What are you smoking?

...Butternut Burley in a Castello GG Trademark smooth Canadian...

Relaxing after a wonderful chicken legs and black-eyed peas dinner with a bowl of D&R A.B. Rimboche in a smooth straight pre-transition Barling 313 T.V.F. EXEXEL pot with a black ebonite stem. Watching the Braves-Astros game.

GLP Cumberland dated 2005 in my Radice Chubby Reubens Rhodesian Shape Bullcap Bulldog, opened the draft hole to 5/32". Now a much better smoking pipe!!



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C&D Red Carpet in a medium bend 1983 Ascorti New Dear KS with a black acrylic stem.

Bad Nun II in an IMP meer Apple

Getting my last pipe of the day ready. Going to sit on the front porch and watch the lightning show.

Rattray's Marlin Flake dated 2009 in my restored Supreme Deluxe Algerian briar Lovat pipe.



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Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.

Now smoking D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 with a black vulcanite stem. Working and listening to The Shadow.

Listing this early so that I can concentrate on work for a while: Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2016 Peretti's M.T. Natural made in Holland straight smooth brown Algerian briar billiard.

Now smoking 2012 Louisiana Red in a 2003 medium bend Nording 4 rough top sitter with a small rusticated area at the top left and a with a black vulcanite stem. Working and listening to Dragnet.

Work is done for the day, and I'm relaxing with a bowl of Boswell Magnum Blend in a 1978 slight bend CAO Turk's Head Meer with a yellow acrylic stem.

Last smoke of the day is Granger in the third pipe I ever bought ($1.95), a 1974 smooth straight French briar Hadley Apple with a black vulcanite stem.

A blend of Burley & Black and Bayou Night bulk ( aged just over 2 years ) in a MM General pipe.



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Couldn't sleep, so I'm smoking Sir Walter Raleigh in a 1983 medium bend, mostly smooth, bottom rusticated Butz-Choquin Maitre Pipier 3 Fait Main with pearl brown acrylic stem. A cup of Maxwell House, neat, is my drink. Watching Wanted: Dead or Alive.

...Angler's Dream in a MM Freehand...

John Patton's Storm Front
Aldo Velani blonde smooth Brandy bowl with an oval shank and slight bend to the wide extremely comfortable stem. This pipe is dedicated to Burley blends.



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Greetings from Greece, normal temperature with 27°C today here in Athens.



Dunhill My mixture 965 - Fallion [modified].

H&H BlackHouse in my restored Yorkshire bent Apple Meer lined pipe.



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...G&H Kendal Dark Vanilla in a Radice dark rind XL Canadian...

Gawith Balkan Mixture in my modified convertible stem kriswill on a beautiful morning in PA

Preparing my next smoke:

Germain Special Latakia Flake from 2006, rubbed out well and letting it sit in a tobacco tray for about an hour. Seems extremely moist.

Pipe of choice: my Ardor Giove Dublin ( DR )



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Starting off my smoking day with Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem. A bottle of Mountain Dew made with pure cane sugar is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo.

Peterson University Flake in my Peterson Killarney Red 999 with a PLip. My only pipe with a PLip, not a big fan. One day soon I will make a Cumberland stem for this pipe.



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Now smoking Stonehaven in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver band and a black ebonite military bit. Watching the Brewers-Cubs game.

Enjoying a second helping of a new tobacco for me. Despite not being a fan of Latakia, I purchased some Plumb Cake and am enjoying it in my MM cob.
I must say that I really like this blend and while the Latakia comes on strong for me at first, things settle in nicely and the entire bowl from start to finish is really enjoyable. This one is s keeper.

Lite beer to wet the swab.

Frank