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Pipe of the night
Thimble-sized Breezewood stuffed with CAO's Moontrance and Carter Hall.
If Breezewood doesn't sound familiar, that's because it's a brand produced for just a few years in WWII. Kaywoodie experimented with alternative woods they could find in America that would work in lieu of imported briar, which was under Axis control when France fell. So as to not damage their own name, they created sub-brands for the new materials-Breezewood for pipes made of Mountain Laurel and Monterey for pipes made of Manzanita (which they called "Mission Briar"). Neither was a smashing success and both were discontinued when imported briar came back onto the market after the war.
Anyway, the pipe is by far the smallest one I own-maybe 1 gram of tobacco will fit in it-and smoking a wet aromatic in it was not the best idea. It kept going out and I couldn't get any flavor. Carter Hall proved a much better fit, and I found out why this pipe was nearly plugged full of tar when I got it. It's a great pipe for when you just want a short smoke.
