***What Are You Smoking, February 2025?***

[BurleyVonPuffington]

Might the initials be “I.B”? The skull on the pirate’s hat reminds me of the work of Ismail Baglan.

It's good work, but unfortunately, the initials are M.Y. I'm gonna break down and buy an expensive meer one of these days, but for the money, something else always seems to catch my eye.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

A plum pudding cigar, my last one with espresso.

 

[Living Luggage]

Just finished a very satisfying bowl of Milan's Buddy's Blend in this Peterson 338

 

[cshubhra]

Cigar Time: Arturo Fuente Hemingway

 

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking year 2024 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Been busy feeding ferals except for the absent Abner the Eager.

 

[dottlejockey]

I'm really digging this blend from KBV. I'm not partial to many of the heavier lakelands, but this one is mild and lakeland-esque in a good way. Has me coming back to it daily lately. This time in a Stanwell Nanna Ivarrson.

 

[CornhuskerPiper]

Byzantium in a Tom Sawyer cob. It’s the perfect little companion to shovel snow!

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Busy day so far with travel in these arctic temps we’re having here in WI (high of 5 degrees, was -1 when I got in the road). Home now getting back into desk work with a bowl of GH American Delite in a cob.

 

[JimInks]

Did a set of walking reps, and smoked a bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in a slight bent black pattern etched 1977 Lorenzo Lorsan Sigma level top billiard with a gray swirl acrylic saddle stem. Lunch is next.

 

[Hillcrest]

Yesterday morning we woke up to 4 inches of snow followed by a day of freezing rain then rain. I threw out a 1/2 gallon ice cream container of sunflower seeds on top of the snow for the birds and, I believe, every bird in the county came to partake. This morning I was smoking some Sutliff 507-C on the front porch which is more protected from the wind gusts, and I set my pipe down for a little while. When I came back I saw a wren leaving that corner ... it left me a dump right behind my pipe ... I don't know if its saying 'Thanks !' or 'Done with this batch, got anymore ??' ...

 

[bobpnm]

Bald Headed Teacher in this Northern Briars.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Eatelle Toto.

 

[JoeW]

Cowboy Coffee in a Falcon



The temp is 5 and wind chill is -11, propane heater is full blast but the wind is still cutting through the tent walls. It isn’t technically a work holiday, so I’m taking some study time out in my tent, working through “The Well-Grounded Rubyist” to improve my job prospects.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Carter hall/ 5 brothers in a meer. Coffee while organizing and cleaning some pipes.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am smoking year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Coffee from a freshly opened bag of Gold Star Jamaican Estate Reserve, neat, is my drink. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

Currently smoking my Philip Rivera - Hawkbill with some Dunhill - Durbar from 2001.

 

[Cigar City Piper]

Hoping to get through most of these by tonight.

The kendal gold I usually add a pinch of perique, wakes it up nicely. Cheers

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Until I can find some kizami I'm having Daughters & Ryan Three Sails British style Virginia in one of the pipes I forgot to list in my initial Birthday Haul 2025 post—a Japanese nobe-kiseru decorated with a dragon motif. A nobe-kiseru pipe is a single piece of metal, and much less common than rau kiseru (made with three pieces—two metal ends, usually connected by bamboo). This cast iron pipe could be from the earlier or middle part of the Edo period (1603–1868), but there’s no way of really knowing; it is much bulkier and cruder than most kiseru pipes, which often look elegant (this makes me think it’s from an earlier part of the period). It measures about 8.0" in length; it’s not as long as most kenka-kiseru (fighting pipes) which would normally fall in the 12.0"–18.0" range, but it is entirely possible that it was used for eye gouging and could have been a fighting pipe.

 

[BlueRidge]

Golden Extra in a Castello

 

[MisterBadger]

Until I can find some kizami I'm having Daughters & Ryan Three Sails British style Virginia in one of the pipes I forgot to list in my initial Birthday Haul 2025 post—a Japanese nobe-kiseru decorated with a dragon motif. A nobe-kiseru pipe is a single piece of metal, and much less common than rau kiseru (made with three pieces—two metal ends, usually connected by bamboo). This cast iron pipe could be from the earlier or middle part of the Edo period (1603–1868), but there’s no way of really knowing; it is much bulkier and cruder than most kiseru pipes, which often look elegant (this makes me think it’s from an earlier part of the period). It measures about 8.0" in length; it’s not as long as most kenka-kiseru (fighting pipes) which would normally fall in the 12.0"–18.0" range, but it is entirely possible that it was used for eye gouging and could have been a fighting pipe.

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You wouldn't want a smack across the teeth with that, either. A thing of beauty and a joy forever Never seen a kiseru with a fat shank like that before: would it be a period style? And what is the capacity of the bowl?