Yes, it's the day you've all been waiting for!  It is International Pipe Smoking Day!  For me, since it is also my day off, I plan to put a serious hurtin' on a tin of Peterson's Summertime 2011 while working on one of my garage kits.  What will you be up to today?

After smoking a pipe for oh, almost 30 years I suppose, I find myself at last gravitating away from aromatics.  I have been finding more and more satisfaction in Virgina / Perique blends as well as some Latakia blends and even some true English blends.

So, on a whim I ordered a tin of McClelland's Frog Morton.  Quite honestly, this was not a blend ( Read more... )

I recently ordered two new pipes.  I ordered a Peterson Shamrock (the briar pictured below) and a Paronelli Desert Storm Pipe (similar to the colorful one pictured below).  I just received them and am currently in the process of breaking in both pipes.


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