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

[JimInks]

How many times have you had to explain that over the years? I can recall at least a few members asking. Maybe we should make it a sticky thread on the introduction page.

If you include all the forums I have been on, I would say 30-40 times. Double or triple that for explaining what bergs are to answer @UncleRasta . Doesn't bother me any, though.

 

[JimInks]

A couple minutes or so away from smoking D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 lumberman with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[Sidehatch]

Marvelous Saturday. Finishing it watching hockey and an evening smoke. Quiet Nights in a Ser Jacopo. First time with this blend was Xmas eve and I was tipsy with fam in a pipe I like but maybe not my best smoker. Enjoyed it but was underwhelmed. Tonight I can see why folks like this one. Not a big Latakia guy but when the mood strikes I can see this being one to reach for and spark. Very nice.

 

[chefmike]

Really enjoying a bowl of Gawith Kendal Cream flake. Drinking some whiskey.

 

[slowhand]

Windjammer in an old Peterson bent bulldog and a generous splash of Dickel.

This was a very special day and we all could use more of them.

Bottoms up!

 

[Mrs. Pickles]

@Mrs. Pickles Nice pipe!

The Clay King welcomes a fellow clay pipe smoker to the forum.
Clay pipe smoking Redcoat, Pirate & Cavalier

Thank you! All hail the time-honored clay. She is cheap but she is not low!

 

[ashdigger]

Dark Plug in a 2019 Peterson Spigot 999 with Silver Cap

 

[isaac liu]

New antique meerschaum arrived.
No problems were found during the preliminary inspection. It will take me several hours to clean up the old cake in the bowl.

 

[dino]

The Saturday ZOOM was very satisfying, filled with talk of pipes, tobacco, cabbages and kings. I smoke some more of that 2017 Christmas Cheer, that I opened Christmas Eve, in my Peterson Sherlock Holmes, rusticated, fish tail Hudson. A snifter of Kirkland's 10 Year Tawny Port was my tipple.

 

[LeafErikson]

Marlin flake in the AGovem meer

 

[Jwebb90]

Haunted Bookshop in a cob.

 

[JimInks]

Did a little snacking, and am a third of the way through this bowl of D&R Penhooker Silver in a straight smooth brown undated pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock 263 Canadian with a nickel band and a tapered black p-lip stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Steddy]

GH Kendal Dark in a Ropp.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I finally tracked down a proper Prince Albert pipe to smoke Prince Albert tobacco in: a black, Gutta-percha Figural of King Edward VII of Britain (the Prince Albert depicted on the tobacco tin) with a briar insert, and orific bit, circa early 20th Century, probably the ’teens. It’s super light because it’s hollow.



Shown to the left of the UK king is my Dinant Prince Albert Figurative Clay Commemorative/Souvenir pipe from Belgium with a horn (orific) and cherry(?) stem, circa 1914, depicting the Belgian prince Prince Albert I; to the right, another Prince Albert I Clay pipe (with a vulcanite stem and orific bit) showing the Belgian prince (on a Longchamp leather wrapped Brass stand). Perhaps, I’ll dedicate one of the Belgian pipes to Prince Albert Soft Vanilla.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Wilke No. 78 in a quarter bend smooth dark brown small bowl 2016 Brigham Algonquin 226 Rhodesian with a long black vulcanite tapered stem.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

In the Greek Orthodox Christian church we celebrate the so called "Namedays" to honour Saints of the church. The namedays are here more important than e.g. birthdays. Yesterday (7th of January), was such a celebration day. The very popular name celebrated (for men the 2nd, for women not so much) was -for men- : "Ioannis" (formal) or more simply "Yannis", -for women- : "Ioanna" or "Yanna" in honour of St John.
So allow me to wish forum members that have this name: all the best! and please permit me to especially wish the good man from Spain, JOHN72: be well with you family, my friend.
I should have done this yesterday, but I was in a hiking trip and came back late and tired. We are in January, but only just a little snow on the top of the mountains! Not good, not normal...
I am smoking now some HU Bahia O. in the Falcon. Later on I will meet some friends & relatives and try to enjoy my last day of a 2 weeks period without work. From Monday, I will put on my ball and chain again...
May you have a good Sunday good people!

 

[JimInks]

Almost half way through this bowl of Uhle’s Blend 71 in a 2018 smooth full bend Peterson Premiere 312 billiard with a silver cap military mount and a black vulcanite saddle stem with a p-lip. Time to check on the ferals, and catch up on the forums.

 

[TheWhale13]

In the Greek Orthodox Christian church we celebrate the so called "Namedays" to honour Saints of the church. The namedays are here more important than e.g. birthdays. Yesterday (7th of January), was such a celebration day. The very popular name celebrated (for men the 2nd, for women not so much) was -for men- : "Ioannis" (formal) or more simply "Yannis", -for women- : "Ioanna" or "Yanna" in honour of St John.
So allow me to wish forum members that have this name: all the best! and please permit me to especially wish the good man from Spain, JOHN72: be well with you family, my friend.
I should have done this yesterday, but I was in a hiking trip and came back late and tired. We are in January, but only just a little snow on the top of the mountains! Not good, not normal...
I am smoking now some HU Bahia O. in the Falcon. Later on I will meet some friends & relatives and try to enjoy my last day of a 2 weeks period without work. From Monday, I will put on my ball and chain again...
May you have a good Sunday good people!

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Lovely pictures! I wish you a calm and peaceful sunday before work, Christos.

 

[JimInks]

A third of a bowl left of Watch City Original Crumb Cut in a 1950s-60s straight smooth brown Bertram 07 octagonal paneled billiard with a square shank and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Then, it's bed time.