***What Are You Smoking, February 2022?***

[JOHN72]

Good morning. We start with another tobacco of the morning. Capstan Gold, in a MM Charles Towne Cobbler....................

 

[judcole]

Golden Extra in a Country Gent.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

First bowl of the day. Oriental Square has really made the climb in my books. Great blend that I've really come to enjoy. Hope yall have a good one.

 

[alwayslit]

Good morning everyone.

Butera Royal Vintage Latakia #2 in the Falcon.

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Good afternoon All
A lunchtime bowl of Reiver mixture in a Northern Briars Rox Cut Regal Bulldog.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

 

[JKoD]

LBF in Stanwell

 

[tmcg81]

St Bruno RR in a Roadtown bent apple. I feel like this pouch of St Bruno is the wettest tobacco I've ever smoked. I packed a bowl last night that I never got around to smoking, so I had it for breakfast today and it still barely stayed lit and it felt like it was steaming my tongue. So bizarre.

 

[JOHN72]

Good afternoon All
A lunchtime bowl of Reiver mixture in a Northern Briars Rox Cut Regal Bulldog.
Happy smokes
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You are unrecognizable without a beard Puffer friend. hahahahahahaa. Although I admit that I don't miss my disgusting four-hair beard.

 

[Ettrick puffer]

You are unrecognizable without a beard Puffer friend. hahahahahahaa. Although I admit that I don't miss my disgusting four-hair beard.

@JOHN72 I’m certainly feeling the cold wind ? I hope you and your wife are feeling better.
Hugs from Scotland ???????
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

 

[JOHN72]

@JOHN72 I’m certainly feeling the cold wind ? I hope you and your wife are feeling better.
Hugs from Scotland ???????
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

Thank you for your warm words. Yes, my wife has already improved a lot. Oh yes, it is true that feeling of freshness and cleanliness. I love it when I get a close shave. A big hug my dear friend.

 

[Ag®o]

Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a La Torre

 

[onestrangeone]

Another work week,
Mac Baron Vintage Syrian in a Crown Achievement Dublin
OJK Blue in a Washington Cob and pouched
GH&Co Kendal Flake in a German pot
and of course a fresh pouch of Five Brothers to start the week.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

an afternoon smoke of Capstan blue rubbed out in a Castello Old Church G Liverpool

 

[Streeper541]

SPC Plum Pudding in a Peterson 150 Killarny alongside a cup of Iron Bean Coffee.

 

[Sadluck]

Presbyterian in Ser Jacopo Panel Bent Dublin S2

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Capstan Gold Flake in an Altinay.

 

[LotusEater]

EMP in a GBD Conquest

 

[Jwebb90]

Brown Clunee in an Altinay.

 

[RobNYC]

I guess it makes sense to break in this pipe on the Birthday Weekend—this is another one of those cases where I kept returning to smokingpipes.com and found myself gawking at this pipe repeatedly (Weeks? Months? I can't recall.) Its graceful curves, perfect roundness, and grain made me want to keep looking at it. I'd seen some Meerschaum pipes that came close in shape, but none with such a low profile. I remember being on the subway back in November looking at it when the site had some huge discount, which ultimately made me pull the trigger. I didn't plan on spending this much on a pipe, but, I knew I'd forever regret not getting it. I could easily see myself hunting for it, or one like it, for years to come if I didn't get it (at least I learned something useful from all those years of collecting rare books that could be applied to other things). Not intending it to be a pricey sculpture that just sits on a shelf, it's time to initiate it and smoke it.

Having Esoterica Pembroke (2021) in a Todd Johnson Smooth Tomato (Hoplite).

After its purchase, I tried writing to Todd Johnson to see if he might have any original sketches of this pipe he'd be willing to part with—I wrote to him via his personal site, but, didn't hear back—I wonder if I should try via BriarWorks instead.

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That is a beauty! I hope it provides you with many years of great smokes. I also collect rare books and I can definitely say that with books, as well as pipes, there are many I regret not buying but not one, pipe or book, that I DO regret buying.

 

[RobNYC]

Pegasus in a Radice Silk Cut billiard.