***What Are You Smoking, August 2020?***

[Scottishgaucho]

After a busy week carrying out the wife's orders I'm finally relaxing with some booze and baccy. A dram or three of whisky with a very tasty bowl of Argento Natural Virginia/Burley in the Charatan 610 de luxe.

 

[ak2000]

GLP Jackknife Plug in a Savinelli Capri Root Briar 320

 

[marlinspike]

I'd like to I ask you guys in The States a question about one of your corncob pipes that I'm thinking of buying but I'm a bit put off by what looks like a burn mark around the centre of the shank.
Is this normal and if it is what's the reason for it?
View attachment 39660
Thanking you for any assistance in this matter.

It's something Gen. MacArthur did to each shank on the pipes he received from Missouri Meerschaum, according to the company, so they continue the tradition on this particular model of pipe. MacArthur 5-Star Natural Straight Corn Cob Pipe - CornCobPipe.com - https://corncobpipe.com/product/macarthur-5-star-natural-corn-cob-pipe/

FWIW, I find this model very unwieldy and impractical. Depends on what you're looking for, of course, but I find the Country Gentleman, the apple Diplomat, and the Pride far more manageable.

 

[trubka2]

Esoterica Dorchester in a GBD Century.

 

[tfdickson]

Rich Dark Flake in my BST.

 

[marlinspike]

GLP Chelsea Morning in a bent Falcon stem with Plymouth briar bowl.

 

[MattRVA]

Home VaPerOr mix in a Kaywoodie shell craft paneled billiard.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

I have 2 unopened tins waiting , thanks for info

do it man.

its an awesome Blend. Will never run out a mainstay in my rotation. need to reorder now lol

 

[cshubhra]

Savinelli Essenza Cipriota in a Savinelli Silver 606 EX

 

[weezell]

St. Bruno: Ready Rubbed in a Falcon with a Meer bowl...

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, wild caught catfish and green beans dinner with strawberries and cherries for dessert. I'm a quarter of the way through 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.

You smoke that pipe a lot Jim , must be a nice pipe

 

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of year 2013 Stonehaven in a straight sandblasted pre-transition Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver banded military mount and a black ebonite tapered stem. Community Coffee is brewing. Rain rather fiercely outside.

 

[BROBS]

Started earlier and still working on some Doblone D’Oro with a pinch of Dorchester out of my 1980 Republic Period Peterson Donegal Rocky 417 Dublin shape with Silver band.

 

[JimInks]

You smoke that pipe a lot Jim , must be a nice pipe

It's not just a great smoker, but it has a lot of meaning to me. I wanted a William Conrad Charatan for over thirty years, and never found one. One of my best friends, who's a forum member here, knew that and gave it to me in Jan. of 2016. Then, the next year, he gave me the other Conrad pipe that he owned. They are precious not just because of my long desire for a Conrad Charatan, but also because they were presents from my friend. There's no value you can possibly place on the confluence of those circumstances that led to me owning them. Not many people have friends as generous, considerate and thoughtful as I do.

 

[username]

Approximately 3 year old Orlik Golden Slices in a cob. It’s really good

 

[weezell]

Glorious CONDOR Plug in a Meer...

 

[MattRVA]

Peretti St. James Mixture in a Phillip Trypis prince.

 

[tnfan]

FVF in a Maddis Pot.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Wilke Rum Cake in a 1976 black rough carved Pioneer Meerschaum Oom Paul with a pearl brown acrylic saddle stem. Have enough left for a couple bowls or so.

 

[trubka2]

2013 ODF in a BBB Thorneycroft. This is my first taste of aged ODF, and wow, just wow. God bless @pipestud !!