***What Are You Smoking, December 2021?***

[UncleRasta]

Good morning all. Up early for Premier League footie. Old Gowrie in a Grabow Pot.

 

[The Clay King]

Yes, I can't imagine anyone - young or old - not being a fan of the Sherlock Holmes stories ...

As for pipe brands mentioned in the stories the author was unfortunately light on details and I think only ADP (Adolph David Posener) got a mention in The Adventure of Silver Blaze, "There was a box of vestas, two inches of tallow candle, an A.D.P. briar-root pipe, a pouch of sealskin with half an ounce of long-cut cavendish,..."
No mention of the other top brands of the day such as BBB, Barling, GBD etc.

If you're aiming for accuracy - i.e. based on the famous Sidney Paget illustrations - there's the long-stemmed cherrywood pipe ...
In “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.” Holmes and Watson are discussing the latter’s chronicling of their adventures: “You have erred, perhaps,” he [Holmes] observed, taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs and lighting with it the long cherry-wood pipe which was wont to replace his clay when he was in a disputatious rather than a meditative mood….”
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... the black or blackened-through-use clay ...
In “The Red-Headed League,” Watson describes a contemplative Holmes: “… there he sat with his eyes closed and his black clay pipe thrusting out like the bill of some strange bird.”
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... or a straight briar, sometimes with a mount
In “The Man With The Twisted Lip,” Watson recalls, “In the dim light of the lamp I saw him sitting there, an old briar pipe between his lips, his eyes fixed vacantly upon the corner of the ceiling, the blue smoke curling up from him….”
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@virkia I like the black clay pipe; I've never had a black one!
That quote about lighting the pipe with ember tongs reminds me of the blacksmith lighting my clay pipe with an ember from his forge!

 

[LotusEater]

Good morning all. Up early for Premier League footie. Old Gowrie in a Grabow Pot.

Enjoy!
I’m working again this weekend so no footie for me.

 

[LotusEater]

Morning All,
Presbyterian in a GBB Conquest Minaret

 

[Tar Wheel]

Good morning all. Edward G. Robinson in a cob, paired with of cup of hot coffee, to start the day.

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Good afternoon All
A bowl of Peterson Early Morning Pipe in a TomPipes Danish Egg. The Eildon Hills in the background.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

 

[Birddog66]

Hi guys, I started the day finishing off a bowl (lizard Longchamp) of Pegasus from last night with a double espresso.
After seeing Jim’s earlier post regarding the magazine article I decided to get the EGR off the shelf, I brought it a couple of months ago and to be honest I wasn’t terribly keen. However, two months in the jar has done wonders and I’m thoroughly enjoying it in a BC Ventose.
Kudos for keeping this blend alive Jim.

 

[timt]

Good morning everyone. Smoking some Habana Daydream in a SMS.

 

[Merton]

2021 Cringle in my MarTelo paneled bent.

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I am generally not a fan of bent pipes, but that is one beautiful pipe you have there.

 

[craig61a]

Bookshop in an old Italian bent basket pipe…

 

[Curtas Loew]

Sutliff Count Pulaski in an Altinok Lion Head figural meer.

 

[JKoD]

PS LBF in Stanwell

 

[JOHN72]

Smoking now with. Mac Baren: Virginia Flake, in a corn cob Cobbler, And a mug hot tea red fruits.....................

 

[forloveoffreedom]

507s in a cob, mornin!

 

[trouttimes]

Starting the day with a bowl of EMP in a 1956 Dunny with eggs, elk sausage, home fries and plenty of strong black coffee.

 

[simong]

Good afternoon. Marlin Flake in a System 309.

 

[Chris81]

Old Ironsides in my Peterson Shamrock 80S.
Nice Latakia flake!

 

[bluegrassbrian]

What a glorious ass day! Too bad there's no football or basketball for me today.

'16 Best Brown in the KBB Rocky Briar Hungarian.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Headed out for a stroll to the post office, with some 2014 Newminster SRS in one of my banded 70’s Hilson dublins.
I love the angles, deep coned chambers, and super lightweight. And, they have a nice “hang” when clenched.
still taking it easy on the vocal chords.

 

[simong]

@Swede74 Do you like or hate the Swedish ice cream truck jingle???
I really hated the Hemglass jingle when they briefly operated in the UK in the 80s-90s; it didn't sound anything like the traditional British ice-cream van's.
I think they were ahead of their time as this was before supermarket home deliveries started. I get my frozen food and ice-cream delivered from Iceland - I think they should have taken over the depots and employees of Hemglass (from Sweden) and Eismann (from Germany) when they pulled out of the UK, to secure their jobs as well as expanding their own operations.

A serious & pertinent question Dan.......one of your better posts, it must be said! Lol
Ice Cream Van Jingles? Yeah, we love it!!