71 and raining in NE Texas today. Having a bowl of Wilke Bestmake in a 2004 Radice Bark, twin bore oil cured. Iced tea on the side.

Welcome Said from NE Texas! I have a couple of samples of your handy work.

what , it comes separate ? This is what they did to combat the possible regulations a few years ago: “ Due to recent regulations, this blend is now only available as a Pre-Built Blend Kit for you to become a master blender right in your own home. Each kit, once blended, will produce 16oz of Russ' C...

I go through spells like that. It either passes or it doesn't. If I feel like smoking I don't. Sometimes I will smoke something completely different, like a strongly flavored aro or something with a lot of perique. Then my regular blends call to me.

.. Just saying Its smoother by far . Only a touch harder than vulcanite ... and ... it wont Sulphur out on you . Its superior and I dont know why people bother with vulcanite , other than for traditions sake .I mean , we dont use lead paint anymore or steam engines Im sitting here smoking a wonderf...

I have all except the first one. Although it's packed in the barn somewhere.

I like both. I like the high quality vulcanite and well made acrylic. Radice stems are great.

.. Just saying Its smoother by far . Only a touch harder than vulcanite ... and ... it wont Sulphur out on you . Its superior and I dont know why people bother with vulcanite , other than for traditions sake .I mean , we dont use lead paint anymore or steam engines Im sitting here smoking a wonderf...

It looks like something I'd like. I have a couple of books of Gustave Dorė's illustrations that I can look at for hours.

A Champagne cork works great. I actually purchased a four pack of cork knockers from SP for cheap. They come with an adhesive, but it needed to be stronger. I used hot glue, but I will reglue it with E6000.