I've been looking at silver capped pipes lately. Then I get a ruler and beat my knuckles until the urge goes away. I suppose I could use a similar strategy for the BOTW thread, but there's no "add to cart" option, so I'm good with just looking.
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Getting a late start this morning with "Burley Morning Pipe with Coffee" with coffee in my Neal Monier Bing. It's a breezy morning and we're hoping it's warm tomorrow so the visiting family will be comfortable eating in the back yard.
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Trying out some shredded whole leave Oriental tobacco from Prelip, North Macedonia in my clay pipe. A bit musty, a bit sour I'd say though no strong flavors have stepped forward.
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Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Flake from @Stubble in my circa 1932 WDC Bing Billiard paired with single origin Costa Rica Tarrazu Cafetales de Dota espresso for an afternoon pick-me-up.
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Drying KBV Brown Flek in my coffee warmer to be smoked in my Norm Triptow small, but mighty flake pipe. My eyes are bigger than the pipe, the tobacco smells great while dying.
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Enjoying some W. O. Larsen Signature from 2018 in my Stanwell HCA with the short stem on. Funny how some tobaccos seem to fit certain pipes. This is a winning combo.
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Sounds like a really interesting blend, I have a few dedicated pipes for Lakelands and such, but I can't really say that I've discovered ideal pairings of tobacco with pipes quite yet. At least not that I can articulate at this time.
I found a bag of Balkan Supreme I pressed into a crumble cake on or before last August in my PVC tobacco press and I'm enjoying it in my Hilson Calabash shaped estate pipe. It's been a while since I've had Balkan Supreme so I can't really answer the question if pressing it into a crumble flake changed the flavor, but I'm enjoying it. Maybe I'll do a comparison at some point.
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I haven’t been smoking a pipe regularly for very long, but what these guys seem to be astonished by seems to me that it should be expected. From what I’ve found, any ribbon cut blend allows you to pick out the flavors of each tobacco because they are separate. When you compress the same tobaccos together the pressure applied forces the oils inside each tobacco out and allows them to blend together. That’s why you have a more cohesive flavor out of a pressed tobacco than not.
I was going to smoke Wilke PB & C in a MM Cob, but I think I'll smoke some deliciously sour WCC Off The Rails in a Maddis Dublin instead. Third pipe from the left.
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Salty Dogs in a small pot by J. Everett Pipes.
McC Deep Hollow from @NorCalR1 in my new brown Falcon stem with a Michael Morgason cob bowl on a stand from @Stubble. TYVM David and Steve.
Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia Flake dried to almost a crisp and stuffed into my Chacom Club tonight.
Mac Baren Virgina Flake in a M. Addis.
Escudo courtesy of @Stubble in a Stanwell
4th gen peaty KY in a Kriswill
C&D Exhausted Rooster in a Vintage Circa 1934 WDC Bing Billiard.
I've been looking at silver capped pipes lately. Then I get a ruler and beat my knuckles until the urge goes away. I suppose I could use a similar strategy for the BOTW thread, but there's no "add to cart" option, so I'm good with just looking.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
That was an eBay purchase from a brother from another forum who quit smoking and is selling off all his pipes. I'm surprised I wasn't outbid.
Getting a late start this morning with "Burley Morning Pipe with Coffee" with coffee in my Neal Monier Bing. It's a breezy morning and we're hoping it's warm tomorrow so the visiting family will be comfortable eating in the back yard.
Wilke Blood Red English in a rusticated XL315 Peterson system pipe from @Stubble, TYVM Steve.
Easter dinner done, most of the guests have gone home, I'm stuffed. Time for some Louisiana Flake in my small, but mighty Norm Triptow pipe.
Trying out some shredded whole leave Oriental tobacco from Prelip, North Macedonia in my clay pipe. A bit musty, a bit sour I'd say though no strong flavors have stepped forward.
Peter Heinrichs - Dark Strong Flake from @Stubble in my OMS Cherrywood Poker. TYVM Steve!
Mac Baren Club Blend in a Rossi.
Sam Gawith navy flake in a Preben Holm
Fusilier’s ration in a Rossi
Mac Baren Virginia No. 1 in a M. Addis.
Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Flake from @Stubble in my circa 1932 WDC Bing Billiard paired with single origin Costa Rica Tarrazu Cafetales de Dota espresso for an afternoon pick-me-up.
KBV Verge Engine Santa Drive from @Stubble in my MM Cobbit Shire pipe. TYVM Steve.
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Drying KBV Brown Flek in my coffee warmer to be smoked in my Norm Triptow small, but mighty flake pipe. My eyes are bigger than the pipe, the tobacco smells great while dying.
Enjoying some W. O. Larsen Signature from 2018 in my Stanwell HCA with the short stem on. Funny how some tobaccos seem to fit certain pipes. This is a winning combo.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Sounds like a really interesting blend, I have a few dedicated pipes for Lakelands and such, but I can't really say that I've discovered ideal pairings of tobacco with pipes quite yet. At least not that I can articulate at this time.
I found a bag of Balkan Supreme I pressed into a crumble cake on or before last August in my PVC tobacco press and I'm enjoying it in my Hilson Calabash shaped estate pipe. It's been a while since I've had Balkan Supreme so I can't really answer the question if pressing it into a crumble flake changed the flavor, but I'm enjoying it. Maybe I'll do a comparison at some point.
The second half of this bowl was really impressive. It was mostly the pressed tobacco not fully rubbed out while I loaded up the loose ribbon on top.
KBV Meditations in a Poker by Ron Powell.
Here's a video I found comparing bulk versus pressed Balkan Supreme.
I haven’t been smoking a pipe regularly for very long, but what these guys seem to be astonished by seems to me that it should be expected. From what I’ve found, any ribbon cut blend allows you to pick out the flavors of each tobacco because they are separate. When you compress the same tobaccos together the pressure applied forces the oils inside each tobacco out and allows them to blend together. That’s why you have a more cohesive flavor out of a pressed tobacco than not.
Edward G. Robinson in my Neal Monier Bing while roasting coffee.
I was going to smoke Wilke PB & C in a MM Cob, but I think I'll smoke some deliciously sour WCC Off The Rails in a Maddis Dublin instead. Third pipe from the left.