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  1. TheIronMonkey

    Is This Normal?

    I smoke Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding (or one of its variants) at least once a month. As a crumble cake, it is definitely a bit denser and slower burning than many cuts—in the pipe that I dedicate to it (which has a very deep chamber), I get five to five and a half hours of smoking time when...
  2. TheIronMonkey

    ***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***

    I decided to make use of the pipe bag that Susan got me and bring a couple pipes and some tobacco with me to Brooklyn. Having Esoterica Tobacciana Margate in an unfinished Savinelli Series III 320 KS Author.
  3. TheIronMonkey

    What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2024

    @PipeWI @jpmcwjr In the early ’90s, I remember Cigar Aficionado recommending leaving the band on the cigar until the glue was warmed sufficiently enough so as to avoid tearing the wrapper. I have continued this practice since then; I only remove the band when I get to the last third or...
  4. TheIronMonkey

    What are You Reading Now?

    I was fortunate enough to meet her years ago. The mystery writer, Ross Macdonald (Kenneth Millar) wrote a dust jacket blurb for the the 1st American edition of The Beggar Maid; Ms. Munro very generously inscribed my copy with a nice sentiment about Ken Millar for my collection.
  5. TheIronMonkey

    Aurora…

    I’m jealous of the skies many of you got to see. Our view in Pennsylvania was blocked by clouds all weekend. We supposedly had a chance of getting a look late Sunday night—Susan snapped this photo around 12:58 am Monday morning—we believe the slight glow at the tree line might’ve been the...
  6. TheIronMonkey

    What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2024

    Having a Villiger 125th Anniversary Robusto, 4 7/8" x 52 on the porch. I haven’t seen this size listed anywhere (it was probably gotten at CIGARfest 2018 or 2019 and could’ve been a preview promotional size). When I asked Wasabi if he wanted to go outside, he flipped down on the bed and...
  7. TheIronMonkey

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    If I understood the online dating guide, the Comoy’s script logo and Prima stamp would make this pipe pre-1920?
  8. TheIronMonkey

    ***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***

    That looks like it might be from the Savinelli Tris line (or a second that was supposed to be in the Tris line of pipes).
  9. TheIronMonkey

    What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2024

    Having a Rocky Patel The Edge Robusto Corojo 5.5" x 50 on the porch. It’s 66⁰ with a pretty clear sky. It’s pleasant and calm, not too much wind, and surprisingly comfortable.
  10. TheIronMonkey

    1,000th Post: Sharing Some Illustrations & Design I've Done

    I’m not quite sure how this happened, but I’ve somehow amassed 5,000 posts in my brief tenure here at the forum (hopefully some of you got some good chuckles out of some of my posts). I thought I’d share some of the covers I did for The New Republic early in my career. The first three were done...
  11. TheIronMonkey

    French Oom Paul Project

    And the moral of this story is: Sometimes the wrong hole is the right hole.
  12. TheIronMonkey

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    I had a bid ready to go on that, but the minimum jumped up much higher than expected.
  13. TheIronMonkey

    Custom Pipe Tampers: A Hidden Gift

    Does that mean this tamper will be the “SOM BEDTHS” edition?
  14. TheIronMonkey

    ***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***

    Going to have Dan Tobacco Devil’s Holiday in a Sunday Cob Pipes (of Washington, Missouri) Stacked Dublin Churchwarden.
  15. TheIronMonkey

    ***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***

    I’ve felt there were some freight train smokers on this forum that could burn it out.
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