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

[BriaronBoerum]

The wife and I drove up to Duluth from Saint Paul, today. Just a little day getaway. I smoked EMP in various pipes most of the day, except for one pipeful of half and half. I caught a good picture of the sunset on the way home out of the car window, while going down the road. Currently relaxing at home with some Robert Mcconnell Scottish Flake in a Peterson Donegal Rocky 68.View attachment 403424View attachment 403425

That was the first pipe I bought, still a solid feel in the hand and a good smoker!

 

[JimInks]

Couldn't sleep, so I'm up and am a quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2021 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. Fed all the ferals except for Tomato the Brave who could be anywhere. Abner the Eager is the only one inside, and he hid for a snooze after he ate. Reading while this bowl lasts.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Quaint Rhodesian and the last of the Coffee ️

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

Cornell & Diehl - Billy Budd in a Radice and a Cup of Joe.

 

[Roach1]

HU Louisiana Broken in a Savinelli Tortuga 673KS.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

McClelland 2000 in this Bullfrog Eskimo Gumnut -

Seeing all this misguided dialogue around aromatics recently really got me craving a good bowl. McC 2000 is a well-aged virginia broken flake topped (cased?) with a subtle caramel/nougat flavor. It might be because of the mason jar aging but smoking it now you can hardly tell it's an aromatic if you weren't informed, there's definitely a faint caramel sweetness to the blend but it works complimentary with the aged virginias as opposed to modern aromatics that often use an aggressively sweet topping to cover some lesser quality leaves.

(Since people were asking the last time I posted a picture of it, this is an Al Pascia leather pipe stand - kinda ridiculously expensive but a gorgeous sofa for your briar )

 

[JimK]

Good day all! Yesterday featured an interesting mix of Carter Hall with 1792 Flake in an Upshall A Freehand with churchwarden stem. Starting today with Drucquer Red Lion in a dedicated Upshall P Poker with square shank and sterling band with matching eighth-bent tapered stem.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Having a bowl of Newminster #400 in a cob with lemon water

 

[dottlejockey]

Waking bowl today was Oriental Dusk in an M Cinar cherrywood. Off to do the breakfast thing...

 

[Peter Turbo]

Ashton Artisans Blend in a 320ks

 

[Sobrbiker]

Ryback+P in the Briarlee driving to work.
Now about to pull some manholes with SG StJames Flake in a Sportsman 87.

 

[PaulRVA]

HU Edward G in a Ser Jacopo Picta Picasso #24 Hawkbill and Diet Coke on the side. 108f Heat Index today so hanging out in the garage.

 

[Roach1]

July 2023 Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Savinelli Dolimiti 311KS. Two years makes a big difference IMHO.

 

[dottlejockey]

After-breakfast bowl of Krater-Plug in a Castello SRB G.

 

[JimInks]

Getting a late start to the day with a bowl of year 2024 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[kcmontie]

Finished a tin of Louisiana Flake in a hackert

 

[Skink]

Five Brothers in a Ropp Mid-Century Sandblasted Dublin (M513) with a mug of black coffee.

 

[JOHN72]

For the moment, smelling some tobaccos, to see how my covid-torpedoed sense of smell is progressing. I begin slightly to notice some nuances, grass and that smell of freshly baked bread and stewed red fruits, but very slight. I think it is still early to smoke. I miss smoking a lot. My younger brother was also hunted by the covid a few days ago. Enjoy your smokes, it makes me happy to see your comments, and you smoke your favorite tobaccos. God bless you all.

 

[JimInks]

Did a set of walking reps on this hot and humid day, and am not far from finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in a slight bent black pattern etched 1977 Lorenzo Lorsan Sigma level top billiard with a gray swirl acrylic saddle stem. All of the ferals are outside, and in the shade.

 

[Steddy]

July 2023 Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Savinelli Dolimiti 311KS. Two years makes a big difference IMHO. View attachment 403531

I haven't smoked the cake yet but I enjoyed regular Haunted Bookshop with roughly 5 years on it and yes, it was better. Sweeter, deeper, but still plenty of backbone. I still enjoy it fresh.