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

[Douglas]

C&D Poplar Camp in my workhorse VaPer pipe, a Savinelli Bing’s Favorite.

 

[IrishBadger]

Half way through this 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. Fed all the cats except for Tomato the Brave. M'lady called to him, but Tomato didn't come. I haven't written about this until now because I wasn't sure that I was right, but a feral is somewhere around here. I've been noticing lately that the ferals have that "look" that territorial cats give when something different is around. I didn't see it, but m'lady did when she saw Tomato run off when she called her. She said that the feral Tomato was chasing looked half like Harry the Hairy and orange and white like the other stray that shows up somewhere around the neighborhood once in a blue moon. This one has a white spot on its forehead. Guess maybe I'll be seeing it one of these days. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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The word is out. Your house is feral paradise!

 

[JimInks]

Did a set of walking reps, and have a quarter of a bowl left 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. Tomato the Brave and Harry the Hairy ran in as soon as I opened the door to go walking. They ran out after they ate.

 

[Roach1]

Haunted Bookshop in a Santambrogio Bent Pot.

 

[RL Bucktails]

HU Dark Moor in a Meer.

 

[MontyTX]

13yr Escudo in my NEW Neerup Volcano

 

[Fralphog]

Cold Front passage gave way to a cold, sunny morning. The greenhouse is 72 Degrees!
Smoking some of the generous sample from @PrivatePiping of 2002 Mc C’s Christmas Cheer in the Altinay Rusticated Dublin Meer.
Russian Caravan tea with cardamom.
A very complementary pairing indeed.

 

[kcmontie]

Red Carpet again. This time in a Castello pot. Drink Diet Coke. Great pipe, great tobacco. Keep it Smokey today friends.

 

[warren99]

GL Pease Charing Cross in a Werner Mummert bulldog.

 

[MontyTX]

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13yr Escudo in my NEW Neerup Volcano

This is my first time ever smoking a vaper in a briar wider than 3/4”. It’s good, but I think 3/4” in a narrow bowl is best. I need the temperature feedback from the bowl to sip it, and I definitely perceive more “depth” of flavor from Escudo in pipes with 3/4” bowls.

 

[OzPiper]

I've often wondered if Penzance is as good as the hype. I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

Short answer - no
It’s good, but these days my preference is VaPers and straight Virginias
Even when I smoked mainly English and Oriental blends, there were others I preferred

 

[JazzInAZ]

We Three Kings in the Country Gentleman.

A "hot" afternoon where I am in Texas -- 81 degrees () which is Capital-C Crazy.
Pecan/Cinnamon coffee.

 

[Choatecav]

We Three Kings in the Country Gentleman.

A "hot" afternoon where I am in Texas -- 81 degrees () which is Capital-C Crazy.
Pecan/Cinnamon coffee.

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81 degrees???? Did you folks down in Tejas forget to flip the page on the calendar??? It's December everywhere else....

 

[bobpnm]

Peretti Ampersand Flake in this Wessex Brigade. Diet Dr. Pepper.

 

[JimInks]

While waiting for lunch, I enjoyed a big bowl of Raisin Bran with extra raisins thrown in. Then, I had two ham, cheddar cheese and double egg pita bread sandwiches and a big plate of Middle Eastern stuffed grape leaves with pecans and a golden delicious apple for dessert. I'm a quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Gold Star 50th, neat, is my drink.

 

[TubbyInTweed]

We Three Kings in the Country Gentleman.

A "hot" afternoon where I am in Texas -- 81 degrees () which is Capital-C Crazy.
Pecan/Cinnamon coffee.

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I feel your pain. We had 80+ degree temps all last week here in SoCal. At that point I was TubbyInBoardshorts, which just feels wrong for December, haha. This week will be cooler with 🌧. I hope it cools down for you too!

 

[Lux]

Got on Smokingpipes to order some more Visions of Celephais.

Somehow this estate Comoy's Vintage Smooth Dublin wound up in my cart.

Made an excellent pairing while I worked on the boat.

 

[TubbyInTweed]

On the menu for my first smoke of the day was a delightful bowl of 5 Brothers loaded in my Kingston Judge Cob and paired with an iced coffee.

Hope you all have a great Saturday!

 

[JazzInAZ]

81 degrees???? Did you folks down in Tejas forget to flip the page on the calendar??? It's December everywhere else....

I know, right? And as we speak, it's already up to 83 !!! Is there no limit to this madness

I feel your pain. We had 80+ degree temps all last week here in SoCal. At that point I was TubbyInBoardshorts, which just feels wrong for December, haha. This week will be cooler with 🌧. I hope it cools down for you too!

Totally! And thanks!

 

[Choatecav]

Got on Smokingpipes to order some more Visions of Celephais.

Somehow this estate Comoy's Vintage Smooth Dublin wound up in my cart.

Made an excellent pairing while I worked on the boat.
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Nice looking Comoy's.. Funny how they will "jump" in your cart like that....