***What Are You Smoking, January 2023?***

[Ben.R.C]

Starting my day with some Haddo’s in a Sasieni Four Dot Pembroke S

 

[Brewfan]

507c in my J Mouton.

 

[happy_lunter]

Still working on Wilke’s Lizzie Blood Orange VA.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.

 

[BCF]

Sutliff Stoved Virginia in the little bent Boswell, gearing up for Championship Sunday

 

[bullet08]

Back Down South in Peterson SH Strand sandblasted P-lip. Still drying. Will take few more hours. Already know it will be a good smoke.

 

[BCF]

Smoking Davidoff Scottish Mixture in the Kiko. Pipe Tobacco is getting rarest in the Southern Hemisphere. At least I found a guy who has some more of those tins.

Any ideas of cleaning up the leather hood on this pipe?

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Lexol is a good leather cleaner. Apply it to a clean rag, not directly to the leather. Let it dry completely and lightly put on some Neatsfoot Oil.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Starting my day with some Haddo’s in a Sasieni Four Dot Pembroke S
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I had to remember the dating on this pipe, from what I gather from the stamping, it’s post war (Alfred Sasieni) but pre 1980. I wish I could narrow it down a bit more.

 

[ashdigger]

Capstan Blue in a late 1800’s Ox Blood Meer with Spigot and and Amber Stem.

 

[doctorbob]

Going to flip a coin to choose between the 70's-80's Stanwell horn with bamboo and a saddle stem and the 1952 Tanshell 475 cherrywood.

Getting into my last reserves of Penzance, jar says I bought it in '09. I've bought very little since it hit unobtainium status, and I don't think I've smoked any in 4 it 5 years. I used to be quite fond of it, I hope I still am.

 

[Ben.R.C]

What, you don’t want to smoke a dead man’s pipe impregnated with the exhalations of a million breaths from a strangers rank mouth?

What’s not to love about that?

Now I’m wondering why I have absolutely no problem with this

 

[BlueRidge]

older jar certainly hasn't lost the special sauce

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Sutliff 515 from a Comoys Tradition while watching the rain set in for the week.

 

[TN Jed]

Solani ABF in a BriarWorks Billiard with a cafe con leche.

 

[The Clay King]

Special Virginia in a Pollock Irish harp clay. I think this blend is well suited to clays as it goes back to 1770!
Not broken any more clays since Nantwich

 

[Arthur Frayn]

WC Old Dominion in a 1970's junk store Stanwell 2cds.

 

[NomadOrb]

Delicious earthy, vegetal, and, herby Semois in a Barling second bulldog.

 

[Scottmi]

Smoking Davidoff Scottish Mixture in the Kiko. Pipe Tobacco is getting rarest in the Southern Hemisphere. At least I found a guy who has some more of those tins.

Any ideas of cleaning up the leather hood on this pipe?

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leave stem in, damp not wet cloth, soft toothbrush, saddle soap or glycerin soap or lexol... lightly used, and more damp cloth. a surprising number of youtubes about cleaning leather shoes and clothes are out there can be helpful. don't smoke it until you are sure leather is dry.

 

[VA_Red]

KBV Blue Ridge Special in the Falcon Meer.

 

[das3353]

GH #25 in a Radice Silk Cut 55