How do you like the twin bore Kelly? I've never smoked one but I am intrigued.
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I find it great for Virginia blends. I don't know if the Radice twin bores are any different from others, this one pipe is the only twin bore I have. It is a very smooth smoking pipe and it seems the Virginias smoke cooler; it may be my imagination, but it seems so. It is perfect for a couple of LBF coins folded and stuffed.
Amphora Original in a straight Legend. Not a bad codger at all.
Falcon day 2: Some PS Luxury Navy Flake today. Will update my Falcon review thread with the vital details.
Haunted Bookshop in the Friday Savinelli.
Royal Yacht in a Bones Balldog...now I first smoked this blend in May and my thoughts then were 
I pulled it out today because I was feeling adventurous. I was surprised to find that I feel differently about it. I find the flavor very similar to Scottish Mixture which I like a lot 
. I'm sure the blend didn't change much during it's short rest so I guess it was me. Or maybe it was the pipe I smoked it from back then? I don't know, but I can now personally vouch for the whole, "jar it and wait" advice. 
I pulled it out today because I was feeling adventurous. I was surprised to find that I feel differently about it. I find the flavor very similar to Scottish Mixture which I like a lot . I'm sure the blend didn't change much during it's short rest so I guess it was me. Or maybe it was the pipe I smoked it from back then? I don't know, but I can now personally vouch for the whole, "jar it and wait" advice. This morning while cleaning off the patio, this year we've had a bumper crop of silver maple seed pods, I smoked Sutliff Match 20 & Match Sunrise in an Icarus stubby bent apple and a Nording Compass.
There will be more smoking later when it cools off just a bit.
There will be more smoking later when it cools off just a bit.
here is the twin bore pipe in question.
It is also an Oil Cured stummel, which, as far as I know, only really matters during break in. It has a distinctive break in taste that is not unpleasant. And the stem fits better than my picture shows; that was before the initial smoke. It has a bunch of smokes by now!
Sharp looking pipe!here is the twin bore pipe in question.
It is also an Oil Cured stummel, which, as far as I know, only really matters during break in. It has a distinctive break in taste that is not unpleasant. And the stem fits better than my picture shows; that was before the initial smoke. It has a bunch of smokes by now!
...this thread is becoming a personal journal...
PS Luxury Navy Flake again, this time in a Chacom by Tom Eltang. Really digging on VaPer lately.
PS Luxury Navy Flake again, this time in a Chacom by Tom Eltang. Really digging on VaPer lately.
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Smooth Sailing aromatic in the Frankenpipe
Smoking 3 pipes this evening. PS LBF in the Radice Twin Bore Apple; Haunted Bookshop in the Matches 860 Friday Savinelli; Watch City Blue Ridge Special in a Radice Rind Billiard w/faux bamboo stem.
AimlessWanderer
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You ought to start one. Me, Rookie and Bakker effectively have one each...
VaPer is a Virginia Perique Blend yes? What does the Perique add to the light and sweet Virginia?
A bit of sweet and spice.
You are correct. VaPer is a Virginia and Perique blend. The Virginia is generally sweet, citrusy, grassy and/or hay like. The Perique is a little spicy, sometimes tart, sometimes funky leaf. They generally play well off one another which makes them a popular combination and often cased in rum, another component that plays well with others two. Picking up Perique for the first time is often described as detecting a tickle in the nose. Smoke a straight Virginia and then a good VaPer right after and you'll find what the Perique provides. I love Perique. It's great with Burley (Haunted Bookshop), great with Latakia (Nightcap), great with Kentucky (RO Firestorm), and definitely great with Virginia...
In a va/per, the perique adds that spice and tartness. In culinary terms it rounds the dish out or adds another dimension to compliment the main ingredient. In this case, it highlights the citrusy grassy flavors by adding a little bottom.
And Haunted Bookshop was the very first time I've been able to smoke in the house (when Mrs. Rookie was home) in over 20 years. It was during the remnants of some hurricane or other, I was in the kitchen blowing the smoke into the oven's exhaust fan, but I was inside!
Oh yeah! PotD thread. Revelation Match in my Jet Stream.
And Haunted Bookshop was the very first time I've been able to smoke in the house (when Mrs. Rookie was home) in over 20 years. It was during the remnants of some hurricane or other, I was in the kitchen blowing the smoke into the oven's exhaust fan, but I was inside!
Oh yeah! PotD thread. Revelation Match in my Jet Stream.
Bayou Morning in a Savinelli 673 Series III with a cup of coffee. Good Morning gentlemen and have a great Saturday!
AimlessWanderer
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That's taken on a fair bit of colour. Just skin oils, or have you treated it with something?
