***What Are You Smoking, April 2025?***

[MavErik]

Exchange some tobacco with a fellow forum member who threw in a generous sample of Birds of a Feather Uno. Trying Uno now for the first time in the Imp Sitter.
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This is a delicious blend! Thank you, @MavErik !

Glad you are enjoying it! Ironically it is an upgraded version of Uno never packaged for retail. I have sent samples to several who have tried the original Uno, and all found this one to be even better than the first. Pro tip: it will be available very soon for others to enjoy too.

 

[Bbailey324]

C&D Kajun Kake in a Peterson Derry 69.

 

[abecox]

C&D Crooner in a Sunrise Dublin. I have this tin open yet I keep passing it over even though it's a very pleasant smoke. It's not complex but sometimes you just want something that'll stay consistent to the end of the bowl. I can see this being a good yard work blend.

 

[98now]

C&D Burley No. 3 in a Bruyere.

 

[Briar Lee]

You know somebody upstairs is smiling on you when you buy a Grabow Golden Duke and the seller ships a beautiful little Pear shaped French Algerian briar Marxman instead!

Judge all French and Italian Marxman pipes by the individual pipe on it’s own merits.

This one could have been made in New York except it’s stamped France. A delicious and zesty little pipe that’s coloring like it should, full of Half and Half.

 

[BayouGhost]

Took a ride share from the airport today and the fella driving was from Izmir so I had to break out some Embarcadero in a Mastro Geppetto paneled billiard this evening.

 

[Sandblast]

Fun Pipe Club Meeting last night (!).
I brought a tin from '09 of McConnell Scottish Blend, from a discussion at the March Meeting.
I opened it 2 weeks ago, then kept opening it every other day to let it breath & dry a bit. It was approved by all who tried it. Previously, a Pipe Club brother has brought both McConnell Scottish Flake & Cake. The Blend is totally different. We questioned if the Flake & Cake are basically the same, sort of like Capstan (Blue & Gold) Flake & Ready Rubbed. Reading up today on TR's, the McConnell's (Flake & Cake) are similar, but not exactly the same.

Another interesting discussion was about DGT. I always like it, but there were some differing opinions from some of the Pipe Club brothers, not fans of what they felt was an ashy-ness. I mentioned an old story I'd heard about a DGT pipe that had sat for 6 years & was surprising very good.

I was gifted a pipe full of 965, which I smoked (WOW, very good). I was gifted a pipeful of Sutliff Great Outdoors, which after loading one of my pipes, I brought home. Dumped it into a dish, so now drying to enjoy within a day or two. Interesting licorice scent.

I purchased, from a Pipe Club brother, an unopened tin of Jim's C&D Firebird Flake. Not sure how long I'll let it age before opening, maybe soon to smoke some fresh, then jar most of it. I'll definitely read in depth Jim's review from Jan 11th ('25).

Then per a comment I've made earlier about a new pipe I've purchased ... not "new", but reconditioned or actually "reborn" (HINT) ... I showed it for our Pipe Show & Tell. While there may not have been much actual swooning, none the less there was plenty of admiration for my Ropp Cherrywood. I nearly bought one back in the 80's, so this acquisition was overdue.

 

[BurleyVonPuffington]

Peter Heinrichs English blend in a Moonshine Stoker.

 

[Servant King]

First try of Presbyterian in a Savinelli Bacco 321 rusticated author, while doing more equine grazing on the new spring grass. I've only had one other "10/10" in my six years of smoking a pipe, but this was number two. Unbelievable smoke, basically perfect. Stayed lit, well behaved, no harshness, no dampness at the end, and smoked right down to the bottom. Magical. All downhill from here! 10/10

Bird report: White-crowned sparrow, House finch, California towhee, California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, American crow, Northern flicker, Hairy woodpecker, Mountain chickadee, and Oak titmouse.

About to embark on the final week of my 30s. Finally my members-only jacket will be an appropriate garment...

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

This morning, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

This afternoon, Hamborger Veermaster in an Altinay.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Capstan Gold Flake in an Altinay.

 

[Sandblast]

Vegetarian chili on the docket for tonight, so to any of you folks downwind of me, I preemptively apologize.

With warmer weather, I'll be sitting on my little patio right outside my LR, a perfect place to smoke a pipe.
Patio faces North, so I'll be alert for any of your "chili emissions" from the West. From CA to MN, over the Rockies, across the Plains, if the richness survives, I'll DEFINITELY want that recipe. I'm a chili aficionado.

 

[The Clay King]

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Photo of me and the gang at Conisbrough with Don Catchment Rivers Trust.
We shifted 21 bags of rubbish; 5 of them mine!
Three Nuns in the King's Clay.

 

[Roach1]

Trying something different again today. This time a large bowl of OJK in the large DM Stanwell Freehand.

 

[TubbyInTweed]

On the menu for my commute home this evening was a bowl of GH&Co Kendal Dark loaded in my Savinelli 106 paired with plain water.

Only 2 days till the weekend!

 

[Servant King]

if the richness survives, I'll DEFINITELY want that recipe.

I'll gladly provide it, so long as you promise not to sue me for any unforeseen medical expenses...

 

[gord]

I haven’t had a chance to light up the any of the pipes I got from you yet. I’ve got a backlog to catch up with—I still have Secret Santa pipes from @Sobrbiker and @SBC to catch up with! But, you’re most welcome—it’s nice when our mutual pipe addictions can create a kind of symbiosis, isn’t it?

I’ve finally caught up with the many pages of posts. Some responses that are due:

@Speak Easy
Thanks! The stem on the Comoy’s Elegance is unusual. I’m glad I have it (but, that’s probably true of every pipe I’ve acquired).

@gord
I’m sorry about the loss of Ricoh—my sincere condolences to you. I guess he was named after the camera company?
Here’s my own ignorable drivel: I had some air pistol questions for you. I was curious if there’s a big difference between the Baikal IZH-46M and Air Venturi AV-46M. I’ve been thinking about picking one or the other up, but am hesitant about parts and maintenance since they seem to be out of production; in addition, I’m left-handed and they only seem to be available with right-handed grips (I’ve read about a couple of guys that do custom grips in wood and another that does 3D printing, so that may not be an issue in the grand scheme of things. I was looking at Maverick modified Crosman 1377 and 1322 pistols, but I’m not sure if he’s in business anymore. I like the idea of single stroke or pumps—I never liked dealing with CO2 cartridges and pressure levels changing and PCP seems like a whole other universe that I don’t want to get lost in.

Thanks for the comments. I very much appreciate them . . . No, he wasn't named after the camera company, but he sort of was. I'll tell you the story of him, and answer your questions about those two pistols, to a greater extent in a PM tomorrow sometime.

I've owned both, and currently shoot the Air Venturi AV-46M. This is basically an updated IZH-46M, but was not available in a left hand grip. I have a left hand grip Air Venturi. It is handled by Air Venturi, in the USA, who stock parts and other goodies, but the pistol is simple enough to self-service. The AV-46M is more reliable, and it dominated top level competition 'till about 2008 or so, when it was supplanted by more advanced regulated PCP jobs that are out of my price league. I was at the range today, and shot six or seven 3/4" groups with it at 16 yards with iron sights, which is the mid-range trajectory for Field Target, the discipline I shoot in. This was the best I've ever had with pistol, by the way. I've managed to attain mid-level mediocrity with a handgun, lol. More on that later, too. I'd opt for the Air Venturi. It's still a top level shooter.

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[Scottmi]

Sun Bear Mountain Flower in a Supreme Mycroft. Just popped the tin, three years on it and it is flat amazing.View attachment 386354

That Supreme is Outstanding!!

 

[Scottmi]

Maybe some 507C will do the trick...

You can't go wrong with "Slices of Heaven!"