What are you smoking?

[wake_n_flake]

Germain Special Latakia Flake from 2006, rubbed out well and letting it sit in a tobacco tray for about 3 hours. Seems extremely moist. Tried this blend New Years Day, very good but a bit much with the moisture at the bottom of the bowl. This time I let it air dry for about 3 hours. 

Pipe of choice: my Ardor Giove Dublin ( DR )

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Heavy moisture seems like a theme with all Germain's products, including Esoterica stuff. I have a few tins of SLF chilling in the cellar, but I have never cracked one yet. How do you think it stacks up against other latakia-based flakes you have enjoyed (or not enjoyed)?

 

[Ozark Wizard]

Stonehaven in a maple pipe, 12 inch stem.

 

[JimInks]

Dunbar in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[DrumsAndBeer]

Meridian in an 80's quarter bent Pete Sherlock Holmes bulldog.

 

[JimInks]

SWRA in a straight black sandblast undated Savinelli Hercules 115EX pot with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

The last of my open stash HU Directors Cut in a 1938 straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair and a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Radford’s Rum Royal in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Sir Walter Raleigh in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash with a black acrylic stem.

 

[JimInks]

Angler's Dream in a slight bend 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 grain etched with a smooth front with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Hello from Greece, a nice sunny day here in Athens.

Borkum Riff Scandinavian mixture - Butz Choquin Toulouse [modified by me], double Greek coffee as companion.

 

[Lonecoyote]

McClelland Craftsbury Frog Morton on the Town in my Radice sandblasted Lovat pipe. 

WAKE, I have found a few different blends from Germain in the past to be overly moist and need drying time. But never had the issue with Stonehaven. 


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[PeterD]

...early AM...C&D Pegasus...now, D&R London Dock in a Don Carlos 2-note smooth apple... :cheers:



...up next...Ferndown Yellow & Brown... :cheers:

 

[Lonecoyote]

Now that my blend has been aged long enough I will be smoking it often and now have about a 3 pound back up and will be ordering more of both tobacco's. It's a wonderful ANYTIME BLEND with a minimum of one year aging:

C&D Bayou Night 60% and Lane Burley & Black 40% aged just over 1 year. I smoke this like a FREIGHT TRAIN and absolutely NO bite. I pack the pipe firm 3/4 of the way and get close to a 60 minute very enjoyable smoke.

Pipe of choice: Savinelli Series III UNFINISHED BILLIARD pipe. Has 11 huge fills but it's a superb smoking pipe. I did finish the briar with Bee's wax and mineral oil mixture. I've smoked this pipe over 300 times and the briar now developed a dark chocolate color. But the fills still stand out.
Yup, same pipe as yesterday and it's dedicated to this blend.


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[Lonecoyote]

H&H BlackHouse in my restored Yorkshire bent Apple Meer lined pipe. Now one of my favorite tobacco's  :cheers: :cheers:

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[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2003 smooth medium bend Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville with a sterling silver band and black vulcanite p-lip stem. A bottle of Grape Nehi is my drink.

 

[Lonecoyote]

C&D Bayou Night bulk version ( neat...lol ) in my Don Warren Morta poker pipe with a straight shank and stem. 

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[JimInks]

Just finishing this bowl of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1980s smooth slight bend Wally Frank Dublin with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Sam Gawith English Summer Flake in a straight smooth patent era 1952 Dunhill Bruyere ODA apple 806 B124 with a black vulcanite stem. Watching Mad Dog Russo.

 

[Lonecoyote]

It's 58 degrees here so I'm going to sit on the front porch and enjoy a Cuban cigar. 

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[JimInks]

Now smoking the best durn tobacco ever made: year 2001 VaPer Three Nuns in the first pipe Trever Talbot made when he went to France many years ago. It's a smooth straight Algerian briar Billiard bowl with a long Canadian stem, unbranded.