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Birddog66

Lifer
Nov 29, 2020
2,997
53,386
Newhaven England
Just got in from walking WeeBay with the old Civic and some MacB London Blend, one of my favourite burley blends, perhaps the favourite but sadly discontinued. Now smoking some 3 year old Capstan Blue in the Ferndown Tudor Root with gold band, this pipe is pretty much reserved for straight Va’s which means it’s not smoked that often but after not smoking Capstan for over a year I might be packing it a lot more often. image.jpg
 

Carol

Lifer
Dec 15, 2021
1,454
27,652
NW NM, USA
Well, knowing how much I love grape tootsie pops, a friend sent me a tin of Visions of Celephais. I tried it today, in an old cob. Hmmmm. It smells great, no doubt of that. Let it dry about 30 min and it stayed lit for me. But wow, did it bite! Burned my tongue rather nastily. Might be the Virginias I suppose. Sooo, it's jarred up, labeled and will stay there for a couple months. At least I can say I tried it. Couldn't taste the grape, nor the spices everyone talks about. I like an occasional glass of spiced wine, so was looking forward to this. Can't taste nothin right now. Sigh. Live and learn. :oops:20230930_111908.jpg
 

RobNYC

Lifer
Dec 10, 2021
2,351
35,412
56
Queens, N.Y.
Well, knowing how much I love grape tootsie pops, a friend sent me a tin of Visions of Celephais. I tried it today, in an old cob. Hmmmm. It smells great, no doubt of that. Let it dry about 30 min and it stayed lit for me. But wow, did it bite! Burned my tongue rather nastily. Might be the Virginias I suppose. Sooo, it's jarred up, labeled and will stay there for a couple months. At least I can say I tried it. Couldn't taste the grape, nor the spices everyone talks about. I like an occasional glass of spiced wine, so was looking forward to this. Can't taste nothin right now. Sigh. Live and learn. :oops:View attachment 250140
I'm very sorry to hear about this unfortunate turn of events. Life owes you one.
 
Dec 3, 2021
5,563
48,364
Pennsylvania & New York
Just got done refurbing this CPF
-Colossal Pipe Factory- pipe, from what I can glean from information gathered so far it’s a pre KB&B which would put it somewhere before 1898 but quite possibly later as these are difficult to date exactly. Now ghost free I’m going to make the first smoke Bankside and see how it goes. This was a gift from a good friend after one I brought on eBay wasn’t sent, probably due to the seller getting a higher offer and being a total dick. View attachment 249367View attachment 249368

The C.P.F. brand produced pipes until about 1920 or 1921.
 

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
64,885
656,305
Did a set of walking reps on this beautiful day, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. One of my best friends from my college days is coming over again very soon. Over 40 years of friendship, and we've never had an argument. He's a good a human as I've ever known.
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