***What Are You Smoking, April 2024?***

[dPero]

I had a Paddington in Eltang Basic and Janemann in Peterson Junior

 

[Steddy]

Happy

This month marks a decade since I picked up a pipe in earnest. I've revisited a few of my originally acquired pipes, to help savor my good fortune and am smoking an estate billiard now, that I got in a group of 5 pipes for about $12.00 maybe $10? something typically cheap on my part, and its only marks are PIPE DREAMS on the side of the shank. It's smooth, well drilled and has no stinger. I cleaned up the long neglected stem with a piece of scotchbrite and some Barkeeper's Friend and loaded it with some Sutliff Victorian.
Of the five pipes, 4 are still smokeable. One, a Swiss Dry Air with two tubes in the shank, gave up the ghost after having become a favorite. The shank blew up. Another, lost its stem to a stem bending binge, because I was stupid, but I've frankensteined it with another stem and I smoke it. It's a crude looking 4 panel with a square shaft that is Algerian briar.
I think: "I could have stopped after that buy and a bag 'o seconds from MM", but then I think, look at all the fun you'd have missed chasing beat up old pipes on ebay!

Happy 10th Anniversary, may you celebrate many more.

 

[Steddy]

C&D Kelly’s Coin in a Savinelli Noce 315KS. Call me Senor Repeato, there is nothing like C&D Burley and black coffee for the first smoke of the day.

 

[Ted Vig]

Waking up with 1792 in a Genod. I dried it overnight. This stuff smokes great dry.

 

[WVOldFart]

I enjoyed some Sutliff Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in my Prince of Wales pipe. It is a dreary morning in small town America, but a good cup of 8 O'clock coffee and a good pipe makes for a fine morning. The window fan takes the smoke from the sun room, which makes the wife happy even though the pipe smoke smells better than some of the scented candles she likes.

 

[umbrella001]

Blairgowrie in a Cinar reverse calabash.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Mcclelland 2025 in the newly re-stemmed Barling Straight Grain 3639, sold at James J Fox Tobacconist.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in an Ashton LX Dublin

 

[didimauw]

Briar Fox

 

[Steddy]

View attachment 304822Trying to do my best @BenMN impression with the close up…

Pegasus in a Tekin meerschaum.

And the award for quickest coloring Meer goes to….you!

 

[Steddy]

Double post. I’m sure it’s user error, but I don’t know how to delete a post. Maybe a delete post option under the edit feature would be good.

 

[isaac]

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sir John’s Flake Virginia in an Altinok.

 

[Bles]

G.L. Pease Chelsea Morning in a Dunhill.

 

[Bles]

C&D Bayou Morning in a RadiceView attachment 304883

That is a beautiful pipe

 

[Bles]

Trying hard to wake up with some coffee and Nyala plus perique in a Paul Becker

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Wow, that pipe is quite a looker.

 

[Bright Orange Red]

Sutliff Ready Rubbed Match in a Savinelli Autograph sandblast volcano.

 

[Sigmund]

Thanks @Bles I like it a lot. Its as close to a billiard as I typically smoke.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

1994 Mcclelland MV25 in the Regina Scarlatta 4 full bent.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

In the words of “America” I’ve been one poor correspondent - deck weather will be here end of this week. In the just cleaned garage with a little Peterson CP Iora 03 and some Deep Hollow. In other news our baby turned one last week!