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

[newbroom]

Smoking a mix of J-4, 3 Sails, stoved VA, and perique in a St James "London Pipe", which is a flat bottomed, meer lined, long shanked Canadian shape in smooth finish with a meer lining.
This is a pipe I got on my second ebay acution 'win' about 7 1/2 yrs ago, for approx. $2.oo. ( smokes like a champ, and is a Comoys alternate brand) I'd say it came close to Riband quality, heh heh.

 

[Thepipehunter]

Just finished dinner, now watching Supernatural with my wife. Finished off a tin of Seattle Plum Pudding Bourbon Barrel Aged in a small Dr. Grabow Billiard.

 

[deadidunn]

Three Nuns in my new EMC Custom Cobs briar.

 

[RevBriar]

PS Luxury Bullseye Flake in the Cayuga.

 

[das3353]

HH Pure Virginia in a Radice Silk Cut

 

[PipeIT]

Esoterica Cardiff in my Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.

I bought this pipe September 2021, and it’s not been smoked a lot, and it had quite a ghost in it.

I’d say either November or December last year I decided to go for a big cleanup!

Soaked the chamber, 151 Everclear, with cotton balls 24 hours, then wiped it out. Then, fresh coatton balls, and soaked it again 24 hours, and another wipe out. Then let it dry 1 or 2 days, and then sanded the chamber, and let it sit afterwards for a week.

Now after all this bloody time later, I’m now just starting to get it broken in with a light carbon build up, but I wipe all my chambers out after smoking with a napkin, or paper towel, and I’ll also use my finger while the carbon is soft, and smooth out any bumby build ups, to keep it all light, thin and even.

I’d say it will probably be a few more months before it’s 100%, but it’s finally turning into an amazing smoker.

OH it’s going to have to be one hell of a pipe, if I ever buy a smoked estate again! LOL ?

Be well everyone, and may the ghosts never bite! ?

 

[JimInks]

Just passing the quarter mark on this bowl of year 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This will get me to dinner time.

 

[scout19d3]

Just loading a 2nd bowl of Wilke Continental in my Peterson Darwin "B42"

 

[Latakia Dave]

Nice work!

@RobNYC ,
Thank you kindly sir!

 

[Latakia Dave]

LDave, doing one fine job on those pipes you're doing!! Great looking pipes... ??

@weezell , thank you kindly brother!

 

[RobNYC]

Dark Bird's Eye in a Radice Rind bent apple.

 

[Latakia Dave]

@Skink Thanks man. I appreciate the compliments buddy.
I don’t have any plans to sell any of them my friend! Takes away from it being fun when you make a job of it.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Smoking me burleys while prepping leaf for the kiln

 

[Ahi Ka]

@Skink Thanks man. I appreciate the compliments buddy.
I don’t have any plans to sell any of them my friend! Takes away from it being fun when you make a job of it.

So does that mean you will only give them away to unashamed beggars like me

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Dobblone D'Oro in the '85 Ashton Pebble Grain w/red brindled stem.

 

[FurCoat]

Capstan Blue flake folded and stuffed in a self made bamboo shanked straight Billiard that I finished up last night.View attachment 139455

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You're knockin it out of the park there Dave. Very nice pipe.

 

[Thepipehunter]

More Yorktown, this time in a Spigot 317.

 

[virkia]

Early 1980s *GEORG JENSEN PIPES MADE IN DENMARK / COPENHAGEN STYLE

*Not the famous designer who lived from1866 to 1935 but Per Georg Jensen who established his pipe company with his wife in 1954.



+ SILLEM'S GREEN

 

[tmcg81]

Watch City Stubb's Pipe in a Georg Jensen bent brandy. What a great blend.

 

[FurCoat]

Esoterica Cardiff in my Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.

I bought this pipe September 2021, and it’s not been smoked a lot, and it had quite a ghost in it.

I’d say either November or December last year I decided to go for a big cleanup!

Soaked the chamber, 151 Everclear, with cotton balls 24 hours, then wiped it out. Then, fresh coatton balls, and soaked it again 24 hours, and another wipe out. Then let it dry 1 or 2 days, and then sanded the chamber, and let it sit afterwards for a week.

Now after all this bloody time later, I’m now just starting to get it broken in with a light carbon build up, but I wipe all my chambers out after smoking with a napkin, or paper towel, and I’ll also use my finger while the carbon is soft, and smooth out any bumby build ups, to keep it all light, thin and even.

I’d say it will probably be a few more months before it’s 100%, but it’s finally turning into an amazing smoker.

OH it’s going to have to be one hell of a pipe, if I ever buy a smoked estate again! LOL ?

Be well everyone, and may the ghosts never bite! ?

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Good looking Grabow. I think they are fine pipes. I'm working on getting four blue spades off the guy that opholsters my restorations. He bought them new and just didn't get the hang of smoking them.