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

[Peter Turbo]

2011 Macbaren Mixture Flake in the Falcon

 

[Roach1]

HU Makhuwa in a Jirsa Nosewarmer 210.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sure John’s Flake Virginia in an Altinok

 

[Ben.R.C]

Chenet’s cake in a Suhr

 

[BurleyVonPuffington]

Toasty, nutty, sweet lunch: C&D Eight State Burley, my favorite VaBur blend, in a large Devil Anse with saddle stem from Balandis, a Polish business. It's been a workhorse, with a wide open draw, so even with meh rustication, more than worth the approx. $50 I paid.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Having Match BS 957 in my new Tsuge Sandblasted Bent Dublin with Bamboo (362) as an inaugural smoke. The bowl was coated so I see no need to do a break in. So far it’s smoking great though I’ll need to get a 9mm adapter.

 

[BurleyVonPuffington]

Pretty lousy out. Granger in this Rattray's apple is an improvement. More coffee.
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I tend to have a very high tolerance for both Vitamin-N and caffiene. Still, 100% burley, and coffee? THAT's a pick me up. Was it on an empty stomach? I might have a tic in one eye if I did that.

 

[umbrella001]

Rouxgaroux in a J. Mouton apple.

 

[tubbyninja1337]

@Streeper541
Congratulations! What a huge blessing!

Uhhh . . . such a beautiful pipe but, why would you risk it in an outdoor commuting environment?

Thank you! Unfortunately, I don't get much smoking time at home, except for weekend mornings and if the house is empty. So if I don't bring her along for the occasional car ride she won't get smoked nearly as often as she should

Today I enjoyed some shepard's pie in the Altinay with some coffee. Absolutely delightful on this rainy morning 🌧

 

[BurleyVonPuffington]

Having Match BS 957 in my new Tsuge Sandblasted Bent Dublin with Bamboo (362) as an inaugural smoke. The bowl was coated so I see no need to do a break in. So far it’s smoking great though I’ll need to get a 9mm adapter. View attachment 368961

Simply gorgeous. I've never pulled the trigger (but have come very close) on a purchase of a nosewarmer length true high end custom. Tsuge's stuff is beautiful, but that thing is tiny AND has bamboo, so it would have to be a near perfect featherweight pocket pipe. What's the weight (or lack thereof) on that thing?

 

[cshubhra]

Cigar Time: Caldwell Cigars Eastern Standard Midnight Express

 

[Fralphog]

After lunch bowl of ‘22 HH Burley Flake in the Peterson 301 System. A mug of coffee with a shot of espresso in it.

 

[JimInks]

Earlier, I smoked a bowl of 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.


Currently, I've passed the half way mark of this bowl from a freshly opened bag of year 2024 KBV Mr. Christian's Haunted Virginia in a straight, black sandblasted 1980s Comoy’s Mark-2 G * 6 (4) bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Been very busy.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Simply gorgeous. I've never pulled the trigger (but have come very close) on a purchase of a nosewarmer length true high end custom. Tsuge's stuff is beautiful, but that thing is tiny AND has bamboo, so it would have to be a near perfect featherweight pocket pipe. What's the weight (or lack thereof) on that thing?

Thanks. I don’t know if I’d call this one a nosewarmer but I am in love with it already. I had been looking at getting one of these for a few years and pulled the trigger a few days ago when TobaccoPipes or CoJ was clearing them out at 75% off. So I wound up grabbing this for about $60, a true steal in my book. SmokingPipes have them and the info you want should be listed. https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/tsuge/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=607771

 

[BurleyVonPuffington]

Thanks. I don’t know if I’d call this one a nosewarmer but I am in love with it already. I had been looking at getting one of these for a few years and pulled the trigger a few days ago when TobaccoPipes or CoJ was clearing them out at 75% off. So I wound up grabbing this for about $60, a true steal in my book. SmokingPipes have them and the info you want should be listed. https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/tsuge/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=607771

Welp, you'd be correct on the nosewarmer thing. According to this, short isn't enough, it requires really short, and then on top of it, a large bowl. I'm looking at an expensive handmade "nosewarmer" by a famous maker whose pipe doesn't fit the definitions of the thread. How Short is a Nose Warmer :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/how-short-is-a-nose-warmer.9021/

Also, I have to buy one of the new line Tsuge branded pipes, since yours fooled me into thinking it was a handmade original of his, at about this type of price, most likely: https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/japan/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=631827

Regardless, you have a gorgeous "pretty short but not quite a nosewarmer," and frankly, for an incredible price, using incredible in a GOOD way.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Welp, you'd be correct on the nosewarmer thing. According to this, short isn't enough, it requires really short, and then on top of it, a large bowl. I'm looking at an expensive handmade "nosewarmer" by a famous maker whose pipe doesn't fit the definitions of the thread. How Short is a Nose Warmer :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/how-short-is-a-nose-warmer.9021/

Also, I have to buy one of the new line Tsuge branded pipes, since yours fooled me into thinking it was a handmade original of his, at about this type of price, most likely: https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/japan/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=631827

Regardless, you have a gorgeous "pretty short but not quite a nosewarmer," and frankly, for an incredible price, using incredible in a GOOD way.

Yeah the Tsuge lineup looks amazing for the prices, even at normal sale price. Ive commented in the past, especially when looking at others beautiful pipe collections here, that I absolutely could drop some money on a very nice pipe, but I’m a brute who doesn’t take as good of care of my pipes as maybe I should and why I stick to factory made ones when I’m buying new.

 

[Skippy Piper]

Lane RLP-6 in a Country Gentleman cob, on an extremely windy 5°F winter afternoon!




Lane RLP-6 is definitely the Captain Black Original substitute I was looking for, and while not exactly the same as Captain Black it's close enough to scratch the itch. RLP-6 seems to have the same vanilla topping as Captain Black Original, but RLP-6 is more lightly topped and a bit less sweet. RLP-6 also has more Burley and less Black Cavendish in the mix than Captain Black Original, so a bit more tobacco flavor shines through.

I do prefer the sweeter and more vanilla'y profile of Captain Black Original, though I can definitely see RLP-6 making a more agreeable all day smoke and wearing better on the palate over the course of the day on account of it's reduced sweetness. In any case, my little jar of RLP-6 should definitely tide me over for a couple weeks until I can pick up another tub of Captain Black. It's close enough!

 

[PaulRVA]

HU Director’s Cut in a Suhr Dublin and Diet Coke on the side

 

[Sobrbiker]

Beating on the little billiard some more, Glengarry Flake in the J07

 

[98now]

Stoker’s Natural into a disposable coffee cup. Hey, I’m at work and I gotta do what I gotta do.