***What Are You Smoking, January 2024?***

[Tate]

Having some Bayou Morning in the Meer. Had some clays of Exclusive earlier. Got a pound of each on the way as well as Poplar Camp.

 

[buckaroo]

Rattrays Exotic Passion in a Rattrays/ Altinok billiard.

 

[Briar Lee]

I admit to 'losing it' one time with a piece of custom cabinetry, heatedly asking the middle-man if it was fitted "by a monkey with a drywall saw?" That piece was sent back. That overall project had blatant issue with 40% of the cabinets (wrong size sent, wrong finish, wrong color, wrong doors, etc.) also sent back. And this was before all the marijuana legalization. Unreal.

I like to just look at my pipes, like I do my watches and guns, and wonder how it was made.

Except for the last inch of the stem my White Spot Wellington looks like it was made by elves and sprinkled with fairy dust. Perfect, flawless workmanship, the stem sounds like a tiny bank vault shutting when pushed into the shank, it is all just first class except for the button, and hand lettered NOT FOR SALE using die stamps instead of a factory stamp.

The stem itself is a gorgeous satin shiny hand cut coal black piece of art with a perfect white dot, made of the chewy high dollar grade of vulcanite.

Whoever had the talent to make the pipe didn’t carve the button.

My idea is it was broken. It’s about two inches short of what the stem should be, and it’s not a good clencher. They made a bad button on what was left of the stem and bent it.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Having Bob in a cob for an afternoon smoke.

 

[Laurent]

Well the storm of the century is hitting Michigan . I guess I’ll just make some pipes in the workshop and smoke some Mac Baren Navy Flake in my own handmade billiard with a mexicola. Later I’ll warm up with some bourbon.

 

[sardonicus87]

 

[Sigmund]

Stay warm and keep a shovel nearby!

 

[PaulRVA]

Haddo’s in a Doctor’s Apple
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Over the top man! Absolutely gorgeous!

 

[atwaterville]

C&D Oriental Silk in a Crown ax hybrid.

 

[BlueRidge]

five brothers with old dark fired in the Kaywoodie blunt force trauma

 

[cshubhra]

Cigar Time: Oliva Master Blends 3

 

[Skink]

C&D Winchester in an Unnamed Lovat with a cup of black tea.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

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This is the current situation here in SE WI:

 

[Ben.R.C]

Giving the doc another spin with Exclusive

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Geometrie in an Oliphant poker

 

[FLDRD]

This is the current situation here in SE WI: View attachment 279066

Yeah, that's bad - all the cars are driving on the "wrong" side of the road...

 

[JimInks]

Nearing the last quarter of this bowl of year 2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake in a smooth dark brown quarter bend post-1935 KBB/Kaywoodie New England Briar Pipe Company Flagship 83B Rhodesian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This pipe is a great smoker, and as I haven't much left of this blend, I don't know what I'll smoke in this pipe. Guess I should have stocked this blend as it ages well. Ice water and bergs is my drink. No more walks today due to heavy rain.

 

[Fralphog]

These Clay Pipes just arrived today. I’ve wanted to get a Clay pipe for awhile.
Picked these two up on eBay.
Got some Mr. Christian’s, Jim’s Special Flake loaded up for the inaugural smoke.
Joining the ranks @The Clay King!

 

[Sobrbiker]

Repainting a wheel that didn’t come out right last week. Shop heater is beyond saving.
Fourth bowl of LNF…

 

[bluegrassbrian]

New Pete Alert!
Newgrange Spigot 124, with McClelland 40th.