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

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, two pound wild caught catfish and snow peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm nearing the last third of this bowl of year 2014 Full Virginia Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Got two KBV beta test blends in today, and start on them after this smoke.

 

[tfdickson]

Nondescript scraps in my 1978 ODA.

 

[FurCoat]

HU Fayyum in a WDC Wellington

 

[cshubhra]

Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed from Nov 2019 in a K&P Peterson’s Dublin

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Earlier, Sir John's Flake Virginia in a Howell.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

CVP in an Altinay.

 

[onestrangeone]

ODF in a Radice Billiard

 

[telescopes]

Stanwell 91 classic designed pipe with Windjammer. I’m glad I dug this tin out of mothball.

 

[tmcg81]

Watch City Stubb's Pipe in a Thermofilter billiard.

 

[rsshreck32]

Haunted Bookshop in a Rossi Piccolo while listening to the thunder roll in.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and smoked a bowl of KBV Zen Garden beta test in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer with a tapered dark tortoise shell colored acrylic stem.


Now, I'm almost a third of the way through this bowl of year 2018 Solani 633 in a straight 1954 patent Dunhill 148 Group 3 black shell bulldog made for the France market with a black saddle vulcanite stem.

 

[OzPiper]

1st smoke of the weekend

A 1964 Dunhill straight bulldog, saddle vulcanite stem.
From Steve Laug’s (Rebornpipes) store

And a bowl of Dunhill London Mixture

 

[warren99]

So i am a fan of Haunted Bookshop, and have been wanting to try some OJK, but never knew there were multiple variations. I can't find any youtube videos or posts here highlighting the differences. Care to enlighten me?

I’ve only tried Red Label which is an English blend. Perhaps the others can enlighten you on the remaining OJK blends.

 

[cshubhra]

Five Brothers in a Peterson Saint Patrick’s Day 2017

 

[Scottmi]

F & T Special Brown Flake in the Baldo Baldi. Willet Rye Manhattan. SBF is my favorite in my current rotation. Happy Friday good people!View attachment 239458

very nice! I prefer a "Perfect" Manhatten, myself, but little, trivial, almost insignificant, nearly meaningless, ridiculously anal!, details like that mean everything won't stop me from imbibing no way no how and with fully heartfelt "Cheers!"

 

[Jwebb90]

Scottish Cake in a Tekin.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking KBV Starry Knight beta test in a 1960s Austrian meerschaum bent apple with a tapered yellow stem. Working on beta notes.

 

[OzPiper]

My next is a bowl of Dunhill Durbar
I only wish STG will re-introduce this and London Mixture

In another Dunhill - this time a 2000 half bent shell Bulldog with a tapered vulcanite stem

Afternoon tea of a mug of strong milky Chai
And lotus paste mooncake with double salted egg yolk

 

[username]

Union square in the claw meer.

 

[Scottmi]

Is it ok to say I just love this pipe!? My first step up from basket pipes, this Savinelli 316KS from Draper in WaDC back in the 90s is just damn Sexy! Though I have not been working it much lately, I still love it! Yeah, I know, but I believe this audience can 'get it.' Tonight with Three Nuns, a splash of rye on a cube, and a page-turner book recommended by a friend. So far, so good!