What's in your bowl today

[Mathen]

Got that pipe of of eBay for something like six bucks. One side of the stem is stamped "Algerian Briar" and "FRANCE". The other side says " Wall Street"

Don't know anything else about the pipe other than that the previous owner's initials were probably GCM because there is a little medallion glued on the bowl that someday I'll get around to removing.


Edit: took a pic.

 

[The_Rev]

Algerian Briar means that wood was 100 years old when it was used for the pipe. That's a fucking STEAL.

 

[Mathen]

Really? Nice.

It is an excellent smoking billiard.

 

[The_Rev]

Really? Nice.

It is an excellent smoking billiard.

Fucking #therevapproved. Them letters gots to go, tho. Lol

 

[GWBowman]

Bell's Three Nuns from Jack on the MAW/ToWL in a smooth rhodesian

 

[The_Rev]

Bell's Three Nuns from Jack on the MAW/ToWL in a smooth rhodesian

Throw a little Perique in there and it's sooooo good.

 

[The_Rev]

 

[GWBowman]

Throw a little Perique in there and it's sooooo good.

I've read the original recipe had some. May have to try it.

 

[The_Rev]

I've read the original recipe had some. May have to try it.

Exactly why I suggested it. The guys I've talked to who did it said it then exactly matched the original.

 

[Hiram-2011]

HU dockworker in a Jesse Jones rhodie

 

[Whtwtrman79]

Hu imagine in my 14 Botl pipe

 

[SeaGarr]

Smoking my first bowl of Don Carlos in my Big Ben Barbados for brunch:

All I can tell you is that I am rather enjoying this C&D limited run burley blend.

 

[Hiram-2011]

Hu imagine in my 14 Botl pipe

How are you liking that blend brother? Just placed another order with Hans, gonna have some new blends to try

 

[Whtwtrman79]

How are you liking that blend brother? Just placed another order with Hans, gonna have some new blends to try

Such a high quality vaper, behaves wonderfully, great flavors I'll be sad when my sample is gone but am going to order some

Moved on to some Wessex red flake in a cob from dismal, great stuff

 

[danmdevries]

Working on my briars, trying to see the point... cobs just smoke so much easier. Sure, briars are really pretty, but the margin for error is so much greater. A cob, you pack n light and it smokes.

honest question: do $100 briars smoke better than yello-bol or Kaywoodie or Graybows? Got a bunch of cheaper estates for my briars that I reconditioned but still prefer a cob.

Kendal Kentucy inna briar Graybow (I think)

 

[The_Rev]

Grill time!

 

[K Williams]

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Exhausted Rooster in the Stokkebye 4th Generation.

I've been hearing good things about that blend. Just ordered two tins yesterday.

 

[Mathen]

 

[rdomfoto]

Some of Russ' Yule Log in my Canadian briar. First pipe I ever restored and still one of my favs. Classic shape

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Working on my briars, trying to see the point... cobs just smoke so much easier. Sure, briars are really pretty, but the margin for error is so much greater. A cob, you pack n light and it smokes.

honest question: do $100 briars smoke better than yello-bol or Kaywoodie or Graybows? Got a bunch of cheaper estates for my briars that I reconditioned but still prefer a cob.

Kendal Kentucy inna briar Graybow (I think)

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I'm no expert and my experience somewhat limited, but my higher end briars smoke much better than the grabows I have had. They don't have to be $100+, I have a briar that was like $35 that smokes like a dream. I look for briars that have thick walls and that have been drilled straight and pass a cleaner without issue. I like bent pipes, but tend to have issues with them gurgling. That being said, I love my cobs and they smoke excellent regardless of what I throw at them. I have found that certain blends are better in briar (I.e.Mississippi River) and others are better in a cob (I.e. EMP)