***What Are You Smoking, February 2024?***

[The Clay King]

I’ve been trying some Va’s that have been on the shelf for a while and I’m just not digging them still, ‘20 Yorktown earlier and now ‘21 Capstan Flake Blue. They either bite or taste like lawn clippings to me unless they’re well stoved. There’s some I enjoy, mostly by Esoterica and a couple of Germain’s but not enough to think “Ooh I must have a bowl of that right now”. I’ll keep going back and trying them occasionally because my palate does change but this Capstan, although it’s not biting, is just kinda meh. Having it in a Kaywoodie Straight Grain.
On deck is some 2013 GH Rum Twist that I found earlier, in a ‘39 Yello Bole with propeller logo. View attachment 285977

@Birddog66 I think the Capstan suits the King's Clay! I've mixed the Villiger Jamaican & OTC Burley together to make it more palatable; would you like me to send you some when I send your baccy?

 

[cshubhra]

Earlier in the day I smoked Daughters and Ryan Three Sails two times in a MM Eaton Cob

Now it’s cigar time: San Lotano Requiem Habano

 

[JimInks]

Passing the quarter mark of this bowl of Leavitt & Peirce D.P.E. in a 1986 three quarter bend Bacchus face CAO meer with a tapered dark tortoise shell colored acrylic stem. Gold Star Gourmet Blend, neat, is my drink.

 

[spearheadbill]

2013 Hal 0’ the Wynd in the Rattray 2023 Yule pipe.

 

[ravkesef]

Wilkes BestMake in a Stanwell Bent Acorn (Shape #30)

 

[macaroni]

Rouxgaroux in a 3 star Lee

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Castello Old Antiquari 4K Shape 55

 

[Kingsley]

Bowl thirteen in the micro-speckled acorn yesterday, Ampersand Flake, nice seven or so mile walk through the countryside and the surrounding woods.
Had the following fourteenth pipeful today, Brown Clunee, surprisingly better in the acorn’s wider chamber than I thought it might be. Hope you all are doing well!

 

[dcon]

2018 Lane Very Cherry in a 2021 Peterson Halloween XL315 Calabash w/a P-lip.

 

[JimInks]

Did a second set of walking reps on this sunny, chilly and windy day, and smoked a bowl of year 2015 D&R A.B. Rimboche in an undated slight bend, smooth flame grain Wessex Standard egg with a brown accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have Cornell & Diehl Small Batch Sun Bear Tupelo (10,205/20,000) in a NOS unsmoked Hirschl & Bendheim Irvin S. Cobb Toasted & Broken-in Cob.

 

[umbrella001]

Hal O' the Wynd in a Savinelli Qandale

 

[Fralphog]

Had a great day- very productive. Morning animal chores, made sourdough bread and some hamburger buns. Finished the last of the leaf debris in the front and side yard area.
Time for a well deserved break.
Dr. Grabow vintage Cob with WCC American Cut Plug Mixture. Glass of water riding shotgun.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

McConnell Mature in the Le Nuvole S3.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2016 Newminister 400 Superior Navy Flake in a straight smooth brown year 1948 Parker Super Bruyere patent 23 88/F bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[craig61a]

Eileen’s Dream in a 2024 Peterson Saint Patrick’s Day Sandblast 307.

 

[Cloozoe]

Rustica in a Dunhill Bruyere 53

 

[The Clay King]

Rustica in a Dunhill Bruyere 53

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@Cloozoe The strongest pipe baccy the Clay King has ever smoked!

 

[FLDRD]

Eileen’s Dream in a 2024 Peterson Saint Patrick’s Day Sandblast 307.


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That looks a little better in hand than online.
Which is good, I just ordered an XL315 and hope it looks nice in hand as well.

 

[Cloozoe]

@Cloozoe The strongest pipe baccy the Clay King has ever smoked!

True for me, too, your majesty