HH Burley Flake (2018) in a Rubio Bulldog.
***What Are You Smoking, Sept. 2022?***
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GH Dark Plug in a Pre-Republic Made in England (Rugby Style) Peterson
Enjoyed a tasty Envy apple, and have almost a quarter of a bowl left 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. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Been working, and listening to the ball game.
Now smoking Wilke No. 111 in a straight smooth medium brown 2016 Brigham Klondike 16 bulldog with a tapered black acrylic stem.
GL Pease Samarra in a Werner Mummert Handmade bulldog.
Just finished smoking year 2020 D&R Raccoon’s Delight in my very reliable smooth straight post-1938 pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.
Now smoking D&R Penhooker Silver in a straight smooth brown undated pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock 263 Canadian with a nickel band and a black tapered vulcanite p-lip stem.
The Clay King 
has nearly finished his packet of Condor Ready Rubbed!
has nearly finished his packet of Condor Ready Rubbed!
This evening, Sutliff Elizabethan Match in a variety of pipes. This is becoming my go-to blend.
I'm thinking of doing Stoptober and having a smoke free month; need to smoke all the tin of Charlatan First Bowl and the packet of Captain Black Original I was given at the Nottingham pipe show. Do you think the clay king will miss his clays and baccy???
Going to give my clays and lungs a well earned rest
will miss his clays and baccy???Going to give my clays and lungs a well earned rest
Just finishing this bowl of Wilke No. 515 in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This was the blend Basil Rathbone smoked. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Now smoking 2021 Watch City Simply Orange Virginia in a black sandblast medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 182/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Just fed Molly Danger, and it's time to check on the ferals. Sleepy Suzy is snoozin' through it all.
@Chaukisch I've got a tricorn hat I found while litter pickingThanks but meh, it can always be better. I'm still too hung up on too much prestige and finesse when it comes to pipes and their visuals although I could never afford the big stuff.
Just look a those incredible pieces that some of our good brothers share on this forum,
like @Chasing Embers Meerschaum skull pipe with tricorne hat.
I'd love but don't have a goddamn tricorne hat... But his pipe does!
My thoughts exactly. The UK and Northern Germany has a lot of combined history and nowadays this little strip of water just isn't big enough to provide a decent barrier. And I always wanted to visit the UK and have a proper English breakfast. Maybe one of these days I'll get a little nutshell together and paddle across.
But until then: Jolly smokes from across the pond!
On topic:
Don't wanna waste good space so here's the same clay from the other side, open knot because it really helps with balance and will open up anyway. Also good for a little tingle on the old fingers.
But everything grips and feels real good in general. Very recommendable!
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Goes well with the Redcoat, pewter tankard and clay pipe!
A third of the way through this bowl of SWRA in a straight, black sandblasted undated Comoy’s Sunrise Etched Grain straight apple 551 with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Reading baseball box scores while this bowl and I last.
Break in Travel Les Wood for Astley’s & Westminster PEASE……..’ Delicious ‘
Amphora Burley in a Mark Twain.
Just 2 weeks to go until Stoptober; need to smoke 2 packets of pipe baccy. I'll probably finish the Condor today. Wish me luck
The rest of Mac Baren Navy Flake folded in an apple „Lumor Selection“ with a screw on Bakelite stem You can clearly see a big patch of filler on the bowl. But nevertheless the old pipe smokes properly. Have a nice day ladies and gentlemen.
Working my way up to full bowls in the new Savinelli 313:
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I asked my wife to help me choose which Virginia to open next: a tin of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture from 2013, or the Capstan Blue that I just recently bought. She initially chose the Elizabethan, in honor of the departed queen, but then I told her that Capstan had been a favorite of J.R.R. Tolkien. Being a huge Tolkien nerd, she immediately changed her answer!
I packed this bowl and did a charring light before going to bed last night, and am just now resuming it. My leather tongue and I are reserving judgment until we've had a few bowls, but I'd say it's mild but promising. Not as grassy or tangy as some others I've had, somewhere in the middle. I fully rubbed out this bowl, but read some threads today about cube-cutting flakes, so I'm excited to try that next.
IMHO this wouldn’t sell a lot without the Tolkien-story. That’s why I bought it.
I’m not a big fan of his Ring either. I read the whole story at the age of 16 and liked the „The Hobbit“ as preface to the Ring the most.
Today I am not into fairytales any more.
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