|
|
Post by Silver on May 21, 2022 21:36:28 GMT -5
Capstan Blue in one of mine.  |
|
|
|
Post by threecobsandafalcon on May 21, 2022 21:41:26 GMT -5
Needed something quick, easy, tasty, with enough of a bite to let me know I actually smoked something; so I just loaded up some Orion's Arrow into the MM Legend Straight and let 'er rip.
So far, it's a good choice on a warm and very busy day.
|
|
|
|
Post by just ol ed on May 21, 2022 21:42:38 GMT -5
apparently whatever that Error 502 got fixed thanx to our mods. Shortly to the chats, Apertif in both cobs & usual Coke
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
assume the same as a 404, don't really wanna try the techie details
|
|
|
|
Post by just ol ed on May 21, 2022 21:54:57 GMT -5
just checked in at the chats, both cobs with Apertif. Finished LaughingBacchus meer with BB1938 ealier
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
high tech sure not me about ERROR 502 & more common 404, waaay beyond my unnerstanding
|
|
|
|
Post by johnlawitzke on May 21, 2022 21:56:41 GMT -5
Paul’s Darwin Asa in my GBD Century 347 tall Apple.  |
|
|
|
Post by username on May 21, 2022 21:58:19 GMT -5
Penny farthing in a claw meer.
|
|
|
|
Post by Professor S. on May 21, 2022 22:35:07 GMT -5
I'm really not sure what I smoked today, but I've had about half a dozen bowls of it in the Icarus Lovat and my Baraccini Strattura Ebano 504, a nd I've filled my 4th Gen pouch with it.I came across an unmarked jar of some English blend. The fact that it was unmarked leads me to believe this was something that I mixed with something else. I really have no idea other than it has a good amount of Latakia, but that describes almost all the tobaccos I have. I added in an equal part of Old Professor for good measure, and am calling it "English Mystery."
Whatever is in it, this has turned out to be a remarkably smooth and tasty blend. I sure wish I'd labeled that jar, because I'd like to make some more of this! |
|
|
|
Post by Silver on May 21, 2022 23:29:50 GMT -5
University Flake in the drunken cherrywood.  |
|
|
|
Post by turbocat on May 21, 2022 23:35:43 GMT -5
Smoking Former Private Flake right now, have some GH Whiskey Twist sitting out to dry for later.
|
|
|
|
Post by Silver on May 21, 2022 23:38:45 GMT -5
Never had the Whiskey Twist. I like the Rum Twist.
|
|
|
|
Post by turbocat on May 22, 2022 0:22:20 GMT -5
Never had the Whiskey Twist. I like the Rum Twist. I like the Rum Twist as well. I would be happy to give you some to try, I also have some un-carved meerschaum with your name on it. |
|
|
|
Post by Silver on May 22, 2022 0:38:05 GMT -5
Never had the Whiskey Twist. I like the Rum Twist. I like the Rum Twist as well. I would be happy to give you some to try, I also have some un-carved meerschaum with your name on it. Wow, that's very generous, of you! I've never worked with meerschaum. Could be interesting...and disastrous! |
|
|
|
Post by Silver on May 22, 2022 0:38:33 GMT -5
Three Friars in the Saturday cob, then bed.
|
|
|
|
Post by threecobsandafalcon on May 22, 2022 1:21:22 GMT -5
What I did this time was mix my 50/50 OJK/ASR:BC with a dash of "Green River" that I got as a little sample pouch from a generous tobacconist at a B&M in a town about an hours' drive away (I'm pretty sure it's C&D Green River Vanilla). But I decided to lean a little more heavily on the OJK side, to make up for it. It's really good, but not really an improvement. Definitely has more vanilla; a little dab'll do ya, I guess!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on May 22, 2022 2:10:18 GMT -5
So that didn't work well with the Blood Red Moon. Didn't feel sticky or goopy under the fingers, but boy, smoking that stuff is another story. I had to dump it around half bowl, light, relight, relight, etc. the thing just wouldn't stay lit. It's so heavily cased and whatever else added that it managed to remove part of the cake build up the bowl had accumulated. That's quite the achievement. You can't trust raving, drugstore-cherry-smoking wackadoodles when they say that there's a good cherry tobacco!  This tobacco was slated to be discontinued already, in the event you still find it in stock and actually like it. Indeed! Can't say I like it at all. And the worse, is these were 'reputed' reviewers praising this blend. I just don't get it. Smoking properties should be part of a review. If it smells nice but doesn't burn great and then, trashes a cake build up, it's not worthy of being smoked nor praised. I am going to stick with Peterson's University Flake, De Luxe Mixture, Connoissor's Choice, Sweet Killarney, Erinmore Flake & Mixture, Ennerdale & Kendal Flakes, Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky, as well as Davidoff Danish Mixture from now on when I want a decent aro. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on May 22, 2022 2:14:17 GMT -5
Starting the day with Rattray Sir William (Peterson Irish Whisky clone) in the Peterson POTY 21, to undo the damage done by Red Blood Moon. Black tea with milk & sugar on the side.
|
|
|
|
Post by turbocat on May 22, 2022 3:59:47 GMT -5
I like the Rum Twist as well. I would be happy to give you some to try, I also have some un-carved meerschaum with your name on it. Wow, that's very generous, of you! I've never worked with meerschaum. Could be interesting...and disastrous! I don't think that a length of a GH rope is a big deal, I have a lifetime supply times five. As far as the meerschaum, it was a gift to me from a friend who was stationed in Turkey years ago. He thought I might want to make some pipes and the thought crossed my mind for a while, but I have to be realistic about what I will actually get to, and I won't ever use it. I enjoy seeing the pipes you are making on your sawdust thread and I think it would honor my friends memory (he died a few years back) by having the meerschaum actually get used, good or disastrously, to make some pipes. |
|
|
|
Post by sidstavros on May 22, 2022 5:22:54 GMT -5
Hello Ladies & Gentlemen.  Borkum Riff Vanilla Cavendish. |
|
|
|
Post by william on May 22, 2022 6:34:27 GMT -5
Good morning, all. Coffee along with a bit of Watch City Old Black Magic in a BBB apple....  |
|
|
|
Post by roadsdiverged on May 22, 2022 8:10:02 GMT -5
A bowl of Voodoo Queen that I didn't finish last night. With coffee that's strong enough to run a diesel motor.
|
|
|
|
Post by roadsdiverged on May 22, 2022 8:57:59 GMT -5
2013 Astleys 44 in a small GBD Billiard
|
|
Zach
Pro Member
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,365
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
Location:
|
Post by Zach on May 22, 2022 9:09:20 GMT -5
I've reached a point in the season where I have 100+ things open and I can't even decide what to smoke, when, especially in the morning. I did have an early morning burley regimen dialed in just a few months ago but that's all gone out the window since March.
Think I'll continue trying to finish up nearly gone blends. First up, I've got about two bowls of G.L. Pease Windjammer left in the tin. In a Falcon Hyperbole bowl on a straight classic stem.
|
|
|
|
Post by taiguy66 on May 22, 2022 9:17:51 GMT -5
Getting ready for another day at the office. HH White Knight and Vanilla Custard to keep me company.
|
|
|
|
Post by Silver on May 22, 2022 9:50:53 GMT -5
Happy Sunday, all. Started the day with Haunted Bookshop in the Sunday cob and coffee. Cool and cloudy morning here.  |
|
|
|
Post by just ol ed on May 22, 2022 9:51:59 GMT -5
In from full walks, Quoroum 6x50 for company. After the Ed is fed, BB1938 in little known "hobby" carver Mel Cates. Mel headed up a long gone Yahoo Pipesmokers2 group from the 80s. Inside bowl diameter a full 1". I call it a magnum 'tho nowhere as overall huge like my Ashton Magnum. Got behind on the papers, so that occupy much of the afternoon
68, to 71 & 90% rain chance
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
pipe/cigar since ??62
|
|
|
|
Post by Professor S. on May 22, 2022 11:27:16 GMT -5
It's cool and cloudy here as well. More of the "English Mystery" after brunch.
|
|
|
|
Post by Silver on May 22, 2022 11:40:32 GMT -5
In the workshop with a mixture of some bottom of the jar blends - Oak Alley, Orion's Arrow and GH Broken Scotch Cake in the Sunday cob.
|
|
|
|
Post by Goldbrick on May 22, 2022 11:48:56 GMT -5
I started my Sunday with Newminster's 403 Superior Slices in a Norning Signature, followed by Butternut Burley, in a briar calabash marked 221 Baker Street...now it's NM Blackberry Brandy, in a bent pot with no name, Amazon green tea with ginseng & honey on the side.
|
|
|
|
Post by roadsdiverged on May 22, 2022 13:02:20 GMT -5
Rouxgaroux in a Country Gent
|
|
|
|
Post by just ol ed on May 22, 2022 14:55:54 GMT -5
among finish the papers, writing a few checks & lower digestive track acting up, "busy" afternoon. re-heated cocoa at desk, finish up that MelCates magnum in smoking room.
53, to 71, steady rain continues
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
gots 'em, smokes 'em since '62
if all goes decent, at the chats after 11pm Eastern
|
|
This tobacco was slated to be discontinued already, in the event you still find it in stock and actually like it.
