***What Are You Smoking, December 2023?***

[dunnyboy]

Stonehenge Flake in a Castello epoca.

 

[Sidehatch]

This morning. Treated myself to one of my faves. WCC Deluxe Crumb Cut in my ole Pete 312. Tonight . . .not sure

 

[BenMN]

Abingdon in a Stanwell

 

[Briar Lee]

A huge bowl of Lane Very Cherry in this darkening with each smoke Marxman “Big Boy” Chubby Apple.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Todays Delight

‘08 Pease Blackpoint in the Mustran.
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I keep thinking Dave Mustaine but that is not quite right! That’s a cool shape though!

 

[Ben.R.C]

Anomalous in a Former

 

[JSPiper71]

Escudo from 2012 in my Calich freehand from the mid 70’s. Elijah Craig with some camomile tea as a chaser. This whole El Niño thing is kinda nice, but not looking good for a white Christmas. Hope you all are well.

 

[onestrangeone]

Bayou Morning in a Radice Hawkbill

 

[rsshreck32]

Five Brothers in a Savinelli for my first smoke tonight.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I just finished smoking Ken Byron Ventures Jim’s Special Flake 2023 in a 1984 black rusticated full bend Peterson Mark Twain military mount egg with a silver cap and tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[MidTNPiper]

Still working on breaking in the new Grapeshot, maybe 10 bowls run through. This evening with Quiet Nights.

 

[Carol]

Anomalous in a Former
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Beautiful pipe!

 

[JimInks]

Almost half way through this bowl of year 2013 Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed in a straight black sandblasted 1924 Parker’s Super Briar Bark 11 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This pipe was made in the second year of Parker production. This is a great smoker, and why it was barely smoked during the past century is a very puzzling question to me. The last of the Gold Star Blue Jamaican Blue Mountain, neat, is my drink.

 

[upnorth1]

Escudo from 2012 in my Calich freehand from the mid 70’s. Elijah Craig with some camomile tea as a chaser. This whole El Niño thing is kinda nice, but not looking good for a white Christmas. Hope you all are well.

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Not looking to be a white Christmas in the Montreal area either!

 

[Tate]

Five Brothers in a Marxman

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

2018 Capstan Blue Flake in a Rad Davis.

 

[JSPiper71]

Almost half way through this bowl of year 2013 Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed in a straight black sandblasted 1924 Parker’s Super Briar Bark 11 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This pipe was made in the second year of Parker production. This is a great smoker, and why it was barely smoked during the past century is a very puzzling question to me. The last of the Gold Star Blue Jamaican Blue Mountain, neat, is my drink.
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I have a Parker similar to this that I picked up in my last collection. It was obviously his favourite at it was well smoked. There’s a double crack at the top 1/4 of the bowl that is beyond my skills to fix at this point. I don’t want to f it up. I think it requires that pinning technique to ensure it doesn’t completely break apart. I’m going to leave it for a while. One day I hope to give it a go.

 

[rsshreck32]

Finishing up tonight with some Bayou Night in a MM Diamondback.

 

[JSPiper71]

Not looking to be a white Christmas in the Montreal area either!

I remember the last one and it was incredible how warm the winter was. I think 2016?!? Then we got the El Nina. She made us pay!!!

 

[cshubhra]

Gawith Hoggarth’s Bob’s Chocolate Flake in a Savinelli Silver 606 EX