@jfreedy, hard to tell from the picture and the glue dries clear but did you bend the pipe back a little to open up the crack more as you filled it? Thinking you want the dust and glue inside as far as possible.
Prep for the morning. Some vintage Caleb The Intern. Lol. This will be my first smoke in awhile. Long story short....my mom, Aunt and I have all been to the hospital. My stay was temporary due to a pesky kitchen knife. Theirs quite more serious. Also super busy making music and videos for a skateboard company. I need this break. Hahaha. My cellar will be turning 1 year next month. Pretty excited to open some things.
I finished off the tin of Holmer Dansk yesterday and decided it was time to start smoking some bulk blends I bought in Tennessee last summer. Had a bowl of Gatlin-Burlier Black Jack's Bourbon followed by a bowl of their Rum Maple.
I finished cleaning my kitchen and bathroom while watching the snow fall here in NE Ohio, taking a break with some 790 Highland in a no name paneled Dublin.
@Londy3 I've never noticed a strong cigarette taste or aroma from either Haunted Bookshop or Big N Burley, but then again I don't have the best nose for sensing the aroma on me during or after a smoke. I'd say give Haunted Bookshop a try first. Big N Burley is a good blend, but it burns super fast. It's suitable for a quick smoke, but definitely not for porch sitting, unless you have other pipes with you.
Currently smoking Old Joe Krantz in a Country Gentleman cob while bundled up in a ton of layers. The temperatures dropped super fast today, so I'm trying to enjoy my pipes while I can before going into a brief pipe hibernation over the next week or so.
Pretty cold up here in northern Illinois today, fortunately my wife is making her biannual giant pot of pasta sauce and needed some additional stuff from the store.
In the winter my truck is frequently my best venue / companion to smoke my pipe, enjoyed a bowl of Lane BCA in a DB bent billiard.
In case you have not heard there is a full eclipse of a super moon this evening beginning 11:41 p.m. ET and peak around 12:16 a.m. ET.
I normally do not enjoy standing out in the cold to enjoy my pipe, it's just antithetical to the idea in my opinion, but I have decided that I would like to see it tonight, just haven't figured out which blend would be appropriate.
It seems that some sort of libation would be in order as well, I'm thinking hot toddy; might even break out the tripod and get a picture.
My wife laughed at the idea and suggested I use a disposable hand warmer in my underwear to keep my manhood from falling off; now I'm thinking a fire would be prudent.
First one was good enough that I fired up another. Sutliff-Irish Coffee in a “The Hampton” vintage Saddle Billiard. I have no idea who made it, but it’s a cool little pipe🙂. It has a single black dot on the Bakelite stem with an aluminum tenon, no stinger either by design or missing?
Well the moon is fully eclipsed right now, smoked a smaller bowl of Q-1, the cold sort of made the whole experience anticlimactic, but what the hell life's in the living it.
I was bummed out, the Super Blood Moon was blocked out completely by cloud cover for me tonight. The constellation Cancer (my astrological sign) was directly in line with the moon at full eclipse....I really wanted to see this particular Super Blood Moon☹️
We are having a bit of a cold spell. I just can't bring myself to smoke outside. It's not enjoyable for me to be cold, I cant relax and therefore, the pipe is moot! ☹️
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Question, does that meerschaum have a genuine amber stem, or vintage Bakelite?
At least the wife is looking out for you......or maybe her🤔. Either way, sounds like a great marriage👍🏻
Nice, I thought it looked like real amber👍🏻 It looks like the meerschaum is coloring nicely too.
Tried to help with pic. Came up empty, but found this:
This one has Orion, faintly, on the right hand side. Can you make out Cancer?
It helps if you expand/enlarge the latter pic.
We are having a bit of a cold spell. I just can't bring myself to smoke outside. It's not enjoyable for me to be cold, I cant relax and therefore, the pipe is moot! ☹️