***What Are You Smoking, January 2021?***

[wyfbane]

Just fired up a bowl of 10 year old Mississippi River. It's good stuff, but honestly I think I like the newer vintage a little better!

I've not had 10 year aged Miss R. Do you think it is because the Lat has mellowed, or do you suspect a change in recipe? Your aged stuff may have been blended directly by Joe Lankford as opposed to blended elsewhere.

 

[B_Rock]

A final bowl of Acadian Perique In Savinelli Roma 707.

 

[wyfbane]

Tinderbox Waffle House in a Ropp Vagabond

 

[JimInks]

It was not listed as a topping but present in the flavoring description , i can taste the apple and rum too but no honey . Is there another Solani blend that i must try in your opinion ? I really enjoyed those 2 .

Under normal circumstances, I would suggest the 660 Silver Flake, but a friend got a recent tin, and said it didn't seem the same to him. As he's smoked a lot of it, he ought to know. He thought there was less Kentucky (not dark fired) in it. Either his taster is off or it was changed.

 

[gamzultovah]

I better get crackin! Yesterday I smoked WCC Old Dominion in my 1967 Dunhill Duke

Then I smoked WCC Flake #558 in my Tom Eltang Poker with Ring Blast finish. Surprisingly, I don’t have a picture of that pipe on my phone. I’ll have to remedy that.

Now smoking Amphora Virginia in a cob. Good night, fellas.

 

[virkia]

Unlike what appears to be almost standardised Calabash sizes in the modern era (1980s - present) judging from my few examples there was a time when all tastes were catered for back in the early 20th cent. - from the dainty to the chunky and all sizes in between

Calabash stamped W.H (William Harrison - pipe mounter) on the bowl mount and band with marks for Birmingham 1909

+ G. Smith & Sons OLD LONDON MIXTURE


Watching FOOTSTEPS IN THE FOG

 

[bnichols23]

1996 Esoterica Dunbar from my Il Ceppo sandblast pot. Happy New Year one and all!
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Great to see you back,. BROBS! HNY to thee also too!

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of Wilke Chocolate in a 1979 no name French briar smooth full bend egg with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This should get me to dinner time.

 

[NomadOrb]

HH Latakia in an IMP Rhodesian and some turkish coffee.

 

[Perique]

Dunhill London in a handmade, flat-topped, Danish Stanwell No.11

 

[MrTom]

I'm trying to order a Blakemar from Mike, but PayPal is being a pain in the ass. I think I need a teller's check in pounds not dollars.

I have half a dozen Blakemar's. I recently tried to order another and PayPal never worked. Good Luck

 

[bnichols23]

Been saving this one until I cracked the new tin of Blood Red Moon -- "What a gift the giftie gie us," a meer from SS Weez. Thanks again, brother!

 

[PipesRock]

Really enjoying 2017 Davidoff Flake Medallions in a giant Rossi Lucca Billiard on the FL porch with black coffee. Happy New Year to all.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Some Edward G Robinson in a Luciano squat bulldog. Will have some champagne I never opened for New Years, to an awesome evening my friends

 

[greeneyes]

Condor RR (UK, not Poland) in a Chacom Champs Elysees. I like the dark finish, but the stem and button are wide and clunky. New pipes from large modern factories just aren't my thing.

 

[renfield]

McClelland Red and Black in a GBD Virgin lovat.

 

[cshubhra]

Samuel Gawith Grousemoor in a Paykoc Meerschaum Bulldog

 

[Backwoods Briar]

The champagne is tasting good with my Radice rind filled with Elizabethan mixture, listening to an old favorite. Bill Evans trio

 

[Pipenwheels]

Smoking my first bowl EVER of McClelland's 40TH Anniversary in my Boswell Graceful Swirl Freehand with Plateau Top and Fudge Ripple Stem. This production was made possible by @coyja .

 

[jmsmitty6]

Plum Pudding in a Ryan Alden sandblasted apple