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

[Acts2v38AirbusPiperSC]

13 year Escudo in a Stanwell lovat.

Putting some of the stash away in mason jars, to return to later. Sometimes new acquisitions need a few months away in solitary confinement to get their act together.


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That, is interesting. Silver coins in the jars? To help prevent mold? I have been shredding some of my own organic leaf adding some apple skins for a few days to hydrate and infuse a little flavor. Been working well till this week with about 1/3 jar remaining tobacco had white mold. Seriously disappointing. Think a silver coin will mitigate that? We use it in our Berkey for water. Hmmmmm

 

[BonyTony]

Enjoying a bowl of RLP-6 in the MBSD meer.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2012 Anniversary Kake in a smooth burgundy medium bend 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49 with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Smokes as well as a first and worth the $19.95 I paid for it all those years ago.

 

[Roach1]

Briar Fox in a Pete SPD 2011 69

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking year 2015 Mac Baren Virginia #1 in a straight black 1925 Dunhill patent shell Canadian 33 with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Ken Byron Ventures Mr. Christian’s Brown Flek 2021 in a smooth brown full bend 1984 Peterson Mark Twain military mount egg with a silver cap and tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Cleaned a few pipes earlier. Going to check on the ferals now.

 

[DesertDan]

Been smoking C&D Sun Bear Navy Cask, most recently in the Falcon.
I have all the Sun Bear releases, but this is the first one I have opened because I was especially curious about the flavor combination. I like this blend very much and it will stay in my regular rotation for a while.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Amphora Full in the Canasta (lower cost series of Ardor).
I went on a hiking trip with friends some days ago, met this fellow at the start of the path.
Be all well good people!

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is year 2020 Angler's Dream in a 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 egg with a smooth brown front and a black sandblasted back with a dark gold ferrule and black vulcanite stem in the military mount style. Fed everybody but Daisy the Feral Princess. Dunno why she didn't want to come in. Harry the Hairy is back in the kitchen. Tomato the Brave went out.

 

[Roach1]

HU Night Owl in a Jirsa 210.

 

[Benedict Munsinger]

Smoking the HU Tobacco "Night Owl" from the "Homage to my Friends" series tonight in Nording Compass.
Hans Wiedemann, the man behind HU Tobacco, started blending long before the brand existed. He created personal mixtures for his pipe-smoking friends, and the feedback was so good that it led to the official launch at the Lohmar Pipeshow in 2011. The "Homage to my Friends" line is basically those original recipes, produced in cooperation with Kohlhase & Kopp.
Night Owl is a pressed Virginia/Burley/Perique with a touch of Kentucky — nutty and earthy from the Burley, sweet from the VA, spicy from Perique, and a subtle smoky note from the Kentucky. Medium strength, cool burn, no bite. On TobaccoReviews it sits around 3.5/4 — most call it balanced and contemplative, perfect for late evenings. If you like Haunted Bookshop but want something a bit smoother and more complex, give it a try.

 

[MontyTX]

That, is interesting. Silver coins in the jars? To help prevent mold? I have been shredding some of my own organic leaf adding some apple skins for a few days to hydrate and infuse a little flavor. Been working well till this week with about 1/3 jar remaining tobacco had white mold. Seriously disappointing. Think a silver coin will mitigate that? We use it in our Berkey for water. Hmmmmm

Not silver. Those are just humidifiers. A/C is on most days of the year in south Texas, so tobacco dries out in a hurry when jars get opened.

 

[Sgt_Mac]

Pegasus, cob, coffee.

 

[judcole]

Golden Extra in a Mark Twain.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Merchant Service Bing Standard and Coffee ️ on the side

 

[Roach1]

OJK in a Savinelli Tortuga 673KS.

 

[Ahenry]

Back home from traveling so back in the shed/shop/smoking lounge. Frog Morton in a bent bulldog.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Ferndown Tomato and the last of the Coffee ️

 

[infectedpsyche]

Squadron Leader in my Pot Still while I watch One Piece.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I guess the lovely holiday weather is gone.. back to our regularly scheduled winter weather. Meh.

Steamworks in the Adebayo.