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Post by Silver on Oct 5, 2021 20:59:02 GMT -5
Its been a couple more bowls of Riverboat Gambler in the Tuesday cob since last post.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 5, 2021 21:15:01 GMT -5
Wilke Rumkake in the Savinelli Extravaganza 310KS. Iced tea on the side.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 5, 2021 22:03:58 GMT -5
Happy Brown Bogie in a Tonni Neilsen Dublin, circa 1970's.  |
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Zach
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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
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Post by Zach on Oct 5, 2021 23:12:28 GMT -5
Have smoked C&D 2016 Haunted Bookshop in a Kaywoodie Saxon sandblasted panel, John Marr in an MM 3/4 General bowl cob with the short shank and blue/white acrylic swirled stem, and smoking more Burley Flake #1 in an MM Mark Twain cob now. About to smoke some Riverboat Gambler in an MM Rob Roy Legend cob. Doing some after-hours load balancer migrations for work.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 5, 2021 23:17:32 GMT -5
Have smoked C&D 2016 Haunted Bookshop in a Kaywoodie Saxon sandblasted panel, John Marr in an MM 3/4 General bowl cob with the short shank and blue/white acrylic swirled stem, and smoking more Burley Flake #1 in an MM Mark Twain cob now. About to smoke some Riverboat Gambler in an MM Rob Roy Legend cob. Doing some after-hours load balancer migrations for work. Are you the Chuck Yeager of Missouri Meerschaum? |
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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
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Post by Zach on Oct 5, 2021 23:41:33 GMT -5
I could certainly smoke only Missouri Meerschaum cobs and Cornell & Diehl tobaccos.
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Post by grumpygrandpa70 on Oct 6, 2021 5:19:48 GMT -5
Just having a bowl of G&H Jamaican Flake in a Savinelli Canadian.. Happy 😊 days
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Post by darktater on Oct 6, 2021 7:34:48 GMT -5
RLP-6 in the Grabow, nice way to start
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Post by Zach on Oct 6, 2021 8:21:20 GMT -5
Just having a bowl of G&H Jamaican Flake in a Savinelli Canadian.. Happy 😊 days Welcome to The Briar Patch, GrumpyGrandpa!
Starting my morning off with some C&D Eight State Burley in an MM Mark Twain cob.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 6, 2021 9:03:24 GMT -5
greets & happy HumpDay to those affected. Full walks earlier, no-band 6x42 for company. After the Ed is fed, Exotique in Castello "Castello" grade bent dublin & continue with the papers. Only "project" today, finish washing & putting away all warm weather clothes to attic. If time, a bit of minor yard work
57, overcast at present, no rain xpected
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
pipe/cigar since '62
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 6, 2021 9:42:56 GMT -5
Butternut burley in a WDC Hesson Guard prince.
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Post by thewingedsloth on Oct 6, 2021 10:08:47 GMT -5
October 6th.
Hats off to tobaccopipes.com for amazingly fast shipping which delivered my order yesterday!
I picked up two 8oz of mississippi mud(c&d) and glp navigator AND one tin of escudo.
the cans go in the vault with my other bulk cans and bags and the escudo was decanted out of the tin into a mason jar lastnight.
This morning I pulled two coins out and loaded the petersons x105 newgrange spigot.
I have had a love/less love relationship with escudo for years. had my first bowl of it decades ago. But my lack of skill in preparing and loading the blend always have bad results..mostly a wet, hot, burn that destroyed the flavor profile.
Now I always felt there was a good bowl to had with the blend but as I just could not make it work for me so the blend was forgotten.
To insure free shipping on my last order I needed an extra purchase so I went with a tin of escudo.
Now my skills are improved and I have some excellent pipes it was time to revisit Escudo.!
I must say what a difference in the blend. Managing to keep the flavor flowing deep into a bowl gives escudo a new lease on life.
This all shines a light on an issue for hard to burn blends needing some pipe skills to enjoy.
Decanting tobaccos from tins to jars is the first important task. then proper loading with an eye to prevent tight packing. water comes off some blends more than others and escudo seems to run damp making the matter worse.
So with more time in the jar I expect many good bowl to come!
anyhoo, hope everyone one is well and enjoying a favorite pipe at the time of reading this post!
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Post by Goldbrick on Oct 6, 2021 10:33:25 GMT -5
I started the day with my own Lion and lamb mixture in my Kristi freehand...now I'm fixin to fire up some Bald Headed Teacher in a spot carved Dublinish/ freehand from J.M. Boswell...a big hand full of pipe ,for a lazy ,gray afternoon.
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Post by darktater on Oct 6, 2021 11:02:23 GMT -5
Haunted Bookshop in the Morgan
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Zach
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Post by Zach on Oct 6, 2021 11:31:02 GMT -5
October 6th. Hats off to tobaccopipes.com for amazingly fast shipping which delivered my order yesterday! I picked up two 8oz of mississippi mud(c&d) and glp navigator AND one tin of escudo. the cans go in the vault with my other bulk cans and bags and the escudo was decanted out of the tin into a mason jar lastnight. This morning I pulled two coins out and loaded the petersons x105 newgrange spigot. I have had a love/less love relationship with escudo for years. had my first bowl of it decades ago. But my lack of skill in preparing and loading the blend always have bad results..mostly a wet, hot, burn that destroyed the flavor profile. Now I always felt there was a good bowl to had with the blend but as I just could not make it work for me so the blend was forgotten. To insure free shipping on my last order I needed an extra purchase so I went with a tin of escudo. Now my skills are improved and I have some excellent pipes it was time to revisit Escudo.! I must say what a difference in the blend. Managing to keep the flavor flowing deep into a bowl gives escudo a new lease on life. This all shines a light on an issue for hard to burn blends needing some pipe skills to enjoy. Decanting tobaccos from tins to jars is the first important task. then proper loading with an eye to prevent tight packing. water comes off some blends more than others and escudo seems to run damp making the matter worse. So with more time in the jar I expect many good bowl to come! anyhoo, hope everyone one is well and enjoying a favorite pipe at the time of reading this post! Most tobaccos come loaded with moisture to aid in their marrying/production processes, and to provide moisture purposely for their fermentation and tin aging. With Escudo the coins come with a very high moisture content. It sounds like you are not rubbing the tobacco fully and giving the tobacco ample time sitting out drying. In my opinion this is one of the most important factors in pipe smoking that is clearly not discussed enough, or clearly instructed by the manufacturers themselves and I really believe it's step #1 that should be written right there on the tins. Rub the tobaccos, and dry them until nearly crispy. When you pinch the ribbons, they should not be able to bunch up and stick together. If the tobacco sticks together, it is too moist to smoke in a pipe. Dry it for 20-30 minutes and in some cases tobaccos really need to dry out for 1-2 hours. There is simply no reason to smoke wet tobacco but sadly, this is not clearly conveyed to the smoker. Tobacco was almost all sold properly dry before the tinning process came along and before aging was a thing. The native Americans smoked bone dry, powdered tobacco. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 6, 2021 11:41:38 GMT -5
Happy Brown Bogie in a Tonni Neilsen Dublin, circa 1970's. Damn fine looking pipe you got there, Charlie. More butternut burley in a small blasted apple. |
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Post by Gandalf on Oct 6, 2021 12:04:11 GMT -5
Peachtree Street in a Savinelli Porto Cervo 614
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Post by Silver on Oct 6, 2021 12:11:40 GMT -5
Started the day with Haunted Bookshop in the Wednesday cob and coffee. Overcast and gloomy, again. Stuck with HB so far today.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 6, 2021 14:49:24 GMT -5
Tea at desk, Boswell Northwoods (gifted) in LaughingBacchus meer in smoking room. A snoozie shortly, then to sups. Hoping all having a great day
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
65, humid, overcast at present
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
gots 'em, smokes 'em since '62
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Zach
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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
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Post by Zach on Oct 6, 2021 15:06:21 GMT -5
Just finishing my first bowl of Warped Scarecrow in an MM Old Dominion Richmond cob with reed stem.
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Post by Silver on Oct 6, 2021 16:27:41 GMT -5
Smoked GLP Fillmore on the way to see my Dad and Orion's Arrow on the way home, in the Kaywoodie Red Root Poker.  |
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Post by sperrytops on Oct 6, 2021 16:29:06 GMT -5
Peter Heinrichs Chateau Henri No8 in a MM cob with Forever stem. Peet's coffee at my side.
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Post by Silver on Oct 6, 2021 16:46:58 GMT -5
Riverboat Gambler in the Wednesday cob.  |
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Zach
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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
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Post by Zach on Oct 6, 2021 17:09:22 GMT -5
I'm smoking two pipes at once, as I'm wont to do from time to time. I actually used to have an experimental habit of pack 4-5 pipes at once and smoking them all at once, like some mad man out of Reefer Madness, or some 30's black and white chain smoking scene where you see the guy smoking 10 cigarettes at once frantically. Not that I will literally hold all 5 pipes and keep them all lit at once, but in flavor profile experiments I've done where I'm picking out flavors from latakia, then I want to go right to a lit pipe of an aromatic for 5-10 minutes, and then to a burley blend.
Anyway, in this photo here and when I hold two pipes at once with one hand I'm often smoking them both lit at once. This is Eight State Burley and Scarecrow back and forth here. I've not smoked the new Let Freedom Ring 5th Ave cob yet as that will likely need a staple blend to break it. It smells like stain pretty heavily, but it looks sweet!
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Post by Silver on Oct 6, 2021 19:02:16 GMT -5
Haunted Bookshop in the Wednesday cob.
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Post by johnlawitzke on Oct 6, 2021 19:03:42 GMT -5
2013 McC Beacon in my Italian made Stanwell De Luxe 86.  |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Oct 6, 2021 19:06:32 GMT -5
Candy corn in a Commodore (off brand of either Charatan or Comoy) bent poker-ish.
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Post by darktater on Oct 6, 2021 20:53:37 GMT -5
Our Carter Hall in my new Friday Savinelli. Happy camper
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Post by trailboss on Oct 6, 2021 21:23:20 GMT -5
Newminster Superior slices from 2015 in a golf ball textured Meerschaum from long ago. It has been forever ago since I smoked this pipe, put back in a drawer...don't know why, it is a great smoker. This blend is kind of reminiscent of Stokkebye Bullseye flake when new, but the difference is that instead of a Cavendish center, it is dark fired Kentucky. As it ages, the black grows... Fresh:  Great smoke! www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/5264/newminster-no-403-superior-round-slices |
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 6, 2021 21:27:44 GMT -5
Our Carter Hall in my new Friday Savinelli. Happy camper
In this picture you look like the YouTube pipe tobacco reviewer who found a new ingredient for his tobacco. 😁😉🤠 |
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