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

[ParkitoATL]

Lane 1Q and GH American Delite in this AUGUSTA Danish Styling pipe made in Israel. It had a faint cherry ghost and, wow, did these two really pop in this bowl.

This $10 estate find is a really intriguing style pipe, love the feel and the balance, but I struggled with it for a while since it doesn't have a filter. The secret to a fantastic smoke was... meer chips. Filled it about 1/3 with the meer chips and had a fantastic 1Q smoke. Gave it a little puff to clear the ash, then loaded the AD. Smooth smoking. The meer chips work some real magic, esp with the aros.

 

[dublinpiper90]

Yep, you named it Pete Nightcap in the medico smooth churchwarden

 

[ParkitoATL]

Rum Jamaican Flake in a Free State 902 Peterson.

That's a beauty! The pipe is nice, too!

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, steel head trout and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I've a third of a bowl left of Watch City American Cut Plug Mixture in a smooth medium bend terracotta Peterson POY 2023 X160 464/1100 military mount egg with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. I certainly picked the right pipe for this blend. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Time to clean a few pipes.

 

[cshubhra]

Gawith Hoggarth’s Dark Birds Eye in a Savinelli Silver 606 EX

 

[JimInks]

Passing the quarter mark of this bowl of year 2012 E-soterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad.

 

[onestrangeone]

Bayou Morning in an Il Duca Apple

 

[BenMN]

I went from not caring for Pegasus, to smoking it almost every time now. It's all I want!

I always had faith in you.

Think I'll order a few more pounds while still on sale.

And smoke a little in this kk.

 

[didimauw]

I always had faith in you.

Think I'll order a few more pounds while still on sale.

And smoke a little in this kk.

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I have 3lbs in my cart....but I may wait till next time hahaha. Love that pipe, reminds me of my Punto Oro which had become my favorite most often smoked pipe. I love the color, the blast, everything. Just like yours.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Davidoff Flake Medallions in a Scovgaard

 

[HRPufnstuf]

Maple Plum Spice in one and looking at the other at work.

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Very elegant meer!

 

[HRPufnstuf]

All over the map with pipes today:

Plum pudding in the clay. That was good.
Paradoxical in the little meer. That was good.
More Paradoxical in the Brigham. That was good.

I hope it snows soon so I can start skiing. Otherwise my winter order will need replacement by St. Valentine's Day.

 

[Winnipeger]

The one thing that kept me from pulling the trigger was that random looking mammoth button to fill in a hole on the bamboo. Didn't seem to go with the pipe. It is quite beautiful otherwise.

Yeah I don't know what a piece of mammoth tusk is worth, but it seems superfluous, especially if it adds to the cost of the pipe. It's not a selling point for me. Especially in this case. I loved everything else about this pipe though and was a little sad to see it go. *sigh*

thank god someone else bought it so I can stop.

Amen brother.

 

[Winnipeger]

KBV Mycroft in my Huber

 

[Chasing Embers]

Very elegant meer!

I has actually forgotten about it. I bought it during a sale back in October, received the package, put the box in my tobacco closet for later inspection, and just remembered it today. The billiard next to it is 7 inches long with a 2 inch chamber depth so the meer is of significant size. Definitely a keeper.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Yeah I don't know what a piece of mammoth tusk is worth, but it seems superfluous, especially if it adds to the cost of the pipe. It's not a selling point for me. Especially in this case. I loved everything else about this pipe though and was a little sad to see it go. *sigh*

Amen brother.

That type of embellishment can be really nice, I just thought it was too large

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am a quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2013 Stonehaven in a straight black sandblasted 1957 Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver banded military mount and a black ebonite tapered stem.

 

[atwaterville]

Watch City's 558 flake in a Chap Canadian.

 

[Homer]

Got an unexpected holiday bonus, allowed me to pay off significant chunks of these two. Eltang snail (top) Tokutomi 2002 (bottom).
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Beautiful pipes. The Eltang must be from Danish Pipe Shop.

 

[Scottmi]

Fireside Chat in the Li'l Pete 317
Just might be the next best thing to Bob's Chocolate Flake..