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  1. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

    Good day all! Started with another go at yesterday's piping, namely Sutliff Cringle Flake 2022. I'm still missing the promised magic with this one after two years of trying. Somehow the rare 19 year old Perique and Red Virginia taste like old newspaper. It's got to be me. Time to retreat to...
  2. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

    Good day all! Been on a bit of a retreat the past two weeks so incommunicado on smoking selections. Lunting a steady stream of KBV blends with an occasional Peterson Flake or Royal Yacht in a number of Upshalls.
  3. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***

    Good day all! Last three days saw me constantly rotating KBV Red Line and GH Ennerdale Flake. WIth the Holiday Spirit in the offing (several houses have Christmas decorations up and lights on - and I'm in Florida), starting with Reiner Professional in an Upshall P Bulldog with half-bent hex...
  4. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***

    Good day all! Started with Peterson Royal Yacht in an Upshall P Dublin with long saddle stem. Followed with GH Brown Flake Aromatic in a wee Upshall sandblast Dublin with sooth rim and eighth-bent tapered tem size 3.
  5. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, Nov. 2024?***

    Good day all! After a two week layoff (oral surgery) the ban is finally lifted. Starting with KBV Matured Fragrant Virginia in an Upshall sandblast Canadian size 4. Wonderful!
  6. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Good day all! Finished yesterday with more KBV Acadian Flek. Today, KBV Matured Fragrant Virgina takes the bowl of an Upshall sandblast Canadian size 4. My post-Covid taste buds are especially enjoying KBV blends for now.
  7. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Good day all! Started with GLP Cairo in an Upshall P Dublin with long saddle stem. Followed with KBV Acadian Flek in a wee Upshall sandblast Dublin with smooth rim and eighth-bent tapered stem size 3.
  8. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Good day all! Great to be back on the forum after two and half weeks of Covid. On day three, lost ALL taste and smell. This worked out well because after a week I coud sit up long enough to smoke. So I starting working through old tobaccos I didn't like but hadn't gotten around to dumping. The...
  9. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Good day all! Starting with GLP Cairo in a Savinelli Autograph straight grain Freehand with plateau rim and undercut saddle stem.
  10. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

    Good day all! Update of blends smoked since October 1st: due to seeming never-ending medical stuff I've been just smoking KBV Prince of Wales and GH Brown Flake Aromatic, getting pipes in whenever possible. Slowing down today, so started with 4th Generation Family Reserve in a Nachwalter...
  11. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good weekend and pipes to all! Started post-hurricane yard work with comforting GH Brown Flake Aromatic in a small Upshall sandblast Canadian. Afternoon bowl of KBV Prince of Wales in a Tilshead Semibent.
  12. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good day all! Started with KBV Prince of Wales in a Nachwalter flame grain Lumberman.
  13. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good day all! Continuing as yesterday with KBV Acadian Flek in a Tilshead smooth Semibent with tapered stem.
  14. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good first day of Fall to all! Started with an inaugural bowl of Bengal Slices and Wilke Chocolate in an Upshall P Poker with looong sterling-banded square shank and matching eighth-bent tapered stem. A favorite mix, along with Bengal Slices/SG 1792 Flake.
  15. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good weekend and pipes to all! Started with KBV Acadian Flek in a Tilshead smooth Semibent. Just decided on the first bowl for the official start of Fall tomorrow, namely Bengal Slices mixed with WIlke Chocolate (not bad either for Halloween/All Souls/All Saints days, etc.).
  16. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good day all! Update from yesterday: started with Elizabethan Mixture in a dedicted Upshall P Dublin and followed with GH Brown Flake Aromatic in a dedicated wee Tishead smooth Dublin. Today's start was Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls in a Savinelli Autograph flame grain Billiard. Rummaging in...
  17. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good day all! Started with C&D Chenet's Cake in a Savinelli Autograph flame grain Billiard with flattened shank and matching saddle stem. Late afternnon bowl of GH Brown Flake Aromatic in a dedicated Tilshead smooth Dublin also with flattened shank and matching tapered stem size 3.
  18. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good day weekend and pipes to all! Decided to spend this lazy Florida Saturday having a smoke down between Elizabethan Mixture and De Luxe Navy Rolls in dedicated Upshalls. Tough contest. The winner? Me.
  19. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good day all! Started with Peterson Royal Yacht in a Nachwalter flame grain Lumber"person" (practicing for the possible Harris-Walz regime incumbency). Followed with another bowl of Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls in a "size-discriminated" Upshall sandblast Dublin (um, size 3).
  20. J

    ***What Are You Smoking, September 2024?***

    Good day all! Started with Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls and followed with more GH Ennerdale Flake, both blends in Upshalls. About time to break out the Lat blends as the temps are falling for Fall here in Florida.