@opipeman Arthur Conan Doyle mentions Holmes smoking three kinds of pipes: a clay pipe; an old briar; and a long Cherrywood. The Calabash came from the movies.
I went fishing for catfish at the Cartersville diversion dam on the Yellowstone River at Forsyth, Montana. I brought along my Wally Frank Macedonia Red Root Lovat #18 loaded with some C&D “ Espresso”. This tobacco is the wettest tobacco I have ever smoked, I did not even let it dry. It makes fresh BCA look dry as kindling, but it smokes to the bottom without many relights and without a lot of goop. I don’t know how this stuff stays lit, but it does, and it’s tasty too. I caught three catfish, and by buddy caught three as well. It looks like a catfish dinner is near🙂
@RockyMountainBriar Could it possibly be by smoking in the outdoors and assuming a near constant breeze, it tends to continually "stoke" the flame? Just thinkin'...
Decided to break open a 2 1/2 year old tin of P&C Out of Office - A Few Too Many. It's a whiskey blend that seems to have aged quite well. Using a reworked Calabrest. I believe this is my first smoke with this pipe since working on it last year.
@KA9FFJ Nah, there was not really a breeze yesterday and even when I smoked it inside, it still burned very well even though it was crazy wet tobacco. I really like it, it’s BCA with a little more sump’in, sump’in.
A bit behind the clock here, last evening after a tough day emotionally, Sutliff Mixture 79 (jarred for about 4 years) in my old Dr. Grabow Starfire "Bulldog".
@motie2 Gordon.....the problem with that request is that it has been YEARS since i last smoked a bowlful of M79. Although the tobacco used yesterday was about 4 years in the jarred environment, I probably had not smoked M79 for many years prior to that jarring. About that time I decided to buy and jar all the old "Codger Blends" that I had smoked years prior. This was just an effort to add nostalgia to my tobacco collection. Having said that, I have no real detailed recollection of my previous M79 experience, but I do know I never hated it as proclaimed by so many pipers. Although I will admit that it was never a cherished favorite, it was on my rotation. That was probably because my Dad always had a pouch sitting next to his Kaywoodie pipe.
The experience last evening was good. I will say it was devoid of the "perfume" like dimension that I do recall from the past. The licorice like component was not there, and it was clearly a Burley blend. I did enjoy it last night, and much like my previous usage will be in the jar for awhile before it bumps one of my favorite blends out of position again. Overall decent and somewhat enjoyable.
I just received an aromatic sampler from 4Noggins. I am smoking Thomas' Blend. A very good vanilla/maple blend that avoids the bitterness of many maple blends
Doing some 2/3 Lane BCA, 1/3 Sutliff Black Cherry in a GBD Midnight while running some errands (hence the mask around my neck) This blend combo gives hints of cherry while giving an all around mild flavor... IMHO...
I finished off the first 50 gram jar of Caribbean Dream yesterday. I'm going to leave the second 50g jar in the cellar for a while so I can save some of this blend for later.
Which reminds me; I gave a tin to a couple of my Chicago pipe club buddies who have a weekly pod cast called The Great Lakes Smoke Show that I occasionally participate with.
They cracked the tin and we tried it out while they interviewed Phil Morgan the GM at Missouri Meerschaum.
What a great guy, the interview was fantastic and I learned so much about cob pipes, special corn raised to make cob pipes and a lot more etc...
Phil actually had a fresh picked ear of their hybrid corn, biggest ear of corn I have ever seen; its a hybrid of 4 varieties from the early 1900's, grows over 10 feet tall, amazing
If you get a chance check out the show, it available on most site that carry pod casts.
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Now relaxing with some Tinderbox Honey Cavendish in a rusticated Smoker's Haven bent...
Arthur Conan Doyle mentions Holmes smoking three kinds of pipes: a clay pipe; an old briar; and a long Cherrywood. The Calabash came from the movies.
As long as you’re having fun......
Just cube cut some Peterson Flake to enjoy in a MM Morgan.
Using a reworked Calabrest.
I believe this is my first smoke with this pipe since working on it last year.
Nah, there was not really a breeze yesterday and even when I smoked it inside, it still burned very well even though it was crazy wet tobacco. I really like it, it’s BCA with a little more sump’in, sump’in.
So, nu, tell us about the effect of four years of aging on the notorious Mixture 79🤨
Gordon.....the problem with that request is that it has been YEARS since i last smoked a bowlful of M79. Although the tobacco used yesterday was about 4 years in the jarred environment, I probably had not smoked M79 for many years prior to that jarring. About that time I decided to buy and jar all the old "Codger Blends" that I had smoked years prior. This was just an effort to add nostalgia to my tobacco collection. Having said that, I have no real detailed recollection of my previous M79 experience, but I do know I never hated it as proclaimed by so many pipers. Although I will admit that it was never a cherished favorite, it was on my rotation. That was probably because my Dad always had a pouch sitting next to his Kaywoodie pipe.
The experience last evening was good. I will say it was devoid of the "perfume" like dimension that I do recall from the past. The licorice like component was not there, and it was clearly a Burley blend. I did enjoy it last night, and much like my previous usage will be in the jar for awhile before it bumps one of my favorite blends out of position again. Overall decent and somewhat enjoyable.
Thank you for your prompt response. Much appreciated.
This blend combo gives hints of cherry while giving an all around mild flavor... IMHO...