Here is my setup for baiting critters. I used an empty tobacco tin(Early Morning Smoke) (not that it matters) four bolts and drain holes for rain water. Raccoons tended to destroy anything that I just wired down. Raccoons will also destroy grass under the trap or anything they can reach once trapped. Tin in the cage.
Lid on the bottom showing drain holes and 4 nuts. Raccoon proof, I think!
Sweetening the stave with bulliet bourbon for my tin of Seattle pipe club plumb pudding bourbon barrel aged. After the bourbon is absorbed, I will put this back in the tin for some time. Should work really good.
Opened a 3 year old tin of Davidoff Royalty, (first time trying it) This is a Fantastic blend IMHO, I would describe it as a mild English as the virginias take the lead with some accompaniment from the orientals and the latakia is in the farther back round.
Very creamy, smoked in a Peterson 03 system pipe. I believe it would be even better in a pipe with a deeper bowl. Cheers.
Smoking some C&D Carolina Red Flake with Perique from 2020 release in a largish horn stemmed billiard. The only markings stamped on the pipe are S.F. In an oval. There may have been a logo inlaid in the stem, but either it fell out, or the hole came from some sort of damage. The pipe is in excellent shape, so I think the logo just fell out…whatever it was? I filled it with SuperGlue and polished it flat. The pipe does not have any fills and decent grain too. If I ever find out the maker, I may be able to replicate the logo if it is a simple inlay of some sort. It has an aluminum tenon that has internal threads for some type of tube/“stinger” that is long gone. I have looked for information on this pipe in the common places and found none. If anyone might know the manufacturer/maker, let me know. Thank You.
@jfreedy I could smoke Figgy Pudding all day long. And I agree the Ropp pipes are a great value. I grabbed tow of the cuttys. One is a shorter horn stemmed one, and the other has a longer churchwarden stem on it. The bowls aren't huge so you can get a decent little smoke in.
@mapletop, looks like Edward's Pipe & Tobacco Shop in Englewood just south of Denver might be a good option. My experience with downtown Denver is that it’s pretty much a tobacco free zone. Not even allowed to smoke while walking the streets of Denver. Also, the tobacco tax in Colorado is insane.
@jfreedy In August 1986 I attended the Still Photographer's school at Lowry, AFB in Denver. One of my top grades was for a photo essay I shot at a downtown park in Denver of a one-armed homeless guy rolling a cigarette. I wish I still had those photos but like a lot of other things I lost in moves will on active duty, they went missing.
Another of my top grades was an editorial photo lampooning the Air Force policy of putting a serial number on everything. I typed up 20 slips of paper with serial numbers on them and stuck them in a clump of grass. The instructors thought it was great. The head of the school, not so much.
Anyway, back then Denver was more wide-open than it is today. There was even a "Full-Service" barber shop in downtown Denver ran by some really nice looking young ladies.
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Tin in the cage.
Lid on the bottom showing drain holes and 4 nuts. Raccoon proof, I think!
Here's a better pic of the pipe, one of my favorites...
After the bourbon is absorbed, I will put this back in the tin for some time. Should work really good.
It works, but the soak time is important as the wood Is dense. I soaked mine in rum for a week.
I just waited about an hour or so till all the bourbon was soaked up and it's now back in the tin.
That is a sweet pipe.
What has you smoking LL7 rather than, say, Vanilla Custard?
Sad to say I presently don't have any Vanilla Custard or facsimile in stock. So I'm whittling on thr LL7...
Oooh.. I like Denver. Been there a few times. What a great looking state.
In August 1986 I attended the Still Photographer's school at Lowry, AFB in Denver. One of my top grades was for a photo essay I shot at a downtown park in Denver of a one-armed homeless guy rolling a cigarette. I wish I still had those photos but like a lot of other things I lost in moves will on active duty, they went missing.
Another of my top grades was an editorial photo lampooning the Air Force policy of putting a serial number on everything. I typed up 20 slips of paper with serial numbers on them and stuck them in a clump of grass. The instructors thought it was great. The head of the school, not so much.
Anyway, back then Denver was more wide-open than it is today. There was even a "Full-Service" barber shop in downtown Denver ran by some really nice looking young ladies.