Recent content by Friendly Piper

Merry Christmas, BoBs! I hope you are with loved ones today—and, for those who find the holidays difficult, I wish you strength and comfort. My family and I are enjoying a traditional Jewish Christmas: Chinese food and a movie. And we’ve had the classic “A Christmas Story” on all day...

Enjoying the final bit of my first-ever bowl of Savinelli Doblone d’Oro in my 2023 Boswell Poker while looking at a gorgeous crescent moon. Can anyone confirm whether this blend is supposed to arrive so badly broken up? Almost no “doblones” in the tin. I have a lot of fun packing spun-cut...

Moving on to the afternoon smokes on an unseasonably warm and sunny Virginia day. Royal Yacht in my MM Charles Towne Cobbler, followed by Watch City American Cut Plug in a new MM Patriot. Sun-drying some GLP Chelsea Morning to smoke in my Savinelli 904KS. (I find that the sides of this pipe...

Good morning, all. Just set up a DGT bowl of LNF in my MM Zenon Hardwood bent and am about to tuck in to some Elizabethan Mixture in the MM Kingston Judge I dedicated to that tobacco. Friendly Pupper is watching for the deer, groundhogs, rabbits, and turkeys that have visited less frequently...

After a very long day of business meetings, I’m really enjoying my first smoke of the day: Elizabethan Mixture in my Missouri Meeschaum Hardwood Poker. The lineup for the evening is The Royal Yacht in my MM Charred Hardwood Poker and some G.L. Pease Gaslight in my Old German Clay Basic Briar...

Home after a long day and having a couple of bowls before I head to bed—early morning meetings tomorrow. This smoke is from Nightcap in my MM Country Gentleman Night Rider (probably my favorite cob shape). Earlier, I had a second bowl of Royal Yacht in my MM Charles Towne Cobbler. Good...

These pix make me so happy, Jim. Thanks for sharing them.

Working from the office today and taking a short break to sit in the sun on the room of our parking garage and smoke some Royal Yacht in my little Missouri Meerschaum Ozark maple hardwood (a great travel pipe). Watching planes come in to land at Dulles.

@JimPM it looks like they’ve got your blend in stock, too!

After delivering a presentation to a challenging client, I decided to break out the 2023 Boswells. Northwoods in the billiard and SPC Virginia Jazz in the poker.

Working from home today and decided to do a little experiment with The Royal Yacht in a few different pipe materials: (1) my Old German Clay “The Offering” tester; (2) my AKB Meerschaum smooth cherrywood tester; and (3) my Rattray 100 Goblin (dedicated to this blend for some reason) Also...

Almost done for the night but have to do some work in the garage. What better way to stay warm than a bowl of Watch City Fat Bastard in my Morgan Bones Rushmore (an oddly-shaped pipe I’ve come to love). Good night, BoBs.

After a long day, I’m unwinding with C&D / Warped Kings Stride in my Mr. Brog 112 morta. I just wrote a review of the blend, since it’s a new favorite. Next up is Nightcap in my Missouri Meerschaum Dagner Poker. I love to end the day with this old favorite.

Be prepared! It’s a good motto and a great song by old Tom Lehrer.

Doing some office work on my front porch with my evening line-up ready to go: (1) Cornell & Diehl Hebraica series—Light of the Universe / “Or Olam” will be the first smoke in my Israeli Alpha Freehand poker. It’s the fourth night of Hanukkah, so this one seemed appropriate. (2) Peterson /...