Another 18 under my belt today. How can you play so much golf and not get any better...🤔 Anyway, enjoying some Tinderbox Happy Hour in a @Corey562 tomato...
@KA9FFJ; Back when I could play golf, I must have asked myself that a million times. I'd work on part of my game and another part would fall apart. God, I miss golf.
I decided to smoke the Pete Junior first, out of the two new pipes I received today. I removed the bowl coating, chamfered the tenon, taper drilled the stem airway and cleared the shank airway to 4mm in both pipes. I have the little guy loaded with C&D “Espresso” and it’s smoking beautifully👍🏻
The Weather Channel says it’s 62f. My porch thermometer says it’s 58f. And it is raining. My Stanwell HCA is loaded with Rattray’s Wintertime 2020 and I have a mug of Apple Cider Tea with two ounces of cognac.
Smoking the break-in bowl in the Pete Christmas 2023 #53 Lovat tonight. I have it loaded, only about half full, with C&D “The Beast” 2023. It’s not smoking quite as dry as the little guy I smoked yesterday, and I think some of the stain in the bowl is burning off…it’s a bit acrid😖. I’ll give it a day or two after this smoke to rest and then load some C&D “Espresso”. The “Espresso” tobacco is my go to for new pipe break-ins these days, I should have known better. I’m not sure if the acrid taste is from the pipe or the tobacco? I don’t recall “The Beast” being so sharp. Before it’s first smoke, I decided there were a few “not so shiny” areas on the bowl, so I took it to the buffer wheel with some carnauba. It was really a nice red under the brighter light, it looks almost ruddy brown in my house lighting and in these pictures. It even has a bit of a contrast stain. I think it would be close to the older Dunhill “RedBark”, although I have only seen those in photos as well. It’s definitely less bright than the newer Dunhill “RubyBark” finish on my three Dunhill’s in that livery. As a side note, “The Beast” has given me the hiccups😳. It has such a strange flavor. I’m pretty sure it’s the new pipe. One strange thing I noticed when removing the bowl coating with warm water…some stain was deposited on the paper towel. That should not have happened with water (it has not happened with previous new Pete’s that I wiped out with warm water) so I think maybe the stain had not fully dried before they coated the bowl? Thinking about it, it has a slight taste /smell like burning paint😖
I determined the Pete 53 was ready for another go. This time I have it loaded with C&D “Espresso”….we’ll see how it smokes. I decided to “Do the D.E.W.” as well😉
GLP Ashbury in a Pride. Taking it easy tonight, tomorrow we're going to an all day wedding. The bride was my first employee at my shop. One day she came in with some friends and informed me that she was going to work for me. I sold knives and martial arts weapons and told her she had to be 18. She said okay and shortly thereafter her and her friends departed. Less than a week later she stopped in after school and said it was her birthday and she couldn't start that day but could start the next day after school! She worked for me on and off until she finished grad school!
Starting off with a hot cup of joe and a pipe in Vegas this AM before doing "family" stuff all day today. Looking forward to attending the Vegas pipe show tomorrow. Plan on spending most of the day there. Try to remember to take pics and post them...🤞🏻
Dropped down into the 50s here. Going to head outside before some rain sets in to get some yard work taken care of. Seemed like a good day to break out the Peterson Baird and some Rivendell.
@Londy3; @PappyJoe; I'm the only pipe smoker that I know, so I smoke in solitude. If I want to be envious, by God, I will and there isn't anything either of you can do about it.
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i always forget how really tasty this blend is.
No, but I do play go-lf.
Or at least, I play at it...
Anyway, enjoying some Tinderbox Happy Hour in a @Corey562 tomato...
Back when I could play golf, I must have asked myself that a million times. I'd work on part of my game and another part would fall apart. God, I miss golf.
70's, good pipes, good tobac. Life is good.
As a side note, “The Beast” has given me the hiccups😳. It has such a strange flavor. I’m pretty sure it’s the new pipe. One strange thing I noticed when removing the bowl coating with warm water…some stain was deposited on the paper towel. That should not have happened with water (it has not happened with previous new Pete’s that I wiped out with warm water) so I think maybe the stain had not fully dried before they coated the bowl? Thinking about it, it has a slight taste /smell like burning paint😖
Well...It's a pretty pipe, never the less.
Taking a break with some Frankenblend in a Mr. Brog #81...
Thanks for the reminder. I will have to find my 1792🙂
Looking forward to attending the Vegas pipe show tomorrow. Plan on spending most of the day there.
Try to remember to take pics and post them...🤞🏻
That is a great looking pipe.
@KA9FFJ;
Looking forward to seeing your Vegas photos.
I admire your tamper.
I am delighted to see you posting again, Brother. Even if you are getting a pipe club together and rubbing my face in it, you SOB.
Don’t mind @opipeman, pipe clubs get togethers are great.
I'm the only pipe smoker that I know, so I smoke in solitude. If I want to be envious, by God, I will and there isn't anything either of you can do about it.