Diving back into pipes, as i sent all of my pipes and tobacco to my childhood best friend a few years back (he is very into his pipes but having 5 daughters and being the sole income for the family made piping a luxury that he had to give up) I’m starting over, tonight i picked up a couple corn cobs and a Rossi, loaded up the Rossi with Cornell & Diehl, Inc. #063 BayouNight and wad off to the races, at least i still have the touch for loading a pipe!
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I've been enjoying Seattle Pipe Club's Plum Pudding special reserve.
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Yaa someone is still kicking here.

Last night Virginia No 1 in a MM Country Gentleman.

Also just pulled the trigger on a Dunhill birth year pipe, 1967. They have really come down in price over the last few years!!
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Grats on the birth year pipe Adam!

I’ve been on an aromatic kick- Hobbits Weed rotating between my two aromatic pipes and one cob I’ll smoke anything in - including deer tongue and the rare lakeland.
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Thanks, actually there are 2, one i made an offer on and after a bit of back and forth got for a decent price and one i bid on that i might just win, again last time i looked was a few years ago when all Dunhill in decent shape were well over $1000 each now they are down to a few hundred, so if i win this other one i won't exactly be sad about it.
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C&D 2021 small batch Carolina Red Flake w/ Perique. Smoking a Savinelli 901 bent Dublin right now.
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Some Mac Baren Navy Flake today in the COMOY Silver Cloud that was really good
Lane 1-Q in one of the MM Diplomats
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Mac Baren Old Dark Fired. 2 flakes rubbed out and packed into my Savinelli 321
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Lots of bowls lately

Presbyterian - love it
Rattray’s Marlin Flake - first try it wad very good!
Quite a bit of Early Morning Pipe
SPC Plum Pudding - Regular and the special reserve
GLP Union Station - was so so, not quite as sweet as i like my Virginias but will let it sit jarred and try it again in a few days.
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Def more into the Virginias and English blends, there are some great Virginias out there if you want something on the "sweet" side definitely better than the aromatics i've tried.
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Chelsea Morning
C&D Carolina Red Flake w/ Perique,:-)
4th Generation Evening Flake
Pirate kake, :-)
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After a long hiatus I started the day before work with some aged Stonehaven and just had a bowl of Quiet Nights while watching women's college world series softball. :-)
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Freaking 8oz of stonehaven and some of those others going for $400 … the secondary market is crazy.

Had some Mac Baren navy flake
Emp
Presbyterian
Mac Baren Number 1

Was a good day.

Also got lucky on eBay on some Comoy estate pipes and a Randy Wiley free hand pipe.
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Here are a couple of my recent purchases, pride and joys and surprisingly cheap, guess the pipe business is slow on eBay right now

1974 Dunhill Red Bark .. even has the original inserts and ads in the box

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and 1967 Dunhill Tanshell (my birth year pipe) not a great pic of it

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and it's still a way cheaper hobby than cigars :-)
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Orlik Golden Sliced with morning coffee
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Literally just ordered some of that. Trying out a bunch of the Virginias, Capstan Blue and MConnell Red. I like the sweeter Virginias, mac Baren Virginia No 1 I’d a staple.
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I find that 1 slice folded and stuffed smokes better than rubbing it out (phrasing)
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I just need more practice at fold and stuff (phrasing) but I’m a pro and rubbing it out ( hey! Phrasing!!).

Today i trying McConnell Red Virginia and Capstan Blue.
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C/D Small batch Carolina Red flake w/ Perique, My personal favorite VAper
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Tried some of the Capstans today loving those and Orlik Red Virginia was so good.
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