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

[judcole]

A little change from burley in the morning in a cob.

Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed, from a tin I set aside in November of 2015, in a little Cayuga Liverpool. Cayuga is the house brand for Paul's Pipe Shop up in Flint.

 

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I've been getting a lot of mileage out of C&D's Bayou Night lately, and just finished a bowl in a Peterson Aran sitter pipe, my current favorite pipe. I had one tin of Bayou Night - my first - but instead of buying another tin as the first was running out, I bought eight ounces of it in bulk, to see how the bulk version compared. It's great, and it seems like it's become an all-day blend for me, at least during this vacation week when the terms morning and nighttime lose their meaning. If Early Morning Pipe was sold in bulk I'd surely be smoking that, and I also enjoy Peter Stokkebye's Fourth-Generation Morning Blend which is sold in bulk. It's like smoking a bowl of Corn Flakes! I've got a jar of that too. But I've been opting for Bayou Night over those two. I guess on Monday morning I need to return to reality and go back to EMP or the Stokkebye Morning Blend.

 

[shermnatman]

Ditko's pinnacle! Archie Goodwin told me that the motif of the eyes was Steve's idea, and Archie knew nothing about it until he saw the pages.

Archie Goodwin, powerhouse story-teller and editor; Warren's golden days for sure - Steve Ditko, Reed Crandall, Gray Morrow, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Gene Colon, etc, ect, etc; and of course, Frank Frazetta.

Since C&D did those H.P. Lovecraft themed tabaks, perhaps they could come up with one in celebration of Ditko - some really esoteric blend called: Mr. A's Objectivism Blend; - people either love it or hate it - there is no middle ground. I guess they's have to load it up with both Latakia AND Deer Tongue, to ensure really dividing the taste-camps into two different groups ! A=A. - Sherm Natman

 

[Birddog66]

Good morning gentlemen, I’m starting the day smoking Craven, it was a birthday gift in November and I just put it aside because of the preconceptions I had about it- that it was an old geezer smoke from days gone by. Instead I should have realised that there’s a reason Craven is still around while so many of the others from past (I have many old tins of extinct tobaccos) are no longer with us. I’m really enjoying it and if all the other baccy’s i smoke disappeared I would be quite happy to smoke this. Never again will I judge a tobacco because of.....being a tobacco snob basically. A valuable lesson learned and a humbler and wiser birddog

 

[Paul lec]

Good morning smoke of William's Delight in a MM hardwood with coffee.

 

[Birddog66]

My Xmas present to myself just arrived, a Needham Brothers silver pipe tool, hallmarked Sheffield 1954. Sorry but I have no one else to show it off to at the moment but I’m sure aficionados like yourselves will appreciate it. Having another bowl of Craven, this might be going in my regular rotation, scrap that, WILL be going in my regular rotation.

 

[timt]

Just finished my first smoke of the day. A 90 minute bowl of St. Bruno RR in my IMP straight apple meer, while contemplating some of life’s mysteries.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

First smoke of the new year is Solani 633 in a Rad Davis Calabash. Happy New Year to all!

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I love that Rad!?️

 

[MrTom]

Good afternoon folks, Cabbie's mix in a Blakemar pipe.

 

[JOHN72]

Smoking now,Cornell & Diehl: Stratfordshire hydrated with rum and hot drink infusion orange and ginger ..........?​

 

[shermnatman]

Now Smoking: Back-to-Back bowl's of Middleton's: Prince Albert; in my trusty Dr. Grabow: Omega, smooth billiard with bent stem; while outside feeding and playing with the dogs on this beautiful morning. After the miserably cold, and horribly dark and rainy day we had here yesterday, today promises to be a very good day, indeed. - Sherm Natman

 

[Birddog66]

Charatan Black Flake with roughly 20% Coniston Plug in the standard bulldog Falcon. I don’t like the CP on its own but it compliments the Va’s I have beautifully.

 

[virkia]

L.S./M.F.T.
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its toasted.

Your Lucky Strike pic got me all nostalgic reminding me of the cartons that my wife's sister used to send and bring me from The States . . . used to smoke these after my usual Rameses and similar Turkish and other cigarettes became impossible to find in the U.K. in the early 1990s.

A trip down memory lane with a selection of the cigarettes I used to buy after I temporarily abandoned the pipe in the late 1980s and before I took up the pipe in the mid 1970s:-

From the U.S



From the U.K.

 

[timt]

Refilled the IMP meer, this time with GLP Embarcadero. 3rd cup of black coffee on the side.

 

[ashdigger]

Capstan Blue in a Comoy’s Patent Grand Slam

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

I'm starting off the new year by opening a tin of year 2001 VaPer Three Nuns in a 1980s White Pipe straight lattice apple meerschaum with an acrylic yellow cream colored saddle stem. Happy New Year, everybody!
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This guy knows how to ? ! ?️

 

[smknron]

Virginia, oh how I love you my sweet heart lol

 

[MrTom]

Good Day folks, Squadron Leader in a Parker pipe.

 

[BROBS]

Your Lucky Strike pic got me all nostalgic reminding me of the cartons that my wife's sister used to send and bring me from The States . . . used to smoke these after my usual Rameses and similar Turkish and other cigarettes became impossible to find in the U.K. in the early 1990s.

A trip down memory lane with a selection of the cigarettes I used to buy after I temporarily abandoned the pipe in the late 1980s and before I took up the pipe in the mid 1970s:-

From the U.S
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From the U.K.
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You wouldn’t believe how hard it was for me to find a pack of the unfiltered lucky’s. A local shop does carry them .. they still look exactly the same in a soft pack just like you show in your pic.

also I sort of smoke them like a pipe. If I inhale at all it’s only about halfway, one time per cig ?
I found the old pack of Player’s at a local shop and had to try them... then wanted to compare to Lucky Strike. The Lucky Strike are definitely stronger.

 

[greeneyes]

C&D Carolina Red Flake 2018 in a Wing Commander (H. Perkins & Sons) bulldog.