curious...how does she smoke...does it get overly hot or anything like that. Love the look of that ebony !Quote:
Originally Posted by jdto
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curious...how does she smoke...does it get overly hot or anything like that. Love the look of that ebony !Quote:
Originally Posted by jdto
My Churchy in the same finish gets warmer than all my other pipes, but that could be due to the higher and thinner walls.
Mick
That's why I asked. Mick...we got a new Welshman on board here mate!
So I just saw. I just posted my welcome.
Mick
Having a vacation of 3 weeks. Wintertime is coming so i have to make my old house ready for the cold season.
Now having a break from making firewood. Commonwealth from vintage Oldenkott with meer insert.
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Can I just come over there and move in. I'm a good cook and clean well and I'm potty trained even geeze...yer killin me "T":)
I think yer gonna need a bigger 'ouse mate! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor
Mick
If, for reason or another, wifey gets angry, this is a perfect place to sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by MickR
It is getting better now that I've got a dozen or so bowls through it. I had a tiny bubble in the finish on the rim from smoking too hot, but it seems to have smoothed back out. I've read that Petes have a long break-in, but are worth it in the end. That's consistent with my experience with the two new ones I've bought. They seem like they are just starting to break in now. Last night's smoke was fantastic. You just have to take it slowly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightblade
Pembroke in the Viking as I a presentation on Gallipoli. Later today I get to teach a full class on Gallipoli and then critique various strategies and decisions.
Well gentlemen.
I have finally reached a point where I feel I've made enough progress to justify a picture...
So todays was a cob of sinclair highland slice. Not expensive but I got it to make my past purchase up to a round number lol.
It's taken a while to get used to it, it isn't offensive but I don't think I will be getting it again, just not for me.
Also do any of you good gents smoke shag tobacco in your pipe? I believe in some countries it's considered rolling baccy but in the uk it's classed as pipe baccy so might give some a shake
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Onto a note of care. I have decided to go for tapered cleabers as they get down to the bowl with no issues and have taken tobcleaning ky pipe out with a piece of paper towel or napkin aftrr my smoke. I also took a lil risk and sanded all the black stuff out of my cob as I was a bit laxed in cleaning sobdecided to start a new. I have to say it tastes better...
Geek
Shag tobacco is known as rolling tobacco here, but some folks smoke it in pipes too. I always thought it might burn very hot.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGeek
Damn. Wasn't it Sherlock Holmes who kept his shag tobacco in his shoes or slippers? Must have tasted special. A real man's aromatic?
I read a few places that it was known as rolling tobacco, but here in the UK it's taxed as pipe baccy, also pretty cheap. Thinking of another cob for trying some aromatics so may order some along with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor
Geek
quite right. Serlock kept his shag in the toe of an old persian slipper...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor
Just checked few websites in UK that sell shag tobacco. At least Gawith & Hoggarth seems to produce huge amount of various tastes.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGeek
Although the prices are higher than our local shag tobaccos, i might try some.
Years ago i spent few weeks in UK and London with wifey. We also visited 221b Baker Street. I remember that the museum shop had also pipes, but do not remember if they were anything special.
Few years ago my daughter and wannabe-son-in-law had a vacation in London too. Later they told me that there were Peterson tobaccos in Holmes Museum, but they didn't check the pipes either.
I'm north of the wall and we don't have much in the way of tobacconists here. Theres a cigar shop in Edonburgh though who does some tobacco and other useful bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor
Geek
Hey this is great. You surely know about places to go in Edinburgh. Not only tobacco shops but anything in general. There's a direct flight from my home town to Edinburgh so that is one of the places we've considered. Flight tickets are very cheap as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGeek
Geek,
The question is up to you... Do you want to smoke SHAG in your pipe?
Here in the USA they market RYO tobacco as Pipe Tobacco to get around all the taxes... They call it "cross over/Criss Cross" or something like that... Anyway, my understanding the way that they (The Gov'ment) seperate the two is by moisture content and cut...
I have smoked Red Cap which is a X Over but it's not as harsh as others... Real earthy and remindes me of fresh cut grass (Lawn)
But if you think about it, what did they smoke 100-200 years ago... Tobacco... :)
My two cents...
I would be better in Glasgow lol but yeah can find what I need in edinburgh, and by that I mean steak beer amd the train station lol. But it really depends on what you're looking for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor
Here it's based on the width of cut. Seemingly anything under 1.5mm is classed as rolling tobacco.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoseWarmer
Geek
Your comment takes me way off topic. Guess it isn't the first time.Quote:
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Howevers. Clay pipes used to be import goodies back hundreds of years ago.
Baltic Sea is rich in shipwrecks, thanks not only to wars but rough sea and rocky waters. In Finnish area alone are thousands and even more not discovered yet. Ship worm doesn't live in Baltic waters so even wooden wrecks stay in good shape if they sink deep enough not to get crushed by the ice in winter.
Here's few pics from Vrouw Maria that sunk in 1771 in our SW archipelago. The cargo is full of clay pipes (as well as more valuable goodies).
Heck. next time we are about to take our divers to practice in some of those wrecks i could ask a mate if it is possible that one or two pipes accidentally ended into their pockets. I could have some use for 'scientific research'. Would be cool to have a clay pipe that is few hundred years old.
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Sailor.... That's AWESOME!
i have to agree 100000000% with that. add one for me when they bring them up, lol, i wont be greedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoseWarmer
How come this idea didn't come to mind before. I cannot even count the days i've spent above these wrecks, feeling bored.
Have to talk to some of my diving mates as soon as i get back to work.
For reason very obvious, divers are called as 'slow speak, slow think' or 'men with far away logic'. They've spent so much time uw, deep, inhaling mixed gas, so it is no wonder you can notice a diver in a moment they start to speak :D
When i used to dive back years ago, saw some clay pipes every now and then. Russo - Swedish naval battle 1808-1809 caused by Napoleonic wars happened only few miles from my home. For some reason, every piece i stole and took home , be it cannon ball or WW2 porcelain with nazi logos, my wife just threw away.
Kinda wondering if I should post in this thread at all. I have a few pipes but only smoke on rare occasion and it is usually Black Captain.
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Leave it to the women... :)
Damn. Wasn't it Sherlock Holmes who kept his shag tobacco in his shoes or slippers? Must have tasted special. A real man's aromatic?[/QUOTE]
Um......yuuuk !! Sorry...just struck me kinda wierd I guess!:thinking:
Nice sunset tonight while i was taking puppy for an evening walk.
Presbyterian from Scandia (Stanwell 2nd)
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Nice one Sailor, I always love the scenic shots you post. Makes me wonder what I'm doing in England! Keep them coming please...
I remember when i was there in England, specially the countryside used to be very beautiful with all those small villages with interesting pubs. Nothing wrong with London either, just too big for me. Hyde Park was nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasquatch
As you can clearly see...as I have noted many times....poor Sailor lives a life of drudgery which I have offered to trade him so as to alleviate his misery. Sadley he is stubborn and refuses to give it up. I do not know what else to do with the poor suffering winterlander.....................Great Pics "T":)
'evening Gents. RC's Scottish Flake in a Savinelli Milano.
Blackwoods Flake in my Tinsky LE.
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This evening, I'm about to light up a bowlful of Cornell & Diehl "Irish Blessing" in my Peterson Dublin.
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Blackwoods in the Brigham Algonquin 216
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I shared a pic of my new mahogany Calabash in a recent post. I't's a beautiful pipe, smokes cool and dry, and the block meerschaum is already coloring a nice rosy, tannish color after only two smokes!
Here's the question, or issue: First, this is my first mahogany wood pipe. I've read that these will impart a flavor to the tobacco and I've noticed a kind of sweet, woody, somewhat cedarish note while smoking the calabash. Not necessarily bad, just different. My first bowl, I tried Uhle's Black Stoker and had a great smoke. My second bowl, the next day, was McClelland Navy Cavendish and was also a very enjoyable smoke. But I noticed about an hour, or two (?) after finishing the "Navy" an almost cloying(?), overly-rich, overwhelming flavor/ body sensation from the mixture of the tobacco and mahogany flavor. It wasn't just a taste in the mouth, but almost as if I had been entirely saturated by the flavor. Almost nauseating. Never had this reaction with the same tobacco in a briar or in a full meerschaum pipe.
So finally the question(s): Is this typical of mahogany? Does the mahogany taste mellow with time? Or, should this experience be telling me that the navy cavendish is not a good pairing with this calabash pipe?
As I rest up from an overly festive weekend i smoke a couple of roasts to turn into BBQ while enjoying a cob full of granger.
Nice Sunday evening. Cold outside and can smell the neighbours wood burning stove.
Enjoying a bowl of Luxury Twist in a birth year Dunhill while studying for the provincial hunting exam. I promise to bag my own turkey this year for Thanksgiving!
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Do you really have to wear a big fluoro orange sleeping bag like what they got on, on the cover of your book?
Mick
The government would like it, but only a 400 square inch patch is necessary. Bad pic...those outfits are boss in winter, lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by MickR
The wild turkey manual suggests not carrying a turkey on your head, so as not to confuse other hunters...<rolls eyes!> no joke.
Working on breaking in another one during the morning drives. I wasn't overly impressed with this blend from pipesandcigars.com at first but it was gotten much better with age. Just a nice smooth mellow aromatic.
Pipe: Tim Thorpe Custom
Tobacco: P&C Fusion Labs Caramel Apple Pie
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