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  1. TheIronMonkey

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

    Getting ready to watch UFC Fight Night: Charles Oliveira vs. Mateusz Gamrot (also known as UFC Fight Night 261 and UFC on ESPN+ 119), taking place at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Having Cornell & Diehl Small Batch Folklore (2022, 805/1000) in an unbranded, unmarked, Magnum-sized...
  2. TheIronMonkey

    The Plymouth pipe used by Lee Van Cleef in "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" as "Angel Eyes"

    You might want to get the freeze frame ready—the Ropp La Montagnarde might’ve been used in Death Rides a Horse.
  3. TheIronMonkey

    Gah! Crocked.

    Get well soon!
  4. TheIronMonkey

    It Appears Lee Van Cleef's Two Most Famous Pipes Have Been Acquired

    I was looking at them at the other forum this morning. They seem legit. It’s pretty awesome to learn what so many people speculated was a Wellington all these years is a Plymouth—this is a detail that that I found delightful. The screen matched shots are compelling. I love it.
  5. TheIronMonkey

    EP. 2 Is This Pete a Meer or Clay?

    I forget the specifics, but it has to do with the metal ferrule. I will check when I have more time, but it probably won’t be until the weekend. I have to leave for New York shortly.
  6. TheIronMonkey

    EP. 2 Is This Pete a Meer or Clay?

    This old post has a couple of my Peterson clay pipes: https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/what-are-you-smoking-december-2022.95083/post-36706917
  7. TheIronMonkey

    Jorge Cigars - Question

    I have not had Jorge cigars, but speaking of PerfecDraw, PerfecRepair works well to fix unraveled wrappers: https://theperfecsmoke.com/products/perfecrepair%C2%AE%EF%B8%8F
  8. TheIronMonkey

    What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2025

    Just had a great dinner of breaded chicken cutlets topped with chopped tomatoes, onions, basil, and garlic, with mashed potatoes, and broccoli. Having a Bugatti Medio Churchill, 6 5/8" x 46 on the porch.
  9. TheIronMonkey

    What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2025

    Having a Cigars International Knock-off of a Cohiba Churchill, 6 7/8" x 48.
  10. TheIronMonkey

    How Do You Pick Your Next Smoke?

    Some of my choices depend on the day of the week. If it’s a Saturday, chances are there’s a UFC broadcast that night. The pipes that I have that have chambers that hold enough tobacco for a single smoking session that lasts close to six hours or more are somewhat limited; I try to cycle through...
  11. TheIronMonkey

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

    I haven’t smoked this combo in over three years—lighting up Seattle Pipe Club Hood Canal in a Savinelli Estella 131 KS Billiard/Tall Stack with a caramel/pearl swirled Half-Saddle stem.
  12. TheIronMonkey

    Seattle Pipe Club Vegas show announcement.

    If Cornell & Diehl is out of the picture, I guess we will never see this blend. I guess we’ll find out in a few weeks.
  13. TheIronMonkey

    Contemplative Silliness?

    A cigar only requires about two puffs per minute to stay lit; this means it doesn’t require puffing hard and could be considered sipping like a pipe.
  14. TheIronMonkey

    What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2025

    Having an Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur No. III Toro, 6.1" x 50 at Minsi Lake in Pennsylvania. First, some baked roast pork buns from Mei Lah Wah in NYC.
  15. TheIronMonkey

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

    Our friend, John, is visiting. We’re watching the broadcast of the UFC 320 PPV: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira, taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Having Seattle Pipe Club Hogshead in a Briar, Sweat, and Tears (BST) Tanshell Large Curve (LC) Swan Neck 3/4 Bent Billiard.
  16. TheIronMonkey

    What Cigar Are You Smoking? 2025

    It’s 77⁰ F outside. Enjoying what might be the last of the nice weather outside before it gets too cold to sit outdoors comfortably. Having a Bugatti Medio Churchill, 6 5/8" x 46 with our buddy, John, who is visiting to eatch UFC 320 with us.
  17. TheIronMonkey

    What Are You Drinking? October 2025

    Starting off with good ol’ H2O.
  18. TheIronMonkey

    Did I damage my pipe?

    As stated above, it’s a bit hard to see, but to me, it looks like there’s a piece of burnt tobacco sitting in the groove of the draught hole.
  19. TheIronMonkey

    Butz-Choquin Shank Expansion

    My concern would be weakening the shank at the filter/tenon interface area—there’s a lot of torque involved when twisting a stem off.