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

[troutface]

Watch City Nor'easter in a Ferndown bent bulldog.

 

[UncleRasta]

Home after work and before expected/predicted storm. Had a bowl of HH Balkan Blend in my Spitfire pipe, and now sparking up GLP Union Square in an MM Nekkid cob.

 

[UncleRasta]

Haunted bookshop in Stanwell 70 designer line Don’t think this blend is for me though View attachment 62424

It does take some getting used to. I wasn't a fan after my first tin, but it has started to grow on me.

 

[danimalia]

MacBaren HH Bold Kentucky in a Savinelli Series III lumberman with Earl Grey. So far in my tea sampling, I like the Earl Grey, but I am afraid the subtleties of plain tea may be lost on me. The Sencha and English Breakfast types haven't done much for me.. Going to try some Lapsang Souchong and Puerh to see if they might have enough flavor my coffee-fried, Luddite palate.

 

[ashdigger]

Monks (RLP-6) in a Comoy’s Patent Grand Slam with White and Turquoise Bar Logo

 

[jaytex1969]

McClelland Tawny Flake in a Stanwell 86.

 

[Cotton1]

MacBaren HH Bold Kentucky in a Savinelli Series III lumberman with Earl Grey. So far in my tea sampling, I like the Earl Grey, but I am afraid the subtleties of plain tea may be lost on me. The Sencha and English Breakfast types haven't done much for me.. Going to try some Lapsang Souchong and Puerh to see if they might have enough flavor my coffee-fried, Luddite palate.

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I'm intrigued by the series 3 and the way they naturally color when smoked.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through the last of this sample of aged Rattray Highland Targe in a medium bend smooth paneled 2017 Celebi Turkish Meerschaum with a gold and black swirl acrylic tapered stem. Putting the finishing touches on the review.

 

[tfdickson]

On to 4th Gen Peaty Kentucky in my Jesse Jones bamboo billiard.

 

[cshubhra]

Gawith Hoggarth and Company Dark Birds Eye in an AKB Meerschaum Lattice Volcano ?

 

[JimInks]

Almost a third of the way through this bowl of D&R Raccoon’s Delight in a smooth straight WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem. Doing some drawing. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[greeneyes]

HU English Breakfast in a Sasieni Two Dot bent. This tobacco is among the best in its category.

 

[ebnash]

Robert McConnell Marylebone in a 1961 Dunhill Shell Briar #659 LB Biiliard with a saddle bit.

Seeing lots snow/cold weather posts today! Getting in a bowl of Key Largo in a Savinelli Hercules before the “big storm” that’s supposed to hit the SF Bay Area.View attachment 62392

Yep, I’m up in the Santa Cruz Mountains were are expecting 7” of rain over the next several days in my location.

 

[cory84]

Peterson Nightcap in a smooth straight Rossi Vittoria

 

[jaytex1969]

C&D Odessa in a Savinelli 111KS Roma.

 

[danimalia]

I'm intrigued by the series 3 and the way they naturally color when smoked.

This is the second one I've owned and both have been good. The first one was scarred all up with fills, but this one only has a couple. They tend to.color nicely, aside from the fills which retain kind of a sickly pinkish color. Great value for the price. At some point I'd like to get a Radice pure just for a nicer, cleaner version of the same concept.

Now smoking GL Pease Stonehenge Flake in a Ropp Vintage Stout Zulu.

 

[JimInks]

Close to finishing this bowl of Old Colonial in a medium bend beater 1979 Aalborg natural freehand made by Nording with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of 1970s Prince Albert in an undated, unbranded straight smooth brown made in France Los Alton VBF Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[niblicck]

C&D Haunted Bookshop in a LHS Purex

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Hello to all the good people!
First bowl today, with Weinig no 7, one of the "own blends" that are made by the tobacco house/store "Weinig", based in the small but so pretty town of Bamberg, in Bavaria, Germany. You will easily find Weinig if you ever visit Bamberg, it is close to the "old city" part which is very well preserved and makes you feel that you have travelled through time, many centuries back or you are in a... fairytale.
The description says: virginia, burley, black cavendish and vanilla toping. Strange... I get something closer to chocolate. Anyway, I find that the substances are very well combined, the cavendish comes forth supported by the others and the blend has a strong and lasting aftertaste. Also the price is just 8 Euros/50 gr. I will have it again!
The pipe is a "Canasta", the lower cost series from the Italian "Ardor", the stand is a "Mr Brog" from Poland.
Enjoy your moments, life is short!