*** What Are You Smoking?*** (April 2017)

[bonanzadriver]

Sittin up in the mancave enjoying a couple of the new offerings I picked up at the TAPS Pipe and Tobacco Expo on Raleigh today.
First up is D&R London Dock in my Calebrisi Bent Dublin. Nice smoke, a little more of a full body smoke than I usually smoke, but enjoyable.
Second in the lineup, so far anyway , is D&R Racoon"s Accent in a great little Kaywoodie Apple.
Sippin on Blantons and admiring my haul from today's events.

 

[Perique]

Peretti Tashkent in an Invicta Briars banker

 

[ravkesef]

Milan's Our Walnut in a Castello Sea Rock Briar Classic Lovat

 

[JimInks]

D&R Three Sails in a 1970’s smooth Savinelli Non Pareil 9574 Oom Paul with a horn ferrule and a black vulcanite stem.

 

[pagan]

Frog Morton in a bent BBB

 

[johnbarleycorn]

Green dragon in a Dagner cob.

 

[weezell]

More Gawith Hoggarth & Co.: Dark Plug in a Meerschaum Cutty...

 

[thefishguy]

Seattle pipe club's plum pudding special reserve in an IMP meerschaum churchwarden.

 

[JimInks]

D&R S.J. Rimboche in a 1938 straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[bonanzadriver]

What a great day and what an enjoyable evening. Got a desk full of samples and tins. Kinda like a kid the the proverbial candy store.
Just finished a bowl of Lanes Peaches & Cream in my designated Peach Pipe, my little Yellobole Century Apple with a saddle bit. Nice blend, but I think, as far as Peaches go, I'm still favoring the Sutliff Peach Cobbler.
Time to refil the bourbon glass and select another sample.
And.......
Lanes Burley & Black it is. Think I'll try it in the Clubman Bent Billiard

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Lane's 1Q in a Brindisi 605

 

[JimInks]

Almost half way through this bowl of D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[papipeguy]

St. Bruno flake in a Blakemar Woodstock.

 

[bonanzadriver]

I followed Jim's lead and fired up a bowl of D&R Rimboche SJ in a recently restored RAHM Bent Bulldog (it's first bowl since I've owned it)
The medley continues...
My first time smoking D&R English Hooplah in another estate that I recently restored, A Savaneli Oscar Panel Billiard with a Square Shank with a Saddle Bit. (first bowl in this pipe since I've owned it)
The S.J. is a nice full body smoke (for me anyway) with a definite grassyness to it.
The Hooplah is very reminiscent of other English's that I've come to love.

 

[JimInks]

Angler's Dream in a smooth medium bend 2011 Rinaldo Collection Fiammata Silver Line 7 Odea 4 flame grain bulldog with a silver band and a tortoise shell acrylic stem.

 

[missionpipe]

C & D Black Frigate in a sandblasted Savinelli Trevi 616.

 

[papipeguy]

Peretti #333 in a Savinelli New Art bent pot.

 

[bonanzadriver]

Jim,
I just came back to thread and had inadvertently fat fingered the keyboard and started on page 3. I came across your post about smoking Penzance and immediately thought "Hey, quit taunting me bro!" thinking you were tryin to get me pot the top on my newly acquired tin. 8O
Tonight's been a wonderful evening of pipesmokingoodness.
I'm lookin at my desk and realize that I've got seven pipes out and have gone through as many different, new to me blends.
After all of that I've decided to re-stoke the Savaneli Panel Billiard with the Hooplah. Don't know what it is but this tobacco sings to me, tonight anyway.

 

[JimInks]

Granger in a 1970s slight bend black sandblasted Comoy's Silver Cloud 624 sitter with a silver pearl gray acrylic stem.
Dino: I'm glad to hear you're having a great smoking evening, and that my recommendations helped you with that. :D

 

[bonanzadriver]

Thanks again Jim. Definitely a day well spent!
Windin down, pulled an old favorite down off the shelf to close out the evening.
Frog Morton (original) in my designated FM smoker... Keyclub Poker with a saddle bit.