Custom!!!This cob was just unnecessarily deep for how much I pack it, so I got inspired and took a little off the top with a hacksaw..
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I didnt know you were cleared to be around sharp objects again alreadyHabana daydream hitting the spot as it's too cold for a cigar...
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This cob was just unnecessarily deep for how much I pack it, so I got inspired and took a little off the top with a hacksaw..
Glassman
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Honestly, I don't think I am...
Too cold for a cigar? I can't even convience myself to go in the garage tonight because it's so unseasonably cold. No cigar or pipe for me tonight :/Habana daydream hitting the spot as it's too cold for a cigar...
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This cob was just unnecessarily deep for how much I pack it, so I got inspired and took a little off the top with a hacksaw..
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Yes it smokes great, a bit more open than most of my others since it is designed to use a 9mm filter. Even with out the fliter it didn't get too moist or anything. Got it on sale, so for under 20 bucks it smokes amazingly!
The weather is definitely taking a turn for the colder down here & the wind is making it pretty rough. I’ve had to migrate to the workshop for smoking!!!
Very nice Costello. That's an estate? If so, that bit is immaculate!
Also, that's a well used Zippo... The best kind.
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You wont regret the purchase - i love my smooth morta lovat (Very similar to this one)I should have figured you'd have one (ha-ha), and a good smoker to boot.
Now you've really piqued my interest.
All Moretti has offered lately in Morta are smooth models.
I'm thinking I like yours better.
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Seems like you are digging this pipe thing huh?
My morning bowls rests heavily on the time of the year, yet I am currently breaking tradition lately and trying alot of new to me blends so I am all over the place - but generally for me:
Spring/Fall - VaPer (Pease Fillmore / McConnell Scottish Cake / Rattray Marlin flake - Old Gowrie - Hal O the Wynd / C&D Red Carpet / Pease Tellegraph Hill / Solani Yellow Virginia Perique)
Summer - Mostly Straight Virginias - sometimes VaPer - Sometimes VaOr (virginia & oriental) Pease Embarcadero is a fun twist which is a red virginia & orientals
Winter - English (Pease Quiet Nights / Pease Gaslight / Pease Chelsea Morning (awesome morning bowl) / C&D Sunset Harbor & Black Frigate / Drucquer Blairgowrie)
Some of my recent favorites anyways - I am not the biggest Burley fan, but I dabble occasionally. I am also realizing that I love GL Pease Tobaccos lately
Glassman
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Loving it!
Great list Dan, thanks! Looks like a bunch of good options to try.
I think I've only had 2 Pease blends so far, but they were both great.
I seem to be becoming a big fan of C&D and Stokkebye. Most of what I've had of theirs I've loved.
Haven't really enjoyed many of the blends I've tried that contain Orientals or labeled Balkan. There have been a couple that have been good, but most just aren't for me.
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Stokkebye is classic - C&D seems to be a love/hate thing. C&D makes the Pease blends to his specs believe it or not!
My list of favorite Pease and C&D blends (I still have alot to try):
C&D
Sunset Harbor Flake - yes its a balkan, but with Perique added
Vieux Carre - Light english but w/ a Whiskey Topping
Red Carpet - Red virginia VaPer - heavier on the perique than escudo
Opening Night - blend of straight virginias
Manhattan Afternoon - Gold virginia w/ honey
Interlude - red virginia w/ honey
Night Train - VaPer. but with burley
Chenets Cake - a rich VaPer
Pease
Fillmore - red virginia VaPer - fairly heavy on the perique, so a spicy but rich one
Laurel heights - All red virginias w/ a dash of latakia
Union square - blend of straight virginias
Quiet Nights - bold english but with some perique too
Chelsea Morning - lighter english but with perique too
* if you havent tried the Stokkebye cube cut - do it
Glassman
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Nice. Most of those do sound really good.
I'll look for the cube cut.
Which other C&D's are on your list to try?
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Redburn (burley base with virginia & dark fired - topped w/ dark rum & molasses) is a curious one that ive had a few bowls of but not sure how I feel about it yet.
Black Frigate (Rum Topped english) - have had a few bowls of this as well - still trying to figure it out if its for me or not
Poplar Camp (bulk VaPer - base is Yorktown which I like alot) - on my list
Bayou Morning Flake - (VaPer - 25% perique) - on my list - a flake cut & a ribbon cut options
Kajun Kake - (seems like bayou but sweeter) - on my list
Two Friends Redwood (VaPer) - Have had a few bowls - tasty, but I think it needs time/age - a little rough around the edges
Blockade Runner (Virginia blend topped with Rum - is the base of black frigate minus the latakia) - tasty - I think it will be better with some age
Bourbon Bleu - (VaPer + dark fired kentucky) - on my list
Shelbyton - (virginia/burley/dark fired blend topped with tawny port) - seems weird but I want to try it - love port but not a fan of aromatics generally
Thanks and yes it's an estate. The Zippo is their antique finish, I actually barely use it.Very nice Costello. That's an estate? If so, that bit is immaculate!
Also, that's a well used Zippo... The best kind.
OleVaSmoker
Leafman
GLPease the VaCream in the patriot cob with a short bit
Happy humpday all!
Happy humpday all!
It's like I'm at the 'Morta Pipe Club' peaking through the window watching you gentlemen enjoy your pipes.
Anyone else care to share some bog oak smokers?
GL Pease is to tobacco as AJ Fernandez is to cigars.
As a blender, everything Greg touches turns to gold.
... Blimey, fooled again.
I've got a few Zippos with the pipe inserts. They work great.
But, they have to be used. The fluid does evaporate.