Half way through this bowl of year 2020 D&R Penhooker Silver in a straight smooth dark brown late 1890s, early 1900s WDC bulldog with silver bands around the ridges, a decorative sterling silver band and tapered black vulcanite stem with an orific bit. Just finished cleaning a few pipes.
Now smoking year 2012 St. James Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Tanshell octagonal paneled EK F/T billiard with a square shank and tapered black vulcanite stem. The years have been very kind to this blend.
I enjoyed a bowl of Sutliff’s match of the old codger blend, Troost today. It’s a mild caramelly aromatic which I enjoyed from the deck of the backyard tree house. I smoked it in my dad’s late 50s or early 60s Kaywoodie saddle bit pot (shape # 95B). It’s the beginning of Fall in Anchorage and a beautiful time to be out enjoying nature.
And JimInks, that WDC bulldog is stunning!
Now smoking year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a smooth brown medium bend early 1900s C.P.F. The Chesterfield (Peterson copy) French briar military mount billiard with a nickel cap and black vulcanite AB p-lip stem. Time to read baseball box scores.
A quarter of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 515 Double Shot 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 is No. 515 with twice the rum of the Basil Rathbone blend. Fed all the ferals except for the absent Abner the Eager. Tomato the Brave didn't eat much, so I suspect he just wanted to be inside and away from Harry the Hairy. I'm still reading baseball box scores with Sleepy Suzy by my side. I'll likely end the day with this smoke.
Cabbies in my new MM cob - never had a cob before and eyed the little ski-ramp thingummy with suspicion, so I put a mesh screen in. It's a surprisingly good smoker for the princely sum of £7.75, can't argue with that.
Wondering if I’ll ever smoke anything but Chenet’s cake again? It’s like the perfect dark roast coffee, just strong enough to be an all day smoke, just enough complexity to keep it interesting,
In a Herbaugh tomato.