I didn't get a picture, but today I stopped by my local shop's Savinelli and Peterson pipe show. A nice little Savinelli Sasso 701 follwoed me home, so I started breaking it in with a bowl of home-blended VA/Per "Batch 23". It's one of my attempts to come close to Escudo. Probably not very close, but it's not terrible either.
What Pipe-pipe tobacco did you smoke today? (2026)
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There are actually two of them I picked up. This morning I’m smoking some Orlik Golden Sliced in the Sasso (right); yesterday was Towers of Antioch in the Saint Nicholas 2026 616 KS. I’m really enjoying both of them. The Orlik has been sitting in a jar for probably two years; the ToA is probably a year old.
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Oof. Note to self: Don't smoke OGS until my nicotine tolerance is back up to snuff.
My darling wife finally quit smoking back in April... that's what back surgery and a stroke will do for you. She's having a tough go of it and still misses the cigarettes (I certainly don't) so I do everything I can to not expose her to any smoke. She spent quite a bit of time out on our new covered, screened deck this summer, and as a result I wasn't smoking my pipe out there except on rare occasions. I don't think I've had more than half an ounce of pipe tobacco since spring. My nicotine tolerance level seems to have bottomed out; that little bowl of Orlik was enough to make me a little woozy. The ToA has much less nicotine, so I'll be sticking to that for the time being.
That said, the Orlik is really good if you like a very well behaved Virginia flake. As expected, both of the new pipes are wonderful smokes.
My darling wife finally quit smoking back in April... that's what back surgery and a stroke will do for you. She's having a tough go of it and still misses the cigarettes (I certainly don't) so I do everything I can to not expose her to any smoke. She spent quite a bit of time out on our new covered, screened deck this summer, and as a result I wasn't smoking my pipe out there except on rare occasions. I don't think I've had more than half an ounce of pipe tobacco since spring. My nicotine tolerance level seems to have bottomed out; that little bowl of Orlik was enough to make me a little woozy. The ToA has much less nicotine, so I'll be sticking to that for the time being.
That said, the Orlik is really good if you like a very well behaved Virginia flake. As expected, both of the new pipes are wonderful smokes.
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