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[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I've passed the first third of this bowl of well aged Art’s Virginia in a 1980s White Pipe straight, smooth Rhodesian meerschaum with an acrylic yellow cream colored saddle stem. The pipe and tobacco were gifts from my late friend Art Arterburn. The blend is 80% McClelland Va.s and 20% McClelland burley. 4Noggins sold it for several years. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Tomato the Brave is snoring by my side.

 

[MLBbreton]

I’ve had this Elga pipe filled with Mark Twain in my shirt pocket all day doing stuff where I can’t smoke, but swearing I’ll have time in a few minutes.
My son is about make dinner and I’m making time. Some hot chocolate sounds nice.

 

[Quickhatch]

Enjoying a Peterson Sherlock Holmes PSB Calabash with GLP Gaslight. Definitely the best time of year to enjoy an evening pipe in Austin TX. I would never say that during the summer months as it’s like living on that planet in Chronicles of Riddick.

 

[Balisong]

I loaded a bent MM Legend Rob Roy with GLP Westminster before dinner while talking with a friend. Dinner was ready before I lit my pipe!

A delicious pork tenderloin and pan roasted brussel sprouts on the side. After dinner I started the pipe and read some emails.

 

[RudyN]

Boswell Titus in a 2022 Peterson Christmas Pipe, a Rustic 68 Spigot.

 

[Singed]

Pegasus in my Tomato meer and a splash of bourbon in my tea for a nightcap.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Wilke Surbrug’s Crystal Palace in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2 LHS Certified Purex 79 bulldog with a nickel ferrule and tenon with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Listening to The Henry Morgan Show. Abner the Eager just jumped up on my chair for a reminder to feed him. Off to do that now.

 

[JimInks]

Passing the first third of this bowl of year 2020 Angler's Dream in a 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 egg with a smooth brown front and a black sandblasted back with a dark gold ferrule and black vulcanite stem in the military mount style. Not sure if I'll have another smoke tonight or not. Not even sure if all the ferals are settled. They sure have taken a bit of time since I stopped work for the day, so who knows? They don't.

 

[Swede]

@Swede I painted the last two inches of the stem with enamel - three coats baked at 175F for two hours and a day rest in between - and then French whipped the stem from about an inch past the bowl back to the mouthpiece. The wrap is cotton macrame cord. I don't know how long it will last but it stands up to heat well enough. The stem rarely gets uncomfortably warm when I'm smoking but the heel will burn your fingers if you're not careful. I use the wrap as a guide for my grip and I don't stray from it. I used the same treatment on my OGC Antique Belge, too. If I changed anything it would be to use foodsafe ceramic glaze as a precaution but the enamel I used was Humbrol model enamel for kit hobbyists.

There is a drawback, I cannot ember-clean the pipe without ruining my handiwork. - the wrap would burn and I do not know what would happen to the paint.

Thanks man, those are great tips. That is a very striking looking clay.

 

[EZONSLOW]

Good morning,
Smoking a Savinelli 310 ks, Sutliff black & gold Cavendish, Mug of Guatemala Antigua coffee, back pain woke me up early,it`s going to be a slow day for me.

 

[Balisong]

Good Morning!
This is the second Morning in a row that I got to sleep late! Starting off with GLP Westminster in a bent MM Apple Diplomat along with a cup of coffee as usual.

 

[Gaius Marius]

Good morning friends,
This morning I had a pipefull of Peter Stokkebye's Balkan Supreme in my mm cob. A layer of freezing fog has encompassed the land around my small town. It has blanketed every surface- epically the trees with an uncountable multitude of needle-like barbs made of ice. The Sun hasn't been visible since Tuesday morning. Planes are no longer landing at the Redmond Airport because the fog is too intense and I can scarce make out the buildings across the street through the mist.
The pipe helps keeps spirits positive in such gloomy weather.

 

[Singed]

@Gaius Marius Sounds like a beautiful hoary stillness - perfect pipe conditions. If you don't have to go out for anything just embrace the quiet, it's so rare today.
I'm having my morning pipe and coffee, Captain Black Original today, in the Cobbler, of course. I've started a new ritual for mornings, since my Mark Twain is suspended in postal limbo. I'm having a codger blend in a premium cob with my morning coffee. It's a nice start for the day.

 

[Balisong]

Round two is Sutliff 515 RC-1 in a bent MM Let Freedom Ring, I'll be taking it out with us on errands.

 

[Singed]

Windy and cold today, the combined temperature and windchill is -28C! I'm having some Haunted Bookshop in my Savinelli bent Dublin and another coffee. I added a meerschaum plug to this pipe as well and expect it to smoke untroubled, like my Brigham bent Dublin. Haven't missed a day in my physiotherapy program since I started last week, I'll tend to that after my smoke and then lunch. My shoulder and back pain has improved markedly and soon I can start working on restrengthening. Be well and stay warm guys!

 

[JimInks]

Starting off my smoking day with a bowl of pre-2014 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 in the military mount style. All the ferals except for the absent Abner the Eager came up to greet me as I walked down the hall to the den. I though that they were hungry and/or just wanted attention, but they all wanted to go outside. I saw that very little dry food that we always leave down was eaten while we slept. I let them out, and saw that Abner the Eager was eating dry food that I left outside before bed time. He stopped eating to watch the other ferals. He didn't want to come in, but Daisy decided to, and she's eating now. Abner will be back, and so will Tomato the Brave because he didn't get his wet food. M'lady fed Sleepy Suzy and Molly Danger.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am smoking year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Lavazza Classico, neat, is my drink.

 

[Eutychus]

I just returned from walking Jacksie. I smoked another Black Friday purchase: Sutliff 515 RC-1 in an '80s Peterson smooth 312 with vulcanite p-lip stem. I had difficulty keeping it lit, so I may dry the tobacco a bit, and/or vary how I pack it. It has a lovely tin note and flavor, so I think I'm going to like this blend a lot.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of year 2010 Amphora Original (Brown) in a full bend barley sandblast Peterson 125th Anniversary 1898-2023 No. 172/330 302 brandy military mount with a silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip saddle stem. Let all of the ferals in to eat, and had plenty of drama to deal with. Harry the Hairy tries to be good, but he really doesn't know how, the li'l dope. Abner the Eager is by my side for protection and comfort. Tomato the Brave just wants peace and quiet. Daisy the Feral Princess is ignoring them.

 

[Swede]

It was a long day, but lunch time provided a spell to sit by this small tributary of the Elk River right where it enters. This was really clear water and in a sense, it is easy to see how Jack Daniels was drawn to make whiskey in these parts due to abundant clear clean water-Lynchburg is 15 minutes away. There were more Greater Blue Herons in this one place than I've ever seen. Note the one above the trout fishing sign. I was able to try Watch City Cigar Simply Voriental first and American Cut Plug last in an MM General with forever stem. These are remarkable blends and very natural tasting. The Voriental was spicy with tobacco incense like tastes. The American Cut Plug was a full on very tasty burley. I have plans for these tomorrow. The Voriental taste stuck with me in my mustache with some of the American Cut Plug there too, so I was going down the road sniffing it with joy.