Starting off my smoking day with Uhle’s Perfection Plug Burley in my old reliable 1986 smooth Peterson Kildare 999 Rhodesian with a black vulcanite p-lip stem. Simply Apple is my drink.
My simple anytime blend when aged for a minimum of 1 year happens too also be one of my top 10 favorites:
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.
Now smoking Rattray’s Dark Fragrant in a 1978 smooth full bend Lorenzo Adria Standard 733 flame grain egg with a black vulcanite stem. A bottle of Dang! (no, really!), which is root beer with butterscotch. Very weird blend.
GLP Jack Knife RR in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite stem.
Now smoking Sam Gawith Medium Virginia Flake in a mid-1970s black rusticated straight Savinelli Estella 915 KS billiard pearl brown lucite stem. A bottle of Cheerwine is my drink.
Not far from finishing this bowl of 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.
P&W #531 in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic stem.
H&H BlackHouse In my wire wheel rusticated black Icarus Apple pipe. Superb smoker for the price, I won this pipe New on eBay about two years ago for $45.00.....worth twice the price!
Now smoking HU Directors Cut in a smooth straight Lane era Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. The P&W #531 I was smoking sure burns too durn fast.
Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye well rubbed out and C&D Burley Flake #3 in my LHS smooth chubby pot with a silver band and a saddle stem. This has been aged just over 3 years and an outstanding smoke!!