***What are You Smoking, April 2022?***

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a necessary power nap. Had no choice. Suzy jumped up on my lap, went sleep, and so did I! She wasn't thrilled when I woke up to go to work. I didn't celebrate either, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Just finished smoking year 2007 Astley’s No. 109 in a smooth brown straight circa 1950s-60s BBB Contrast 506 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Time to brew some Community Coffee and snack on a golden delicious apple.

 

[charf]

Smoking some Warhorse in a Ropp churchwarden.

 

[Eye-level]

Smoking some 24 hour tray dried Blackberry Winter in the Mattox Pipe Shop cutty. Red Diamond and war movies tonight.

 

[JimInks]

Fed Suzy and Molly, fed two ferals, and I'm going back to work with a bowl of Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.

 

[dino]

The Saturday "Brady Bunch" of men and women in our ZOOM group, once again met to schmooze, amuse and gently abuse one another, as is our wont.
I smoke a bowl of member Fred Hanna's blend for McClelland, "Wilderness," in a 60+ year-old Charatan Belvedere 2122 apple with a tapered stem. It's a terrific smoker.
My beverage was a mug of Upton Tea Baker Street Afternoon Blend with a touch of orange blossom honey, which complements English blends nicely.

 

[Sidehatch]

Restored and new to me Molina Bulldog with Wilke Crystal Palace. Black tea as side kick to clear cobwebs from a boozy Sat night. I’ve got plenty of English blends to try and sample but hard to imagine this blend not making final rotation. Or I’m drunk and it’s my imagination

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

HU Manyara in a Moretti.

 

[OzPiper]

A second bowl of the afternoon.
Peterson Elizabethan Mixture.
Difficult getting tobacco dry enough in the current high humidity (without resorting to nuking in the oven), so I'm resorting to a meer "cone" in the bottom of the bowl.

In an Orlik straight grain billiard with a tapered vulcanite stem.
An interesting feature of this pipe is the brass "disc" instead of the usual "o" stem insert, which I've not encountered before.
Comments @Ahi Ka / resident Orlik fans/collectors ?

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Our friends John and Chris came over to watch the UFC PPV with us tonight. John brought a mystery English mix that his girlfriend got at an estate sale. It has some vinegar, ketchup, and stone fruit jar notes. John is going to smoke it in an American #4 Falcon, and I'm going to have it in a Big Ben Jumbo Squat Rhodesian. On the initial light, it's weirdly indistinct.

 

[dPero]

Mac Baren Dark Twist in Rinaldo

 

[JimInks]

Finally finished this Archie story, and smoked a bowl of D&R Penhooker in a straight smooth light brown circa post-1932-40s Linkman’s Dr. Grabow billiard with a square shank and tapered black vulcanite stem. Instead of starting on the next story, I'm taking the rest of the night off.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2014 4Noggins Prairie Wind in a smooth medium brown medium bend 1950s B.B.B. Own Make 307 apple with a sterling silver band and black vulcanite saddle stem. Have enough left for two or three bowls.

 

[Chasing Embers]

More London Dock. This tin isn't going to make it another day.?

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is Wilke Peanut Butter and Chocolate in a light brown 1979 rusticated medium bend Italian Sir Jeffrey Dublin sitter with a flared top and yellow saddle stem. Reading baseball box scores.

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Good morning All
A beautiful morning here in Lanarkshire. A bowl of Peter Stokkebye’s Luxury Navy Flake in a Vauen Luxus. Third day in a row of smoking this pipe as I forgot to pick up my pipe bag. Kai photobombing.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

Robert McConnell Scottish Flake in a Stanwell Danske Club and a Cup of Joe on the side.

Outside a slow drizzle and fresh air.

 

[judcole]

Amphora Original in a Mark Twain,

 

[daniel7]

Tsuge The Tasting 16 straight sandblasted chimney x MacBaren HH Old Dark Fired


I have this pipe for a while but I'm still trying to find out, what's the best way to use it. I have the feeling that despite the distinct shape, this pipe doesn't excel in anything, even though it's lightweight, perfectly engineered and the mouthpiece is exceptionally well-shaped.

 

[captpat]

Capstan Blue in a Savinelli Regimental Bent Bulldog, shape 624KS

 

[RobNYC]

Irish Flake in a Peterson System Spigot B42.