the last saddle of the mountains in the distance).
Then the evening’s chores with 1792DKF in a Kaywoodie White Briar Campus belgique.
Then the evening’s chores with 1792DKF in a Kaywoodie White Briar Campus belgique.
GL Pease Cairo in a Savinelli Noce 626. 
Snacked lightly, and am half way through this bowl of year 2020 D&R Penhooker in a straight smooth brown undated pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock 263 Canadian with a nickel band and a tapered black p-lip stem. Harry the Hairy went out and Daisy the Feral Princess came in to eat her wet food. Fed wet food to my cats, too.
Well, I thought Douwe Egberts makes coffee (I consume some instants and they are pretty good).Circa 1986 Douwe Egberts Amphora Full Aroma in a circa 1940 Schowa Selected canted dublin. The Amphora has finally dried out!
View attachment 426950 Price not showing in photo, but was a fine $5.50 for 1.5 oz
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Part way through this bowl of year 2019 Seattle Pipe Club Deception Pass plug in a smooth straight brown late 1930s Linkman’s Dr. Grabow Deluxe Bruyere 9703B pot with a nickel accent and a black tapered vulcanite stem. Sleepy Suzy is by my side purring loudly. Molly Danger is snoozin' on m'lady's chair. Daisy the Feral Princess is snoozin' on the couch.
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