Forgot my hat - oh well, I was too eager to get at the pipe.
Pipe 5 (Friday) of my Week of Pipes from Patrick, and yet again the lad has out done his previous best.
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A nice, traditional size and shape in a straight pot, with an all black finish, a lovely restrained rusticated finish that looks very like a light sandblast.
It has the, now taken for granted, fantastic draw that I expect from Patrick's offerings. I have some nice Savinelli and Peterson pipes, both are excellent smokers, the Savinelli just, maybe, out doing the Petersons, but Patrick's are better than either in terms of the way they smoke.
The first bowl I smoked was some G&H American Delite, a loose cut tobacco supposedly very like Lane's 1Q, (never having had any I can't confirm that). It is however made from what seems a good quality leaf and burns down nicely to nothing but ash and doesn't leave the bowl excessively wet like too many aromatics I've tried.
As I upload the video and type this I'm 1/2 way through my 2nd bowl (I don't baby Patrick's pipes, and they handle it with aplomb) which is Erinmoor Flake. The bowl is the perfect size for 1 flake,folded in a 'Z' or 'N' fold and then rolled and stuffed into the pipe with the grain vertically. It is burning nicely, not getting hot at all, and not burning fast or needing relights except when I neglect to tamp or I put it down for too long.
The copper/bronze band gives it an elegant look with the restrained rustication and the usual copper dot.
Patrick, well done old lad, the best yet. You've got my taste in pipe down perfectly. Please thank your mother for the pouch, that too is a nice one that will protect the finish when I stuff it in my pocket (as I shall) when I take it out with me.
It looks like this bowl is going to last 45 minutes to an hour to the flake with Erinmoor, and that is likely to be the normal loading for this one, so I'll get a bit longer of a sit down on a bench when out with the camera now, (or a couple of pints down the pub).
