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

[DKpiper]

Hello all.

Sunny but very cold here in Denmark today.

Smoking Capstan Blue in a Dunhill billard to keep me warm

 

[judcole]

Lane RR in an MM Boone.

 

[SBC]

Pre dinner smoke. “Scrape jar” smoke consisting of a pinch of Folklore, some PS LTF, 4th Generation Evening flake and some burley blend?
Grabbed the Hilson Giant Canadian.
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Looks like you and I find ourselves in two of the same worlds. Not that I've made my own (yet?), but I'm on Leatherwall, watch Clay Hayes, recently read Stephen Graf's book, etc.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Back to work! I guess…. Meh anyways MB HH Burley Flake in a Grabow with black, bitter, coffee.

 

[Cloozoe]

Peaceful morning with nothing crucial on the agenda. Sam's Flake, a book, some coffee

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

some Mc Barens Navy flakes in an Ashton Old Church XX saddle stem short billiard from 2020

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Mcclelland 40th in the Musico Set Special billiard w/ Silver.

 

[TheHellYeah]

Presbyterian Misture in a small Ropp canadian.

 

[Speak Easy]

More Cross Eyed Cricket and a new S.T. Bicpount.

 

[Fralphog]

Looks like you and I find ourselves in two of the same worlds. Not that I've made my own (yet?), but I'm on Leatherwall, watch Clay Hayes, recently read Stephen Graf's book, etc.

@SBC ,
I’ve wanted to make a “self bow” for many years. I do more reading in the winter time. One day, while studying the bookshelf, I came across all of my archery books, and decided to sit down and revisit several of them. I’ve decided that this is the year to make a bow!
I think I will start with a bow made out of a board before I try one out of a stave. We have a good, speciality lumber store here in Boise, and I will try and find a suitable board there this week. Always wanted a Osage Orange bow of Native American design and an English, Yew longbow .
I enjoy Clay Hayes videos also. Check out Dan Santana bow making- very knowledgeable.
Have a blessed day!

 

[Cloozoe]

Mcclelland 40th in the Musico Set Special billiard w/ Silver.

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Hey, BGB - I have a Musico question and my mom suggested I ask you.

I've seen "Foundation" "Set" "Set Special" "Floodlight" "Floodlight Special" and combinations of the above stamped on Musico pipes. What does all that gobbledygook mean?

Thanks, and my mom says hi.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Finally got out of office into the field.
MacBaren Royal Twist in a Briarlee Illustrious.

 

[PaulRVA]

HH Old Dark Fired in a Castello Old Antiquari KK Chubby Billiard

 

[Bright Orange Red]

Unexpectedly off work today to take care of my sick daughter. Starting off with a cup of coffee and a bowl of Mac Baren Stockton in a 1970s Savinelli Capri Root Briar 121.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have Peterson University Flake in a Rusticated Peterson Giant Bent Billiard Magnum (with a fork-tail “P” stamp) with a P-Lip stem, circa 1974–1983. Giants with no model numbers from the ’60s are known to exist.





Some background here.

 

[Speak Easy]

Switched to some leftover Evening Flake. Thought I’d introduce you all to my daily companion. Her names Uncle. She’s getting a little older so she’s not much on adventuring these days. She does, however, enjoy a good day long nap in the backseat along with a sniff around every now and then.

 

[FLDRD]

New-to-me blend from 2020 in a new Peterson system standard rusticated 305 with one of the newer & improved acrylic P-lip stems. P-lips are for me. And these new sized P-lips just take it over the top and give it a new level for me.
Dilemma: preferring the old wood and rustication - but preferring the new stems............

 

[Birddog66]

@SBC ,
I’ve wanted to make a “self bow” for many years. I do more reading in the winter time. One day, while studying the bookshelf, I came across all of my archery books, and decided to sit down and revisit several of them. I’ve decided that this is the year to make a bow!
I think I will start with a bow made out of a board before I try one out of a stave. We have a good, speciality lumber store here in Boise, and I will try and find a suitable board there this week. Always wanted a Osage Orange bow of Native American design and an English, Yew longbow .
I enjoy Clay Hayes videos also. Check out Dan Santana bow making- very knowledgeable.
Have a blessed day!

I’m thinking of doing the same, there’s a old Norman church near here at Bishopstone and the Yew tree in the graveyard is ancient and has many perfect branches for the making of a traditional English long bow. I’m not sure if my given right as a Englishman to harvest a stave still exists in law but I’m going to politely ask the Vicar and make a donation to the church of course in the hope that I’ll be allowed to cut one. I’ll need to study up on the making of a horn nock and apparently buffalo horn is best but they are available ready made.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Thanks Birddog. It is a rather large pipe and requires time set aside to enjoy it. I haven't been able to find another example to help date the pipe. The bowl is briar and the rest of the pipe is a gutta percha mold. The only marking is KB&B. From what I've been able to gather, gutta percha was banned for most uses in the early 20th century in order to save the trees the material is derived from.

The KB&B logo with the ampersand in the clover disappeared in the 1930s, so our gigantic Gutta-percha pipes (I have a smooth bowl) could be from then or earlier.

 

[Birddog66]

Just got in from another walk with WeeBay and the ODF/Anniversary Kake mix which will henceforth be known as Dark Annie. Legend has it that if you say the name three times while looking in the mirror and smoking a pipe your pipes will be forever ghosted and your tongue forever bitten .
Having a chai and thinking of starting the Killing Eve marathon again. Jodie Comer can assassinate me any day.