***What Are You Smoking, April 2021?***

[OneGoodBulldog]

And the nightcap is Peterson Signature Flake in the flake pipe.

Same technique as this morning, haha. Half rub and stuff, rub some more! This stuff I earlier described as like smoking a hay ride in the winter and I stick by that. This one is much more of a classic Virginia flake I think. Or how one is supposed to taste anyway. Hay, and a bit of grapefruit, with just enough sweetness. The retrohale, which by now you should know I enjoy, is mild and then builds to a nice even spice and has a bit of leather smell. This bowl is burning a bit hotter than usual, probably because I dried it a tad too much, but nothing a slower cadence can't solve.

I've thoroughly enjoyed this blend every time I've smoked it and will be looking for something similar as I hear it's discontinued. Or maybe I'll let SP wiggle a little money out of my wallet for this one. It's definitely got my attention. I don't usually smoke this late but the thought of a nice bowl of Pete's was too much to ignore.

 

[rushx9]

Sutliff Barrel Aged Crumble Kake in a Republic Sculpted/Aboriginal 312 System.

 

[depriest1022]

Halfway through Sutliff Count Pulaski in my dr grabow grand Duke. It is my first English blend Why did it take this long? Very nice.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

St. James Flake in an IMP. ️

 

[alaskanpiper]

GLP Penny Farthing in a Contrast Sandblasted Dragon Briars Magneto Pot/Dublin with Plateau Rim and Celtic Dragon Accent Band. Shank and stem are connected by high powered rare earth magnets. Smokes like a dream.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty Envy apple, and am not far from finishing this bowl of Wilke No. 515 in a 1998 smooth straight Butz-Choquin Bistro 1501 pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[cory84]

Five Brothers in a bent Falcon

 

[alaskanpiper]

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Best OTC by miles. Enjoy!

 

[ashdigger]

GH&Co Unscented Dark Flake in a 1920’s BBB Umbria. Look at the carbon build up before I restored it

 

[alaskanpiper]

GH&Co Unscented Dark Flake in a 1920’s BBB Umbria. Look at the carbon build up before I restored it

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Holy shitballs. Thats got more cake than a bakers birthday. Great blend though. I’m the odd man out that prefers brown flake u/s, but my propensity for condimental DF is likely the reason. The being said, Dark flake u/sc is one of the few DF driven blends I reaaaaaally enjoy.

 

[JimInks]

Almost half way through this bowl of Wilke Peanut Butter in a 1980s black sandblasted slight bend Savory’s Argyll 281 Cherrywood with a black vulcanite tapered stem. I'll finish the day with this smoke.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

GLP Penny Farthing in a Contrast Sandblasted Dragon Briars Magneto Pot/Dublin with Plateau Rim and Celtic Dragon Accent Band. Shank and stem are connected by high powered rare earth magnets. Smokes like a dream.

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Nice mountain view.
Height is about 2.500m?

 

[alaskanpiper]

Nice mountain view.
Height is about 2.500m?

Haha, nowhere near that. The river you see below is only about 5 miles from the ocean. If I had to guess I’d say we’re at about 500 feet.

Unless you mean the peaks of the mountains across the valley, in which case you’re still high, they’re probably 1.500M (or as we’d say here 5,000 feet or so).

Go up the valley 20 miles and you can hit 10,000 feet though (3.000M)

200 miles north and you can hit 20,000 feet (6.000 M). That being the summit of Denali ?

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Stanwell Melange in what I consider my most beautiful pipe, Made in Greece, by Mr George Leousis (carver and friend) - "GL Pipes".
A good Sunday to all the good people.

 

[cory84]

HGL in a bent MM General

 

[alaskanpiper]

Stanwell Melange in what I consider my most beautiful pipe, Made in Greece, by Mr George Leousis (carver and friend) - "GL Pipes".
A good Sunday to all the good people.

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Very unique stem shape! I dig it!

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Good morning all
A beautiful start to the day, a bowl of Orlik Golden Sliced in a Morgan Bone Big and Burly. Accompanied as ever by Kai.
Have a great Sunday.
Happy smokes.
Ettrick puffer

 

[Ettrick puffer]

On an off diet day, my lunch was half a chicken with sweet corn on the side with a quarter of a strawberry swirl cheesecake, and some strawberries, followed by a couple of Pepperidge Farms oatmeal raisin cookies. I'm a third of the way through this bowl of KBV Merchant Service Kellem’s Mixture in a 1987 medium brown Peterson first series Sherlock Holmes full bend with a silver band and a black vulcanite tapered p-lip stem. The pipe was gift from my then-girl friend who jokingly said I should wear a deerstalker when I smoke this pipe. She certainly was surprised when I went to my closet, and pulled one out. After about fifteen minutes, she said, "Okay. That's enough. Take the hat off!" I turned it sideways, and finished the smoke.
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Often still wear one?I’ve worn them since I started my first job as an apprentice gamekeeper back in the eighties. They’re a good practical hat for the outdoors especially here in Scotland ???????
Happy smokes.
Ettrick puffer

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Second bowl of the day is Cornell and Diehl Black Frigate in a Brigham Voyageur. Accompanied with a flask of coffee.
The Brigham is a great smoking pipe.
Happy smokes.
Ettrick puffer

 

[MrTom]

Good morning folks, 965 in a Blakemar. Had Breakfast. Listening to BBC Radio Four.