[HurtCow]

So I stopped by the local Tinder Box last night to pick up some different blends. I told the guy (who's getting to know me pretty well) I want to try an English blend. Sir Brass had given me a tin of Maltese Falcon when he was out for POG day, and it's a pretty harsh English blend. I wanted to try something a little smoother. So he directed me towards a blend called 'Sherlock'. I also picked up 2 oz of 'Black Russian'.

So last night I packed a pipe with Sherlock. Halfway thru I dumped it out into my back patio chimnea. Just can't get used to it. As it smoldered in the chimnea it smelled like somebody was smoking a cigarette. Yecchh. I guess English just isn't my style, which to pipe snobs is like saying I'd rather shoot an Ion than a CCM.

Now the Black Russian, on the other hand, was like smoking a vanilla creampuff. I could almost taste the sugar on my tongue. It'd be a good choice for somebody's 1st time.