***What Are You Smoking, December 2024?***

[BlueRidge]

Royal Yacht in a Trypis bent acorn. It's starting to dawn on me that I might not like straight Virginia.

I picked up horrible habits smoking codger burleys in corn cobs when I started pipe smoking. out of control freighttraining so when I first tried Virginias I absolutely didn't get them. been coming around to them this year. heck no harm in leaving them in the jar aging to revisit in the future, ya never know

 

[Ben.R.C]

This one is good. I don’t have near enough experience with the dark fired blends to give you a good comparison. But from what I’ve had so far, it has the sweet and smoky flavor but also has a tangy side to it. I’m enjoying it well enough on its own, however this is the first tobacco I have smoked and thought it may work well with others.

I love a lot of the birds of feather and pipe force releases, all of them are good and as smokable as Chenet’s cake, I love the stoved aspect and the rustica in pipe force. He is one of the best living blenders, imo. He’s had some pretty bad health scares over the past few years, so let’s hope he sticks around. He should start his own company.

 

[rectifythis]

Margate in a Molina

 

[BlueRidge]

Really like the shape and size of that one! Nice!

thanks bud! it's got a small chamber-sub 1" width and depth but it smokes tightly packed shags well for a quicker smoke. kinda want to try Three Sails in it soon. would be a perfect smoke on my way to work in the mornings.

 

[tmcg81]

I picked up horrible habits smoking codger burleys in corn cobs when I started pipe smoking. out of control freighttraining so when I first tried Virginias I absolutely didn't get them. been coming around to them this year. heck no harm in leaving them in the jar aging to revisit in the future, ya never know

That's generally what I do with blends, but in the case of straight VA's, I've been coming back to them for 6 years at this point and could probably count the number of enjoyable smokes on one hand.

 

[das3353]

Rum Flake in a BST

 

[Ben.R.C]

Post workout Chenet’s cake in a Herbaugh, then grocery shopping with the wife.

 

[Sidehatch]

Cringle flake 23 in a Howell. Been a great smoking weekend.

 

[Roach1]

Estervals Nr.1 in a Geppeto.

 

[cshubhra]

@Fralphog Happy birthday !!!

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

I’m going to try the second of the four pipes I got from China a little while back. The four of them cost a total of $10.78, including shipping—that’s just $2.695 per pipe. I bought them for the brand name alone, which I still find very amusing.

Going to have Sutliff Blenders Collection Per G. Jensen Aromatic #4 in a Pedestrian Corn Cob with bent, pebble finish, filtered, plastic amber stem (I opted not to use the paper filter, and instead inserted a Savinelli 6mm adapter) while I watch more of the 2024/2025 Paddy Power World Darts Championship.

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Gotta love the fancy packaging!

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I tried cobs like that, no luck (burned). I made a couple myself (from eatable corn), no luck also - burned.
Only MM works for me till now...

 

[cshubhra]

It’s an unseasonably warm day today, so having my afternoon cigar in the backyard. Thought it was a time for selfie

The cigar is Caldwell Cigars Blind Man’s Bluff Maduro

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am a quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Gold Star Peruvian Macchu Picchu, neat, is my drink. Daisy the Feral Princess got tired of cat drama, so she found her safe space.

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

Rattray's - Stirling Flake in a Radice and a Cup of Joe.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Smoking a mix of mixtures, randomly put in the "Mystery Jar" to "blend and mature" together there. In a George Leoussis pipe.
A pipe friend decided to drastically reduce smoking and move to just a few cigars per week, so he sells his pipe collection. I already got a Falcon and a Canasta from him. Today I got a Peterson Derry, lightly used. He offered me as a bonus/gift a simple stand and enough Scottish Cake.
Be well good people!

 

[Bbailey324]

Had an approximate 3 hour drive back from the North Texas area this morning and smoked a couple of bowls of SWRA in a Kaywoodie shellcraft on the way.


Had some lunch and now smoking Prince Albert in a Peterson Dracula 80s.

 

[RL Bucktails]

Smoking some Peretti 150th flake in a Mastro de Paja.

 

[dublinpiper90]

Fresh bowl of Hal O The Wynd in a 67 Dunhill Shell 33 F/T group 2 Liverpool and Hot black coffee on this rainy afternoon

 

[nwohioan]

C&D Old Joe Krantz Blue Label in a Peterson Short 406.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sir John's Curly Cut in an Altinay.