***What Are You Smoking, December 2020?***

[username]

Hansom flake.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Good morning.Enjoying now Standard mixture of Peterson...........................with irish coffee.............I wish you a happy weekend friends................View attachment 54077

Love the nautical theme you share with this forum

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Thank you.
I also find it interesting to look at early pipes and follow the shape changes - and sometimes the reasons for said changes - that took place in the succeeding four hundred plus years.
I should have however put a ruler alongside to show how small the bowls really are.

That would be good. I’m a history buff myself

 

[craig61a]

This arrived a few days ago, my first cutty. I am drying some Curly Block for the inaugural bowl.

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Some fine looking pipes on that site.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

This arrived a few days ago, my first cutty. I am drying some Curly Block for the inaugural bowl.

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Love those pipes. I’m a fan

 

[trouttimes]

Autumn Evening in an Upshall with mug of apple cider watching season 2 of Outlander.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Love the spigot. Don’t remember ever seeing one on a meer? ?

Oh they're out there.
This one was a commission but H Cor does them regularly.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Back from the hospital where they put a couple of stents in my heart. Celebrating with a bowl of MacB's Vanilla Flake in the Karl Erik.
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Damn, man. I missed this! I hope all is well. I’ve only been under general anesthesia once, to get tendons repaired from a bad laceration, and I was a friggin’ nervous wreck going into the surgery!

 

[craig61a]

C&D Sansepolcro in a Poul Winsløw Crown 300 Bent Egg.

 

[virkia]

Interesting. What types of tobaccos were available In that period?

Whereas today tobacco finds its way to the pipe smoker from such diverse regions as Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America back in the 16th and 17th centuries it was only coming to the UK from Virginia and the Carolinas so nothing too exotic but as pure Virginia tobacco is what dreams are made of I don't reckon the early pipers were too badly served.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

C&D Sansepolcro in a Poul Winsløw Crown 300 Bent Egg.

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That’s is a beautiful smoking instrument

 

[Chasing Embers]

 

[Admiral Byrd]

Wilke’s 191 ?

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Whereas today tobacco finds its way to the pipe smoker from such diverse regions as Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America back in the 16th and 17th centuries it was only coming to the UK from Virginia and the Carolinas so nothing too exotic but as pure Virginia tobacco is what dreams are made of I don't reckon the early pipers were too badly served.

I bet there palate was really in tuned to the flavor of unadulterated straight wholesome goodness

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

Bag End in a Servi basket weave

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Wilke’s 191 ?

One of my favorites!

 

[weezell]

Glorious CONDOR RR in a Meer...

 

[missionpipe]

Got word it was snowing up at the summer quarters so, after grilling a few ribeyes, I settled back down with a second bowl of Black Frigate to count my blessings.

 

[ashdigger]

McConnell Scottish Flake in a Ryan Alden Strawberry Wood Bent Squashed Tomahto or whatever this shape is.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, flounder and sugar snap peas dinner with a scoop of strawberry ice cream for dessert. Just passing the first third of this bowl of year 2005 Sam Gawith Kendall Plug in a 1983 medium bend black sandblasted silver band Peterson Donegal 805 Bulldog with a taped black vulcanite p-lip saddle stem. It's a small bowl, but perfect for when you don't want a long smoke. Watching The Untouchables.