***What Are You Smoking, January 2026?***

[tartanphantom]

2026 Hogmanay well-wishes to the entire PM Forum peanut gallery!

As my friends in Edinburgh say, "Lang may yer lum reek!"
(Yankee translation: "Long may your chimney smoke!")

Currently enjoying the evening with PS English Luxury in a 2000 J.M. Boswell freehand.

 

[PaulRVA]

HU Director’s Cut in a Radice and Ginger Tea on the side

 

[OzPiper]

Oz, you keep bowling us over with this Tsuge "eye-candy."
May I ask how many of these in your collection?

This and the Kikuchi bent egg are the only 2 Ikebana grade Tsuges

There is also this Kikuchi egg which is a limited production for Stokkebye

 

[warren99]

Arango Balkan Supreme in a Mark Tinsky Pristine Volcano.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Starting off the New Year with Savinelli 140° in my 60th Birthday pipe, a virgin, sandblasted Savinelli Autograph Extraordinaire (Eccezionale) Fan*. Using the Savinelli IM Corona Briar Old Boy I picked up to pair with it.





*Full back story on this unique pipe here.

 

[Phiredog]

Happy New Year!! This afternoon I finally was able to rest and have a bowl of KBV Fuzzy’s Toast of London in a Bertram’s Apple marked Capitol on the bottom (no number) along with NM Pinon Coffee. Used my homemade cedar tamper. Watched an episode of Wagon Train on the tube.

 

[Choatecav]

This and the Kikuchi bent egg are the only 2 Ikebana grade Tsuges

There is also this Kikuchi egg which is a limited production for Stokkebye
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I think I am developing a bad case of "Tsuge envy...."

 

[renfield]

12 year old GLP Cumberland in a panel shanked Sav.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Borkum Riff Whisky in this Dave Neeb canted Dublin.

 

[BCF]

How are you liking the Redburn? I just got into some that has been in a jar for three years and the added flavoring is much more integrated with the leaf. I didn’t care for it fresh but now I’m digging it.

Thank you for the tip! 5 O'Clock Shadow was the same for me. I liked it a lot better after it sat in a jar awhile. This is my first tin of Redburn, and I've been smoking quite a bit of it, and I do like it. I was thinking of ordering some more, and if it gets better with age, why I'll throw some in a jar and see what happens down the road.

 

[depriest1022]

Contemplating my first pipe of the year: PS luxury navy flake or autumn evening. Regardless, it will be in a MM general

 

[Sobrbiker]

PS LNF in a Short Army 102.
After 18 months in a jar, it’s good, but has been sentenced to more time.

 

[Choatecav]

Starting off the New Year with Savinelli 140° in my 60th Birthday pipe, a virgin, sandblasted Savinelli Autograph Extraordinaire (Eccezionale) Fan*. Using the Savinelli IM Corona Briar Old Boy I picked up to pair with it.

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*Full back story on this unique pipe here.

Jeff, I clicked the link and read the back story to how you acquired the pipe a couple of years ago. I really enjoyed it and cannot imagine how dear the pipe must be to you. Knowing myself, I am certain that I would have been very hesitant to smoke it for fear of changing it from it's pristine original condition. Yeah, I know, I know it's a pipe and it should be smoked, but it is so unique. Thanks for the link.

Oh, and I loved the justification line in there where you said, "Living through five complete twelve-year Chinese Zodiac Rabbit cycles seemed like a worthy thing to commemorate." Love it......

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Having a bowl of MB Dark Twist in a Rattrays Bent Dublin while watching the third season if Foundation.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Jeff, I clicked the link and read the back story to how you acquired the pipe a couple of years ago. I really enjoyed it and cannot imagine how dear the pipe must be to you. Knowing myself, I am certain that I would have been very hesitant to smoke it for fear of changing it from it's pristine original condition. Yeah, I know, I know it's a pipe and it should be smoked, but it is so unique. Thanks for the link.

Oh, and I loved the justification line in there where you said, "Living through five complete twelve-year Chinese Zodiac Rabbit cycles seemed like a worthy thing to commemorate." Love it......

Thanks for taking the time to read about the pipe. It is very dear to me. I do baby it to keep it clean, but couldn’t justify it just being a paperweight—I do wear a white cotton glove while handling it and smoking it; as you might imagine, Michael Jackson jokes have been made, prompting me to create this animated GIF:

 

[cshubhra]

I keep on smoking only a handful of my pipes. I will try to do justice to the rest of my collection .

Today it is a Sasieni Claret Squat Bulldog and the tobacco is Smoking Pipes Reserve XXV Dawn

 

[Sobrbiker]

@TheIronMonkey, re-reading the original story of the pipe was even cooler today than it was when I first read it (since the first read was six months into my pipe smoking journey). My appreciation for both the owner and the pipe have grown in the time I’ve been paying attention.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Borkum Riff Whisky in this Dave Neeb canted Dublin. View attachment 442733

Or is this a Liverpool having an identity crisis ?

 

[LiveAsALyon]

Pipe: Tsuge Sandblasted Billiard
Blend: C&D Star Of The East Flake (‘23)
Pairing: The Tao of Tea’s 500 Mile Chai
Tunes: Matthew Perryman Jones

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

7/23 Pfeifen Huber Virginia Golden Flake in an Altinok.