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

[MisterBadger]

Braved the Christmas shopping crowds to take Mrs. Badger out for an early pre-birthday lunch at The Fish House in Ludlow before it closes for the rest of the year: oysters, smoked eels, smoked trout, smoked salmon, gravadlax and a bottle of Picpoul de Pinet. Then round the market followed by a warm-up of coffee and a glass of rum in the Rose And Crown, then home to smoke a clay of Black Irish XXX in the greenhouse among the broad beans. No photo as the light was failing. Hope your Saturday is as good.

 

[keith929]

Breaking in my PPN 2025 POY 8b with G.L. Pease Maltese Falcon.

 

[Dshift]

Pesse Canoe Latakia Flake 40 in the B42 Peterson Hunter while finishing some amazing pipes joining the collection. Can't wait to show em off tonight, there are some really special pieces

 

[Choatecav]

Breaking in my PPN 2025 POY 8b with G.L. Pease Maltese Falcon.
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Nice add to your collection, Keith. That's some serious rustication.....

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinay.

 

[Skink]

LJ Peretti Blend 52 in a Wessex Sandblasted Lovat 606 With Cumberland Stem alongside a cup of black moka.

 

[Mortar0341]

Boswell Northwoods in a Dunhill 5105f Chestnut. Greetings from sunny Miami!View attachment 439465

I like this one

 

[cshubhra]

Cigar Time: Rocky Patel The Edge Sumatra

 

[Mortar0341]

Well I was having a relaxing bowl of BF#1 and Cigar leaf in my Meerschaum and drinking some sweet tea, but then my one boy jumped into a mud puddle and my other boy dumped a cup of dirt into my sweet tea. It was a disaster smoke. Didn't last long. Didn't even take a picture. Lol will have to try again in a bit. Gotta go clean these kids up and find their Mama so I can get some peace

 

[das3353]

Ennerdale Flake in an Altinay Poker

 

[type B]

Opening Night, Vauen B453 and ice water

 

[B.Lew]

Some Louisiana Flake with a few years of age in a ‘Scottie’.

 

[IrishBadger]

First bowl of WC Simply Gold in a Stanwell 30L while watching Iowa/Uconn women's BB game.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of year 2024 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Fed all the cats except for Tomato the Brave. M'lady called to him, but Tomato didn't come. I haven't written about this until now because I wasn't sure that I was right, but a feral is somewhere around here. I've been noticing lately that the ferals have that "look" that territorial cats give when something different is around. I didn't see it, but m'lady did when she saw Tomato run off when she called her. She said that the feral Tomato was chasing looked half like Harry the Hairy and orange and white like the other stray that shows up somewhere around the neighborhood once in a blue moon. This one has a white spot on its forehead. Guess maybe I'll be seeing it one of these days. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Choatecav]

After a short ride this morning and a trip to town, I decided to channel my inner "codger" and have some SWR in a bent Bones Apple.

 

[The Clay King]

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Need to get some more flake for next year's event!

 

[Mikepiper]

I like this one

It’s only my second bowl of Northwoods. I’m undecided about this blend but want to give it several more bowls before reaching any conclusions. I understand it to be an English “crossover” blend, and so far, it burns nicely with a normal amount of relights but I’m finding the topping may make it a bit too sweet and aromatic for my tastes, which admittedly skew in favor of natural tobacco, English, Balkan, Virginias, and VaPers, without much added flavorings. I only bought 4 oz to try, so science demands I soldier on!

 

[tmc]

Chenet’s in a French made Wessex canadian. Also pictured a Chinese made American flag motif camp chair holding a speaker playing The Wolfe Tones. I’m probably going to have Thai food for lunch, if you were wondering.

 

[xrundog]

OJK in a Cpipes (Arkansas) Bing’s Holiday Inn 4 square.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Evening smoke of G&H Co Kendal dark in a Orlik Supreme T 76 group 2 size long billiard