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

[The Clay King]

Picked 5 bags of rubbish from the Don Catchment Rivers Trust volunteer day at Swinton Dike and Chesterfield today; that's 5 bags of grot out of the environment
Redcoats & Revolutionaries will be at Cromford Mill in September so Jason the blacksmith will be firing up the old clay again this year - and at the Viking events! I'd like to see how long I can make a clay pipe of baccy last when I see him again.

 

[thesmokindragon]

Happy Birthday.............

Thank you to all for the great Happy BDay wishes -

 

[umbrella001]

Capstan Blue in an Ali Spigot Meerschaum.

 

[SendoT]

G&H curly cut Deluxe in a LC 120 by David Enrique who was a great french pipemaker.

 

[Speak Easy]

I have that exact pipe It was one of the few I received that was my grandads, I haven’t restored it partially because it was the pipe I use to pretend to smoke as a kid I take a draw every now and then to remember that stale tobacco taste, Great Pipe

So much nostalgia surrounds pipe smoking for so many. Thanks for sharing! My great grandfather smoked a pipe. I was recently talking with my grandmother (88 years young) and learned that. Unfortunately there are no pipes to hand down. But it was interesting to listen to her tell stories of when she was young and the way she adored the smell of his pipe smoke and enjoyed packing bowls for him.

 

[Cloozoe]

2011 JackKnife in a 1939 T35.

10-4

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Having Seattle Pipe Club Signature Series Hogshead in the fourth of my 2024 Birthday pipes, a Castello Collection Fiammata Bulldog with white acrylic stem from 2005 (stamped Carlo Scotti).





You can read about the other 2024 Birthday pipes here.

 

[VDL_Piper]

This road on the farm heads due south and there is only one small island between me and Antarctica and that island is Heard Island and it has Australia's only active volcano on it Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands

Out past those trees is the great southern ocean and its a wild wild piece of water and drives all our weather here on the farm. Smoking some Mac Baren Latakia Flake in a Savinelli 320 as I head south.

 

[JimInks]

Did a second set of walking reps, and met a nice young couple who were at my driveway taking photos of the ferals. We had a very fun, long conversation about a lot of things. Very enjoyable. Being the friendly street ambassador that he is, Tomato the Brave went right up to them. I learned that they feed ferals, and have occasional visits from Harry the Hairy, Sam the Scamp and Abner the Eager. I was glad I had pipe tobacco with me, and smoked three bowls 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.

 

[das3353]

GH Best Brown #2 in a Savinelli Antica

 

[LeafErikson]

Capstan Blue in an Ali Spigot Meerschaum.
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How are you liking that pipe? I’ve been considering one.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Seattle Pipe Club Hogshead in a well appreciated medium bend, smooth brown 1950s Peterson 999 Dublin chubby Rhodesian with a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. All the ferals are inside because Harry the Hairy is in full territorial mode.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Habana Daydream. I liked @Skink ‘s Peterson Irish Harps so much I purchased this #264 last year. It’s a great Smoking Canadian.

 

[PaulRVA]

This road on the farm heads due south and there is only one small island between me and Antarctica and that island is Heard Island and it has Australia's only active volcano on it Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands

Out past those trees is the great southern ocean and its a wild wild piece of water and drives all our weather here on the farm. Smoking some Mac Baren Latakia Flake in a Savinelli 320 as I head south.
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That’s beautiful!
It must feel like standing on the edge of the world !

 

[Kingsley]

Bowl seventeen in the calabash meer, 2013 FVF. Really nice, mellow and with great flavor, it luckily aged very well, and I really enjoyed this bowlful. Hope you all are having a lovely evening!

 

[mbmoehl]

I guess today’s theme for me is Canadian’s. Another Canadian made in Canada by a Canadian being Dimitry Miscoi out of Ontario.
I was introduced to Dimitry through @KORNEY and have been extremely pleased with his work.
Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed.
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Hadn't heard of this pipe maker, but just spent the last half hour thumbing through his incredible work on IG.

 

[Bbailey324]

RLP-6 in a KBB Gravity straight apple.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Did a second set of walking reps, and met a nice young couple who were at my driveway taking photos of the ferals. We had a very fun, long conversation about a lot of things. Very enjoyable. Being the friendly street ambassador that he is, Tomato the Brave went right up to them. I learned that they feed ferals, and have occasional visits from Harry the Hairy, Sam the Scamp and Abner the Eager. I was glad I had pipe tobacco with me, and smoked three bowls 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.
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Did you share the monikers you’ve given the various ferals?

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Watch City American Cut Plug Mixture early version #1 in a 1960s Austrian meerschaum bent apple with a tapered yellow acrylic stem. We were surprised to find a big bag of dry cat food on our porch. Our neighbors up the street who own several cats decided to help us out with the ferals (they feed ferals, too). What a wonderfully thoughtful act of generosity!

 

[JimInks]

Did you share the monikers you’ve given the various ferals?

Yes, I did, and explained why they have the names we gave them.