***What Are You Smoking, July 2021?***

[The Clay King]

Yes, not a name that springs to mind when you think of clay pipes but apparently they did make them going by this entry in the National Pipe Archive and this advert from the 1870s:-

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Maybe it was only for a short while during the last quarter of the 19th century ...

@virkia Thanks for the info; I broke one of my clay pipes today:-(

 

[cshubhra]

Watching a beautiful sunset while smoking GL Pease Westminster in a Dunhill Shell Cherrywood Poker from 1976. This photo does not do justice to the sunset - It is off peak: Peak happened 15 minutes ago.

 

[jaytex1969]

D&R Ryback in a Tilshead Bulldog.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Is Nicotiana (sold as a house plant) the tobacco plant?
I would be useful to know how to turn the leaves into something to smoke in my clay pipes...

I wouldn’t mess about with anything in the nightshade family, @halfdan . Sure, they give us nice things like tobacco, tomatoes, and potatoes, but some species will kill you dead. When I was a kid I worked in a plant nursery, and we sold the ornamental plants you’re talking about, but I have no idea if they’re safe to smoke. Best not risk it unless you know for sure.

 

[Perique]

Today and tonight, let‘s see… started off the afternoon with Uhle’s 00 in a pear wood… bent billiard to be specific. That was pretty good, so followed it up with Classic Burley Kake in a Foreverstemmed Country Gent. Skipped dinner on account of a big, late breakfast, and started the evening with Viprati in an old Bjarne Nielsen handmade concoction that’s somewhere between a ball and a tomato. Then on to Wilke Bestmake in an Italian Stanwell No. 11 (non che ci sia qualcosa di sbagliato in questo). For dessert I’m currently sipping on Iwan Ries Three Star Blue in a Foreverstemmed Country Gent.

 

[Latakia Dave]

Enjoying some English Luxury in a Peterson 999 Christmas 2020 Rhodesian for the evening puff.
Enjoy your pipes and have a great Independence Day weekend folks

 

[charf]

Smoking some C&D Easy Times in a Ropp church warden. Taking a break from the gardening.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, wild caught catfish, and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm smoking year 2013 Stonehaven in a straight black sandblasted 1957 Barling Exel 249 Fossil T.V.F. black billiard with a silver banded military mount and a black ebonite tapered stem. Expresso #9, neat, is my drink. Cleaning a few pipes as I watch the ball game.

 

[MattRVA]

Smoking a VaPer with Turkish and Maryland home mix in a cob.

 

[YoungButter]

Started today with a bowl of ODF from a Savinelli 'Oscar' Aged briar paneled billiard.

Followed that with a Tatuaje black label.

Dabbing some Cookies (LA) 'Cereal Milk' cold cured rosin from a Grav Hourglass pocket bubbler.

I never got to those aforementioned Flake Medallions yesterday so I christened the Moonshine Stublin.

Now I'm getting nostalgic for sugar on snow at the maplehouse with a bowl of Autumn Evening out of a Peterson system apple.

Today, I did nothing. Unless you consider binging season 2 of The Umbrella Academy and smoking tasty things an accomplishment?

 

[username]

HGL in a meer.

 

[weezell]

Samuel Gawith: 1792 Flake in a Meer...

 

[Western Isles]

An evening of spicy Korean food, followed by some mellow Skiff mixture in a Ferndown Tudor Root.

 

[jewman22]

Just came back in from enjoying a bowl of MacBaren Virginia No.1 out of my Aldo Morelli half-bent pot.
And I think I'l have some White Knight in a few hours. Also had some CAO Eileen's Dream when I got up today.

 

[Tar Wheel]

Had homemade chicken parm for supper and I’ve been fighting sleep ever since. Won’t be long before I give in. Finishing up Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a MM Legend. Have a good evening folks.

 

[Charlie718]

Now smoking Eight State Burley in a Jared Coles sandblasted bent billiard and trying to decide what to drink with it lol.

 

[cshubhra]

Esoterica Tilbury from 2017 in a Paykoc Meerschaum Sherlock Holmes- From Holmes/ Watson two pipe set

 

[burleybreath]

"Incestuous Blend. A mix of stoved bright Virginias, Virginia Cavendish, Perique(d) Burley and Virginia leaf, and just threatened with Latakia."

Gift from a member of another forum, years ago. Misplaced it until now. Home-made from whole leaf, I believe, if not home-grown. Kind of a pebble cut, completely dried to a crisp. Best smoke I've had in quite a while. SMS bulldog meerschaum is the vessel.

 

[JimInks]

Did a little snacking, and am smoking year 2018 Esoterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad.

 

[tfdickson]

2016 Kendal Dark in my Jesse Jones bulldog.