It has its' good points, soft and mild. I just have too many jars of stored tobacco from which to select at any given time. I find myself going back to Captain Black "White". I have so many mason jars filled that I have a hard time making a choice. I still also go to Carter Hall. I spoil myself with pipe tobacco and cigars. Hope you are feeling well my friend.
Just thinking of Egg Nog tobacco makes me want to get ahold of some and probably try to eat it straight out of the bag😬. I have not ordered any for fear it is a Sutliff manufactured blend.
I had a small portion of a tobacco sample left that I received years ago with an estate pipe I bought from a gentleman in France/Britain/Belgium? It is labeled “James J. Fox & Co. London-Dublin “Fox’s Aromatic” from 1980. It was, and is “drier than a popcorn fart”, but you know what…..it’s smoking fine in this Tsuge Roulette. I picked a small pipe because I didn’t have much tobak left in the baggie…..there is still a little tobacco that didn’t fit in this pipe, packed as tight as I could too, because it was so dry. This Tsuge a roulette is a pretty small pipe, my favorite “U.S. Tob, Co.” tamper is too large in diameter to use. The tobacco is actually a pretty tasty blend. I wonder what it would have been like when a bit more fresh?
Oh! Oh! Near the bottom of this bowl there is an evil starting to emanate from my Tsuge. Latakia! 😖 Where was it in the first 3/4’s of this bowl….doesn’t matter….dump it! dump it now!
I’m smoking some more of the little baggie sample tobacco I received from across the pond. This time it’s the”Le Cerf Ardennais” Semois thin cut by Flandria. This tobak is also dry as a bone, but as per the suggestion on the baggie, I’m smoking it “as is”. Again, another very tasty smoke, slightly floral, very slight, and a strange tingling sensation. Damn, I hope it’s not poisoned 😳, oh well, too late now.🙂. I rolled out my chubbie Pete straight billiard from the 2013 Antique Collection for this evenings smoke. It’s one of my favorite pipes, along with it’s mate in the 2013 Antique set, the chubbie bent. Maybe I will trot the bent billiard out sometime in the near future.😉. I will say, this pipe makes me drool, I think I will have to thin the bit behind the P-Lip button. It’s a bit thick, it has worked for me to “stop the drool” on other pipes. TMI….sorry🙂
Tried to get in 18 today, but it starting a heavy mist on #3. Played 9 and we all decided we'd rather play golf than water polo, so we all went home. Consequently I decided to do some Ashton Rainy Day in one of my Frankenpipes...
Well, since I had the box set out, I might as well smoke the chubby bent Pete 2013 Antique this evening. I have loaded 4-5 coins of Arango’s “Peaty Kentucky” in this little guy and the smoke is roll’in. One of my favorite tobaccos in one of my favorite pipes🙂
@KA9FFJ; I know you are in your garage, but I've always heard that smoking a pipe in a high wind can crack the bowl. I've never talked to anyone that ever had that happen. Is it true or is it just a a wive's tale?
@opipeman It has never happened to me, but I use a screen when the wind is very strong. I can see it happening because an open bowl is continually getting a stoking wind in the bowl causing the bowl to eventually get too hot. Again, never happened to me...
@KA9FFJ; I have a screen, but have only used it a couple of times. I may select an old junk pipe and see if I can crack the bowl. God knows we have had enough wind so far this year. I'll let you know the results of my experiment. Thanks for the reply.
I have smoked plenty of briar pipes while shoveling/snow blowing……so far no cracked pipes from it. I have wondered if it was a wise decision however.
I have two MM’s loaded to go this evening for “Tank Night”. The tobak of choice is CB “Royal”……loaded double barrel for a quick follow-up🙂. I may have started the smoke rolling early. First up, the Carolina Gentleman, to follow, the Dagner Poker.
I don't know about wind cracking a pipe bowl but I do know of a pipe smoker that burned out the back of some of his pipes. Apparently he liked to smoke a pipe while cruising down the interstate on his motorcycle. I heard the story at a pipe shop where his wife and son were trying to sell some of his pipes (that weren't burnt out) after he died.
@PappyJoe Yea, here again, never happened to me, but I can see the POSSIBILITY of it happening. Constant air flowing into the bowl, to me, could simulate constant puffing. But I'm just speculating...
Sitting out enjoying the nice weather with an out of production blend, D&R London Dock in my cutty by RD Powell, who no longer makes pipes. Afternoon drink is a Scotch & Ginger.
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Good to know I am not the only guy who tried eggnog tobacco.
Love the color of that pipe.
Where was it in the first 3/4’s of this bowl….doesn’t matter….dump it! dump it now!
This blend has been jarred for over 3 years and it is now a real pleasure to smoke...
Consequently I decided to do some Ashton Rainy Day in one of my Frankenpipes...
I have loaded 4-5 coins of Arango’s “Peaty Kentucky” in this little guy and the smoke is roll’in. One of my favorite tobaccos in one of my favorite pipes🙂
I know you are in your garage, but I've always heard that smoking a pipe in a high wind can crack the bowl. I've never talked to anyone that ever had that happen. Is it true or is it just a a wive's tale?
It has never happened to me, but I use a screen when the wind is very strong.
I can see it happening because an open bowl is continually getting a stoking wind in the bowl causing the bowl to eventually get too hot.
Again, never happened to me...
I have a screen, but have only used it a couple of times. I may select an old junk pipe and see if I can crack the bowl. God knows we have had enough wind so far this year. I'll let you know the results of my experiment. Thanks for the reply.
I have two MM’s loaded to go this evening for “Tank Night”. The tobak of choice is CB “Royal”……loaded double barrel for a quick follow-up🙂. I may have started the smoke rolling early. First up, the Carolina Gentleman, to follow, the Dagner Poker.
I have the theory that if I try this the wind will stop blowing everyday. Either way I win.
I don't know about wind cracking a pipe bowl but I do know of a pipe smoker that burned out the back of some of his pipes. Apparently he liked to smoke a pipe while cruising down the interstate on his motorcycle. I heard the story at a pipe shop where his wife and son were trying to sell some of his pipes (that weren't burnt out) after he died.
Yea, here again, never happened to me, but I can see the POSSIBILITY of it happening.
Constant air flowing into the bowl, to me, could simulate constant puffing.
But I'm just speculating...
Does your shirt mean that you and your pipe were on a "3 hour tour"?
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