***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***

[craig61a]

2019 GH&CO Kendal Black Cherry in a BBB Classic 304.

 

[thebriarbear]

Some 507-C Virginia Slices in a Peterson System 313.

 

[xrundog]

OJK in a 1960 Dunhill Shell 59 F/T.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Becker Billiard

 

[marlow-se]

Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation 1957 in Peterson Deluxe System 11S. Black coffee on the side.

 

[happy_lunter]

Italia in The French Pipe #5.

 

[Elric]

Maple Shadows in a Calabresi bulldog on a rainy fall-ish day.

 

[FLDRD]

Heat & humidity eventually overwhelm both myself and many blends at this time of year. I definitely don't want to spend time shaving a plug, drying a Virginia, etc. When nothing tastes right, burns right, or provides pleasure, I either stop, or start again at my lowest rung on the leaf ladder.
For me, that's Carter Hall.
In a 317 for a short one with coffee this morning. And even then I had to relight several times.
What? Relight Carter Hall! Yeah, it's like that right now - and for the next several days at least.

 

[KORNEY]

Abe Herbaugh Super Light weight Blasted Nosewarmer with Silver ring and Army mounted mouthpiece & Cornell & Diehl - Old Joe Krantz

 

[JimK]

Good day all! Started with ritual pipe cleaning for a dozen or so Upshalls and Autographs. My reward was Peterson Flake in a Tilshead smooth Semibent with tapered stem. Simple and wonderful blend for me in all this heat and humidity down here in Florida.

 

[Sigmund]

Last pipe of the day. Some Khartoum plus a pinch of extra lat in a Caminetto.

 

[didimauw]

Burley flake 2 in my Astas bent apple.

 

[marlow-se]

Peterson Nightcap in Ashton Brindle. Březňák beer on the side.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of pre-2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style.

 

[xrundog]

OJK in a WDC meerschaum bulldog.
Looks like it had a rim cap once and someone pulled it off, swapped the band and replaced the stem. Maybe in the 20s-30s.

 

[renfield]

2012 Hearth & Home Anniversary Kake in a Willmer brandy shape.

 

[steveg11]

Sillem's Mayor 1814 Flake in this Steve Liskey bamboo.

 

[telescopes]

My own blend - a favorite of over forty years - Telescopes. Now smoking a Marxman "The Four Hundred" billiard with a 14K gold ring and a black saddle stem. The Four Hundred has its own unique Marxman rustication. This pipe has a 1 inch diameter bowl opening and that changes how the tobacco tastes. It is number 267 C. The C may stand for the third year of production of the Four Hundred or perhaps it is size - but as of yet, the letters on a Four Hundred don't seem to correspond to size. This is a smaller sized Four Hundred - although by any pipe comparison, it is a rather large pipe. I could have purchased the biggest Four Hundred that I ever came across - and I can now say I've seen quite a few - but I gifted that honor to @Briar Lee who was able to purchase it at an extreme margin price of under $100. I own a larger Four Hundred and was looking for one that could go into my rotation as pipe not so large that it would be so big as to put me off. Living so close to Palm Springs, my understanding is that this is an actual problem - however, this is something I wouldn't personally know or care to know. Not that there is anything wrong with that if that is your thing.

 

[khiddy]

My first taste of Boswell Northwoods in an estate lovat. This is a seriously tasty smoke with a lovely room note. I’d already tried and enjoyed Military Force, I’d say Northwoods is just a little less sweet and more piney. Very delicious and well worth keeping in stock.

 

[marlow-se]

Final bowl of the day is HU Tobacco Night Owl in the Altinay. Earl grey on the side.