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

[OzPiper]

A couple of pre-Cadogan Orliks.
A 1965 list rates these in descending order - Specially Selected Straight Grain, Old Bond Street and Supreme
Top: Supreme straight saddle-stemmed Bulldog
Bottom: Old Bond Street straight Billiard


First Davidoff Flake Medallions in the Supreme Bulldog

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful small salad, a pound and a half of barbecued pork chops with Mediterranean rice and lentils dinner. Dessert was a slice pecan pie, a small bowl of vanilla bean ice cream, a golden delicious apple and some pistachios. I'm near the finish of this bowl of KBV Behemoth in a 1980s White Pipe straight, smooth octagonal paneled billiard meerschaum with an acrylic yellow cream colored saddle stem. Just about finished writing the review of this blend which had another name until now. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking and reviewing KBV Fuzzy’s Holiday Loaf in a medium bend fumed tan crackled year 2020 Ahmet Govem reverse calabash meerschaum with a military mount silver band and black acrylic stem.

 

[PaulRVA]

2020 SG Cabbie’s Mixture in a Randy Wiley Poker and Ginger Tea on the side

 

[rsshreck32]

Some nicely dried Coniston Cut Plug, then sliced and diced and put in the pipe, a 2023 Boswell.

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

Earlier some 2011 Christmas Cheer in the Lone Star Briar Works (seconds) Devil Anse

 

[dublinpiper90]

Catching up on post having a bowl of Ravenwood 11th day of Christmas in a Doctors blast crazy bamboo

 

[OzPiper]

The next of the pair of pre-Cardogan Orliks is the Old Bond Street straight billiard with beautifully hand cut tapered stem. The bit and button work is exemplary


With a bowl of cube-cut Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking KBV Fuzzy’s Holiday Loaf in a 1980s White Pipe straight lattice apple meerschaum with an acrylic yellow cream colored saddle stem. Writing a review of this blend.

 

[PrivatePiping]

Would love to find some of this blend.
Be sure to smoke it again on the actual 11th day of Christmas (January 4th).

You'll have another chance to get some this next week. From thebriarfellowship site -

 

[tfdickson]

2018 Tilbury in my Yeti panel shank billiard.

 

[PrivatePiping]

Congratulations for all your wife’s hard work! And congratulations to you for being married to her! There is nothing like a wonderful wife to stand by your side throughout life.

Ahem... @Steddy... I think you're wife has access to your account.

 

[MontyTX]

13 year old Escudo, just opened tonight, in a Peterson Rosslare Smokers Forum 2009 POY. Totally worth the wait. Time to buy some more Escudo tins to get them aging.

Though, I may limit the aging to 5-8 years next time. Past 8 years seems a bit “thinner” to me, but still excellent.

 

[PrivatePiping]

Just finished a bowl of WCC Bostonian Rhapsody Vintage in an Altinok poker. Lagunitas Shugga on the side.

 

[SourShank]

Fusilier's Ration in an Edward's Canadian. The crap taste is finally waning following restoration.

 

[cshubhra]

Another cigar tonight: Buena Vista Edicion Limitada

 

[spearheadbill]

This pipe community is pretty awesome! Jeremy sent me a personal Christmas card and some other stuff. So I’m smoking a boel of his best work!

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

McClelland 40th Anniversary in a Howell.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed two big pastrami pita bread sandwiches, and am half way through this bowl 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. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Fed all the cats, and the ferals went out after eating. Watched the replay of the Army-Navy game with Sleepy Suzy by my side.

 

[BenMN]

This pipe community is pretty awesome! Jeremy sent me a personal Christmas card and some other stuff. So I’m smoking a boel of his best work!
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That's just great, and a beautiful Peterson too

I've got some '21 Quiet Nights in a Nording Woodcock



@hoosierpipeguy is that the one with a touch of Latakia? I always enjoy seeing those nice bulldogs you've got