Good morning everyone, smoking a VaBur concoction in a cob with coffee.
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I was talking with Mark Ryan at the Richmond show Saturday about pressing that Virginia and the trials of trying not to disintegrate the leaf under pressure. I asked him, pleaded with him to make more!Well, I’ve been on the Stogie Trail quite a bit since June, getting back into them, it’s been ages since I’ve had cigars, so I’ve barely smoked the pipes lately.
But last night the urge came back!
Thought it was time to whip out the good stuff for the boys & girls! LOLJust kidding…
But this is some really good stuff.
2018 Russ Ouellette Acadian Gold in a 1967 - 1969 Dr. Grabow Commodore 65 Zulu, with a metal screw in tenon, stinger removed, and a vulcanite stem.
Be well everyone!
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HU Asmara in this pre transition Barling Billiard.
Barling's Make 143F is the stamping,and hard to read.
Barling's Make 143F is the stamping,and hard to read.
Haunted Bookshop in a cob with coffee. 
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Time to make the donuts.
Match Victorian in a Briarlee Illustrious.
Have a great day, unless you’ve made other plans.
Match Victorian in a Briarlee Illustrious.
Have a great day, unless you’ve made other plans.
C&D Exclusive in an Ashton LX Dublin and Coffee ️ on the side.
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Bought my zero waste groceries & toiletries today; getting them delivered this evening. Another 8 items of packaging saved & re-used! Found 3 Silk Cut cigarettes today.
I'd planned on having an absolute stinker of a day, but it has all fallen apart and is turning out quite well! You can't legislate for it.
Germain's Gold Leaf in the beater, sat in warm sunshine.
@BingBong Sounds like a baccy for the King's Clay!
Had a light lunch. Now its time for some Quiet Nights in a Ser Jac custom.
Milan Milestone in an ancient (early 1970s) store apple from Campbell's Smoke Shop in East Lansing.
A mix of briar fox and dark fired in an unmarked pipe
OJK in an Irish Seconds System 302.
OJK in the 1890s French commemorative Artillerie pipe.
CAO Lattice bowl meerschaum from the 1980s purchased at a meerschaum show at John Dengler's Pipes when such things often occurred at B&M Pipe Tobacco establishments. A trusty pipe, it has never disappointed me. Smoking the first version of what will become 88s. Today, the ingredients for the master mix will arrive and I'll take it from there. It is a Virginia/Oriental blend with just a hint of cherry for room note.
I remember Dengler’s very well.
My grandfather’s shop of choice
back in the day As it was a quick trip and the closest real Tobacconist from nearby Afton.
Last night I ran a quick errand and brought my Vauen Olaf bent egg loaded with a mix of Sutliff Sweet Virginia 707 and Lane 1-Q. While I started the pipe I never got to finish it and it sat all night. This morning I finished it and wow ! It was sweet and really creamy and had notes of milk and hay and bread. The tobacco must have melded overnight ... even the aftertaste is delicious. I may have to experiment with another pipe and let it sit awhile after initial light to see if I can reproduce this taste experience. Columbian coffee and half and half on the side.
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