***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***

Log in

SmokingPipes.com Updates

96 Fresh Peterson Pipes
24 Fresh AKB Meerschaum Pipes
36 Fresh Savinelli Pipes
10 Fresh Ashton Pipes
3 Fresh Becker Pipes

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

The Clay King

(Formerly HalfDan)
Oct 2, 2018
6,601
63,912
43
Chesterfield, UK
www.youtube.com

Attachments

  • 2025-11-12 Valhalla.jpg
    2025-11-12 Valhalla.jpg
    218.6 KB · Views: 18
  • 582651890_1362769032045021_1367217373926032976_n.jpg
    582651890_1362769032045021_1367217373926032976_n.jpg
    256.2 KB · Views: 18
  • Valhalla (4).jpg
    Valhalla (4).jpg
    125.6 KB · Views: 18

The Clay King

(Formerly HalfDan)
Oct 2, 2018
6,601
63,912
43
Chesterfield, UK
www.youtube.com
Tried a sample of G&H's Dark Plug in a short clay. A good, if uncomplicated, old-fashioned smoke, of the kind I imagine some earlier occupant of my cottage would have enjoyed in a similar way. The yearling hedgehog I mentioned yesterday, and put out come cat food for, was back, this time with company. Two hoglets. So I put out a double helping. Then Miss Doreen Gray showed up and finished it for them, which I think the hogs found rather disappointing and unmannerly. There seems to be a brief window of feeding opportunity between the visits of both species. We'll have to keep that in mind.
View attachment 436802
@MisterBadger Nice pipe & good baccy choice. Need to get some flake to smoke in my clays before the Battle of Nantwich next January.
 

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
70,479
811,248
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 Nightwish, neat, is my drink.
4AB_Nat_left copy.jpg
 

warren99

Lifer
Aug 16, 2010
2,898
35,630
California
C&D Old Joe Krantz Red Label in an Emil Chonowitsch Handcut billiard.

1712949855033.jpeg
 

IrishBadger

Starting to Get Obsessed
Nov 12, 2025
143
1,664
65
Central Missouri
Near the half way mark of this bowl of year 2015 John Aylesbury Sir John’s Flake Virginia in a straight smooth light brown 2020 Ryan Alden Ace of Spades squat bulldog with a spalted pecan top and ferrule that’s attached to the tapered black acrylic stem.
View attachment 437083
Swanky looking pipe!
 

tartanphantom

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 20, 2025
179
1,341
62
Murfreesboro, TN
It's been a day from Hell at work, and still about 2 hours to go. I've looked at so many Excel spreadsheets today that I think I'm close to hallucination.

That being said, I've gone ahead an prepped an appropriate smoke for the 5 o'clock whistle. I figure if I'm seeing imaginary stuff in terms of numbers and figures, I might as well counter that with some appropriate leaf.

So, I'm digging into what's left of my last can of McClelland Grey Havens from 2009. Pairing it with my eye-crossing Op-Art finished 2008 Paronelli pseudo-calabash (Sardinian briar).

Now, when quitting time gets here, all I need to do is light up, lean my head back a bit, close my eyes and say goodbye to "one of those days". At least I don't have to deal with a nasty commute to get there-- working from home does indeed have its benefits.

For those that care, the price-tag on the top of the lid reads $18.38. Ahhh, the good old days...

KIMG0727a_edited.jpg