***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***

[gamzultovah]

Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am smoking the last of this pouch of year 2010 Amphora Original (Brown) in an undated slight bent rusticated brown with a darker fumed top unbranded Micoli billiard with a white accented perpex ferrule, off center square shank and black vulcanite stem in the military mount style. Haven't smoked this pipe in a long time, but I needed a bigger bowl to finish off the pouch.
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Sleepy Suzy napping on m'lady's IPad.
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What a cutie.

 

[FoggyMorning]

2023 CRF in a Savinelli.

 

[The Clay King]

GH Kendal Flake in a clay.

 

[tomatamot]

TAK Night Twist a Latakia, Burley en Perique Rope in a Corncob.
A fine smoke for this gray Wednesday morning.

 

[Cloozoe]

Haddo's in a favorite. First pipe and cup of coffee in the early morning is too good to describe, don't you think? If there's no tobacco or coffee in heaven, I ain't going. Of course, I may not have the option.

 

[gamzultovah]

If there's no tobacco or coffee in heaven, I ain't going.

From what I understand, something much better awaits. But, yes, the first pipe and coffee of the day is heavenly, in this world.

 

[Cloozoe]

2023 Cringle Flake in a Rubio. Underwhelmed.

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Haven't smoked that tobacco but I'm whelmed by the pipe.

 

[Sigmund]

@JimInks keep pulling out those forgotten pipes. Some of them are really cool. Do they not smoke as well as your normal rotation or simply not as much your current taste?

 

[judcole]

Golden Extra in a Country Gent.

 

[alwayslit]

From what I understand, something much better awaits. But, yes, the first pipe and coffee of the day is heavenly, in this world.

Amen, and a rather beautiful Rad to start your day.

 

[alwayslit]

Another cool morning. Enjoying some hot coffee with Margate in a Shalosky.

 

[seanv]

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Looks like there is a bit of a golden patina starting to show already or is that just the lighting in the photo?

Sutliff Duke Albert in a beater patent era Brigham 1 dot.

 

[gamzultovah]

Amen, and a rather beautiful Rad to start your day.

Thank you!

 

[Birddog66]

My First Commission, Miscoi Pipes.
I asked Dimitry Miscoi to make a Canadian Dunhill Group 4 Size Specifications. The finished result is 37 Grams with Whale Bone and a Midnight Cumberland Stem.
Phenomenal guy to work with thanks to @KORNEY for his recommendation.
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That’s class, pure class

 

[Birddog66]

Not far from finishing this bowl of year 2022 unreleased Sutliff Brown Virginia Flake in a 1986 full bend pebble relief Aldo Velani Titan 33 briar Hungarian/Calabash with a black acrylic tapered stem that has a briar accent. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Haven't smoked this pipe in quite a while.
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I think it’s the first time I’ve seen it, unique, real beauty Jim.

 

[gamzultovah]

HH Pure Virginia in a Huck.

 

[Ben.R.C]

PF 6 in a Manz

 

[Birddog66]

I ordered a small quantity of GH Dark Flake the other day thinking it was the flake version of their Dark Shag but it’s not, apparently the shag is very similar to Stonehaven and RDF which I’ve been longing to get my hands on. GH needs a bit more imagination when it comes to naming their blends imo. Anyway the note when I opened the bag almost put me off smoking it, it smelled like Turkish Delight, rose water although nowhere near as heavy as Grassmere. Fortunately the nose on it didn’t translate to the smoke and although I won’t be getting more I will finish what I have. I smoked it this unmarked pipe that was owned by a chap that worked for GBD in the first half of the last century. It’s a lovely little thing but does have a couple of unfilled holes in it. The long cutty behind it is also one of his pipes and has a slight inclusion on the shank which you need to look very hard to find but would have kept it from being retailed. I’ve never seen either shape as GBD before so they might have been experimental. I’m going to pack the cutty with 3/4 Golden Extra and 1/4 Vanilla Roll Cake. Have a wonderful day folks.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in an Ashton LX Dub.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Breaking in an elcheapo fleabay ElMorjane Algerian I picked up as a work beater.
Doblone D’Oro got tasked with the job.