What is in your pipe? October 2019

Earlier... OJK
Now... Peretti No. 52 in a Don Warren freehand sitter with a plateau rim and butterscotch acrylic stem.

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken parmesan and vanilla bean ice cream dinner with a bowl of Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs in a 2002 black pebble finish straight Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano Billiard and a black acrylic tapered stem. Haven't smoked this pipe in a couple of years, so it's past time to do so. Watching Ken Burns' Country Music episode five.

Now smoking Watch City VaBur Test Sample in a 2019 straight smooth brown Merchant Service “Bing” with a nickel band and black vulcanite tapered stem.

Now smoking the last of this tin of Wessex Burley Slice in a 2002 three quarter bend light brown sandblasted Ardor Urano Fatta A Mano eight sided paneled shaped bulldog sitter with a black acrylic saddle stem.

Good evening, gents. Smoking GH Brown Bogie in a Savinelli Spinosa 320 KS with water on the side.

Enjoyed a tasty salad and am also half way through this bowl of Esoterica Dunbar in a smooth straight late ‘50s, early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Phone chatting with the fella who gifted me the pipe.

Skandinavik Sungold.

Watch City Rhythm and Blues in my trusty old Grabow Freehand.

Good morning folks. It’s finally feels like fall here (Brooklyn, NY). I’m starting off with a bowl of Skiff Mixture in a sandblasted Peterson donegal rocky bent rhodesian with a vulcanite p-lip stem.

Not far from finishing this bowl of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style.

Now smoking Wilke Black Cavendish in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer with a black ferrule and vulcanite stem in the military mount style.

Now smoking the last of this sample of year 2012 McClelland Deep Hollow in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic saddle stem.

A minute or two away from smoking HU Directors Cut in a smooth straight Lane era Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad.

OJK in a Savinelli Oscar prince with an acrylic stem.

Had a light lunch, and am now smoking the last of this sample of Watch City Rhythm & Blues in a 1986 full bend pebble relief Aldo Velani Titan 33 briar Oom Paul/Calabash with a black acrylic tapered stem that has a briar accent. Mad Dog Russo is on MLB TV at the top of the hour.

Almost half way through this bowl of early 1970s MacBaren Burley London Blend in a smooth medium bend 2011 Rinaldo Collection Fiammata Silver Line 7 Odea 04 flame grain bulldog with a silver band and a tortoise shell acrylic saddle stem.

About a third of the way through this bowl of Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.

Good afternoon from a snowy Colorado, gents. Smoking Mac Baren Navy Flake in a MM Country Gentleman w/ a forest green Forever stem. Water is on the side.

Almost a third of the way through this bowl of Wilke Lizzie Blood Virginia in a straight 1960s Lane era Charatan black with burgundy undertone sandblasted billiard 420 with a black vulcanite tapered stem.

Afternoon, gents. Great Outdoors in the JB Devil Anse stackywack. Peet's espresso. Cool water. Been a busy morning.

A couple of minutes or so away from smoking Stokkebye Natural Dutch Cavendish in a 1970s medium bend smooth Ben Wade Golden Walnut freehand with a black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

2013 LBF in my Savinelli 130ks.

A quarter of a bowl left of Bald Headed Teacher in a medium brown, smooth octagonal paneled bowl and shank, medium bend 2016 Tim West Book Keeper 6 with a black acrylic saddle stem. Getting ready for the Astros-Nats game.

Whew! Busy day. Truck serviced, grocery shopping, smokes for SWMBO, etc. Time for Arango Balkan Supreme in the J Everett eggiweg. Keep it smokey, guys.

Match Ready Rubbed in a squashed tomato.