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Post by haebar on Dec 21, 2017 18:46:12 GMT -5
My last smoke was in the wee hours of this morning when I had a bowl of McClelland's Samovar in a Comoy's Guildhall billiard. Having to lay off smoking for a while until this cold runs its course.  |
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Post by Matthew on Dec 21, 2017 18:51:10 GMT -5
First bowl in my Stanwell Bent Dublin #140,Capstan Blue.
Also the first pipe in a few days.
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Post by Baboo on Dec 21, 2017 19:13:03 GMT -5
Puffin like there's no tomorrow, now piping a baby bowlful of Newminster Superior Round Slices... I'm on a winning roll tonight...
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Post by danno44 on Dec 21, 2017 19:16:48 GMT -5
Just finished EMP in a Savinelli Series III 320
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Post by slowroll on Dec 21, 2017 19:29:56 GMT -5
Working on a Nice bowl of biplane balkan in my hausegemacht egg. Finally warmed up and enjoying.
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Post by HunterTRW on Dec 21, 2017 19:31:55 GMT -5
Revisited Velvet yesterday after trying (and disliking) it several years ago. I am uncertain as to what changed in the interim, but I found it to be very pleasant in a group-two-size 1928 Dunhill Shell briar pipe. I'm looking forward to trying it in different sized bowls, and in my trusty old Missouri Meerschaum Patriots.
Sometimes "simple" is simply the best answer.
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Post by HunterTRW on Dec 21, 2017 19:34:54 GMT -5
haebar:
I have that same Guildhall pipe in my collection, and it is a favorite!
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Post by haebar on Dec 21, 2017 19:38:26 GMT -5
haebar: I have that same Guildhall pipe in my collection, and it is a favorite! It is also one of my favorites and stays in rotation! |
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Post by JimInks on Dec 21, 2017 19:42:19 GMT -5
Now smoking D&R Vengeur Platinum in a straight smooth medium brown 2016 Brigham Klondike 16 bulldog with a black acrylic stem. Got a giant box of great samples today (including some Strang, 1994 Christ. Cheer, 1996 McC. Red Flake, and three Compton blends), plus a 1998 Ashton pebble grain billiard/chimney.  |
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Post by JimInks on Dec 21, 2017 19:43:08 GMT -5
Revisited Velvet yesterday after trying (and disliking) it several years ago. I am uncertain as to what changed in the interim, but I found it to be very pleasant in a group-two-size 1928 Dunhill Shell briar pipe. I'm looking forward to trying it in different sized bowls, and in my trusty old Missouri Meerschaum Patriots. Sometimes "simple" is simply the best answer. STG tweaked it, Granger and Half&Half, too. All for the better, in my opinion. |
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Post by duffer on Dec 21, 2017 19:44:09 GMT -5
Mac Baren Navy Flake in my BC Bent Billiard. Start vaca tomorrow and the biggest decision I want to make is what aged tin to open.
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Post by HunterTRW on Dec 21, 2017 20:01:48 GMT -5
Revisited Velvet yesterday after trying (and disliking) it several years ago. I am uncertain as to what changed in the interim, but I found it to be very pleasant in a group-two-size 1928 Dunhill Shell briar pipe. I'm looking forward to trying it in different sized bowls, and in my trusty old Missouri Meerschaum Patriots. Sometimes "simple" is simply the best answer. STG tweaked it, Granger and Half&Half, too. All for the better, in my opinion. Thank-you for that information! In the case of Velvet their tweak worked for me. As for Granger, I never had a problem with the original Liggett & Meyers or Pinkerton versions, and have not tried the STG-Lane iteration. With regard to Half and Half, I believe that they ruined a classic. Thankfully I have enough of the American Tobacco Company and Pinkerton versions to last the rest of my life! |
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Post by JimInks on Dec 21, 2017 20:03:42 GMT -5
STG tweaked it, Granger and Half&Half, too. All for the better, in my opinion. Thank-you for that information! In the case of Velvet their tweak worked for me. As for Granger, I never had a problem with the original Liggett & Meyers or Pinkerton versions, and have not tried the STG-Lane iteration. With regard to Half and Half, I believe that they ruined a classic. Thankfully I have enough of the American Tobacco Company and Pinkerton versions to last the rest of my life! Some time back, you sent me samples of those earlier H&H blends. I liked them and smoked them all up. Thanks again for that. |
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Dec 21, 2017 20:09:45 GMT -5
...earlier...SG Skiff Mixture...then, Compton's Three Feathers...now, LC Virginia & Oriental in a Ser Jacopo smooth Canadian...
 
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Post by colorduke on Dec 21, 2017 20:43:20 GMT -5
Working on some Super Value English mixture in a Kaywoodie.
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Post by johnlawitzke on Dec 21, 2017 20:47:30 GMT -5
Finishing up a bowl of Angler’s Dream in my blasted Basil Meadows Apple after a good ribeye and baked potato dinner at Texas Roadhouse.
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Dec 21, 2017 20:52:11 GMT -5
Just finished some chicken taquitos with salsa, now it's El Niño in the BriarWorks brown blast C101 Author with a can of Coke.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 20:54:04 GMT -5
Rattray's Marlin Flake in a GBD 549 Granitan bulldog, drinking Guinness Stout and just finished watching Antique Road Show.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 21:22:13 GMT -5
After dinner smoke of CarterHall in a MM Pride cob. Drink is a diet Pepsi. Good smokes your way.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 21:54:53 GMT -5
H&H Chestnut, Russ O's inspired emulation of Middleton Walnut, for this evening, in the Charatan's Make Special 4 Cherrywood Dublin (Lane Era).  |
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Post by JimInks on Dec 21, 2017 21:57:13 GMT -5
Back home from eating out at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants and am now smoking Strang in a 2003 smooth medium bend straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin and a black acrylic stem.
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Post by HunterTRW on Dec 21, 2017 22:00:06 GMT -5
Back home from eating out at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants and am now smoking Strang in a 2003 smooth medium bend straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin and a black acrylic stem. Given that pipe and carver, you should have gone out for Italian! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 22:06:58 GMT -5
Mac Baren: Symphony in a Danish Freehand of uncertain parentage. Still sippin' soda. Cheers.
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Post by JimInks on Dec 21, 2017 23:10:57 GMT -5
About to watch Nero Wolfe starring William Conrad and about to smoke Seattle Pipe Club Deception Pass in a smooth straight early 1960s Lane era William Conrad Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort stem.
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Post by Wolfman on Dec 22, 2017 0:04:30 GMT -5
My last smoke of the day was a bowl of 2013 GLP Stratford in a Larsen trumpet.
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Post by serenity on Dec 22, 2017 0:11:26 GMT -5
I deduced the blend I picked up at my local brick and mortar is in fact HGL. The majority if not all of their Blends are from Lane Limited, so a delicious aromatic with a kiss of Latakia which BTW is my most pleasurable new to me Tobacco. Guess I'll have to see if I'm correct on my next smokingpipes order. Started the day with HGL in a Savinelli Giubileo D'Oro apple 2004 with a gallon of coffee, make that 2 gallons of coffee. Great day all!! Happy to read you are smoking the GDO 2004! Every time I see it, I have to grab it, it's a fabulous smoker! ODFRR in a Gepetto Bulldog along with a delicious cup of joe, good evening folks |
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Post by JimInks on Dec 22, 2017 0:12:38 GMT -5
Now smoking Watch City Slices in a smooth medium bend 2011 Rinaldo Collection Fiammata Silver Line 7 Odea 4 flame grain bulldog with a silver band and a tortoise shell acrylic stem.
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Dec 22, 2017 0:28:21 GMT -5
Another bowl of El Niño, this time in the BriarWorks C111 Bullmoose LSPC POTY with another can of Coke. 
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Post by JimInks on Dec 22, 2017 1:38:19 GMT -5
A third of the way through this bowl of Director’s Cut in a smooth straight late ‘50s, early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad, too! My second Conrad pipe. Watching Yankee Doodle Dandy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 2:37:12 GMT -5
Thank-you for that information! In the case of Velvet their tweak worked for me. As for Granger, I never had a problem with the original Liggett & Meyers or Pinkerton versions, and have not tried the STG-Lane iteration. With regard to Half and Half, I believe that they ruined a classic. Thankfully I have enough of the American Tobacco Company and Pinkerton versions to last the rest of my life! Some time back, you sent me samples of those earlier H&H blends. I liked them and smoked them all up. Thanks again for that. Had some Velvet without additions tonight. It has a tin note I love. For some reason if I eat certain foods that day the Velvet seems to inflame my tongue. I have some vintage (50s and 60s) that are hydrating. At first they didn't have much aroma. After a couple weeks they are smelling like Velvet, but not as strong. I have no problem eating licorice and that is the main flavor, so I wonder what gives. |
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