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

[PaulRVA]

GH Best Brown #2 in a Savinelli 320 KS Standing Model and Ginger Tea on the side.

 

[dino]

Hey, Sobrbiker...
Belated Happy Birthday!
Sorry to be so late.

 

[dublinpiper90]

Putting Flame to a needed bowl of 2019 Margate in a 309 Peterson Rusticated System Standard

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

Some Dawn in my Pete Emerald rusticated 106. Normally I just do aromatics out of this pipe, but it did very well with the Dawn just now. @Roach1 how did your crispy tobacco turn out after a few bowls?

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Nording Badger and Wilke Vermont Maple - hints of fall in the air this evening!

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking year 2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake in a smooth straight brown mid-1930s Linkman’s Dr. Grabow Supreme Bruyere 9456A patent 1896800 billiard with a nickel band and a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[Amarkey]

Enjoying some Maple Shadows in a new cob i picked up on a work trip to Atlanta GA. Glad i have a decent stock pile of this stuff as its one of my favorite blends.

 

[dottlejockey]

Just wanted to say that while there have always been a litany of gorgeous pipes on the "What are you smoking......." threads, it really seems that lately, the members have taken it up a few notches. What a parade of stellar tobacco processing devices. While my vocabulary leaves me at a loss to describe each of them, they are truly appreciated, a feast for the eyes and a joy to behold.............

That said, this morning, after a short horseback ride, I kicked back with a nice cigar. This will sound hokie, but I literally found a "little man" who lives just south of Houston, TX. whose father escaped Castro's Cuba in the sixties and continued to make hand rolled cigars for years and passed on to his son his secrets. I buy these jewels in bundles of 25 ever so often and are some of the best smokes I have ever had. Dimensions on these maduros are 6 1/2 inches long, 52 ring circumference and are Nicaraguan puros which as many of you know means all of the tobaccos (wrapper, binder and filler) are from Nicaragua. At the risk of sounding boastful, in the 35 years of my "cigar days" I bought them all over the world (literally) and of every brand. These take a back seat to none....

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Later this evening, I enjoyed some of my English blend from Columbia Briarworks, in my Barling 5276 which is a better pipe than I deserve, ha. Sparkling water to drink....
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Nice hook up. How far south of Houston? I'll be landing in Houston on the 26th and heading to Galveston on the 28th or so.

Currently puffing (carefully) on a post-meal bowl of Puccini in a Castello. Love the flavor of this blend, but it'll sneak up on you if you get too careless.

 

[Choatecav]

Nice hook up. How far south of Houston? I'll be landing in Houston on the 26th and heading to Galveston on the 28th or so.

Currently puffing (carefully) on a post-meal bowl of Puccini in a Castello. Love the flavor of this blend, but it'll sneak up on you if you get too careless.

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Well, then you will be driving right by it. It is in Texas City (at least the original store is) which is right on Galveston Bay. Here is his website:

El Cubano Cigars League City

Discover the Most Cuban Place in Texas!

elcubanocigars.com

Tell Manny hello for me and that "Mark, in Tennessee" sent you and he will treat you right.

Enjoy...............

 

[renfield]

The end of a 100g tin of HU Nebari in a Nuttens rusticated Bing.

Orientals, Burley and perique. Something off the beaten path in a good way.

 

[telescopes]

EZ1 in. B10 Peterson Limerick.

 

[PrivatePiping]

Sun Bear Navy Cask in a Miscoi Pipes lovat, Corona with lime on the side.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

4/19 Germain's Rich Dark Flake in an Altinay.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

1/18 Dunhill Flake in an Altinay.

 

[happy_lunter]

4th Generation 1882 in a cob.

 

[tfdickson]

2003 #24 in my Yeti paneled egg.

 

[bobpnm]

C&D Nutty Irishman in the Morgan Bones Brandy.
When I first tried this tobacco I may have cussed it out and maybe slightly threatened the blender.
Its still pretty bad, tastes nothing like tobacco, but its tolerable enough to keep trying it.
As with the other C&D aromatic I have, Autumn Evening, it needs to be smoked very slowly. Even just a tiny push and it turns to hot ash.
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You a more stubborn than me. I keep a trash can handy.

 

[Sappspuh]

Some 2020 cringle flake in a cob.

 

[depriest1022]

I had a nice bowl of C&D Bijou in my MM wizard cobbit.

Trying to decide if this or Capstan Blue flake is my favorite. OGS is also a contender.

I can’t resist a picture of my piping pal, Duncan.

 

[cshubhra]

Another cigar: Oliva Serie V Melanio