Chocolate Mold

Found this on eBay
Didn't buy it but its cool.

The weeks tobacco.

Erik Stokkebye's personal favorite! Bright Virginias, light brown Burleys and a touch of Black Cavendish combined to create perfect harmony. A naturally sweet tasting blend, the soft, creamy vanilla adds to the elegant room notes.  The 1957 has more Virginia tobaccos which makes it a little more creamy.

Germain's Eighteen Twenty
Named after the year in which the company was founded this mixture of top grade Cyprus Latakia Oriental and Flue cured tobacco 

Metal pipe collection

My straight Falcon
Swapped Rufus Alife for the bent Falcon,Mystery pipe and a Alco pipe
for custom Falcon bowls i made.
I forgot to include the Ronson pipe i posted about before
If anyone has metal pipes to swap for custom Falcon bowls let me know.
I can also make bowls to fit other metal pipes. 

Does anyone know what the top pipe is ?

The Falcon and the Budgie

My Daughter Maxine's budgie Casper.

Making a custom falcon bowl part 3

Turning the final shape.

After a few bowls it will start to darken.
I'm amazed at how dark my other bowls have become.

Pipe spotting

CHEYENNE AUTUMN 1964

Making a custom falcon bowl part 2

Boring the tobacco chamber.

The spigot,dome and o ring groove tuned. 

Screws on tight.
No inclusions nice.
Now turning the outside shape is next.

Making a custom falcon bowl.

Cut the leg off waste nothing.

The grain looks good.

Facing the block

Roughing out

Errrrr drilling

The block is looking good no inclusions so far.
I'm turning this bowl for Rufus Alife.

This weeks Tobacco

Burley Cavendish Virginia And Rum flavored flake.
This is my second tin of this
it's just the right strength for me .
I like to  fold and stuff the flake.
Smokes slow smooth and cool.
For now its going in the cupboard as i still have some of the first tin left. 

This is a traditional pipe mixture of which 80% is prepared from six different types of Virginia leaf. The remaining 20% is a specially prepared black tobacco (nor Cavendish or Negrohead) made by us from air-cured leaf. This is possibly the only British made tobacco containing this particular ingredient. The unique added flavour [Plum&Spice] gives an agreeable taste and pleasant aroma. Origin Channel Islands.
I'm looking forward to smoking this but i will cellar it for a while as i have enough
tobacco open to last me a while.
This will be the 42nd  different tobacco i have smoked.

The new Ronson Pipe

I have one that Hobo Hoot gave me.
Hoot said i should try my bowls on it.
Good idea as the fit like a glove.
These pipes have a single start thread .
The Falcon 4 start thread.
But my o ring system molds itself to fit both threads perfectly.
The bowls sit flush and seal tightly.
The only way to remove it is to unscrew.
There is no way they can be pulled off.  

Just finished smoking the pipe
smokes as cool as the falcon just a little harder to clean.
A good pipe and a lot rarer than a  Falcon we will see how it goes being thrashed.

Nice bike

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