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

[BlueRidge]

Good afternoon, smoking Dark Plug in a short army 80s

 

[Sobrbiker]

Now finally finishing the last of my ‘18 CRF+TS20 perique in the Ropp J07 after a tasty but horrible lunch of a BigMac combo.

 

[Speak Easy]

Cube cut ODF in a clay.

 

[MisterBadger]

Drove in this morning with ‘18 CRF+TS20 Perique in the Briarlee.
Interviewed for a job I don’t know that I want, then poured and finished a scupper deck with Irish Flake in a Ropp J07.

I wonder if they'll give you the job? I was once interviewed for a post I really knew I didn't want, and only applied for it under duress. To qualify for a voluntary redundancy payoff (the workforce was being seriously reduced) I had to show that I was actively applying for other jobs at similar level within the organisation, over a six month period. I actually got an interview for one, 24 hours before the 6 months' expiry date. It was an interesting experience, trying my hardest not to look like the best candidate without appearing so overtly unsuitable they'd suss I was trying to throw it.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tall stack of cinnamon raisin French toast with a golden delicious apple lunch. I'm near the half way mark of this 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. Gold Star Jamaican Estate Reserve, neat, is my drink.

 

[Deano]

MB Burley London Blend (2014) in my Peterson SH Baker Street.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Cupido Toro while playing golf in a beautiful day here in Florida.

 

[dd57chevy]

C & D's Awakened Elder in a Dr Grabow Riviera

 

[BurleyVonPuffington]

Now finally finishing the last of my ‘18 CRF+TS20 perique in the Ropp J07 after a tasty but horrible lunch of a BigMac combo.
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Thanks for making me feel better for eating a tasty but horrible Burger King double Whopper with cheese meal for lunch. Hey, I had a Diet Coke to drink!

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Yorktown in a Nuttens Bing

 

[Brad H]

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The previous version of Folklore in my Pete Spig.

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of first production Watch City English Ernie-ental in a straight dark brown and tan rusticated Peterson 2023 Saint Patrick’s Day 264 Canadian with an Irish flag colored ferrule and tapered black acrylic stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Fralphog]

With the Mulberry, Elderberries, Apricot, Pear and the rest of the currants pruned, my spring pruning chores are complete.
I’ve got the Peterson System 301 Spigot and some HU Director’s Cut ( thanks @PrivatePiping) ready to go as I head out the door to Sturman’s Wine and Cigar for a monthly Bible study we call, Holy Smokes.

 

[EssJaySea]

One of two (estimated) last bowls of 2020 Crinkle Flake — for obvious reasons. In a Pete House, rusticated billiard.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2014 Sutliff 1849 in a straight smooth dark brown in a 1950s Comoy’s Deluxe 20 billiard with a silver cap military mount and a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[Manawydan]

Enjoying some '24 Steamworks in my Savinelli Siena 673KS. It hit 91F yesterday (in February!), but is a good ten degrees cooler today and falling. I am *not* ready for Summer.

 

[JoeW]

Back to gray, sub-freezing, snowy weather: a good day for some Pegasus in a Falcon

 

[Speak Easy]

Ryback in the Devil Cutty.

 

[Skippy Piper]

I'm smoking Five Brothers in a Falcon Extra this afternoon, and learning a lesson in conventional wisdom not always being correct.




I really liked Five Brothers when I first tried it straight out of the package and it was dry as a bone. It had a nice nutty flavor and was surprisingly smooth for such a strong Burley blend. Thinking that it would probably become even smoother and more flavorful if I rehydrated it a bit, I sealed it up in an 8 ounce Ball jar with a pouch button moisturizer stone for a couple days to bring it back up to a more typical pipe tobacco moisture level.

After rehydrating it I smoked it again this afternoon, and it was absolutely awful. The pleasant softly nutty was gone and was replaced by something acrid that reminded me vaguely of burnt coffee, and the smoke became ridiculously harsh and abrasive! Lesson learned, leave Five Brothers dry as a bone and don't attempt to rehydrate it.

I'm setting the rest out on a plate overnight to re-dry and see if it improves, though I fear the hydration may have ruined it and i might have to just throw the rest out and buy a new pouch. At least it wasn't a very expensive blend, and a new pouch should only set me back $6 or so. You live, you learn.