What Are You Smoking April 2019

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Smoking HH ODF in my #2 Iron Horse stack .

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Half & Half in this Grand Duke. First time smoking this blend.. and it ain't half bad :)

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Fr_Tom wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:47 pm Pegasus in a modified MM cob

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I am reminded why I don't smoke this pipe much. It has a stem with a very wide bit. It just does not sit comfortably in the teeth.
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Fr_Tom wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:02 pm
Fr_Tom wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:47 pm Pegasus in a modified MM cob

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I am reminded why I don't smoke this pipe much. It has a stem with a very wide bit. It just does not sit comfortably in the teeth.
I also notice that the bite area has a really rounded profile. I have a really hard time with stems that are rounded like that. Nothing that a file can't fix though!
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Fr_Tom wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:47 pm Pegasus in a modified MM cob

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Yeah, that little toot just don't look like a comfy smoke. :twisted:
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houtenziel wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:24 pm
Fr_Tom wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:02 pm
Fr_Tom wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:47 pm Pegasus in a modified MM cob

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I am reminded why I don't smoke this pipe much. It has a stem with a very wide bit. It just does not sit comfortably in the teeth.
I also notice that the bite area has a really rounded profile. I have a really hard time with stems that are rounded like that. Nothing that a file can't fix though!
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"Prov'dence don't fire no blank ca'tridges, boys" Roughing It, Mark Twain

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