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

[cshubhra]

Earlier in the day it was cigar time: I smoked a JD Howard Reserve

Now smoking Gawith Hoggarth’s North Star in the PCI Horn Meerschaum carved by Ahmet Govem

 

[dottlejockey]

After dinner bowl of KBV Kentucky blend in a Kevin Arthur nose warmer...watching the sun go down.

 

[Bbailey324]

C&D Kajun Kake in a Peterson Derry 69.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and snow peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm a third of the way through this bowl of year 2008 Astley’s No. 109 in a straight smooth dark brown year 1926 Parker Super Bruyere patent 3 63/F lovat with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Have stuff to do before I go to work.

 

[98now]

For dessert, some Plum Pudding in a big old Peterson.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Dark Birds Eye in a Johnson, tea and a book

 

[JimK]

Good day all! No snow here in Florida - just pollen. Clouds of the stuff coating everything: house, cars, grass, shrubs, me (if I stand outdoors for more than two minutes) that bakes on when the morning dew dries in the sun. After daily hosing of everything, started with Ennerdale Flake in a dedicated Tilshead smooth Footed Cutty with eighth-bent tapered stem.

 

[JoeW]

Father Dempsey in the Peterson 264

 

[TN Jed]

McC No.2015 in a Savinelli

 

[Pip'n'Piper]

Golden Extra in a Savinelli Morellina 614

 

[renfield]

11 year old C&D Oak Alley in a Willmer billiard.

 

[spearheadbill]

Raining cats here in Southern California so I have no reason not too enjoy a couple pipes this evening. Old murry and sons Erinmore in a Barling meerschaum before dinner and now a large bowl of HH White Horses in an Northern Briars billiard after dinner.

 

[wyfbane]

Mixture 79 in a Ser Jacapo picta Van Gogh hawkbill.

 

[Chieftiabo]

Mac Baren navy flake in a Rossi Lumberman and Miyagikyo in a sf cup neat

 

[Ben.R.C]

Chenet’s cake in an Eltang

 

[sparker69]

Couldn't get out for a birthday smoke yesterday - it was -17C - a bit cold even for a Great White North smoker! But today, a bit warmer, despite the 40cm of snow. Set up in the shed with my first bowl of Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in the Brebbia with a thermos of tea (with just a glug of Havana Club 7 year in it).

Question for the vets: when I make an attempt a couple years ago to remove the oxidation on the stem, I rounded it off a bit so it doesn't quite fit snug to the shank. I find the tendon a bit "rubbery" because of this play. Is this normal? I'm understanding vulcanite is a form of rubber - if this is so, it would make sense to have this "rubbery" play. I'm wondering because I'm scared of breaking the tenon when I'm taking it apart to clean.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Full Virginia Flake in a Shalom billiard.

 

[JimInks]

Cleaned a few pipes, and am off to work with a bowl of year 2016 Sutliff Revelation Match in a straight smooth brown pre-WWII Kingsway (Comoy’s) London Made 61 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[tschiraldi]

Closing out the day sailing the Veermaster. Jesse Jones Billiard.

 

[tschiraldi]

Earlier, I smoked a bowl of year 2002 Reiner Long Golden Flake in a smooth dark brown quarter bend 1950s Comoy’s Blue Riband 187 yachtsman with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
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Currently, I'm not far from finishing this bowl of aged Rattrays Hal O’ The Wynd in a straight smooth brown pre-WWII (Comoy’s) Corinthian De-Luxe 126 pot made for Sutliff in San Francisco with a black tapered vulcanite stem.
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I absolutely love that Comoy’s!