Welcome back Steve!


Last night some Capstan Blue in the James Upshall large bulldog
Some more Captan Blue in a MM
And finished with some McClelland 40th Anniversary in the ‘67 Dunhill Tanshell (birth year Pipe).

Started today with some Presbyterian and i have some Union Square sitting out drying a bit.
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Starting the day with some McConnell Red Virginia, sucks that the only place that has it online limits you to 2 tins per day.

Thinking after this some Capstan Blue. Clearly i like the straight Virginias.
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Have some Capstan Blue loaded up and ready to go and was able to grab a tin of 2017 Margate so i have that sitting out drying a bit to try later in one of the small Comoy bowls.

Then we’ll see where the day takes us!
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C/D Folklore to start the day.
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Bayou Morning in a bent Dublin.
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Yesterday MB Virginia No1 in an MM x2
Orlik Golden Slice
Presbyterian in a small Meer that i restored
Rattray’s Marlin Flake in an MM
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Breaking in a new small meer, many bowls of MB Virginia No 1 … that blackboard chalk dust taste makes me sick. I have a large meer skull to break in but i just don’t want to go through that again :-)

Some other pipes today:
Rattray’s Marlin Flake today - love this stuff
McConnells Red Virginia- also love
Orlik Golden Sliced - you guessed it love.
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Just finished a bowl of '17 Margate (Thanks Adam) I started last night. So smooth....
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First time trying this C&D Carolina Red w/ Perique. I opened the tin last year when these came in and it could still dry a good bit. Must have been very wet. Smoking well & definitely solid red Va leaf to my tastes.
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Awesome glad you liked it. Someone on the a pipe forum put up 3 tins of Pelican for $50 each and I missed it by 30 seconds .. stuff goes for 450+ on the secondary market .. people are idiots.

Had some Sutliff 507C tonight a couple bowls to try it to see if I want to go with the 5lb brick to cellar, I will try it again in the morning before deciding.

I also got some Old Dark Fired from 2018, about a pound of it in a big lot of tobaccos, turns out i hate the stuff, tastes like a freaking camp fire but i guess that's why people like it. If anyone is interested in trying it let me know.

I also experienced my first 'sour' pipe tonight, really disgusting, ruined the rest of the night's smoking for me, I was smoking some Mac Baren Navy Flake and it didn't taste right then everything was sour and gross, so I broke out the 151 and cotton balls (instead of salt) and have it sitting, i'll swap them out in the morning, i also did a good cleaning on the stem. From now on every estate pipe i buy is getting the alcohol treatment wether i think it needs it or not.
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Some Watch City Rougaroux in a Don Carlos billiard. Tasty stuff!

Ernie at Watch City does a number of nice blends, I know others have their favorites, but I personally like it's crumble cakes... Especially the VA/Pers...Old Dominion and Flake #558 to name the ones I enjoy the most.

Peace of the Lord be with you.
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Started the day with Sutliff 507C in a small meer, it’s cheap to buy in bulk but it’s par with MB Virginia No 1 to me so going to hold off on a large bulk buy as i have 5lbs of the No 1 already.

Switching it up to some EMP in a 1930s COMOY’s Make Canadian Club that just got a fresh coat of Paragon wax.

It’s a great pipe for a fast bowl. Didn’t want to pose the image because it’s not resized but click the link to view.




https://i.imgur.com/FmN03kg.jpg
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Just lit a bowl of EMP. Very nice way to start the day.
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Smoked a lot of VAs yesterday, Marlin Flake, some SG Full Virginia Flake, Orlik Golden Sliced, pipe heavy day and it was pretty nice.
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Last night some Marlin flake, Orlik golden sliced, more Orlik (haha) and some Capstan Blue flake.

This morning finishing off 1/2 bowl of Marlin Flake, then i might hit some Presbyterian to break all the sweet Virginia blends up.
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Last night a bowl Presbyterian.

Starting the day off with some Chelsea Morning
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Love the Presbyterian to break up smoking all the Virginias.


I pressed some tobacco using a noodle press, 80% MB Virginia and 20% Sutliff 507-S to add a bit more sweetness and a creamy smoke, only pressed for 24 hours and came out amazing

Here are a bunch of pictures of the press and final product, pretty amazing for only 48 hours

https://imgur.com/a/y1Kc4B8
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A tiny bit of some old old old OLLLLD Jim Mates Blend. Probably 40ish years old? Still going strong.
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Very cool!
Hockey anyone?
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I know right, i did another one that is a mix of virginia / perique and a bit of sutliff 507S stoved virginia for more sweetness that came out amazing. Also great for storage! LOL
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