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

[JimInks]

What a cutie.
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Suzy is the sweetest cat we've ever had. Completely good hearted and loving.

 

[umbrella001]

LBF in a Castello Sea Rock 55.

 

[JimInks]

@JimInks keep pulling out those forgotten pipes. Some of them are really cool. Do they not smoke as well as your normal rotation or simply not as much your current taste?

My collection has greatly expanded the last couple of years so quite a number of pipes I smoked before that had gotten lost in the shuffle. No other reason for it as many of them are great smokers and had a lot of action before the expansion. I'm going to revisit more of them while I have the time.

 

[The Clay King]

I ordered a small quantity of GH Dark Flake the other day thinking it was the flake version of their Dark Shag but it’s not, apparently the shag is very similar to Stonehaven and RDF which I’ve been longing to get my hands on. GH needs a bit more imagination when it comes to naming their blends imo. Anyway the note when I opened the bag almost put me off smoking it, it smelled like Turkish Delight, rose water although nowhere near as heavy as Grassmere. Fortunately the nose on it didn’t translate to the smoke and although I won’t be getting more I will finish what I have. I smoked it this unmarked pipe that was owned by a chap that worked for GBD in the first half of the last century. It’s a lovely little thing but does have a couple of unfilled holes in it. The long cutty behind it is also one of his pipes and has a slight inclusion on the shank which you need to look very hard to find but would have kept it from being retailed. I’ve never seen either shape as GBD before so they might have been experimental. I’m going to pack the cutty with 3/4 Golden Extra and 1/4 Vanilla Roll Cake. Have a wonderful day folks. View attachment 271913

@Birddog66 Where do you order your baccy from now you can't get it from Smokingpipes without paying excise duty? Glad I got to try the Musketeer when I did... Do you think the GH Dark Flake would suit the King's Clay? @simong says I need to get some Cannon Plug for the Sealed Knot re-enactment next month, as it's rumoured to date back to the Civil War in the 17th Century. Might leave the Grousemoor Plug uncut until the Battle of Nantwich re-enactment...

 

[PaulRVA]

Capt. Earles Ten Russians in a
Ser Jacopo Pencil Shank Stack.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Irish flake for breakfast in a Wiley with coffee. Light rain this morning,

 

[RobNYC]

HH Old Dark Fired in a Savinelli Punto Oro Gold 111 KS.

 

[eljimmy]

Gold Brick for breakfast.

 

[Two Pipes Crossing]

From Beyond in a Paykoç meerschaum

 

[Ben.R.C]

PF 6 in a Former. Digging this blend.

 

[JimInks]

Did a set of walking reps on this cold, windy, sunny day, and smoked a bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. It's time for some lunch.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Irish flake for breakfast in a Wiley with coffee. Light rain this morning, View attachment 272021

Rain much of the night, and still drizzling. (Also N. California)

Smoking Margate in a Barling Canadian I've had for over 50 years.

 

[The Clay King]

Getting too windy to light my clay
Dad says when I went to see the Sealed Knot on that very windy day in 2019 I spent all day trying to get my pipe lit

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Aaaah - afternoon off to do some piddly things around the house, some online last minute shopping and getting things ready for a little pheasant hunting on Friday! First, Peterson Sherlock Holmes Professor Iora and WCC Santa’s Sack in the garage with some holiday tunes - bring on Christmas, I dare you!

 

[AroEnglish]

Gold Brick for breakfast.

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The king has returned!

 

[MidTNPiper]

Had a Proper English with morning coffee in my Pete B10. Now enjoying OKJ - blue in the Moonshine. Cool, but beautiful day here…

 

[bluegrassbrian]

HU Aus dem Krater nr. 3 in the Il Duca B strawberry chimney.

 

[BenMN]

I think this is #8 of Pegasus in the big Canadian

 

[MidTNPiper]

Gold Brick for breakfast.

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May I ask: is that the long stem or short version? And when you clench, does it hang comfortably?

 

[The Clay King]

Gold Brick for breakfast.

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@eljimmy I'd like to try it in my clays but I'm in the UK and can't order from America due to customs. I'm told it would suit English Civil War re-enactments (Sealed Knot etc).