What? No Thurday 08 May 2008 Whatcha Smokin Thread

Had to make the hell run in to Johannesburg airport to drop off my daughter & future (from next Saturday) son-in-law. Mine's OG in a Sav Linea Piea with a cup of tea. Once again, a bright, sunny day. Had a pipeful of Walnut for the first time last night. Very nice indeed. Amazingly complex. Family said it smelt good too. Thanks for the referral.

Um, who pays their bills on the 8th of the month? OK, maybe the guy who's been sick for the past week...

Been smoking Synjeco - bad nun, and Synjeco - Virginia Perique slices.

Both very fine tobaccos, highly recommended based on my first impressions. I saw that some of synjeco's blends are made by Kendal Manufacturers, this might be very true, at least bad nun reminds me alot of Dark Birdseye

Gonna start out the day with some coffee and some Mississippi Mudd. Have a pipe full of Penzance from last night I will probably DGT later on, and also one of Exhausted Rooster. I know, I was on a sample kick last night and couldn't make up my mind.

Morleysson, not sure what your input was on Exhausted Rooster, but well done. It was an enjoyable smoke for sure. Probably could use a bit of drying time, but aside from that, not complaints. The VA's were pleasantly sweet and balanced out with the Burley and just that touch of spiciness from the Perique in the background. Would love to see what a year in the tin would do to this stuff.

Was that a Moody Blues piece from DoFP? Not hardly, though it probably would have been well rec'd. Driving in this AM w/ SWSL, a warm light rain, I could enjoy a bowl of HB in the Stevenson apple. God Bless this woman. HB is fairly fragrant I could literally smoke motor-oil saturated tobacco in the car and she wouldn't complain. .

Finished the bowl almost before going in the building. Drinking French roast this AM, too, then going through absolutely worthless e-mails from the staff du jour.

Try to have a nice day all.

I have a Butz-Choquin fired up with Old Joey Krantz...what a helluva guy!
Raining here in CT where George Washington noted, "The town with all the pretty houses."

In .dk we have over 20C today, almost like summer very nice indeed. So I am smoking some VA Flake Osborne #64 in a Stanwell #63M. This pipe is just broken in, so now it smoke just like a dream.

I only was drawn into the beta testing for 'Exhausted Rooster'. Good blend, though. very smokable for a variety of tastes.

Goodmorning All,
Started today with a Sav. natural filled with Walnut and a cup of bold roast. Half way thru my drive I fired up a peterson Cashel bulldog filled with Epiphany, great smoke. Nice weather here today but tonight supposed to dip in the low 30's. Have a good one!
Dave

Ran home for a quick afternoon smoke and a sandwich ... more tonight (I hope).

Finally nice enough to take a stroll on my lunch hour with my little Peretti half bent with some MacB Vanilla. Just watched the boats go by. now I"m settling in with my Tinksy and TOTM. Happy Thursday!

That Walnut is some good stuff, isn't it? A tub of Walnut replaced the CH tub as my "quick and dirty" go-to burley.

I have opted to use the name Kaywookie to refer to my new-school KW. The four-digit shall retain the respected Kaywoodie name.

Tonight, some HH Mature Virginia in the Kaywookie. I finally got the stem aligned properly. I just had to quit being such a wuss when it came to tightening it.

Concerning this tobacco, I am coming to realize that it is pretty bland, especially compared to the likes of OGS and SG FVF. If I don't start enjoying it more over the next couple of bowls, it might be time to pass it on to someone else.

Not to sound like I am lecturing, but don't be so quick to pass a tobacco on that you have had good experiences with. Sometimes your palate just tires of it. Stash it away, come back to it in a couple months, when you have that little twinge of HH desire. I have done the same with tobac's before, and damn, it is like discovering a new tobacco all together.

I have not smoked enough of this to grow tired of it. I definitely have not had any great experiences with it. I just think that it might not be for me. However, this bowl developed nicely toward the bottom, so I will keep it around for awhile longer. Plus, I have a few more pipes to run it through before I completely turn my back on it.

You are right, I am very quick to pass on a tobacco. If a blend does not "do it" for me and I do not think that age will change/improve it dramatically, out it goes. The are too many good blends out there to waste my time trying to make one work. I always know that if I ever get the urge for it again, there will be another tin out there to purchase.

Plus, with the 12, there is no stashing away open tins. You are either in, or you are out!

On a side note, this cheap ol' Kaywookie is coming around nicely.

Quaffer,
I totally no what you mean, I have a few non-4 digit KWs. While none of them are bad smokes, they still aren't four digits and are somehow just not in the same league as my beloved four digits.

FWIW, even the most crusty and beat up four digit restoration projects I have taken on all came out to be fantastic smokes (even if they aren't the most esthetically pleasant pipes). I have this crazy idea that I'll take a killer smoke over a pipe that inspires ooohhhs and aaaahs from onlookers any day. My 7769 is probably top shelf right now but I really can't say what that rating is really based on as they all seem to smoke consistently at the same remarkable level.

All this talk of Walnut inspired me to load up this huge no name Italian pot/rhodesian. If this pipe were a woman you'd tell your buds she has a nice personality. But seriously folks it's big and fat and not at all pretty but sure is a good smoker. Most of my non-Kaywoodies are of necessity really good smokers (they have to be to keep their spots next to the KWs) A non-KW has 2 strikes against it from jump so if it ain't a great smoker it's riding the pine in short order. Walnut is in fact good stuff.

I've been busy with other things, so my MPC time has been limited to skimming new posts, but I've been smoking TOTM in the Stanwell POY1983. Escudo is a fine smoke, but it can't compare to Three Nuns. Yum.