Work day done, thinking about loading the Rossi Prince with Erinmore Flake. Yup, enough thinking. Tapatalk Via Kyocera
Neither high nor low. I intentionally pack half bowls unless I'm driving. Taking the time to only sit and smoke in the heat of the day doesn't happen during summer. Now it's getting cooler so I can put on a light jacket and chill. The fruitiness is great because it reminds me of the first taste I had of Peterson University Flake. Not the same flavor for the slight flowery/perfume which is different and also good. It's the pleasant *Surprise!* of something more than a Marlboro Light.
Today has been a PS Toasted Burley day. The Chacom dedicated to that. Got home from a jobsite and see my latest acquisition arrived. Time to clean up another pipe and see what this VaPer thing is all about. Tapatalk Via Kyocera
Opps, forgot the visual. The tree branch at top of the photo is trifoliate, the root stock that good citrus gets grafted on to. Strong growth, spiked thorns, disease resistant roots, but totally inedible fruit. Might be big enough to make a brush handle. Tapatalk Via Kyocera
Latest acquisition; A Bent Egg by Stanwell. Army Mount for all the right reasons. The bowl has a slight ridge on both outside edges that fit my thumb and index finger like it was designed for my hand. It's been a while since I broke in a new pipe. I might make this my Cavendish dedicated. Maybe I won't burn the red color off the rim like I did with the Jobey Stromboli.
Since I'm still new to pipes, though not a total Newbie, I thought I'd Google "breaking in a new pipe" to make sure I don't totally goof up. I found a method that didn't quite ring true... Buy it, pack it tight with free tobacco at the shop, light it and roll up the stem into the window of the car with the bowl sticking outside and drive home going faster and faster until the bowl glows red hot. Red hot is the visual indicator the briar is breaking in properly. When you get home, empty it out and inspect for damage. If it survived, you have a wonderfully broken in pipe. If it didn't, the pipe is defective. Return it to the store and start the process all over again. When i got to " If it survived" I realized the poster wasn't serious. But up until then I was just gullible enough to imagine doing it.
Half bowl, two third bowl, full bowl. The Stanwell should have a layer of factory carbon. Basically good to go!
It does, all smooth and black inside. Packed a half bowl of PS Dutch Cavendish. Consuming slowly as to not do damage. My first with both the bowl and baccy gives me the impression that it's an easy draw, and the leaf is just slightly sweet. Not potent like Perique, but the same street. Just in a nicer neighborhood with less gun play. Tapatalk Via Kyocera
I like it! Very familiar VaPer flavor. I can see why it's been around for so long. The disc cut is different, easy to rub out. Tapatalk Via Kyocera
Escudo is how tobacco was prepared long ago. Sailors would roll leaves tightly into a "twist." These were soaked in dark rum to preserve them for sea travel. When the time came, sailors would generally slice off a piece for chewing. Thinner slices, as seen with Escudo, could also be smoked, but chewing was more popular due to the hazards of embers on a wooden sailing vessel loaded with gunpowder. Sailors would buy small German clay pipes and smoke while in port in Europe. This style has almost died out as many makers moved to the block press method which yields the rectangle Danish flakes we are familiar with today.
