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

[PaulRVA]

Milverton was a dreadful man. Everything a good, manly Victorian gentleman would despise. I'm frankly surprised that Peterson's named a pipe after him, rather than - say - a baddie with more cachet, like Irene Adler (the one woman Holmes really admired and almost loved). What can we expect next? A Peterson's Moriarty? Or a Moran? (And why do so many of Doyle's villains' names begin with an M?)

At least we have a Mycroft covered as a non villain
I will say Milverton is important and we have Moriarty covered with the Professor but Moriarty would’ve been a cooler name

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Ironsides in a Nuttens Bing. Coffee, enjoying the day

 

[Deano]

C&D Pegasus / Peterson Sherlock Holmes Rathbone.

 

[Deano]

I liked the way it looked, I'm not really concerned about his virtues. He is after all fictional.

Fictional? Next you will be saying wrasslin is fake!

 

[tartanphantom]

Some more Rattray's Stirling Flake, this time in the veteran Makonde Rhodesian Meer. Smoked far better than yesterday when it was only roughly rubbed and left dry a little for half an hour then smoked in a new Meer. At that time I thought: "Meh! Brassy, ashy, a one-trick pony - how on earth could anyone compare it favourably with Peterson's Irish Flake?" Well, this time, after drying some more (overnight) and some more assiduous rubbing, it smoked beautifully and allowed a slow, quiet cadence... by mid-bowl, some mysterious alchemical process had transmuted the brass to gold and amber tangerine marmalade and occasional hints of caramel. It will still take some getting to know, so next time I'll try it in a briar... by the way, the ashdigger/tamper is a gem-encrusted silver masterpiece from my not-so-secret Santa of this SomBesthsFest, @cosmicfolklore. (May his shadow never grow less).
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And just where, pray tell, did you get that absolutely wicked top-hole tamper? Inquiring minds with a pocketful of bob want to know!

 

[tartanphantom]

Late morning, relaxing on the back porch at Mom’s house in rural north central Alabama—about 20 miles west of Talladega.
Overcast, but warm enough to be wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

Enjoying C&D Engine #382 in an early 1970’s Comoy’s Guildhall shape #607, of which I’ve never seen another example. Not sure how uncommon this shape is, but it’s certainly not your average bent billiard.

As far a the tobacco blend goes, it is fast becoming one of my daily favorites in a briar or a cob. But then again, I happen to like deer tongue quite a bit, so I’m quirky like that.

I think I finally have this mobile photo resizing thing figured out, so here goes—

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

This Fire on the Levee , although not very strong, is quite tasty. ️

 

[MontyTX]

Coffee, 2013 Solani ABF (shouldn’t have ever aged it…), in a Brebbia Bulldog. With some Christmas cookies on the side

 

[cshubhra]

Cigar Time: Crowned Heads Four Kicks Capa Especial

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

HU Tobacco - Nebari in a Altinay and a Cup of Joe.

 

[BigR]

7 Seas Black in A Dr Grabow freehand.

 

[Lux]

...C&D Dark Cherry Cav in my Christmas meer poker.

Blech. This tobacco n' me don't jibe. Maybe a good room note, but the aromatic flavor is not there at all. Just bland, flat flavor with no sweetness....

I bought this on a whim last time I was visiting Lowcountry.

Next time I reach for a new tobacco, I'll see what @JimInks has to say about it.

Here's his two-star review from 2014:

"It burns a little hot, but not enough to give tongue bite, unless you puff like a steam engine. It gets very little support from the toasted, nutty burley, but then again, the dark cherry topping is expected to beat it into submission, and does. The grassy, citrusy Virginia forms the base, but it, too, is in the background. The unsweetened black cavendish provides a little brown sugar. The nic-hit is very mild. Burns at a reasonable pace with a fairly consistent flavor. Leaves a little moisture in the bowl, and requires a few relights. Has a pleasant, short lived after taste. Can be an all day smoke, even though the cherry topping does lack a little depth.

-JimInks"

 

[JimInks]

Passing the last third of 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 Daisy the Feral Princess. She's snoozin' somewhere in the house. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[xrundog]

OJK in an Altinay.

 

[LiveAsALyon]

Pipe: Savinelli Dolomiti Smooth (602)
Blend: C&D Carolina Christmas (‘24)
Pairing: Liquid Death Doctor Death
Creepypasta: My Friend Has Been Living In An Alternate Reality

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

I’m off work until the 5th. I’m smoking OJKB in a poker. My wife decided to go to her office today. She left me with a to do list. This is as far as I’ve got.

 

[kcmontie]

Cold wet day in So Cal. Gearing up for Xmas number 3. Headed over to my brother inlaws house for more festivities. But first a bowl of 2017 Top Hat in a pete 309.i hope Santa was good to you all.

 

[Sobrbiker]

No chores, no putzing around.
This smoke demands my full attention.
Finally opened the 2008 McCranies Red Flake I was gifted in the PMSS23, taking it for a spin in a deserving pipe-my Roush Pot XXX

 

[MontyTX]

Enjoying a day off work with GLP Barbary Coast in a cob, while playing Doninion with my wife and eldest offspring.

 

[PaulRVA]

HU Janneman Flake in a Sara Eltang Apple and Diet Coke on the side