Oh my! She is a charmer for sure! Beautiful baby she is!
***What Are You Smoking, June 2023?***
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Old Joe Krantz original in a Scott Klein straight blast prince, a nice gritty blend in a small pipe. Celebrating my dad's memory, my original pipe smoking mentor with his Granger from the foil pouch and only owning one pipe at a time. I think he'd look around my study and pinch up his face and ask, "What do you need with all these pipes?" Indeed.
The old WWII minesweeper skipper built a pram (flat nosed dingy) sailboat in the basement, with teak gunnels and bright blue hull with a bright red sail, that we enjoyed carting around car-top for decades. He'd sail it smoking his pipe and showing off looping a clove hitch from his Boy Scout days around the pier uprights. He also did nifty rope work for the swing set he built out of wood for the yard, and an ornamental "monkey fist" he used as a key fob.
He always planted a flower garden and liked to pluck a marigold or other small blossom for a boutonniere. He kept wearing his broad brimmed fedora after the narrow brims came into style so his buddies called him "Cowboy." As I often note, he departed life at 89 1/2 licensed to drive without glasses.
HawkeyeLinus, that puppy is a heart throb. You'll miss her just dog-sitting for her.
The old WWII minesweeper skipper built a pram (flat nosed dingy) sailboat in the basement, with teak gunnels and bright blue hull with a bright red sail, that we enjoyed carting around car-top for decades. He'd sail it smoking his pipe and showing off looping a clove hitch from his Boy Scout days around the pier uprights. He also did nifty rope work for the swing set he built out of wood for the yard, and an ornamental "monkey fist" he used as a key fob.
He always planted a flower garden and liked to pluck a marigold or other small blossom for a boutonniere. He kept wearing his broad brimmed fedora after the narrow brims came into style so his buddies called him "Cowboy." As I often note, he departed life at 89 1/2 licensed to drive without glasses.
HawkeyeLinus, that puppy is a heart throb. You'll miss her just dog-sitting for her.
Wonderful story! Thank you for sharing!
Dan Tobacco - Hamborger Veermaster in a Radice while out for a stroll.
LNF in a Tinsky billiard. Beautiful, quiet afternoon on the porch.
KBV Mycroft in the amber stemmed bent apple by "Frank".
Wally or S. M., I haven't a legitimate clue. The grain is very nice but difficult to pick up at this hour.
Wally or S. M., I haven't a legitimate clue. The grain is very nice but difficult to pick up at this hour.
One of my favorite walks with 2 of my 3 kiddos, with one of my favorite tobaccos - McCranies Red Flake from a John Eells billiard.
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
Great shape as well. That's a good looking pipe
Peterson Sherlock Holmes smoking Moroccan Spice
Bill Bailey's Balkan Blend in an Emil Chonowitsch Hand Cut Billiard.
Mail call. Diving into this do-it-yourself blending kit. Started with the bright. Didn’t set my world on fire, but pretty good. Tried the stoved next. Nice sweetness and huge plumes of smoke with every puff. Will smoke the reds later today then start mixing it up. Anybody else working on this one?
Trying Wilke Blood Orange Virginia for the first time. Nice smoke. Goes great with my glass of iced green tea and lemon.
Newminster #306 English Oriental in a Kaywoodie straight foursquare blast billiard panel. This is a pleasant mild English, and the pipe is thin-walled but insulates just fine.
First bowl of OJK in a 1976 Peterson 9s I finished cleaning up today
Having C&D’s Sansepolcro from 2019 in a Scotti era Castello natural vergin kk lovat with diamond logo red lucite stem. Happy smokes all and happy Father’s Day! 
Enjoying a bowl of Iwan Ries' in an unknown meer I bought at the PX in Hanau Germany in 1977.
@Scottmi Nice pipe; I love patterned clays. If you don't like the Clan I'd be more than happy to finish the packet - in a clay of courseHappy Father's Day! Tried Clan in a clay with a tasty local brew. Hmm.. I don't know about ghosting, didn't seem that strong in flavor, but lit and burned well. Room note (outside!) described by others was "this one is not as nice as the other. It's Acrid." Only one smoke so can't really judge it yet.
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I still think the Cavaliers, Roundheads & Redcoats would have been better off putting their Clan in their guns instead of their pipes
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