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

[Pipke]

Smoking Peretti Thanksgiving out of a GBD whatever during a snow storm.



Enjoying the view...

 

[condorlover1]

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Well, I did load up the old codger Meer with some Hal O' The Wynd and took it out with me so that I could enjoy it with a pint in the yard of the Blue Boar after doing the last of the Christmas shopping, but there was no time to enjoy the long, untrammeled smoke it deserves, and no time since... :-( but today's bright spot (apart from finishing the Christmas shopping) was the arrival of the old banded-coloured Meer cutty with a new mouthpiece fitted by good old Mike Billington of Blakemar Briars... the only suitable stem he had was a half inch too short but it doesn't materially affect the balance and above all, it's properly smokable once more. I intend to ceremoniously use it with Peterson's Irish Flake on Christmas morning. Meanwhile, does anyone have any tips on what to do with the old broken amber mouthpiece?

Keep them. Ground up and mixed with epoxy they are great for repairing amber stems!

 

[condorlover1]

They seem to be increasingly hard to get, these days. I think that's because @condorlover1 has bought most of the old Meer cutties left in the world.

Probably true! Not many people wanted them when I started!

 

[BenMN]

Nice pic! I got busy in November and now I'm back up North where pics like this will be the norm.

So it was you!

Nice to see you back

 

[BenMN]

Kicking off our 16th wedding anniversary celebration with 2008 Christmas Cheer in a Peterson Supreme Mycroft.

Congratulations!!

 

[BlueRidge]

OJK in a 4k Old Antiquari

 

[BenMN]

Burley Flake #2

 

[JimInks]

Passing the last third of this bowl of year 2013 Capstan Blue Flake in a 2015 Ryan Alden quarter bend burgundy sandblasted Queen of Hearts freehand with a black acrylic saddle stem. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.

 

[Bbailey324]

Prince Albert in an AKB meerschaum.

 

[emac.917]

Orlik Golden Sliced in the Savinelli Autograph 3

Enjoying a morning smoke in East Java, Indonesia

 

[WirelessSmoke]

Earlier this evening I enjoyed Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake in a Dr. Grabow Lark. Took some time away from the pipe for a couple weeks or so while getting some dental work done, but this blend was a nice proper smoke to come back to. Hope everyone is enjoying some great holiday smokes!

 

[das3353]

GH Broken Scotch Cake in an Altinay

 

[alaskanpiper]

More GH Rich Dark Spring Dew in a translucent Altinay Billiard.

 

[JimInks]

Passing the last third of this bowl of year 2021 Watch City Glass Slipper Micro-Batch in a post-2000 straight brown sandblasted Tom Eltang cherrywood with a black acrylic saddle stem.

 

[PaulRVA]

Bob’s Chocolate Flake in an IMP

 

[TN Jed]

I’ve been meaning to try that mix…

I'm a big fan. Just ordered a lb of it.

 

[AndyNJ]

PS LNF. In the 128 regimental. More of a warm weather smoke but I like it now. I have 10 lbs of it so better puff away at it every so often.

 

[AndyNJ]

Earlier I smoked 2018 Bourbon Blue in my lovely Monier 6mm small chamber. Ahh.

 

[Fralphog]

Overcast, foggy, cold day finds me in the garage smoking some 2003 HOTW in a Vauen Luxus with Russian Caravan Tea.

 

[PrivatePiping]

Plum Pudding Christmas Spirit '23 in a new Jacono Knight bent billiard.