On a cool rainy day in the Rio Grande Valley; KG S VaPer 2.0 in a Falcon; Sutliff Match 20 in a customized Christmas Cob; the Plum Pudding I didn't get to last night. Coffee w/heavy cream on the side.
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Christmas Cheer and a new bottle this evening...
Great pic, sir.
AimlessWanderer
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Chieftain Stormy Skye (a homage of Ashton Rainy Days) in a curved Parker Panel.
Pegasus in a Roma.
St. James Flake in the 2013 Jason L.E. this evening...
Trying the Stokkebye PS41 Cube Cut in my Peterson 440 straight billiard. I loaded it in the pipe last night and loved the aroma and a bit of "toasted" taste; but it proved hard to keep lit. The same again this morning. The cubes felt dry, and I loaded using gravity fill and gave the load just a tiny finger tap before lighting, but the stuff refuses to stay lit. I thought that was one of the attractions of cube-cut tobacco, that it would load and burn easily.
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I find cube cut and plug tobaccos can often feel drier than they truly are if thickly cut. I also try to keep some shag cut to hand, to help get stubborn tobacco lit.
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I packed the Ben Wade Banjo with some No.7 Broken Flake, but that's going to need a day or two to air out. So I'm actually smoking the London Made strawberry sitter that I packed with Solani Virginia Flake on Tuesday.
Then I'll try leaving it out on a saucer for a while before I smoke this again. Maybe, as you suggest, a little of another blend mixed in would help too.
OGS in a Savinelli Amerone.
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You don't necessarily need to mix it in, just top off the bowl with it so you can get a "coal" going above the stubborn stuff. The heat from that should help the tobacco below to fluff up and separate, and more readily take the ember.
A labor of love, but I've seen some people break up or shred some the cubes by hand or with a sharp knife into kindling
Prince Albert in a new to me GBD Virgin Dublin
BCF (the "crowd pleaser") this evening, with a Dudely White Russian on the side...
This evening: KG S VaPer 2.0 in the Tinskey '23 LE; WC Deluxe Crumb Cut in the Morgan Workshop LE; Mixture No. 79 in a Charles Towne Cobbler. Smoky Black on the side.
I felt lazy this morning, so a pipe instead of a workout:
This is the Peterson Arklow 120 Dublin, loaded with a 60/40 mix of PS Luxury Bullseye Flake and Stirling Flake. It loaded, lit, and smoked quite well, very few relights needed. A good way to head into a three-day weekend.
This is the Peterson Arklow 120 Dublin, loaded with a 60/40 mix of PS Luxury Bullseye Flake and Stirling Flake. It loaded, lit, and smoked quite well, very few relights needed. A good way to head into a three-day weekend.
The trouble is, if I continue in that order, pretty soon it'll be very hard to exercise at all. Which I've been doing far longer than I've been smoking a pipe.This is a man with his priorities in order.
Duke Albert in a Stanwell Facet.
