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Post by turbocat on Feb 2, 2024 23:07:27 GMT -5
After trailboss mentioned earlier that Mac Baren fired Per Jensen, I was wondering about it and I just finished listening to Brian Levine’s radio show (episode 586, Dec. 5) where he interviewed Per Jensen and he talked about it. So I decided to again smoke my Georg Jensen Gigant loaded with Per’s Birds of a Feather Uno. Not actually the best pipe for this cut/blend, but hey.  |
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Post by Silver on Feb 2, 2024 23:14:47 GMT -5
Going for the Rattray's/Savinelli trifecta tonight. Old Gowrie in a Savinelli Deluxe Canadian.  |
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Post by urbino on Feb 2, 2024 23:20:47 GMT -5
You had me doing a double-take, Pete. That first Sav you posted always looks like a Stanwell to me.
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Post by Silver on Feb 2, 2024 23:38:23 GMT -5
You had me doing a double-take, Pete. That first Sav you posted always looks like a Stanwell to me. The Nonpareil? I have three. That one's my favorite. I bought it and a matching bent Dublin 35ish years ago at our local Tinder Box. It may have been my first "big-time" pipe acquisition. Tinder Box actually had a lay away program. Took me about a month to pay for them. They cost about 50 bucks a piece, I think. I didn't have a lot of disposable income back in 1986. The horn ferrule and stem may be why you were thinking Stanwell. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 2, 2024 23:46:08 GMT -5
[Russ's] Limerick Flake in an estate Savinelli GdO 313:  |
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Post by urbino on Feb 2, 2024 23:49:21 GMT -5
You had me doing a double-take, Pete. That first Sav you posted always looks like a Stanwell to me. The Nonpareil? I have three. That one's my favorite. I bought it and a matching bent Dublin 35ish years ago at our local Tinder Box. It may have been my first "big-time" pipe acquisition. Tinder Box actually had a lay away program. Took me about a month to pay for them. They cost about 50 bucks a piece, I think. I didn't have a lot of disposable income back in 1986. The horn ferrule and stem may be why you were thinking Stanwell. Yep. That's why it always registers as a Stanwell. And $100 was a lot more money in 1986 than it is now. That was the year I graduated from h.s. I think I bought a couple of pipes at Tinder Box back in the 1998-2002 range. Don't remember what they were. Gone now, whatever they were. |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 3, 2024 0:14:52 GMT -5
I just looked at my earnings through Social Security...in 1986 I was 26 and had two kids, 1 income...wonder how we survived!  I had a lone small figural meerschaum and bought an ounce of Tinderbox North Sea (Stokkebye Nougat) at a time...regardless...it was good times. |
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Post by Silver on Feb 3, 2024 0:58:36 GMT -5
Friar's Bayou in a Mark Twain cob. Golden Phesant (Czech style beer brewed in Wisconsin) in the glass.
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Post by urbino on Feb 3, 2024 1:24:16 GMT -5
Well, I overstuffed that bowl and had trouble keeping it lit. Probably won't have anything else tonight.
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Post by william on Feb 3, 2024 6:17:22 GMT -5
EMP in a little bulldog. Coffee....  |
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Post by coalsmoke on Feb 3, 2024 7:17:00 GMT -5
Good Saturday Morning! It's 30°, damp, and with a cloudy sky here at first light. I had a full night's sleep for a change, so I'm up later than usual and feel well rested. This afternoon I have to mail a package for my wife and then stop in a different supermarket to pick up a can of our favorite coffee. Getting the smoking day going with a bowl of Peterson Flake in the Savinelli Venere 128 rusticated billiard and there's a fresh travel mugga coffee tucked underneath my jacket. Have a great weekend everybody!
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Post by coalsmoke on Feb 3, 2024 9:08:32 GMT -5
Good Morning Again! It's still the same weather here, but the sky might clear up a bit in a few hours. Finishing a bowl of Wessex Brown VA Flake in the Sav rusticated billiard while sipping my coffee. As usual, it's time to check the headline news.
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Post by Goldbrick on Feb 3, 2024 10:16:55 GMT -5
You had me doing a double-take, Pete. That first Sav you posted always looks like a Stanwell to me. The Nonpareil? I have three. That one's my favorite. I bought it and a matching bent Dublin 35ish years ago at our local Tinder Box. It may have been my first "big-time" pipe acquisition. Tinder Box actually had a lay away program. Took me about a month to pay for them. They cost about 50 bucks a piece, I think. I didn't have a lot of disposable income back in 1986. The horn ferrule and stem may be why you were thinking Stanwell. I got my favorite Ben Wade, by way of The Tinder Box lay-away plan...around this time of year ,in 82, I went in to make my last payment, and they couldn't find my pipe! Upset would be a vast understatement ; I took the roof off the place...when I got home, in a very sour mood, I found a small box on the kitchen table, with a Valentine's day card...some things you just never forget, never blow up, until all the facts are on the table. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 3, 2024 10:18:43 GMT -5
Gently sipping on a bowl of Piccadilly.
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Post by Goldbrick on Feb 3, 2024 10:18:59 GMT -5
Spillman's Mixture in a Robert Vasher horn, coffee on the side.
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 3, 2024 11:13:29 GMT -5
Wish a happy weekend to all. Abingdon in Ascorti NewDear saxophone, a Coke & a few munchies all here.
31, to 35, mixed of sun & cloudy, should stay dry
Ed-dealing with
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Post by Silver on Feb 3, 2024 13:29:14 GMT -5
Happy Saturday! Started the day with a couple bowls of Haunted Bookshop in the Saturday cob and coffee. Ate a bit of lunch, while watching some TV. Now, I'll have a bowl of Friar's Bayou in the Saturday cob.
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Post by turbocat on Feb 3, 2024 15:55:34 GMT -5
 Really beautiful day here, I’m smoking PS 81 in a TV churchwarden. |
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Post by Silver on Feb 3, 2024 16:10:23 GMT -5
More Friar's Bayou in the Saturday cob.
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Post by urbino on Feb 3, 2024 17:17:32 GMT -5
LBF in a Savinelli 673 (i.e., "Friday Savinelli"):  Cheers to our departed friend, Pete. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 3, 2024 18:18:13 GMT -5
Boswell's Vanilla Cream in a Jobey 960:  |
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Post by Goldbrick on Feb 3, 2024 18:30:20 GMT -5
F.M.O.T.T. in the Robert Vasher horn, evening coffee on the side.
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Post by Silver on Feb 3, 2024 20:30:48 GMT -5
After-dinner smoke time. Haunted Bookshop in the Saturday cob.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 3, 2024 21:33:00 GMT -5
Haunted Bookshop in a Ron Powell pipe.  |
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Post by exbenedict on Feb 3, 2024 22:42:28 GMT -5
Motzek Strang, meerschaum
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 3, 2024 23:04:46 GMT -5
Abingdon & cobs, to the chats
Ed
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Post by Silver on Feb 3, 2024 23:40:48 GMT -5
Friar's Bayou in a self-made, rusticated "55".
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Post by turbocat on Feb 4, 2024 0:08:16 GMT -5
I bought a couple of boxes of Ball jars last week and tonight I thought I’d open something I haven’t tried yet. I opened one of the Birds of a Feather last week (Aberrant) and am really happy I did. Anomalous had been on my mind, so I went with that. I’m on my second bowl tonight in my Butz Choquin calabash.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 4, 2024 0:11:46 GMT -5
I bought a couple of boxes of Ball jars last week and tonight I thought I’d open something I haven’t tried yet. I opened one of the Birds of a Feather last week (Aberrant) and am really happy I did. Anomalous had been on my mind, so I went with that. I’m on my second bowl tonight in my Butz Choquin calabash. That is good to hear. I bought 8 tins of each release of the BOTF, have yet to smoke one. I bought them because Per was involved, so the chance of getting stinkers was diminished. |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 4, 2024 0:22:26 GMT -5
I bought a couple of boxes of Ball jars last week and tonight I thought I’d open something I haven’t tried yet. I opened one of the Birds of a Feather last week (Aberrant) and am really happy I did. Anomalous had been on my mind, so I went with that. I’m on my second bowl tonight in my Butz Choquin calabash. That is good to hear. I bought 8 tins of each release of the BOTF, have yet to smoke one. I bought them because Per was involved, so the chance of getting stinkers was diminished. I also bought 8 tins of each and I’m glad I did. I’ve now smoked four of the blends and they have been exceptional. If you decide you don’t like yours, I’d be happy to dispose of them for you. |
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