***What Are You Smoking, April 2023?***

[JimInks]

Passing the first third of this bowl of 2017 Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2016 Peretti's M.T. Natural made in Holland straight smooth brown Algerian briar billiard with a tapered black acrylic stem.

 

[grimpuffer]

2022 C&D SunBear in a Jacono Bishop Dublin

 

[bluegrassbrian]

HU Flanagan in the 2019 Peterson Walnut Spigot 65.

 

[Scottmi]

Peretti No. 8 slices for the first time. In the six panel bent lattice meer with decaf au lait, enjoying the beautiful afternoon before heading in for dreaded ‘desk work.’ These slices are pretty amazing. Hefty! And tasty!

 

[starrynight]

1970’s Benson & Hedges Mild Flake in the trusty SmithHouse virgin pot. Completely in love with how evenly this pipe is coloring up.

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Ive gotta say, all you’re pipes have been fantastic. I went through your posts and love em. Making me think through my next briar.

 

[starrynight]

Altinay, CRF 2022 and a St Bernardus Watou Belgian. Happy Friday! Oh wait…

 

[PipeIT]

Compared to other VaPer blocks, my experience was that Anonmalous had quite a bit of heft to it. Very deep, rich flavor with a fair amount of potency. I have a very high nicotine tolerance, but I couldn't smoke it all day no matter what the bowl size is. I have to gauge that way in general, and particularly when reviewing. The fact that you don't see it as strong as I do relates to the differences in body chemistry more than it does experience as far as I can see. I find it stronger and richer than Brighton and Tilbury.

The Katerini perique in Anomalous is quite stout. I've smoked several bowls of KP straight, and could smoke that straight a couple of times a day with a fair amount of comfort. But, it's still strong, and it certainly shows itself in Anomalous enough that I rate the blend where I rate it. Mostly, my ratings reflect what I believe blends to be for the average smoker, and not for myself.

Ok, this is a good understanding, I wonder if the batch I received was a bit off, or if this smaller pipe somehow muted it.

I would assume it’s in the same level of taste/strengths, potency of flavors like Rouxgaroux, Verge Engine Overdrive, FVF, St. James Flake.

And I don’t mean body chemistry, or someone’s tolerance, but simply where the blend rates on strength.

Thanks Jim!

I’ll be sure to smoke some in my bigger pipes and see how it goes.

 

[cshubhra]

Russ Oulette Acadian English in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard

 

[Carol]

You can't put a price on good neighbors

Very very true!

 

[Templekeeper]

 

[Carol]

@Carol If I was nearby I'd have helped you saw up that tree; I've been sawing wood up for my support worker who has a log fire. We could have had a clay together after as well!

Thanks Dan. It would have been nice.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Perfection plug in a GBD Rockroot.

 

[das3353]

Patriot Flake in a Pete

 

[Laurent]

Having some escudo with my 70’s Sav Estella with some bourbon and outlaw josey wales.

 

[Scottmi]

can't bring myself to go back inside yet, so continuing right on with Hamborger Veermaster.

 

[JimInks]

Nearing the half way mark on this bowl of year 2014 Full Virginia Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[Templekeeper]

After a taste of Peterson's, moving onto LC Hazelnut...

 

[tmcg81]

1Q in a Kaywoodie 93b.

 

[Steddy]

GL Pease Union Square in a Peterson and War Horse in a cob for dessert.

 

[john19]

C&D Habana Daydream in Savinelli 320KS.