***What Are You Smoking, February 2023?***

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty Jazz apple, and am a third of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 515 Double Shot 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 is No. 515 with twice the rum of the Basil Rathbone blend. Finished work a little early to spend some time with Tomato the Brave since I know he wants some company.

 

[UncleRasta]

Going to have Esoterica Tobacciana Margate (2021) in the third birthday pipe, a Briar Root (Freehand? Dublin? No idea what to call this organically shaped pipe) from the collection of the late pipemaker, Thomas Cristiano.

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My birthday dinner was panko encrusted salmon with fried rice and broccoli.

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Susan made birthday carrot cake for dessert.

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We’re probably going to have this Fonseca’s 1977 Vintage Port that I’ve been sitting on for a number of years—about once every decade, a stellar vintage gets released; classic years have been 1955, 1963, and 1977; the 1977 vintage had a number of nearly perfect 100 ratings from a few different housesView attachment 201925

Happy Birthday to you.

 

[JimInks]

Hella nice grain there!

Thanks. It's my favorite Comoy's pipe.

 

[UncleRasta]

Opening Night for most of the day and in a variety of pipes. My affinity grows for this blend. Got to get some sleep before waking up way too early, for footie.

 

[isaac liu]

St.Bruno ready rubbed in a little meer

 

[shermnatman]

Sunday morning, 3:56am, and coming towards the end of Sci-Fi Saturday night on MeTV; and, just waiting for The Invaders to come on at 5am. I may not make it, so this might be the last pipe of the night.

This humble MM Cob Diplomat apple with bent plastic stem is one of the best smokers in my entire collection - believe it, or not !! It is VERY VERY well smoked and like an old reliable friend, or a favorite pair of broken-in jeans.

I've loaded-up by opening my last tin of my Peterson University Flake.

I'm having hot green tea and these wonderfully sweet corn muffins which Wifey gets from me at Shop-Rite for my 'before bed' snack. I'm reminded that in his voluminous personal correspondence with other pulp-fiction authors of his day, H.P. Lovecraft - one of my favorite writer's of weird fiction - would wax eloquent and at-length about the cheap store-brand powered donuts from the A&P Supermarket... So, I figure I'm in good company. - Sherm Natman

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I'm reminded that in his voluminous personal correspondence with other pulp-fiction authors of his day, H.P. Lovecraft - one of my favorite writer's of weird fiction - would wax eloquent and at-length about the cheap store-brand powered donuts from the A&P Supermarket... So, I figure I'm in good company. - Sherm Natman

 

[JOHN72]

Good morning. Smoking the first third of Dan Tobacco - Skipper's Flake, in an Stanwell Calabash. We had a grade 3 earthquake, the epicenter was in the Alboran Sea. I wish you a happy Sunday. Prayers for those who died in the earthquake in Turkey. I am still angry with God.

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of year 2012 Carter Hall in a black rusticated medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 437/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.

 

[UB 40]

End of day carnage. Gotta get cleaning!View attachment 201615

Yep cleaning , still procrastinating on that task.

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 2018 full bend smooth Terracotta Peterson XL315 System Standard military mount with a nickel cap and a flared black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[judcole]

Milan's "Our" Kentucky Club Mild in an MM Boone.

 

[Briar Lee]

Kendal #7 in a Buffalo NY made Fischer Lovat.

 

[JimInks]

The wind and rain were fierce, and I couldn't sleep, so I'm just passing the half way mark on this bowl of year 2021 Watch City Glass Slipper Micro-Batch in a post-2000 straight brown sandblasted Tom Eltang cherrywood with a black acrylic saddle stem.

 

[craig61a]

Laid out some several year old Russ’ Cavedish in the Woods to dry a spell, which I will be smoking later in this fine Yello-Bole Jumbo Bent Billiard, 3168C, with hand drawn cap of the finest nickle plated brass stamped with exclusive KB&B Shamrock logo, hand cut German black Vulcanite stem with rare hand inlaid yellow vulcanite harvested and formulated by elves in the Hartz mountains. The mount on this pipe is an improvement over the Peterson System mount, as there no chimney to impede airflow, indeed a graduated opening that tapers up the graceful stem allowing lower pressure at the well enhancing condensation and drying of the smoke. A hIghly coveted Algerian briar stummel displaying the finest grain rounds out this exquisite specimen.

 

[Sinzalot]

Kendal #7 in a Buffalo NY made Fischer Lovat.

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Lovely pipe, simple yet beautiful

 

[UncleRasta]

Good Sunday morning all. Up way too early. A day of sport kicks off with Premier League footie. Later there is the annual festive finale of the North American Hand-Egg game, often misnomered as football. I will start my smoking day with Eight State Burley in my Rossi 311 Poker, and then I have Fillmore lined up in a variety of pipes.

 

[Laurent]

@Laurent Sounds like it would suit my clays!

Ya, I suppose you could drink scotch out of a clay mug. Lol.

 

[happy_lunter]

Finishing yesterday’s bowl of Newminster #400 in Ropp Stout Vintage Apple.

 

[AJL67]

Some small batch Carolina Red Flake in the Tekin.