For my first smoke of 2026, my first taste of McClelland: a sample of 2017 Christmas Cheer, in a Falcon meerschaum bowl with the green stem (bowl and stem purchased from @Skippy Piper )
On the menu for my first smoke of 2026 is a bowl of C&D Fires on the Levee loaded in my birthyear pipe, a Stanwell 1983 POTY. This is my first time trying this blend and boy do I dig it
Now smoking year 2000 VaPer Three Nuns in a 1938 straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Cleaned a few pipes. Harry the Hairy is snoozin' next to my feet.
Happy New Year everyone. My first smoke of 2026 is Peterson Irish Flake in a small Kaywoodie White Briar 95B pot shape. I’ll be enjoying this combo several times throughout the morning. View attachment 442571
A couple of minutes away from smoking Watch City Kringle's Koncoction in a pre-1920s medium bend brown unbranded meerschaum Rhodesian with a tapered Redmanol stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Ending the day by smoking some Captain Black Copper in my Karl Erik Freehand. I probably would smoke another pipe with some other blend, but it is too cold in the sunroom without putting on some heat.