***What Are You Smoking, April 2025?***

[Questionable Source]

HH Rustica in a Tanshell Zulu, that stuff packs a punch!

 

[Briarcutter]

Had my first bowl of Rustica the shop this afternoon.

 

[dd57chevy]

Ashton Consummate Gentleman in a Pietro.....bent billiard ?
I had to have a Basil Rathbone -Holmes look-alike pipe* & bought this on E-bay .

*I think he may have actually smoked a Peterson in the SH series , but this one is close enough........

 

[Bbailey324]

GH Rum Flake in an AKB meerschaum.

 

[Benedict Munsinger]

Gasparini + C&D

 

[craig61a]

WCC American Cut Plug Mixture in a John Bessai Apple.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

My Hobbiton Harvest mix in a Peterson St. Patrick's Day 2018 106. Not trying to toot my own horn but I struck gold with this mixture of blends. I just keep coming back to it. It's so yummy it's ridiculous.

 

[renfield]

A Cuban Cohiba again for a change of pace.

 

[PrivatePiping]

A BIT OF CANINE NOSTALGIA: Ricoh passed yesterday at 11:10 AM, two days later than I figured. A full five days without water - he wouldn't touch it, try as I may. He always was a tough little monkey, and was never in pain. As he physically deteriorated, he of course did the loud yelping, which is a cry to predators and scavengers that "come and get me - quickly, please!!" that we've all heard before. And they'd come and oblige.

Yet when I went to him as he yelped six or seven times a day when he didn't understand why he wasn't functioning, I'd simply touch or rub him under the chin or on his neck, and he'd purr like a cat or coo like a dove, and go back to sleep. By yesterday morning, he couldn't even crawl, and only his voicebox worked. I picked him up, held on to him as he purred for about five minutes, nuzzled my hand, and expired.

If he had have been in pain, I would have known. He was simply incapable of understanding why his body no longer responded. As I said last time, no regrets. It was his time. If he had have demonstrated agony, I may have taken him for a ride. But he never did, and I never thought he would. The last week was one of the most inspirational and treasured time of my life. Won't say more - you'll all know. Selected three snapshots to show Ricoh to you, of him in better times.

I'll be leaving for my 4 day Triduum stint in Vanderhoof this coming Tuesday, rather than yesterday as planned. I've got a few things now that I have to take care of, and will probably do a few posts before I leave, catching up on comments as well when I can. Much work to do now, and I'm slower than the ace of spades.

At the Nechako Cutbanks - his favourite walk in PG

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In Vanderhoof, at our two day a week teaching stint at Joe and Thea's where I stayed and they spoiled him while I taught at the studio:

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And finally, en route to Calgary. He was ticked because he wasn't included for a lunch break lol.

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Oh yeah . . . . celebrated his passing with my best cigar. Seemed appropriate.

Sorry for your loss man. As ready as we think we are, it's never easy. I feel for you.

 

[TheHellYeah]

Erinmore flake in Volkan by Alberto Paronelli(I know… I need to expand my pipe collection)

 

[cosmicfolklore]

HU Dark Moor in my meerdawg.
I’ve had a couple of bowls of this already, and it’s very interesting. Not an all day smoke at all. But, it seems to change flavors dramatically as the bowl progresses. Interesting.

 

[cshubhra]

Two cigars today:

Earlier I smoked a Oliva Serie V Melanio
Now a Romeo y Julietta Reserva Real

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, swordfish steaks and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm smoking KBV Fuzzy’s Smoked Gnome in a 1960s Austrian meerschaum bent apple with a tapered yellow stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Watching the Giants-Yankees game.

 

[LeafErikson]

Yes it is! I only buy meerschaum pipes with particularly interesting block quality, for my pipe smoking habits can be rather sporadic and I don’t want to have to wait until I’m 300 to have any color show up. Oh, and 47 grams, however, due to the way it hangs from the mouth to me it is as light as anything. I hope it’ll color up as well as your Tekin in time, which may be one of the most beautifully colored pipes ever shown on this forum IMO.

Well done choosing an awesome pipe.

Thanks in regards to the Tekin. I just got lucky with the meerschaum and it’s been smoked quite a bit, at least by my standards. When I first got that Tekin it weighed around 45g and it now weighs closer to 60 with all of the tar and things it has absorbed.

I have a straight apple carved by Mustafa Savin on the way that is quite a chunk at 47g.

 

[Hpgg71]

Old school 1-Q in a Dr. Grabow Viscount.

 

[PrivatePiping]

Folklore '25 in a Ropp Mid-Century 614. While not my most beautiful pipe, it seems made for Folklore. Every time I've paired them, the smoke has been perfect.

Sipping some Elijah Craig bourbon on the side.



It's not quite as warm out as last night, but there's not a hint of a breeze, and it's a perfect spring evening!

 

[PaulRVA]

I’ve been on a Latakia kick today probably because of the rain and temperature drop so Capt Earles Ten Russians in an IMP Poker for Meer Friday and Peppermint Tea on the side.

 

[Scottmi]

2022 Wingfield Mixture in my Savinelli 316KS purchased from W. Curtis Draper Fine Tobacconist in WaDC ("the third oldest tobacconist in the United States") in the mid 90's.

 

[Scottmi]

A BIT OF CANINE NOSTALGIA: Ricoh passed yesterday at 11:10 AM, two days later than I figured. A full five days without water - he wouldn't touch it, try as I may. He always was a tough little monkey, and was never in pain. As he physically deteriorated, he of course did the loud yelping, which is a cry to predators and scavengers that "come and get me - quickly, please!!" that we've all heard before. And they'd come and oblige.

Yet when I went to him as he yelped six or seven times a day when he didn't understand why he wasn't functioning, I'd simply touch or rub him under the chin or on his neck, and he'd purr like a cat or coo like a dove, and go back to sleep. By yesterday morning, he couldn't even crawl, and only his voicebox worked. I picked him up, held on to him as he purred for about five minutes, nuzzled my hand, and expired.

If he had have been in pain, I would have known. He was simply incapable of understanding why his body no longer responded. As I said last time, no regrets. It was his time. If he had have demonstrated agony, I may have taken him for a ride. But he never did, and I never thought he would. The last week was one of the most inspirational and treasured time of my life. Won't say more - you'll all know. Selected three snapshots to show Ricoh to you, of him in better times.

I'll be leaving for my 4 day Triduum stint in Vanderhoof this coming Tuesday, rather than yesterday as planned. I've got a few things now that I have to take care of, and will probably do a few posts before I leave, catching up on comments as well when I can. Much work to do now, and I'm slower than the ace of spades.

At the Nechako Cutbanks - his favourite walk in PG

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In Vanderhoof, at our two day a week teaching stint at Joe and Thea's where I stayed and they spoiled him while I taught at the studio:

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And finally, en route to Calgary. He was ticked because he wasn't included for a lunch break lol.

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Oh yeah . . . . celebrated his passing with my best cigar. Seemed appropriate.

I life well lived and loved is something to mourn and celebrate. Thank you, Gord, for sharing.

 

[BenMN]

A BIT OF CANINE NOSTALGIA: Ricoh passed yesterday at 11:10 AM, two days later than I figured. A full five days without water - he wouldn't touch it, try as I may. He always was a tough little monkey, and was never in pain. As he physically deteriorated, he of course did the loud yelping, which is a cry to predators and scavengers that "come and get me - quickly, please!!" that we've all heard before. And they'd come and oblige.

Yet when I went to him as he yelped six or seven times a day when he didn't understand why he wasn't functioning, I'd simply touch or rub him under the chin or on his neck, and he'd purr like a cat or coo like a dove, and go back to sleep. By yesterday morning, he couldn't even crawl, and only his voicebox worked. I picked him up, held on to him as he purred for about five minutes, nuzzled my hand, and expired.

If he had have been in pain, I would have known. He was simply incapable of understanding why his body no longer responded. As I said last time, no regrets. It was his time. If he had have demonstrated agony, I may have taken him for a ride. But he never did, and I never thought he would. The last week was one of the most inspirational and treasured time of my life. Won't say more - you'll all know. Selected three snapshots to show Ricoh to you, of him in better times.

I'll be leaving for my 4 day Triduum stint in Vanderhoof this coming Tuesday, rather than yesterday as planned. I've got a few things now that I have to take care of, and will probably do a few posts before I leave, catching up on comments as well when I can. Much work to do now, and I'm slower than the ace of spades.

At the Nechako Cutbanks - his favourite walk in PG

View attachment 385153

In Vanderhoof, at our two day a week teaching stint at Joe and Thea's where I stayed and they spoiled him while I taught at the studio:

View attachment 385154

And finally, en route to Calgary. He was ticked because he wasn't included for a lunch break lol.

View attachment 385155

Oh yeah . . . . celebrated his passing with my best cigar. Seemed appropriate.

Thank you for sharing the news and memories