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Post by Goldbrick on Dec 11, 2023 21:59:53 GMT -5
Carter Hall for the forth bowl in the Silver Axe, Diet Pepsi on the side.
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Post by Silver on Dec 11, 2023 22:06:49 GMT -5
Carter Hall for the forth bowl in the Silver Axe, Diet Pepsi on the side. How's the break-in going? |
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Post by Silver on Dec 11, 2023 22:08:18 GMT -5
Had a bowl of Haunted Bookshop in the Monday cob on the drive home. Next up, Friar's Bayou in the Monday cob.
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Post by urbino on Dec 11, 2023 22:11:28 GMT -5
Carter Hall for the forth bowl in the Silver Axe, Diet Pepsi on the side. Plan to have some of that in the Cayuga freehand, tonight. CH, I mean. Not Diet Pepsi. Ew. |
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Post by exbenedict on Dec 11, 2023 22:25:55 GMT -5
From Beyond, Castello
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Post by username on Dec 11, 2023 23:00:03 GMT -5
Aged haddos in a elf cobbit.
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Post by just ol ed on Dec 11, 2023 23:05:40 GMT -5
Taskent, cobs & to the chats
Ed
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Post by john on Dec 11, 2023 23:36:19 GMT -5
The Berkeley Bent with some Blackwood English... A large sweet tea alongside...  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 12, 2023 0:41:35 GMT -5
Some more 2020 flue cured BK grade red Virginia whole leaf tasting in an RDP strawberry briar sandblasted bulldog, and now some 2020 G. L. Pease Union Square in an MMC Elite Cadel reverse calabash cob. What's "BK grade"? Ron made a heck of a bulldog. Mine's morta. He only made a couple of those. I asked him about making one for me, but he refused to work with morta again. |
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Post by urbino on Dec 12, 2023 0:46:22 GMT -5
What's "BK grade"? Ron made a heck of a bulldog. Mine's morta. He only made a couple of those. I asked him about making one for me, but he refused to work with morta again. Interesting. I never knew he made only a few of them. He did a darn good job with this one, but maybe it took a disproportionate effort/expense. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 12, 2023 0:51:51 GMT -5
He only made a couple of those. I asked him about making one for me, but he refused to work with morta again. Interesting. I never knew he made only a few of them. He did a darn good job with this one, but maybe it took a disproportionate effort/expense. Oh yeah, I bet it's perfect. He is a perfectionist. He said it was just too hard to make a perfect pipe out of morta. Don Warren makes great but simple morta pipes. Denovik Davorin makes great fancy morta pipes that are very expensive. |
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Post by urbino on Dec 12, 2023 1:29:22 GMT -5
Now smoking Carter Hall in the Cayuga freehand from Paul's Pipe Shop. I don't have a pic, yet.
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Post by urbino on Dec 12, 2023 2:18:46 GMT -5
Boswell's English Biscuit in a Comoy's Pebble Grain prince:  |
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Post by urbino on Dec 12, 2023 3:18:03 GMT -5
Now smoking Carter Hall in the Cayuga freehand from Paul's Pipe Shop. I don't have a pic, yet. Okay, this one isn't as light in the mouth as it is in the hand. I think the weight is uncommonly well balanced, making it feel lighter in the hand than it actually is. So, it's not as light for its size as I initially thought. It's still quite manageable, though, and smokes very well. From what I can tell from a single smoke, I'm quite happy with the purchase. |
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Post by coalsmoke on Dec 12, 2023 5:32:43 GMT -5
Good Morning! It's a cold 28° here with a mostly clear sky. This afternoon I have some more laundry to do and then figure out the rest of the day as I go along. I opened up my tobacco delivery box, stacked the tins on the workshop's tobacco table, and filled one day jar. Starting the smoking day with a bowl of fresh Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake in the Don Carlos smooth bent Two Note and there's a fresh travel mugga coffee tucked underneath my jacket. Have a good one everybody!
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Post by Darin on Dec 12, 2023 6:28:12 GMT -5
Good morning! 2017 PS Cube Cut in an RDPipes Morta Bulldog with Cumberland stem.
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Post by coalsmoke on Dec 12, 2023 7:09:07 GMT -5
And Good Morning Again! It's still 28° here with a mostly clear sky. Just lit up a bowl of Straight Grain Flake in the Don Carlos. I think that I'll try one of the new sanding cones to ream out this pipe's Dublin bowl later on today and see how that works. Time to check the headline news while sipping my coffee.
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Post by coalsmoke on Dec 12, 2023 7:58:45 GMT -5
Working on a bowl of Limerick Flake in the Don Carlos while watching another streaming episode of Maigret on BritBox and sipping the rest of my coffee.
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Post by Goldbrick on Dec 12, 2023 8:44:10 GMT -5
Carter Hall for the forth bowl in the Silver Axe, Diet Pepsi on the side. How's the break-in going? I'm no real sage when it comes to break-ins; many of my best smokers are estates, where somebody other than me took care to do it right. But this pipe performed like an old pro from the start. I smoke slow anyway, and I've only smoked it once a day, never letting it overheat, but as for the pipe itself, I couldn't be happier{ thank you very much}and it's remained nearby from the moment it was unwrapped. I think you may have missed your calling! |
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Post by Goldbrick on Dec 12, 2023 9:00:49 GMT -5
Sterling's Bargain Blend in the Lionessa billiard, coffee on the side.
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Post by coalsmoke on Dec 12, 2023 9:05:09 GMT -5
Finishing up my time here in the workshop with a bowl of Bayou Morning Flake in the Don Carlos before heading back to the house. There's enough in the jar for about three more smokes.
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Post by Silver on Dec 12, 2023 10:22:42 GMT -5
Good morning! Started the day with a couple bowls of Haunted Bookshop in the Tuesday cob and coffee. Sourdough starter is fed. I'll be starting another loaf of rye and using some of the starter discard to make a batch of crackers. I'll be helping my wife with some cookies, too.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 12, 2023 11:36:25 GMT -5
Boswell's English Biscuit in a Comoy's Pebble Grain prince: I have one of those. It's a great pipe. I got it from the bunch that fell off the back of the truck for 23 bucks. |
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Post by rastewart on Dec 12, 2023 11:47:46 GMT -5
In honor of the season, I had a bowl of C&D Jolly Old St. Nicholas in a Cellini Original freehand I picked up in Cellini's long-gone shop in downtown Chicago in the seventies. I don't normally go for aromatics, but I enjoy JOSN from time to time.
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Post by Silver on Dec 12, 2023 13:49:34 GMT -5
Friar's Bayou in the Tuesday cob. Playing with sourdough.
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Post by exbenedict on Dec 12, 2023 14:20:24 GMT -5
Captain Black, clay pipe
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Post by just ol ed on Dec 12, 2023 14:24:01 GMT -5
Peretti Tashkent in Caminetto "Business" #174 full bent, usual CokeOriginal by side. Way busier earlier, a snoozie needed soon
43, mixed sun & dark clouds approaching from the Southwest, a bit windy
Ed-dealing with...
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Post by Silver on Dec 12, 2023 15:03:36 GMT -5
More Friar's Bayou in the Tuesday cob. Waiting on the sourdough.
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Post by urbino on Dec 12, 2023 16:46:01 GMT -5
Boswell's English Biscuit in a Comoy's Pebble Grain prince: I have one of those. It's a great pipe. I got it from the bunch that fell off the back of the truck for 23 bucks. I think I remember that story. I had to pay full price for mine, but it's one of my favorites so it was worth it. |
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Post by urbino on Dec 12, 2023 16:46:25 GMT -5
More Friar's Bayou in the Tuesday cob. Waiting on the sourdough. There are worse ways to spend the day. |
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