Back in the garage smoking some We Three Kings in a Peterson.
***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***
- Thread starter JimInks
- Start date
Gmorning. Bit of insomnia last night, so started my day with breakfast at 4:00 AM and a pipe at 5:00. Pretty much the usual routine, with a MM Minicob and my burley loaded new creation (recipe below) and a cuppa cold coffee. Wasn't typing so skipped the cheap cigar.
I'm definitely a guy who doesn't like munching or eating before a pipe. Had an agenda with my new Muxiang Poker, and did something a bit different. Decided what it was going to smoke before the breaking in process. Forced it's hand.
Let's face it. A Poker is a pipe for flamboyant times - card games obviously, football games, guy crowds and obnoxious behavior. I look forward to these scenarios on occasion. And let's face it - my new Muxiang Olivewood Poker is a flamboyant pipe. So I designed a special tobacco just for it Called it "Gord's Bargain Basement English." Which is exactly what it is - 2 parts Sutliff Bulk Lat, 3 parts Smokers' Pride Whiskey English, and 2 parts any type of Black Cavendish that's lying around to smooth things out; SP in this case.
Gave it a trial run in the minicob. Then onto the main event.
Prognosis for the pipe? Outstanding! It's a great drawing pipe, and I smoked it a bit more aggressively than usual, thinking of the upcoming Superbowl playoff games, et all . . . . It'll suit the festivities to a "T". And the flamboyant, obnoxious bunch of football friends I have. Perfect fit.
Prognosis for the tobacco blend? One of my best, he said arrogantly. After all, it's a mixture of first class and cheap tobaccos. A keeper for sure. And it's only going to get better as the lat begins to really permeate the mix.
I'm smoking it right now (second photo), my Pearwood Mr. Brog #25 Kaiser. Having a great smoke in a great little pipe, while waiting for the meds to kick in that'll ruin my day. Calling the event "This Hour has Seven Warts."
Yes, I have seven new medications. For 30 days. Well, 25 now - was hoping I could get through this post without whining, but apparently not.
. . . . . ttyl.
I'm definitely a guy who doesn't like munching or eating before a pipe. Had an agenda with my new Muxiang Poker, and did something a bit different. Decided what it was going to smoke before the breaking in process. Forced it's hand.
Let's face it. A Poker is a pipe for flamboyant times - card games obviously, football games, guy crowds and obnoxious behavior. I look forward to these scenarios on occasion. And let's face it - my new Muxiang Olivewood Poker is a flamboyant pipe. So I designed a special tobacco just for it Called it "Gord's Bargain Basement English." Which is exactly what it is - 2 parts Sutliff Bulk Lat, 3 parts Smokers' Pride Whiskey English, and 2 parts any type of Black Cavendish that's lying around to smooth things out; SP in this case.
Gave it a trial run in the minicob. Then onto the main event.
Prognosis for the pipe? Outstanding! It's a great drawing pipe, and I smoked it a bit more aggressively than usual, thinking of the upcoming Superbowl playoff games, et all . . . . It'll suit the festivities to a "T". And the flamboyant, obnoxious bunch of football friends I have. Perfect fit.
Prognosis for the tobacco blend? One of my best, he said arrogantly. After all, it's a mixture of first class and cheap tobaccos. A keeper for sure. And it's only going to get better as the lat begins to really permeate the mix.
I'm smoking it right now (second photo), my Pearwood Mr. Brog #25 Kaiser. Having a great smoke in a great little pipe, while waiting for the meds to kick in that'll ruin my day. Calling the event "This Hour has Seven Warts."
Yes, I have seven new medications. For 30 days. Well, 25 now - was hoping I could get through this post without whining, but apparently not.
. . . . . ttyl.
Haunted Bookshop in a J. Mouton sandblasted Rhodesian.
Thank you!
@Choatecav Thank you as well. Yea, those things are horrible. If you ever run into a bunch of them at night you’ll never forget it or make that mistake again.
Hope your animals all do well through the cold snap ya got coming.
Yeah, a lotta guys seem to be of this burley/cob mind. Me too . . . I have to be very careful with Burley though, as if I overdo it I get tongue bite. I'm not thus afflicted with Virginias, Orientals or lats. Thinking it's our individual body chemistry with respect to tongue bite, but I probably am only guessing and don't know what I'm talking about.
Nifty cob, BTW. Gotta get one of those!!
Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Kendal Dark Vintage Cut in a Stanwell FM 2000 (Frederikshavn Pipe Smoking Championship) Lovat with Vario style finish (part black sandblast and part smooth flame grain) alongside a cup of Irish Breakfast tea.
“Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
C&D Engine #113 in a Nording Freehand. A tasty blend of red and bright Virginia's, cube cut burley, and dark fired Kentucky. Hints of vanilla and brandy.
Thank you, friend. Here in Indy, it's "only" wind chill 4 and snowing at the moment! lol!!!
Star of the East Flake in the Blatter on a cold winter day.
2011 McClelland Christmas Cheer in GBD Virgin grade billiard.
2022 C&D Small Batch Eight State Burley in a Abe Herbaugh Sandblasted Billiard with bamboo 
Now smoking and reviewing C&D Fires in the Levee Flake (Small Batch) in a 1960s Austrian meerschaum bent apple with a tapered yellow stem. This goes on sale Tuesday, December 16th at 6:00pm EST.
Last edited:
Nutty Irishman in a Mastro Geppeto Eximia. 
2022 MB Virginia Flake in an Altinay.
And if that jubilee don’t come… well baby I’ll meet you on the run…
Year 2015 St James Flake in a Karl Erik Ekstravagant.
2020 SG Cabbie’s Mixture in a Castello KK Trademark Saddle Stem Pot and Diet Coke on the side
OJK in an MLC French Briar bulldog with an amber type stem.
