u/Qwiznos

Big ben mavyn and a db swing

Hopefully my pictures work this time. If not I guess this pipe wasnt meant to ne seen. Ive been smoking for a month now. And am enjoying the more intentional , and more of an experience. Whether im smoking a cigar or pipe. I love the oliva master blends 3 ill probably keep just buying boxes of those. As far as pipe tobacco Im still trying to find my way. Alot of the aromatics make me feel like im smoking a ground up swisher .. you could read that as very cheap and artificial. I do like cult blood red moon. But stick with more tobacco-y tobacco. I like the plum pudding bourbon and the haunted book shop. Ive found i like the bricks, they smoke really good for me. I like byzantium and irish flake. I went a little crazy and ordered like 100 tins. So still alot I havent tried . Anyway im rambling. Loving this new pipe, itll be my on the go pipe as its so small but has a deceivingly large bowl. Its actually my smallest pipe. Ive been practicing on these cheap crown pipes that are like 3 for 79usd on pipes and cigars. This viking pipe i got in a starter kit thing too for like 70 something. So going from these to the j mouton pipe has been great. It smokes wonderfully. I love the lip on it, which he probably did for aesthetic (sp?) Reasons but works great. I didnt expect to get something like this so soon. Was gonna grab like a peterson or something on ebay and saw this up for auction. Couldn't pass it up. I mean truly 1 of a kind. That "fossilized whale spine" is absolutely gorgeous. How it goes from black to like a deep translucent saphire kinda thing with light. Hopefully all the pics came up , I took lower quality pics thought maybe I passed a data cap idk

First maybe 3-4 hrs were pretty painful . Thankfully was a good 2.5hr drive to get to location. Brought a spare just in case I couldn't do it. But actually wasnt too terrible. Things were going pretty good till maybe hr 10 and I think my feeties were just swelling naturally as the day went. My initial problem boot actually was the 1 I had the least troubles with lol. Anyway. I guess theres no real reason for the post . But boot pics are always good right? Can see where my pinky toes tryna spread their wings. And a random spot of sweat made it through to the outside of the boot on both boots there just above the ankle lmao

Not something that will go away with breaking in boot. Not sure why its there but maybe the brand isnt for me unfortunately. . You can see the thick lighter colored leather there where the shaft starts to turn. Any ideas?? Maybe I can order a fully lined boot and see how that goes. Only an extra 100 and I do hate how sticky the rough is on some socks

Oh that was the body of my text. Well here's some more. Got a new work boot, hopefully anyway. Still gotta break this bad boy in and see how it goes. Never tried chrome tanned leather before , its interesting . Hope it still patinas nicely. My 1st nicks shoe. See how it compares to some of the European stuff I like

So 1964 brown, cut top, sierra sole, 8".. i guess thats it for the spec. Oh hnw last

Like 1 out 10 woodwick candles I get will end up like this. Most of the time theyre perfect but every now and then i get so upset I just melt the wax and turn it into cubes for a wax warmer. I try pouring wax out and the exact same thing will happen. Have a beautiful flame for a few minutes and end up in the same spot. Not even creating enough heat to melt everything. I go through alot of candles. I like to sleep with them. So i dont think im necessarily doing anything wrong it seems like sometimes its just a bad wick. Idk maybe theres nothing that can fix it