The latakia is mostly faded. The plume and Virginias are in the lead.
***What Are You Smoking, Sept. 2022?***
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Not far from finishing this bowl of 2021 Watch City Simply VOriental in a straight smooth medium brown 1930s Wilshire 5 bulldog (Comoy’s second) made for John’s Pipe Shop in Los Angeles with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
Just finished smoking Watch City Beta Test VBur in a straight smooth brown post-WW2 LHS Purex Superfine 74 Canadian with a metal screw-in tenon and a tapered black vulcanite stem.
Half way through this bowl of D&R Raccoon’s Accent in a pre-WWII straight smooth brown The Lumberman Special (Comoy’s) with a tapered black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
In the beginning I loaded the bowl with the three layer method you can read about everywhere. Never got the trick. The same with the gravity method. What works is just to throw the right amount of tobacco for the bowl in, by measuring the depth and width with a finger. Then I prepare a quite loose amount in a Wurst and put it in, sometimes with a little screw like move. On the top I put some pressure to get it in. The rest is lighting and tampin. And of course relighting once in a while, which is a good thing. My tobaccos tend to dry out fast in this climate, so there is not a lot of issue with clumping and gurgling. Especially in cobs it’s easy. I like that open draw. Have a nice smoke.
Was that the commission pipe? If so, I didn’t notice any pics posted, showing us the shop and steps in the build process, I asked if you would be so kind to post.
Nice pipe!
Not far from finishing this bowl of Low Country Pipe & Cigar Natural Virginia & Burley in a 2020 straight black sandblasted Merchant Service “Bing” Standard with a nickel band and black vulcanite tapered stem.
Enjoyed a small, but tasty Jazz apple, and am smoking Wilke Hearth of Galway in an undated smooth straight medium brown made in France Saillard Lord Clerit lumberman with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Still have some work to do so I can finish this job tomorrow.
Perique-Cones in the Kiko, Safari pipe for breakfast. Had some coffee and a croissant with marmelade.
Finished work for the day, and am almost half way through this bowl of Angler's Dream in a 2018 natural smooth medium bend Peterson 03 apple silver spigot military mount with a tapered black acrylic fish tail stem.
Morning pipe: C&D Night Train in my no-name sitter.
Just finished up a bowl of SPC Mississippi River. In memory of Joe.
an afternoon smoke of Polish Condor green in a Lubinsky medium apple
January 2019 C&D Haunted Bookshop in a Savinelli Oceano 320.
This is a tobacco that I was always going to try, since people either raved or ranted about it on the forums. I bought several tins to get free shipping and didn’t get around to opening one for about a year.
It’s got an interesting flavor to it. Nuts, chocolate, soda water, stewed fruit sweetness, plum, a little sharp pepper.
Not something I crave all the time, but enjoyable now and then.
This is a tobacco that I was always going to try, since people either raved or ranted about it on the forums. I bought several tins to get free shipping and didn’t get around to opening one for about a year.
It’s got an interesting flavor to it. Nuts, chocolate, soda water, stewed fruit sweetness, plum, a little sharp pepper.
Not something I crave all the time, but enjoyable now and then.
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