Smoking some just opened SPC Plum Pudding Barrel aged in a Custom Bilt enjoying the Friday Evening.
Thanks. I love that pipe. As for ODF 25th, I'm smoking a tin and aging the rest. I'm curious to see how it ages.That is a very unique and cool grain. I recently picked up several tins of the Watch City ODF 25th and excited to try it.
The yellow warbler is 1 of only 3 warbler species I've seen where I live and only once in the 3 years I've been birding.Drying a week-capping pinch of SPC Hogshead (sample) on a paper towel, with a Foyard Beechwood straight Rhodesian prepped and ready for loading. Both sample and pipe are courtesy of @TheIronMonkey (along with the Uno. And the Loch Ness. And the Palmetto Balkan. And the etc.). For the umpteenth time, I thank you kindly!
Bird report: California towhee, California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California quail, House finch, Common raven, Oak titmouse, White-breasted nuthatch, Mountain chickadee, and...Yellow warbler! First time sighting in my 6+ years here in the mountains. Wish it stayed long enough for me to snap a picture, so I could show off my crappy photography skills with a blurry yellow smudgy eyesore of a photo.
Shabbat shalom, and an early Chag Sameach!
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I love my chubby Pete Rhodie but hate its shallowness. It would take me 2 minutes to hit the the third way through mark smoking my ribbon cut tobacco.A third of the way through this bowl of Seattle Pipe Club Hogshead plug in a medium bend, smooth brown 1950s Peterson 999 Dublin chubby Rhodesian with a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem.
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I understand. Of course, Hogshead is not a ribbon cut so I get an hour or so out of it. I do have another 1950s chubby 999, but haven't decided what to smoke in it. It has a smaller bowl than the one I've been smoking.I love my chubby Pete Rhodie but hate its shallowness. It would take me 2 minutes to hit the the third way through mark smoking my ribbon cut tobacco.
Welcome back Lazarus!Smoking Ennerdale Flake into an Ali cutty Meer with coffee . Wish everyone a good day ! View attachment 170804