***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***

[gord]

Recent Smokes: Oh yeah . . . . in my enthusiasm to wax poetic about my Ropp J06, above, I didn't post the smokes I had with this pipe over two sessions in two days:

1. Smoker's Pride Vanilla Cavendish, day before yesterday, smoked half of it, ran out of interest, and finished it off morning last. Found out this pipe doesn't care for Vanilla Cavendish that much, but not only did it taste the same the next day, this is one of only a few pipes I have that really likes a half-bowl. This is good!

2. Borkum Riff Dark. This is one of my favourite go-to's, and the pipe loves it. This is also good! Loaded it with a half bowl of the same, and smoked it this morning when I got up. Yup, it likes a half bowl. Confirmed. This is, as well, also good.

Now to hope I don't destroy it chomping. This would not be good.

 

[warren99]

Peterson Old Dublin in a Manuel Shaabi Handcut bent egg.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2012 Virginia Spice in a 1979 brown grain etched Lane Era Charatan's Make medium bend calabash shape 483DC with a black vulcanite double comfort stem.

 

[Strike Anywhere]

Gettin’ the weekend kicked off with some HH Burley Flake and a hot cup o Joe (black)

 

[Sobrbiker]

Thank you! No one cares if a beat up old man has one more hole or scar. I expect to back at soon.!

Hold fast!

 

[Sobrbiker]

My Dark Sails mix in the same Lee.
The good and the bad news is that the new batches of hay and alfalfa at the distributor are tighter and heavier

 

[JimRoseLV]

Into my second bowl of C&D Sun Bear navy cask. Early days, but so far I get cocoa tin note and the Izmir seems to be the dominant player in the bunch. Very floral. We’ll see what some jar time does.

 

[dublinpiper90]

In a pipe version of East-meets-West, a sea urchin bamboo by Wilson stuffed with 2019 Fusiliers Ration. I picked up both at this year‘s Columbus Pipe show.
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This is a interesting pipe, I have to ask where did you find it as I’m not familiar with the maker?

 

[greysmoke]

A Curt Rollar-made, American Smoking Pipe Oom Paul sitter from 1984 with Alan’s Inspiration from 2010.

 

[Mortar0341]

Couldn't help it, went down to the Cigar store and got me a stick. Padron Natural 2000. Drinking Cherry Pepsi.

 

[PaulRVA]

2023 PS403 Luxury Bullseye Flake in a Merchant Service Stack Billiard and Diet Coke on the side.

 

[Roach1]

OJK in a Jirsa 210.

 

[Mortar0341]

Riverboat Gambler in the Savinelli Tortuga 106. Drinking Cherry Pepsi.

 

[das3353]

2018 SG Best Brown in a Stanwell Hand Cut

 

[The Benedictine]

OJK in a UniqueMeerschaum Bacchus

 

[keith929]

Sillem's Black in a 2008 Rad Davis.

 

[RL Bucktails]

Smoking some Ravenwood Bison Blurley in a Clark’s Favorite.

 

[alwayslit]

Margate in a Ruthenburg

 

[Choatecav]

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Couldn't help it, went down to the Cigar store and got me a stick. Padron Natural 2000. Drinking Cherry Pepsi.

Well, MM, if ya gotta be hooked on a cigar........that's a good one to be hooked on!

 

[JimInks]

Earlier, I smoked a bowl of year 2020 Watch City Original Crumb Cut in a 1950s-60s straight smooth brown Bertram 07 octagonal paneled billiard with a square shank and a tapered black vulcanite stem.


Currently, I'm near the finish of this bowl of year 2012 St. James Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Tanshell octagonal paneled EK F/T billiard with a square shank and tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.