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I just received a 14oz tub of this tobacco.
Review to follow after i have smoked a bit of it. 

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New Pipe

Turned a new pipe today the briar stem is screwed in to the bowl.
The same thread as  my other bowl and churchwarden stem.
So they can be swapped around .
It is the start of a set of a set of bowls that can be screwed on to either stem.

The real great escape pipe spotting

Stammlager Luft III, more commonly known as Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war camp during World War II captured allied airmen. It was situated in the German Province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań in Poland) about 100 miles south east of Berlin.

Mass smoking

There are a couple of suspect looking pipes there.

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Secret Agent X-9

Churchwarden adapter

Hobo Hoot gave me this pipe a few months ago it had a broken stem.
I drilled and tapped the pipe 8mm and opened up the airway.
The original drilling was to deep so i drilled the bowl a bit deeper to better match up.

Missouri Meerschaum Churchwarden

There is a slight taper on the tenon as the cob's vary in size.

Turned an adapter to fit my churchwarden stem into corn cob pipes.
Missouri Meerschaum corn cobs smoke so cool even better with the long stem.
Now to make adapters for some of my other pipes.
   

New tobacco McClelland's Townsman Cavendish Black Brandy

8 oz sack.

It said Brandy but i think it smells like hazel nuts.
After smoking this for a day i have a little tongue bite.
It works if i pack it a bit tighter than normal i have found.
Nicotine is mild to medium so i added a little five brothers to give it a boost.
Over all a good tobacco i will smoke it but i like my tobacco's  a little stronger.
Next i will add some Cob plug to it and see how that goes.
  

New Churchwarden Pipe MK2

  I have been experimenting with stem connection.
I was able to get a 15mm by 1m acrylic rod so no more stupid pen blanks.
The bowl is tapped 10mm.
The acrylic spacer has a 10mm thread on one end the other
is tapped 8mm.
Threaded the vulcanite stem 8mm to my surprise it threaded perfectly.
To overcome the alignment problem i turned a small briar lock nut.
So the stem can be rotated to any position and locked.
I have smoked this pipe about 10 times so far and this system works well perfect seal and tight.

New tobacco Five Brothers

Ok i have read about the legendary nicotine kick of  this tobacco.
Comments like it has the same effect as blowing up an air mattress with your mouth a total head spin.
I am used to strong tobacco's like 1792/cob plug Peterson's Irish flake and others.
I found the tobacco not to bad yea it has kick but nothing like 1792.
Flavor  is of pure tobacco no casing and so is the room note.
 It will make a good mixer to boost weaker tobacco's .
The cut is very fine like roll your own tobacco but it is not rubbed.
Very dry in the pouch so it burns easily.
Slow puffing is needed as it does tend to bite the tongue.

   

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Jail house door American Pickers.