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

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

2 coins of 3 Nuns, rubbed, in a small MM Corn Cob pipe to start the day (and the weekend). With coffee.
Happy Saturday to all of you good people!

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking first release Watch City Rhythm & Blues in a straight smooth brown 1920s-30s Sasieni patent 8 dot Marborough lovat with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Briar Lee]

All by myself, for a nightcap, I take my plug of Spark Plug and fire up my C size Benchmade grade Jumbo Marxman.



The Latakia is a condiment.

The Virginia tobaccos are the main event.

 

[Architeuthis]

OGS from 2010. The bright citrus note is all but gone, leaving a nice medium smoke with a darker VA flavor.

 

[JimInks]

Just passing the quarter mark on this bowl of Wilke Hearth of Galway in an undated smooth straight medium brown made in France Saillard Lord Clerit lumberman with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have G.L. Pease Spark Plug in one of my earliest Eugène-Léon Ropp pipes, a Cherrywood with a Natural Horn Stem. It’s stamped “Bussang,” so, it’s very likely it was made at Ropp’s original workshop there between 1870–1893. I usually have cherry or berry aromatics in my pipes made of cherry, but, I have at least two cherry Ropps and a briar Oguz Simsek dedicated to those kinds of blends—I decided this one would be for English blends. There are only so many pipes one can dedicate to cherry/berry aromatics. This pipe is truly gargantuan, and easily the biggest pipe in my collection (see a smaller Ropp that’s pretty large by most standards that I’ve posted before, a 12 oz Coca-Cola can, and a Savinelli 320 KS to get an idea of the relative scale). This pipe is probably considered big, even by @Chasing Embers standards—this is a table sitter and way too heavy to clench for me.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

TGIF! I’ve been fighting an upper respiratory infection the past couple of weeks, so there’s been no smoking going on. I’m feeling much better now, and believe I’ll get a puff in before the wife gets home to disapprove. Rum Flake in a MM William, paired a dram of Sagamore Rye Sherry Cask, to scratch that itch. Have a great evening, all.

Cheers!

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Glad you're back!

 

[ukbob]

First bowl of the day FVF in a no name Meer.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Got me a new Boswell pipe as a birthday treat. Came with an ounce of his new blend, Old School." It's just my jam. It's like a gourmet version of Prince Albert. Much more body and flavor, but just as smooth and a touch sweeter. I'm loving it a good deal and will likely buy more in due time.

Happy Birthday!

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking year 2020 D&R Raccoon’s Delight in my very reliable smooth straight post-1938 pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian 263 with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve. Very happy to receive two gifts from my wife.
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Gung Hee Fat Choy!

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2015 Mac Baren Virginia #1 in a straight black 1925 Dunhill patent shell Canadian 33 with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Finished all the line work on this Betty and Veronica story, and am filling in black areas with a brush. I'll start page touch ups Sunday.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Morning smoke of Amphora Original brown in a Dunhill shell 3109 short canadian

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of half strength Wilke No. 515 in a medium bend 2003 IMP horn Meer with a black acrylic saddle stem. This'll end my smoking day.

 

[eljimmy]

Some Hyde Park in the L.E.A.P.S / Missouri Meerschaum Cob

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have G.L. Pease Spark Plug in one of my earliest Eugène-Léon Ropp pipes, a Cherrywood with a Natural Horn Stem. It’s stamped “Bussang,” so, it’s very likely it was made at Ropp’s original workshop there between 1870–1893. I usually have cherry or berry aromatics in my pipes made of cherry, but, I have at least two cherry Ropps and a briar Oguz Simsek dedicated to those kinds of blends—I decided this one would be for English blends. There are only so many pipes one can dedicate to cherry/berry aromatics. This pipe is truly gargantuan, and easily the biggest pipe in my collection (see a smaller Ropp that’s pretty large by most standards that I’ve posted before, a 12 oz Coca-Cola can, and a Savinelli 320 KS to get an idea of the relative scale). This pipe is probably considered big, even by @Chasing Embers standards—this is a table sitter and way too heavy to clench for me.

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Just a follow up note: this 26" long pipe (with 3" deep chamber) provided just a few minutes over three hours smoking time. I was able to place it to the side of my leg on my chair and comfortably sip from it—I think this may be a good movie pipe.

 

[judcole]

HH Burley Flake in an MM Washington.

 

[isaac liu]

Gung Hee Fat Choy!

I didn't know you could speak Cantonese！
Thank you for your lucky words and wish you all happiness and fortune.

 

[isaac liu]

Going to have G.L. Pease Spark Plug in one of my earliest Eugène-Léon Ropp pipes, a Cherrywood with a Natural Horn Stem. It’s stamped “Bussang,” so, it’s very likely it was made at Ropp’s original workshop there between 1870–1893. I usually have cherry or berry aromatics in my pipes made of cherry, but, I have at least two cherry Ropps and a briar Oguz Simsek dedicated to those kinds of blends—I decided this one would be for English blends. There are only so many pipes one can dedicate to cherry/berry aromatics. This pipe is truly gargantuan, and easily the biggest pipe in my collection (see a smaller Ropp that’s pretty large by most standards that I’ve posted before, a 12 oz Coca-Cola can, and a Savinelli 320 KS to get an idea of the relative scale). This pipe is probably considered big, even by @Chasing Embers standards—this is a table sitter and way too heavy to clench for me.

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Can such a large pipe consume 2 oz of tobacco at a time?

 

[UncleRasta]

Welcome back @Tar Wheel. Happy birthday, @K.E. Powell. I'm up way too early watching footie. Old Gowrie is the tobacco I'm burning.