What Is In Your Pipe?- June 2020.

Manil La Broom in a bent Dublin shop pipe, on my way to the office.

Taking a break from cleaning my grill and smoker with a Cuban Rounds and hazelnut iced coffee.

About a third of a bowl left of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1980s smooth slight bend Wally Frank Dublin with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

Penny Farthing in a shop pot.

Finishing up some Manil La Broom in a Walter Hettinger flat bottomed Dublin.

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, filet mignon with eggs and green beans dinner with chocolate ice cream for dessert. I'm part way through this bowl of Warrior Plug in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer with a dark tortoise shell colored tapered acrylic stem. Watching Public Defender, a 1950s series that I haven't seen in decades. This channel was supposed to be showing Route 66, but they often screw up their announced line up of older shows.

Happy Brown Bogie in a bent nosewarmer.

Eileen's Dream stogie

now Admiral's Treasure Chest in Tom Thumb

Last smoke of the day is Ken Byron Ventures Burlier Morning Pipe in a smooth three quarter bend 1979 made in Israel billiard with a black vulcanite tapered stem.

McConnell Red Virginia in a Falcon pipe.

Almost finished smoking 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.

Legendary Marvel Comics artist Joe Sinnott has passed away at age 93. Joe was a big influence on my comic book inking. More importantly, we were close friends for almost twenty years. We vacationed together, did a couple of comic conventions together, and until recent times, talked daily. When I wrote his biography of his comics career, I became acutely aware that Joe had a lot of justified pride in his work, but he was very humble about it as well. He was a gentle soul with a great spirit, and love for everybody he knew. There was a certain innocence in his nature that attracted people to him, but he was nobody's fool. A great father and husband whose life was built around his family, Joe was everybody's friend, and his friends were his family, too. Joe is an irreplaceable man in the hearts of all who knew him. I doubt I'll ever met a kinder human being.

Almost half way through this bowl of Sutliff Prince Andrew in a 2020 smooth light brown, slight bent J. Everett straight grain chubby author with a spalted birch ferrule and a black saddle vulcanite stem in the military mount style.

I've been milking a bowl of SG Brown No 4 twist in a shop pot all day.

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken and sugar snap green peas dinner with pineapple and orange slices for dessert. Now smoking Prince Albert in a 2015 Basil Meadows black sandblasted billiard with an aluminum band and a pearl red acrylic tapered stem.

Peacehaven in a bent Dublin shop pipe.

Wessex Burley Slice in a bent nosewarmer.

Last smoke of the day is D&R Raccoon’s Friend in a pre-1980s straight dark brown Comoy's Sandblast 186 billiard with a black vulcanite tapered stem.

Maple iced coffee with Sutliff Virginia Slices to get things started.

Finished up the Wessex Burley Slices from last night. Then, started a bowl of Carter Hall in a bent Dublin shop pipe.

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. Another hot and humid day. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching Red Skelton.

A third of the way through this bowl of year 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” 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 saddle stem.

ODF, shop pot.

Manil La Broom in a Walter Hettinger flat bottomed Dublin.

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, trout and asparagus dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm part 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. Watching Cannon starring Mr. Conrad.

Smoking Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky in a smooth Savinelli Dolomiti 320 KS with water on the side. Watching a movie on Netflix.