1968 Dunhill 780 Root Briar setter, 1999 McClelland Christmas Cheer.
Pipe Of The Day (POTD)
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1968 Dunhill 780 Root Briar setter, 1999 McClelland Christmas Cheer.
A 2-part smoke today: Edgeworth Match went into my thick-walled Rigoletto straight pot-bowl pipe. I had a good 25 minutes of cool smoke right after breakfast. With errands to run, I set the pipe on the kitchen counter. When I returned about 45 minutes later, the remaining leaf lit, but would not puff much and would not stay lit. I suppose some moisture must have condensed in the bowl. When I tapped the pipe out, there was not much dottle left.
Pleasant after breakfast smoke of SWR in a Dunhill Rhodesian group 3 size. Beautiful pipe though I find Dunhill draws a bit loose for my liking. Good smoke before the hot temperatures arrive mid day.
Grainger in a bones.
Enjoying some LBF in a Bones.
Found time this am, since it was raining, to puff some of The Briary's Burley Extra in the smallish Georg Jensen sandblast billiard I call the "captain's pipe." I only filled it about 3/4 of the way, gravity fill at first and then a little packing. Still I got nearly 30 minutes' cool smoke from it.
Early morning pipe: Carter Hall in the Mastercraft billiard. I thought I'd try this combo, since the MC is a bit longer-stemmed than some of my other pipes, and the CH has always tended to burn a little warm for me. The smoke was cool, but I could not keep it lit for long. After 4 relights and almost 20 minutes, I gave up and tapped it out. Maybe I didn't pack it right.
Quick lunch break smoke. C&D Bow-Legged Bear in an older GBD Tapestry with replacement amber acrylic stem.
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After my smoke with the Carter Hall, I let the pipe cool and swabbed it out. Then I loaded some Granger right from the pouch, no drying, using the same fill method I had with the CH, and had a solid 25-minute smoke. Go figure.
I prefer Granger anyway: CH has too much "cigarette" aroma for me. From now on I may mix CH with other tobaccos I like more.
I prefer Granger anyway: CH has too much "cigarette" aroma for me. From now on I may mix CH with other tobaccos I like more.
From my experience life is too short to compromise on tobacco choices. My philosophy is smoke what I like and trade or trash the rest. Why dilute a tobacco you like with one you don’t. Someone once told me that “truth is beauty, beauty is truth, and f**k the sunk costs”. [.QUOTE="Benzadmiral, post: 11444101, member: 119111"]
After my smoke with the Carter Hall, I let the pipe cool and swabbed it out. Then I loaded some Granger right from the pouch, no drying, using the same fill method I had with the CH, and had a solid 25-minute smoke. Go figure.
I prefer Granger anyway: CH has too much "cigarette" aroma for me. From now on I may mix CH with other tobaccos I like more.
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After my smoke with the Carter Hall, I let the pipe cool and swabbed it out. Then I loaded some Granger right from the pouch, no drying, using the same fill method I had with the CH, and had a solid 25-minute smoke. Go figure.
I prefer Granger anyway: CH has too much "cigarette" aroma for me. From now on I may mix CH with other tobaccos I like more.
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Well, I bought the tobacco, and it's not *bad* and I like it okay. But I hate to waste it. And it does make a good mix.
Hearth & Home Black House in an Alexander Hasty Blowfish
Pre-Cadogen Comoy Blue Riband, 2015 C&D Epiphany.
A pre-breakfast pipe: a mix of long-aged Tinder Box mystery maple-chocolate blend with Carter Hall in a no-name dark smooth bent billiard, prob. also from TB in the '80s or '90s. First time I've smoked the TB stuff in while, and first time for a bent pipe in quite some time as well. A bent has the advantage that you can see the leaf as you light it, and make sure you're igniting all of it.
Some Commonwealth in my Donegal Rocky.
Home blended plug in a GBD
It did, I used toothpaste. I had read that acetone works well, but was afraid to use it, unless absolutely necessary.
I’m almost certain the acetone will melt the plastic. The pipe cleaner will probably fuse to the air way lol. If it isn’t metal or glass or wood acetone will melt it I have found, unfortunately sometimes 
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.A morning pipe: my Savinelli sandblast billiard from the '80s with the military mount and P-lip stem, loaded with Match Field and Stream.
