***What Are You Smoking, February 2024?***

[JimInks]

Passing the half way mark of this bowl from a freshly opened bag of year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem. I have lots of this blend, and thought I'd do a back to back with the original version. Ice water and bergs is my drink.


I seldom post photos of Sleepy Suzy and Molly Danger, so here’s a few. The first two are Sleepy Suzy who thinks I taste like chicken. The next two are Molly Danger.

 

[dPero]

Briarworks Back Down South in GBD

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am a third of the way through this bowl of Watch City Queequeg’s Moby Dick Series in a slight bend smooth brown post WWII 1940s Sasieni Ivory 101 Westminster diplomat with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Hopefully, I'll end the day with this smoke.

 

[Sigmund]

Still breaking in and enjoying the new to me Paul Becker pipe. This morning with some White Horses with a hint of lat.

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

Samuel Gawith - Commonwealth Mixture in a Peterson and a Cup of Lapsang Souchong Tea.

 

[JOHN72]

Good morning. Still with the first third of dt veermaster hamborger, in a Ser Jacopo calabash. While I accompany it with a hot black tea, and a few drops of milk. Today also cloudy, cool at the moment. I wish you a happy weekend. God bless you.

 

[Birddog66]

Morning everyone, starting off with GH Dark Shag in a 1922 Masta.

 

[BCF]

Dark Fragrant in a Rossi

 

[Speak Easy]

Trying out a new tin this morning. Coffee is still black though.

 

[The Clay King]

ODF in a clay. Thanks @Birddog66!

 

[The Clay King]

Earlier today I had the pleasure to meet @PrivatePiping at Sturman’s Cigar and Wine shop for a smoke. We both brought some tobacco’s to sample and enjoyed a couple of great smokes. We decided on two blends he brought- both KBV Blends I had never tried. Armed with my trusty Irish Clay we started with Eldritch- The Patience of Dr. Silence. I’ve never tried a baccy with “tonquin-like dressing” before. Man was I surprised and pleased with this exceptionally smooth, flavorful tobacco. The best description of the tonquin would be subtle vanilla with something else rich meandering along that I would call coco-nibs?
Overall, an absolutely grand tobacco. Definitely on my next order.
Next up was B. Frog’s English Villain. Another delightful KBV blend “Sixty percent red Virginia and forty percent Latakia for a unique English caper… with rough cut Latakia cased in Whiskey”. This blend is a rich and smooth balanced English. The whiskey casing is not overdone.
We swapped several other sample blends to take home.
Really had a great time meeting @PrivatePiping and sharing some amazing tobacco!
Now home, I’ve got a bowl of 2023 Plum Pudding, Christmas Cheer (a sample from @PrivatePiping )loaded in the Irish Clay!

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@Fralphog Nice pipe and sounds like you had a good time! It would have been good if I could have come along for a clay smoke.

 

[Bbailey324]

Started off with SWRA in a Kaywoodie Shellcraft bent billiard. Dark roast on the side.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Pre-run boost this morning, CS Merriweather from a Jason Patrick stack

 

[judcole]

Golden Extra in a Country Gent.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Haddo’s in an Il Cerchio bent brandy



Ethel has taken to sleeping up in her basket lately. No other cats go up there, so she can safely rule from the highest peak in the house.

 

[JimInks]

Woke up, fed three ferals, and Sleepy Suzy, and I was awake. I'm a third of the way through this bowl of Wilke Picket’s Charge in a post-WW2 straight smooth brown pre-Republic Peterson’s Dublin 3 Shamrock bulldog with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. This blend is Wall Street with much less perique (10%) than the regular W.S.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Castello 31.
Happy Friday to all and hopefully an extended weekend to everyone.

 

[Scottmi]

@Scottmi if you never owned another Dunny…you should be more than contented by that beauty…nice pairing. ️

Thank you, @Simmerdown☕️ . I'm beginning to be able to tell between not so good vs better smoking pipes, and It's proving to be a great, easy, smoker!

 

[Ben.R.C]

Exclusive in a Satou Dublin, then I gotta try to finish out this work week.

 

[FoggyMorning]

Anthology 2023 in a Rossi.