*** What Are You Smoking?*** (December 2017)

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of SWRA in a smooth straight pre-transition Barling 313 T.V.F. EXEXEL pot with a black ebonite stem. Phone chatting about pipe tobacco on this cold evening. We may get some snow.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Wilke No. 194 in a 1979 no name French briar smooth full bend egg with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking RO Perique Series Blend P-37 in a smooth straight early 1960s Lane era William Conrad Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. Watching Gunsmoke with Sleepy Suzy by my side. Molly is batting cat nip balls around the den.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Sir Walter Raleigh in a black 1997 Brebbia Jubilee 925 silver banded grain sandblast briar calabash with a black acrylic stem. Watching The Twilight Zone.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of 2013 Capstan Blue in a 2014 Savinelli Gaius smooth brown slight bend black acrylic stem and ferrule 320KS author. Phone chatting with a friend.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished my phone call and this bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in a 1984 medium bend black grain etched Savinelli Non Pareil 9310 poker with a horn ferrule and a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is D&R Two Timer Gold in a smooth full bend 1977 Crown Coachman 215 egg with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Mac Baren Plum Cake in a Big Ben 709 dromedary.

 

[JimInks]

Awake against my will, but it does beat the alternative! Starting off my smoking day with Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter with a black vulcanite stem. A cup of Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. It's sleeting outside and it's supposed to turn to snow. I'm staying home where the lazy roam.

 

[cortezattic]

D&R Vengeur Platinum , tweaked with McClelland blending Perique, in a Rinaldo Lithos Silver Line (SL-8) (yy) rusticated squat bulldog.

 

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Wilke #515 in a medium bend smooth paneled 2017 Celebi Turkish Meerschaum with a gold and black swirl acrylic stem. Watching Daniel Boone. It's snowing heavily now.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful chicken soup and Boston Creme doughnut lunch with bowl of Paul’s Pipe Shop Morning Smoke in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank with a black acrylic stem. A bottle of 7-Up is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo while Suzy and Molly are watching it snow from the window sill in my den.

 

[cortezattic]

GLP Jack Knife Ready Rubbed in a Castello Sea Rock bent billiard (kkk).

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Esoterica Dorchester in a smooth straight WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[snowyowl]

Solani Silver Flake, Blend 600, in a Peterson Aran B33 sitter (9mm).

 

[mso489]

PS Pistachio in a thirty-plus year old Savinelli straight billiard bought unfinished and now a bright walnut "stain"

 

[snowyowl]

Solani Blend 131 "with a touch of single malt...", 2001 tin (from PipeStud, of course), in a Peterson Aran B57 (9mm).

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Der Pfeifenladen #300 in an egg shaped medium bend smooth Burgundy colored 1985 Caminetto with a black acrylic stem.

 

[snowyowl]

2010 Butera Pelican in a 2016 Peterson Caramel Spigot, sterling silver connections, XL90 (9mm)

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic stem. Ice tea and bergs is my drink.