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

[onestrangeone]

Bayou Morning in a Ser Jacopo apple

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2010 Mac Baren Burley London Blend in a 2017 smooth, straight medium brown made in France Comoy’s Riband 298 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Watching The Bride Came C.O.D. starring Cagney and Bette Davis with a bunch of great character actors.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Briarworks Bacon Old Fashioned in this Castello Collection grade.

 

[Scottmi]

Just cleaned up an estate find and having first bowl. Codger scooped Peretti BPC into a WDC Royal Demuth Filter Patent 1934 Imported Briar 75 (no idea what year). 5 5/8" OAL. Had to spend some time cleaning out an old (possibly original as in never changed until stopped working) paper filter that was thoroughly stuck in the stem with no air passage. Now clean as a whistle and clearly a lightly used old pipe. Popped in a new Grabow 6mm filter and away we go!

"V for Victory!"

TIL save the BPC for large bowls. Too many relights in a small one. Corollary: use ribbon and/or super easy matchlight blends for this little WDC. I think just the right size for me for Royal Yacht and stronger nic blends.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Amphora Special Reserve Black Cavendish in my unbranded, Italian made Canadian with an acrylic stem.

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Nice cross grain going on there.

 

[cshubhra]

@TN Jed @Scottmi I did it unintentionally but the color shows up against the backdrop of my white tee

 

[samuelgawith01]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, rainbow trout and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm half way through this bowl of year 2022 Sam Gawith Saint James Plug in a straight smooth brown 2017 unbranded Upshall Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. First time smoking this pipe. Had a tough time deciding what genre to dedicate to it. As for the tobacco, the Virginias in SJP were changed, and I added an update to my review at TR not long ago taht reflects my thoughts on how it is now. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
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Nice grain on that billiard, Mr. Jim.

 

[tfdickson]

1985 McC #24 in my Former paneled lovat.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Thanks to @leafsmoker I’m enjoying 2017 Devil’s Holiday in a MM “Let Freedom Ring” bent cob.

 

[GatorElGato]

Was my first time trying Carter hall earlier today, enjoyed it so much having a second bowl.

 

[cshubhra]

Samuel Gawith Saint James Flake in a La Savinelli Giubileo D’Oro 320 KS

 

[JimInks]

Passing the quarter mark on this bowl of D&R Raccoon’s Delight in a smooth brown 1976 GBD Seventy Six 256 lumberman with a black vulcanite saddle stem. The bit was cleaned since I took this pic.

 

[Beowoulf]

Smoking some C&D Apricots and Cream in a Blatter & Blatter tomato (with one red dot). Boy, I like this blend!

 

[yohanan]

Peterson Hyde park from 2014 in a MM diplomat.

 

[tnfan]

Escudo in a BST Billiard.

 

[Briar Tuck]

Nice cross grain going on there.

Thank you. It was a really nice estate find in excellent shape.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Starting in on a bowl of SG Full VA Flake from a Wessex billiard.

 

[reloader]

Meerschaum night. Started with Crooner in a pre-Kaywoodie KB&B with redmanol stem.

 

[JimInks]

A third of a bowl left of year 2022 Prince Albert in a 2019 straight smooth dark brown Merchant Service “Bing” Special with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Haven't smoked this pipe in a long time.

 

[tnfan]

1985 McC #24 in my Former paneled lovat.

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That’s some old tobacco!