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

[ukbob]

St Bernard’s Flake in a Peterson Rocky Xl02.

 

[Hillcrest]

Lane 1-Q topped with Sutliffe match sunrise in the Vauen Olaf bent egg with 9mm charcoal filter while sitting in the shade saying my afternoon prayers.

I thought I saw a big black wasp stumbling across the driveway but it turned out to be a flying black ant dragging a much bigger dead brown spider. (I would have liked to have seen that epic battle). It got about 16 feet away and cached the spider under a dead leaf and flew off. It came back about a minute later and retrieved the spider and starting dragging it down the driveway. It got about 2 1/2 feet and catbird landed near it and gobbled up both. Moral of the story ? There will always be a need for fresh quality take out !

 

[warren99]

Bill Bailey’s Balkan Blend in a Ser Jacopo Cymatium L2 horn.

 

[PaulRVA]

Savinelli Standing 320 KS and Bayou Morning

 

[umbrella001]

Rimboche S.J. in a Peterson 264

 

[UB 40]

Salty Dogs in the Isle of Man Bulldog. This plug stays fresh over a long time period.

 

[renfield]

Just opened a 10 year old tin of Hearth & Home's Sweet & Savory. Virginias, Yenidje, Basma and Perique. The tin was bulging and the aroma that hissed out when I cracked it made me salivate. Virginias and perfumey Orientals.

Pipe is a Baglan claw and egg meer with a coloring bowl.

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[Sobrbiker]

The Briarlee Illustrious on a frickin’ Monday.
MacB Va #1 mixed about 3:1 with MacB Vanilla Cream

 

[FurCoat]

Ennerdale Mixture in a bent Country Gentleman

 

[Ben.R.C]

HH Balkan after work in a 8 inch Satou

 

[PennyStonks]

C&D Opening Night in a Kaywoodie Zulu

 

[Akoni808]

A friend somehow obtained and gifted me the 2023 HH rustica. I was bummed I wasn’t gonna be able to try out this years (due to Hawai’i shipping bans), so it was a great surprise!

 

[warren99]

C&D Star of the East in an S. Bang "B" bent brandy.

 

[BlueRidge]

OJK inna Greywoodie Bramble

 

[Scottmi]

El Rincon de la Pipa No.1 in a Ropp Superior Algerian bulldog while the smoker comes up to temp

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Peterson ‘23 POTY rusticated and Boswell’s Bear Blend - good combo!

 

[Sobrbiker]

A friend somehow obtained and gifted me the 2023 HH rustica. I was bummed I wasn’t gonna be able to try out this years (due to Hawai’i shipping bans), so it was a great surprise!

That’s one I gotta try

 

[rsshreck32]

It's only August, but this evening I'm having a bowl of LJ Peretti Thanksgiving Day in a MM Diamondback. I recently posted about fall/holiday blends and a fellow member gifted me some Thanksgiving Day along with a couple other holiday blends, including a full tin! I've only been on this forum for a few weeks, but I've found the company to be top notch!

 

[Carol]

Sitting out in the yard, watching a storm brewing. Smoking Salty Dogs in a small black clay.

 

[JimInks]

M'lady and I were out running errands, and I eventually managed to smoke a bowl of year 2016 Sutliff 507-C Slices in a black sandblast PSB medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 228/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. First time I ever took a 4AB out of the house. Also had one of the most fun conversations with a total stranger who was a big baseball fan. M'lady patiently waited while we had a long chat.



Now, I'm a third of the way through this bowl of year 2012 Carter Hall in a black rusticated medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 437/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.