Steady Puffing

I have been maintaining a steady one to three pipes a day, rotating pipes and rotating the three tobacco tins that I presently have opened: Lombard, Purple Cow, and Exhausted Rooster. It is proving to be a good rotation. I am trying to stay very patient about opening any other new tins. Autumn is, of course, really the nicest time for smoking since I can only smoke out in my back-yard or at the local park unless I want to take the time and effort to walk over to Holt's. But Autumn is also a harbinger of winter, when I eventually give up trying for a few months after getting tired of freezing my nose off sitting out back. But until then I will enjoy!

PIPE OF THE WEEK



An old favorite and a part of my regular weekly rotation, this saddle-bit straight little apple by Former is a gem! Former is one of the foremost pipe makers in the world, celebrating his 50th anniversary year this year. I've had this pipe for a fairly long time; can't remember exactly when or where I purchased it, but it has always been one of my favorites. Check out his web site to see some beautiful pipes.


This video was taken from pipesmagazine.com a very informative web "community" that I came to through Facebook (where, btw, there are a load of pipe related groups) and have enjoyed checking out on occasion. Their series on filling pipes with flake tobacco is informative. Here is one sample of a number of methods they describe. Check it out.

Featuring Askwith Pipes

This week's edition of Pipe Pulpit features Askwith Pipes, Hand Made in England. I heard about Chris Askwith on My Pipes Community, I believe I've mentioned before. I don't check it as often as I used to, and almost never contribute; it just lost its appeal for whatever reason, probably because it seems like the same 5 people are always writing the same fairly boring stuff. But anyway, I do check in from time to time and saw a notice about Askwith Pipes and went to the web page and was very impressed. I particularly liked this nosewarmer prince and I've reserved it pending my working out the finances. It is actually very inexpensive comparatively and if it smokes as well as it looks it will be a steal. I attribute this to Chris Askwirth being a new carver on the scene. I may finally be in on the ground floor. We'll see. Of course I'll report.





Pipe Of The Week

Featuring this week a lovely pipe from New Zealand made by Jan Zeman and called an "Old Sea Dog" shape. It smokes very well and Jan is another of the many pipe craftsman out there that can deliver a good quality handmade pipe at a very reasonable cost.




Tobacco Of The Week

I finally finished the tin of Red Carpet and ended up really enjoying it. I'm still working on Lombard and Purple Cow and having mixed reactions to both. So I decided to break out one of the new tins: Exhausted Rooster and smoked a bowl this morning in the Jan Zeman Old Sea dog. I really really liked it. It is a classic flake of Virginia, dark fired Burley and a dash of Perique. Really smooth and lovely.



Happy Smoking!

A Busy Time

With the Jewish holidays coming up I finally had to give up the idea of going to last night's Pipe Club meeting. Too bad, especially because my regular schedule will now make going to meetings almost impossible. Maybe I can sneak one or two in until next summer when I can attend a few in a row again.

Meanwhile, I've been finishing up all of my open tobaccos so nothing new to report in that department. I've been smoking a lot of pipes that I haven't smoked for awhile, trying to expand my repertoire a bit. In other words, boring report. Sorry.

But here's something you might appreciate. It is a great video of sand blasting from J Allen Pipes. Enjoy!