It was a TAD weekend for me:
At local B&M:
- 1.75 lbs McClelland Matured Cake
- 2 tins of Ashton Artisan's Blend
- one 8-oz. bag of Esoterica Dunbar
From Smokingpipes.com:
- Two 1-lb. bags of MacBaren HH Vintage Syrian
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It was a TAD weekend for me:
At local B&M:
- 1.75 lbs McClelland Matured Cake
- 2 tins of Ashton Artisan's Blend
- one 8-oz. bag of Esoterica Dunbar
From Smokingpipes.com:
- Two 1-lb. bags of MacBaren HH Vintage Syrian
I had a gift card kicking around since Christmas.
Tins:
C&D Derringer
GLP Sixpence
GLP Triple Play
Ennerdale Flake
Bulk:
2oz GH Bright Carolina Flake
2oz GH Scotch Flake
2oz GH Brown Flake Vanilla
2oz GH Bosuns Cut Plug
2oz Coniston Cut Plug
1oz Lane Dark Red
I appear to have taken a tour of the Lakelands.
Just pulled the trigger on a small "taster" meerschaum, and a cohiba cigarillo and pipe tobacco sampler!
I got some pouches of tobacco and two pipes from Ebay in the mail today. The pipes are a Bushell Easy Bite billiard and a Peterson's "K" Briar bulldog.
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Found this meer, and had to bid because it looks like me!
No one else bid on it, so I got it for opening bid!
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Smokes great!
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Bought this Ser Jacopo and ten pouches of Condor from an outfit in Ontario, pipes2smoke.com
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@Haebar .
Nice shape on that one!
5 tins of Presbyterian.
Get it while you can.
A few months ago I bought this Luciano squat bulldog from the Italian Estates section of SmokingPipes:
Italian Estates Luciano Smooth Bulldog (289) (B) (2013) | Buy Italian Estates Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes
Its condition was said to be “Lightly smoked”, but, in fact, it was unsmoked. It’s proved to be a well-made and sweet-smoking pipe with no bad features (light draw, doesn’t gurgle, etc).
Then, a couple of weeks ago, I saw this Luciano stout bulldog in the Italian Estates section of SmokingPipes:
Italian Estates Luciano Sandblasted Bulldog (Pease/Di Piazza) (2014) | Buy Italian Estates Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes
I bought it immediately. Bulldogs are my favorite pipe shape, and this porky puppy is nearly unique — I’d never seen one like it before. It, too, was described as “Lightly smoked”, but proved to be unsmoked. And, so far, I haven’t smoked it either.
Then, a few days ago, this Luciano stout bulldog appeared in the Italian Estates section of SmokingPipes:
Italian Estates Luciano Smooth Bulldog (Pease/Di Piazza) (2010) | Buy Italian Estates Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes
Also said to be “Lightly smoked”, and just like the first Luciano stout bulldog, except smooth rather than rusticated. I prefer smooth finishes, so I bought it too. If it proves to be as nice as it looks, I’ll probably return the rusticated Luciano stout bulldog. OTOH, the rusticated pipe is really nice, even though I prefer smooth finishes. What to do, what to do… maybe I ought to keep both of ‘em. You never know when you’re going to need another good stout bulldog.
Edit: The smooth stout bulldog arrived today (May 17), but, to my surprise, I like the rusticated one better. I’m going to return the smooth one.
Just placed an order for some whole leaf from Larry Butcher of Kentucky:
1 lb. bright leaf “orangey, has more flavor” $12.00
1 lb. Dark Air $12.00
1 lb. Maryland $15.00
1 lb. Dark Fire $15.00
1 lb. Bursa $28.00
1 lb. Samsun $28.00
A few years back I signed up for some coupon offers from some pipe tobacco manufacturers and have gotten coupons in the mail at least twice a year. For my birthday, I received a bunch of coupons and redeemed them yesterday; got these six pouches for only $7.35.
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I just ordered 20 tins of Capstan Blue from SmokingPipes. And I ordered several tins (1 each) of these Solani tobaccos that I’ve never tried before, to come along for the free ride:
Solani X - Sweet Mystery 50g | Buy Solani Pipe Tobacco at Smokingpipes
Solani Red Label - 131 50g | Buy Solani Pipe Tobacco at Smokingpipes
http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tob...product_id/527
http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tob...oduct_id/90544
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Picked up a leather tobacco pouch for when I'm travelling, a tin of Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture and 4 oz of C&D Autumn Evening. I believe Autumn Evening may be an aromatic that I can really enjoy. I've only had one bowl of it but was very impressed. You can actually taste the tobacco and it smells wonderful.
Had a big trade with Isaac L. Whistler for all of this tobacco. Some of the jars have homemade plugs by Klint Kinden, Glenn Skinner, and Josh Allen. Looking forward to trying them! He threw in a couple of older drugstore pipes that will need some restoration.
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Got these in yesterday from an order from P&C:
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SG Lakeland I can handle, Gawith Hoggarth, not so much.
The only aromatics I like are the ones that taste like... something. Trouble is, most of them smell great but taste like nothing.
I despise Autumn Evening. Probably the only bowl I dumped before the first 1/4 was smoked. Many seem to like it tho... tastes sure are subjective.
I was fortunate enough to get one of the most recent "Goodie Bags" from PipesandCigars.com last week and it included all this free stuff:
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The jar didn't come with it; I put the bag of Jester pipe tobacco they sent in the jar to rehydrate it.
I like the classic pipe shapes. Bulldogs are my favorite, and I have several. Pots are my second favorite, but I had only this one:
Caminetto Smooth Red Pot with Silver Spigot | Buy Caminetto Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes
It’s a pot, says Caminetto, and it’s a very good pipe, but hardly the classic pot shape. So when this Viking pot appeared in the estates section of SmokingPipes:
Italian Estates Viking Classic Sandblasted Pot | Buy Italian Estates Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes
I grabbed it. It’s a classic pot, by George, and no mistake. Its condition is described as “4.9/5 Lightly smoked”. But like my four other SmokingPipes estate pipes that were so described, it’s unsmoked. Its price was a modest $42.75. (The Caminetto cost me $443.) I also bought five tins of Escudo to get free shipping.
This Viking is made in Italy, rather than Denmark. I’ve seen some Italian Vikings that were a bit tacky, but this one is quite good. That “bright metal mount” isn’t sterling silver, but it’s very bright chrome over brass. On the plus side, chrome, unlike silver, requires no maintenance. The join between chrome band and shank is undetectable by touch. Same with the join between band and bit. Good job, Viking.
The chamber is perfectly centered in the bowl, and the draft enters the chamber tangent to its bottom. The draft is generous — very easy draw. The light sandblast is good for traction, but not so aggressive as to impede cleaning.
I haven’t smoked this pipe yet, but I’m pretty sure that I’ll like it. A bargain at $42.75.
Just picked up 2 Drew estate tradesman pipes on P&C. One for me and one for a buddy. Got them both for $79.98 shipped.
Picked up this Nording Canadian at Georgetown Tobacco while on vacation. Loving it so far.
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Some good news, and some bad news about my latest pipe purchase:
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The bad: I noticed that the bit angles off about 3 degrees to the side from the shank. Wouldn’t hinder smokeability, but it’s a cosmetic defect that annoys me.
The good: I noticed the defect before I smoked it. I can return the pipe, and will do so.
Got an email notification that this was back in stock at Smokingpipes.
That's good news. With McClelland going under, it's time to re-visit my old friend. This was my favorite Virginia, and I guess it is again.
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I bought this Mark Tinsky estate pipe (unsmoked) recently:
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I haven’t seen many Tinsky pipes that suit me, but this compact (5.2”), hunky (1.71oz) fellow is just right for a holder like me. Thick bowl walls that’ll stay cool, straight, low-maintenance acrylic bit, right size. Looks good in my eyes, and it’s a stable sitter, too.
An interesting shank — generally rectangular in cross section: flat sides, slightly convex top & bottom. The light band with thin dark stripes is palm wood. Tinsky often uses it so for a contrast element, and I like the look. Grechukhin, a Russian pipe maker, uses it too, in exactly the same way.
I didn’t buy the pipe from the link above, but used that link because it has a top view. The SmokingPipes American Estates link that I bought it from has only side views, because of the lower price.
I don’t really need this pipe, and it might be awhile before I smoke it, but it was too good of a deal to pass up. Very glad that I scored it.
Not a whole lot recently.
Picked up a 100g tin of Doblone d'Oro, Rattray's Marlin Flake and Old Gowrie.
Also found a M&T Dundee pipe in the antique mall. It's in pretty good condition. I'll try to upload a pic later.
After being “Currently out of stock” FOR EV ER at SmokingPipes, Hamborger Veermaster is finally available again. I just ordered 20 50g tins. It’s the mildest straight Virginia that I know of. Tasty too.
I don’t know. The tin of HV that I have open now is only 7 months old. Currently, I have only four more tins on hand, all the same age. HV is so mild that I doubt that age could make it any milder. Might richen the flavor though.
I see that it’s “Currently out of stock“, again, at SmokingPipes. Glad that I got my 20-tin order placed while they still had that many. Good tobacco seems to be getting scarce these days.
Went to a huge flea market today with the wife. Left with a few old tins for my collection and two pipes that need a light restoration. One is a no name Italian Briar and the other is a Wally Frank Well pipe. For $5 each I figured I could not lose.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e04a3def53.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d4932cc618.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...dc34f440da.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e378988f64.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3fb05e53b4.jpg
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That was my thought. I have wanted to try bringing some estates back to life and it seemed to be a good starting point. The one needs some work on the stem to determine why it won't seat properly but otherwise they just need a good reaming, sanitizing and removing some minor stem oxidation.
Who knows, I may end up liking the process and seek out some more to keep me occupied this winter.