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

[AuroraSurrealis]

Had a two week hiatus from pipe smoking due to covid and I’m slowly getting back to it. Just finished a bowl of McClelland 2013 Christmas Cheer in a Ashton XX Pebble Grain billiard. Fortunately, it really tasted same as it used to be before the disease.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Wessex Gold Virginia Flake in a SRV.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Birthday presents from my wife. She always hears me comment on how much I like the Basil Meadows squashed tomato that @jiminks has, so she got me the closest thing she could find. HS Studio and already had a partial bowl of Three Friars in her. She also got me the tamper and two pipe travel case.View attachment 126075

Wow!!!!!

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Good afternoon guys. After a nice lunch, and keeping the quarantine at home, although every now and then I go for a walk. Today I start with the first tobacco. I decided to smoke something sweet and mild. mb: Virginia Flake, an open can from a few months ago, the tobacco is ready to rub and smoke directly. Perfect humidity for me.Accompanied by a hot tea of red fruits, lemon and honey. And I filled up to the eyebrows a MM General. I couldn't wait to smoke, for God's sake. I wish you a happy day..View attachment 126031

Hallelujah!!!!

 

[Tar Wheel]

Screw 5:00, I’m having a drink. I’m going to have a pour of Booker’s and a bowl of Cringle Flake 2020 in a no name billiard meer. Cheers!

 

[Meerly John]

HH Latakia Flake in this new unbranded meershaum Dublin

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

A couple of recent threads convinced me to try something in a vanilla, so I ordered some Mac Baren Vanilla Roll Cake and some Newminster 400. First vanilla voyage is the Mac Baren in an old Peterson I was really happy to acquire from @ssjones. I've been off the Coke for many months to maintain my girlish figure, but the wife still uses, lol. So, some of "her" Coke and chocolate and butterscotch chips seemed like a good mid-afternoon match. Turns out they are! This pipe really caught my wife's eye when she saw it on the counter the other day, and she thinks the shape and the old wood and stunning silver band are "it" - win! Halfway through, the tobacco and pipe are great!!!

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Enjoying some SPC Plum Pudding in a straight Falcon with meerschaum bowl and continuing the work on the panel poker pipe I started on Monday evening!View attachment 125952View attachment 125953View attachment 125954

Nice pipe you are making there Dave!

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Good afternoon guys. After a nice lunch, and keeping the quarantine at home, although every now and then I go for a walk. Today I start with the first tobacco. I decided to smoke something sweet and mild. mb: Virginia Flake, an open can from a few months ago, the tobacco is ready to rub and smoke directly. Perfect humidity for me.Accompanied by a hot tea of red fruits, lemon and honey. And I filled up to the eyebrows a MM General. I couldn't wait to smoke, for God's sake. I wish you a happy day..View attachment 126031

Welcome back brother!

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Friday evening in this part of the world. Weekend has started with King Frederik IX's Mixture in a Falcon.

Be well good people, greetings from Athens.

 

[LotusEater]

We 3 Kings in a Butz sitter that hasn’t been smoked in a while

 

[JimInks]

About a third of a bowl left of Wilke No. 515 in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This was the blend Basil Rathbone smoked. Just posted three reviews at TR: two Ken Byron blends that go on sale tomorrow and today's newly released Wilke Surbrug White Label.

 

[JimInks]

Beautiful pipe Jim, the natural finnish is absolutely breathtaking ! I couldn’t believe it when I first heard that Peterson was reproducing the 4AB! I’m pretty young but a few years ago I discovered Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock, then Mark Irwin’s writings. I’ve been hooked on the shape ever since! I was able to score #435 in the rusticated finish, it’s perfect! I keep sending Peterson and Smokingpipes emails asking them to bring it back to their normal lineup along with all the other 309 versions. Fingers crossed. ? I honestly think it would be a profitable shape in light of the attention it’s gotten by you, Mark and others especially after the 309 was dropped in 2013.
Thank you for your work in helping put this pipe in our hands again!
Jaron

You're very welcome. It was worth the time and effort I put in. Thanks for letting them know you want the 4AB in regular production. I hope more people will do this because customer voices speak loudly to manufacturers in the pipe world. And Smoking Pipes has always been wonderful about listening to customers.

I'd like to see the 309 back as well as the X155 Bulldog, which Nigel Bruce smoked in two Sherlock Holmes movies. I urge everybody to petition for the return of these models.

 

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We 3 Kings in a Butz sitter that hasn’t been smoked in a while
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That's a beauty. I love the two BC's I have.

 

[RobNYC]

Father Dempsey in a Tekin bent Rhodesian meerschaum.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

WCC Original…. Cubed burley of some sort. I packed it this morning and now I forgot the name. Crap! It’s pretty good though.

 

[Winterreise]

Smoking Mac Baren 7 Sea Royal into a cob with coffee , my fingers told me to stop playing banjo for today .

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Brooding over the fact Laudisi thought so little of the esteemed Derby City Pipe Club that they couldn't manage 1 little brick of their Hypelore to our B&M.

Dob D'Oro in the '47 Shell.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

I've decided Fridays for me, when I have the chance, will be Forum Member Fridays, lol. Just opened up some Mac Baren Scottish Mixture ala 2009 I obtained some time ago from a forum member and enjoying it in the old Comoy "Patina" Large Canadian courtesy of Secret Santa @captainsousie. I can definitely tell the difference between this and the Vanilla and really good in its own way and this old pipe also shines!

 

[FurCoat]

WCC Old North Church in a cob