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

[LotusEater]

2015 Fire Storm in a Bari Elegance 925 Silver Prince handmade in Denmark with a hand cut stem.

 

[JimRoseLV]

Some SG Black XX Twist. Hank is indifferent.

 

[Sobrbiker]

No action pics but Yorktown, Fillmore, and my red bright and bourbon blend went through my Pete Short Army 102 today.

 

[cshubhra]

Savinelli Juno from September 2020 in a Balandis sandblasted billiard

 

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of Wilke Surbrug’s Golden Sceptre in a late 40s, early 50s straight black sandblasted Wagner British Thorn 495 (Comoy’s second) pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Had to stand outside to keep the possum from eating the ferals' food.

 

[irishearl]

Peterson ‘23 POTY and Sutliff Christmas Spice. View attachment 242497

I did a brief stint attending the U of Iowa.

 

[rsshreck32]

I need another open jar like a hole in my head, but I decided to crack open a 3.5 oz tin of Olik Golden Sliced, jar it up, and try some in my clay.

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I have never tried Orlik Golden Sliced, but I have a tin with almost a year on it in the cellar. I've been entertaining the idea of opening it lately.

 

[rsshreck32]

Settling down with some Watch City English Ernie-Ental in a Rossi Billiard.

 

[Scottmi]

Viprati in the Viprati Sabbiata and water to close the day.

 

[OzPiper]

A couple of Danish pipes today
First up is this Anne Julie scoop

With a bowl of well rubbed out Sam Gawith’s Full Virginia Flake

 

[Steddy]

C&D Kajun Kake in a cob. Another day’s ass was kicked.

 

[JimInks]

Had a light snack, and am a third of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 524 in an undated, unbranded, slight bend smooth darker brown made in France Los Alton VBF zulu with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[OzPiper]

Brief break for a mug of black chai and a slice of banana bread

Then onto the next pipe - a Tom Eltang sandblasted Polonius - a tribute to Gert Holbek

And a bowl of well rubbed out Sam Gawith’s St James Flake

 

[ThermionicScott]

I have never tried Orlik Golden Sliced, but I have a tin with almost a year on it in the cellar. I've been entertaining the idea of opening it lately.

Exactly my situation. I had accumulated two tins and read a few entertaining threads, but hadn’t gotten around to trying it yet. It’s definitely light, but pleasant.

 

[OzPiper]

Restoring the Civic I got this week, the Chester hallmark date letter is very worn but I can just make out a M for 1912. It’ll require a bit more work but there’s a lovely grain under the grime and once I’ve taken down the rim a bit to remove the chips it should look pretty good. View attachment 242331

I’m always surprised that Civic is not more commonly seen in the estate market when it is a cornerstone marque of Cadogan
I have a couple of rather nice ones. Perhaps Civic wasn’t considered “top tier” like Barling or Comoy and owners smoke their Civics to death then cast them off when they bought a new one
Just wondering

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Low Country Pipe & Cigar Natural Virginia & Burley in a 2020 straight black sandblasted Merchant Service “Bing” Standard with a nickel band and tapered black vulcanite stem. It's time for an apple.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of C&D Virginia Gentleman in a straight smooth dark brown pre-1940s Comoy’s Jost’s Olde English Supreme J299 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Have a little more work to do.

 

[EA/DC]

2018 H&H Black House in an old, very cool smoking, meerschaum pipe from Altinay.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking 2019 Prince Albert in a 2020 smooth light brown, slight bent J. Everett straight grain chubby author with a spalted birch ferrule and a black saddle vulcanite stem in the military mount style. The possum has returned, so I had to stand guard again.

 

[JimInks]

Jim (@JimInks), sounds good. I will smoke a bowl of Rouxgaroux in a John Bessai straight blasted straight bulldog John Bessai right now mmm good. Thank you, Jim, for giving your palate and time to Ernie and the guys in Boston to make some really great blends! Thinking of you, I'm going to try and pull up your NYT input on that lady cartoonist from the 50's or 40's (forgot her name), 'cause I REALLY ENJOYED reading what you had to say about her (short term memory fails me 'cause of that stroke last fall or maybe just old age LOL )?).

Just finished my first bowl in a used/estate Brigham from Smoking Pipes US with a fresh maple insert--filled with lovely HH Mac Baren Pure Virginia Flake. What luxury! What joy!! I gotta wonder if those great guys and gals throughout history (who are not so much studied now; i.e. Plato, Aristotle, etc and others perhaps still attended to--Jesus, Peter, Andrew, James & John, etc; and gals like Queen Victoria and those great queens and lady royalty from the Orient and Europe) smoked a bowl of something after lunch or in the cool of the evening? Perhaps if Adam had enjoyed a nice bowl in the Garden and paused to relight and take a puff, he might have said to her..."err, let my think about this for a minute while I sip this bowl... --no sacrilege intended and sorry for the typos if any.

Jim, You-Sir--ROCK!
kindly
mike

Thanks, man. Those are very kind words. Btw, Ernie and I created a BurVa blend that's mostly an OTC. Mild and nutty. I thought it was time for another blend in that genre. I think it'll come out next month or maybe October. I'm not sure yet.

Lily Renee' is the lady you were thinking about. She was a very special person.