GLP Telegraph Hill in a Tinsky acorn
***What Are You Smoking, Sept. 2022?***
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Only the finest from The Shire. Yes, the clay pipe suits it well.
Keep a pipe cleaner handy to keep the stem dry...I found that helped until I got used to capstan blue. Now I don't need it as much. It also helps to slow sip it and pack it lighter. Then its really mild.More cube-cut Capstan Blue in my Big Ben Ranger. (No picture this time, but you get 1000 words instead...)
My "Virginia education" continues... I am to the point where I can avoid burning my tongue outright, but I often singe it in a more gradual way that I don't notice at first. I tend to stick the tip of my tongue directly in the path of the smoke coming out of the button, probably for the same reason that a dog sticks its head out the window of a moving car and looks forward. I get a few good blasts of sweetness and other basic flavors that way, but then it stops working and I start smoking harder.
With today's bowl, I'm making more of a conscious effort to keep my tongue out of the way, especially during relights. And I'm re-training myself to taste the smoke more... ambiently.
It's like being a Buddhist monk in training, trying to clear the mind and focus on the subtleties and getting thwacked with a cane when you screw up.
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Enjoyed a tasty lunch, then did a set of walking reps, and smoked a bowl of year 2016 D&R Two Timer Gold in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple with a black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
2018 SPC Plum Pudding Special Reserve in an IMP Paneled Meer.
First time smoking the soon-to-be released Seattle Pipe Club Give Me Liberty in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera with a black acrylic tapered stem. This straight old belt red and Brazilian Virginia cake goes on sale Sept. 27. I'm working on a review of it, so I'll need time to smoke it before I can discuss it.
Enjoying some time with my youngest...
I'm having a bowl of Virginia Flake in a Peterson GE Scott (B17). He's having a scoop of Oreo cookies & cream in a cone. Life is good!
I'm having a bowl of Virginia Flake in a Peterson GE Scott (B17). He's having a scoop of Oreo cookies & cream in a cone. Life is good!
Brown Flake Aro in an Albertson Precious
Two Friends Redwood in the Novak following some Anthology earlier today in the Moonshine Cannonball.
What am I missing here, you owned a pipe tobacco company?
P.S. @ThermionicScott dry your VAs crispy for now if you haven’t, also pack lightly, and sip slowly, just stay away from moist anything for now, especially VAs, until you get it down.
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Some 2013 G.L. Pease Union square in a newly acquired Michael Bay rusticated lovat with Cumberland stem. It’s the first one I’ve had as a new unsmoked pipe. It smoked great! Happy smokes all! 
HU Makhuwa purchased February 2020 in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard
Also had some c&d Sansepolcro in an Ian fisher bamboo pipe. Ian makes great artisan pipes at a very affordable price point! Happy smokes! 
Going to have Esoterica Tilbury in a Savinelli Punto Oro Corallo 320 KS.
Half way through this bowl of Seattle Pipe Club Give Me Liberty in a smooth brown medium bend 2002 straight grain Karl Erik Ekstravagant A dublin sitter with a small horn ferrule accent and black acrylic saddle stem.
Standard Tobacco Company of PA, one time owners of the War Horse, John Cottons, Bengal Slices trade marks manufactured by STG and sold out to them a few years ago!What am I missing here, you owned a pipe tobacco company?
P.S. @ThermionicScott dry your VAs crispy for now if you haven’t, also pack lightly, and sip slowly, just stay away from moist anything for now, especially VAs, until you get it down.
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