*** What Are You Smoking?*** (August 2016)

[JimInks]

Iwan Ries Three Star Blue in a 2013 MM straight Legend with a yellow stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking C&D Mixture Monster 3 in a 1979 no name French briar smooth full bend egg with a black vulcanite stem.
Marvel Comics co-creator Jack Kirby would have been 99 today. The spirit of his work and of his heart still resides in the memories of those who saw the work and knew the man. Happy birthday, Jack!

 

[piffyr]

Spending a quiet, late Sunday morning with some Rattray's Macbeth in a handmade cherrywood.

 

[papipeguy]

War horse RR in a Morgan cob cigar pipe.

 

[ashdigger]

Capstan Yellow in a MM General with Tortoise Forever stem......this should get me through a report I'm starting.

 

[willc]

GH Liquorice Flake in a MM Washington.

 

[JimInks]

Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic stem. A bottle of Sprite is my drink.

 

[jefff]

Dark Star in a 80's Barling straight Brandy.
This tobacco and this pipe have paired perfectly for almost 30 years

 

[edgreen]

GLP Blackpoint in a Rad Davis blasted squashed tomato w/tamarind stem accent

 

[JimInks]

GLP Temple Bar in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band and a black acrylic stem.

 

[krizzose]

McCranie's Red Flake in a Pete 999

 

[mso489]

Dunhill's Royal Yacht in a Savinelli straight rusticated apple (pipesmagazine caption contest prize), my first bowl of RY

 

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band with a black vulcanite p-lip stem. A bottle of Dr. Pepper made with pure cane sugar is my drink. Time for Vin Scully.

 

[ravkesef]

Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a Royal Lane Bent Natural Pear

 

[piffyr]

I reserve my meerschaum pipes for times of pure leisure. Those have been in very short supply lately. So, this ginormous bowl of Samuel Gawith's Full Virginia Flake in the claw and egg meer is a rare treat.
I wonder how much impact the recent turmoil in Turkey is having on the meerschaum market. Anybody have a clue?

 

[Chasing Embers]

The Solent Mixture in a Moretti magnum freehand.

 

[edgreen]

Macbaren HH Latakia Flake in a "Jansen's N.O." smooth Canadian (These pipes were either made in the shop on-site or by GBD. I found references to both).

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Dunbar in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[hierophant]

Earlier Dunhill Three Year Matured Virginia in a cob, now Trout Stream in a Molina Appia smooth bent Rhodesian

 

[newbroom]

Balkan Sasieni in a straight meer billiard Group4 sized. I got this pipe and two other straight shanked no name meers, along with a 3 pipes stand that also holds and has its glass 'humidor'.....for $20.00 on the auction site.

They all smoke great and are in my rotation, especially the other two which are apples, one slightly smaller than the other and both approx Group3 sized. I smoke 4 meers. One is an African, and these 3 are likely from Turkey, as they're white rather than beige, like the Kiko I got for a ridiculously low price in a batch of ...........

estate cobs! The shipping cost was more than the bid, and it was not a gouge.

Talk about having fun! Well, I don't talk much about the two carved meers I paid $20.00 for and both have serious cracking issues, or the Yello Bole Brylon I carry in the car.

I know the temps in my car reach well over 120 degrees about everyday, and I don't leave even a cob in that heat.