***What Are You Smoking *** (Dec. 2014)

[papipeguy]

FMOTT in a Mastro de Paja Classica billiard.

 

[mso489]

MacBarens Modern Virginia in a Peterson Shannon B11 bent brandy

 

[troutface]

Another bowl of Samarra, but this time in a Viprati bulldog.

 

[alphaflux]

Murray's Warrior plug in a Brigham voyager 113.

 

[JimInks]

Just finishing Sugar Barrel in a 1975 medium bend sandblasted looking, smooth on the sides yellow Pioneer meer.

 

[JimInks]

Crown Achievement in a 2003 Ural full bend egg shaped Lattice meer.

 

[weezell]

More Cornell & Diehl Old Joe Krantz in a SmokinDragon Cob

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[hierophant]

Frog Morton in a La Rocca Bella bent tomato

 

[lochinvar]

McConnell Oriental in a Colossal Dublin

 

[JimInks]

Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 2003 smooth three quarter bend Rinaldo Fiammata Odissea Titania 02 Silver Line 3 Straight Grain egg.

 

[dottiewarden]

Frog Morton On The Bayou in the trusty King's Cross Featherweight 110 A Blast
Finest smoke of this blend I've had yet, just wish it wasn't in such a small bowl!

 

[JimInks]

Viprati in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2001 Karl Erik Ekstravagant brandy with a leaf engraved silver band.

 

[JimInks]

Well, Viprati burns cool, but quickly. Listing my next smoke a little early: MacBaren Modern Virginia Loose Cut in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band.

 

[dottiewarden]

Peterson Sherlock Holmes mixed 50/50 with 26-year-old cigar leaf in the Czech made Stanislav

 

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a medium bend 2002 MM Legend cob.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Vanilla Pie in an AKB meer claw churchwarden.

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke before sleep is Wineberry Match in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer. Not a bad aro at all. Smooth and flavorful. Later this day, I'll try the original and see what I think of that.

 

[toby67]

Lately I have been into Aro's, I find the cherry Aro I have is a bit syrupy but is beautiful when I wean it down a bit with some vanilla Aro. As I venture deeper into my piping career I remember back in the beginning when I only really liked sweet mild tobacco's like Carter Hall and prince Albert but now, I like to think my tastes are a bit more refined and I see myself seeking different blends that I'm actually liking when early on I didn't like them. I am sipping more and enjoying the multiple layers of a nice tobacco instead of puffing my pipe the way I used to smoke a cigarette. This is the best thing since I learned the pleasures of a good 69 !!!

 

[andystewart]

@toby67 - interesting comparison!
Paul Olsen St. Croix in a new 1/8 bent billiard by John Marshall at Millville Pipes:

TCM in the UK are playing all of the old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies; pipes everywhere - along with atrocious Mockney accents, bad acting, and improbable plots! Interestingly, none of them seem to worry about carrying an unlit or cooling black blasted billiard in a trouser pocket. Must have pockets full of tobacco and ash!
Andy

 

[porshcigar]

Samovar, in a blasted panel.