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

[Sidehatch]

Macedonian Prilep in a Nording View attachment 130010

Sweeeeeeeet pipe. me likey

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Vauen No 14 in a SRV.

 

[btwes7]

2015 Haddo’s Delight again in a Peterson Roundstone B59.

 

[RobNYC]

Three Sails in a KBB Drinkless billiard.

 

[greenmtnsmoke]

Esoterica Ramsgate in a Ben Wade.

 

[lelik]

For IPSD a veritable smorgasbord of tobacco choices...
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Vostok 1967. Nice watch.

 

[FurCoat]

Load the yard cobs this morning with Father Dempsey. Just got done replacing the water pump, fan clutch, thermostat, sending unit, hoses and belts on my truck.

 

[Jwebb90]

Bayou Morning Flake in a Savinelli.

 

[JimInks]

Did a set of walking reps on this cold, sunny day, and smoked a bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a black tapered vulcanite stem.

 

[Laurent]

Good afternoon. We were this morning taking a nice walk with my wife, along the coast area. A summer day. It was very windy, so I tried to smoke some mb: Virginia Flake, in my Peterson. It was a bit annoying, I'm not used to smoking on the street and in this wind. And now I'm back to give it another smoke in the Peterson, this time with Wessex Red Virginia Flake. Now yes, at home sheltered from the wind. I wish you guys a happy SundayView attachment 129980View attachment 129981

God I need to visit Spain.

 

[RobNYC]

Three Friars in a Peterson Sterling Silver 03.

 

[mso489]

C&D Mountain Camp, a re-proportioned blend from the constituent tobaccos of Bayou Night, which are burley, Latakia, oriental, Perique, and Virginia, in a MM/Cornell&Diehl collaborative cob with a bent tortoise shell stem. This tastes milder than Bayou Night, but good, not quite as distinctive but complex. I warmed up biscuits and bacon for breakfast before online church, and my wife is making chicken soup for Sunday dinner. Yes, her chicken soup definitely makes dinner.

 

[jaytex1969]

C&D Pegasus in a BriarWorks Poker.

 

[The Clay King]

It is damned cold here in Tampa. It is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey and certainly has been too cold for me to even contemplate shaving for the last three days! I am currently smoking a bowl of Bosuns Plug in a 5 1/2 inch meerschaum 'cutty' pipe circa 1900 whilst wearing a wool cardigan more suited to NY winters. Roll on the weekend since it is supposed to warm up.

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@condorlover1 Finally let up from raining here in Derbyshire, still more windy ?️ than the day I went to see the Sealed Knot
Not been out today due to the weather; just going to take my recycling out now the rain's stopped...
Got a lot more stuff to take to the charity shop tomorrow!
It might be a good opportunity to test my windproof lighter ?...

 

[The Clay King]

C&D Pegasus in a BriarWorks Poker.

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@jaytex1969 I enjoyed the Pegasus in my clay pipes.

 

[cshubhra]

Happy IPSD everyone ?

While I am smoking Semois- Vincent Manil Reserve Du Patron in a Savinelli Silver 606 EX, contemplating on my next two tasks

1. Although I need no more tobacco, should I buy a few favorites which otherwise do not go on sale
2. File my taxes - Or at least get a head start on the calculations

 

[das3353]

GLP Temple Bar in a Cavicchi

 

[Servant King]

Starting IPSD off with the last of my sample of Mac Baren Burley London Blend in a Foyard Beechwood Rhodesian. Bird report: California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California towhee, House finch, Oak titmouse, White-crowned sparrow, Chipping sparrow, American tree sparrow, Dark-eyed junco, Common raven, Ring-necked dove (invasive species!), California thrasher, Northern flicker, and one Spotted towhee, the return of which is quite joyous for me. Allowing sufficient drying time for all blends has totally revolutionized pipe smoking for me.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am smoking year 2014 Dan Tobacco Hamborger Veermaster in a smooth straight brown 1950 Dunhill 48 bulldog group 4 root briar with a black vulcanite fish tail saddle stem. A perfect marriage of pipe and tobacco.

 

[JimInks]

What did you think about 507-C slices with age on them? I've heard age doesn't do much for this tobacco, as in it doesn't change the flavor much. This is fine with me cause I love the flavor of the slices when fresh. I was just curious what a few years of age does for this blend.

Whoever said age doesn't change the flavor is wrong or they burnt out their tongue with firey creosote. After five years, the grass and acidity tones down some with age. The citrus is a more matured with a little less sparkle, but it has a deeper flavor. You'll notice more earth and wood as well. If you like that sparkle, then don't age it. I prefer it with less acidity. Aging is for those who prefer matured Virginias

In the first seven to ten years, bright Virginias benefit from age and will change with age more than darker tobaccos.