***What Are You Smoking, July 2022?***

[JimInks]

Did a second set of walking reps on this incredibly brutal humid day. The heat from the sun dried up the rain from the thunderstorms and it's like a steam bath out there. Anyway, I'm nearly done with this bowl of year 2015 D&R A.B. Rimboche in an undated slight bend, smooth flame grain Wessex Standard egg with a brown accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem. Cable, internet and phone were out yesterday and today, but I'm back on line now, you poor devils!

 

[Hillcrest]

I received my order from Country Squire and immediately loaded the MM Mark Twain Cob with PS Blend.
It is the mildest of the 3 Latakia aromatic blends : PS Blend, Hunter Creek, Northwest Trek per Jon David. It is Latakia forward with Black Cavendish and Virginia. The first exhale stung my sinuses but after that it is a very mild flavorful smoke. I was surprised to read it is not flavored, as about a third of the way down i noticed a creamy sweet taste like vanilla and molasses or maple but very, very subtle. The latakia is present throughout for a bit of spice but not heat. Also, its course cut and when i looked at the ash I could see each flake individually and they didn't turn to dust until I dumped them. Also when finished the bowl went out by itself and dumped clean ... no dottle. I think I will be getting this blend regularly as its very tasty.

 

[sardonicus87]

Enjoying some gently rubbed out Mac Baren HH Burley Flake as I work on the prototype for a pipe stand I am building (and if it turns out well, will be a temporary stand until I build the real deal). Using some scrap birch ply from an earlier home project. The real version will have a drawer for storing pipe stuff (lighter, cleaners, pipe tool, etc.) and be made of mahogany, maybe ebony accents, and leather.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

The McConnell's Red Virginia thread got me trying to make a 'premium' copy of the blend, I've started with a masterpiece (if I may say so myself and I encourage you to independently verify this claim!):

1/5 Carolina Red Flake
2/5 GH&Co Louisiana Perique
2/5 Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture

Sipping the Franken mixture in this gorgeous Tsuge Ikebana, it's got no bad angles, but this one shows off the birdeyes best:

 

[craig61a]

2017 McClelland 2015 Red Cake in a 2021 Don Warren Sante Fe.

 

[Carol]

Ahhh. Luxury Navy Flake in a cob. My first smoke in 4 days. The family get together is breaking up now. Everyone going back to their homes. I'm truly relaxing for the first time in several days. Best thoughts for all you fine folks on here.

 

[warren99]

GL Pease Charing Cross in an Adam Davidson Blowfish.

 

[cshubhra]

Ken Byron Ventures Notorious from April 2020 in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard

 

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking C&D Yorktown in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Terracotta 4AB No.108/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[--dante--]

Wilke Wall Street in my Nording Spruce. Just got a pound in today so I figured I better get crackin'!

 

[Ahi Ka]

Starting off my birthday weekend a day early. Cleared the books, sent the whānau out, and gonna smoke a bowl of res Crüe 6 in this upcycled Jambo bash with a larryson briar cup

 

[B.Fee]

Just popped this well aged tin of Wessex Brown Virginia Flake. Mmm mmm good. ?

 

[das3353]

GLP Regents Flake in a Tsuge

 

[dunnyboy]

Wessex Burley Flake in a Castello 1975 Anniversary Canadian.

 

[Ted Vig]

Had some amphora Virginia on the way home in this Stanwell Royal Guard. It made for a nice drive.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking year 2018 Mac Baren Original Flake in a straight smooth dark brown 1918 Pre-Republic Peterson’s Dublin 2 apple with a silver band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem.

 

[JimInks]

Starting off my birthday weekend a day early. Cleared the books, sent the whānau out, and gonna smoke a bowl of res Crüe 6 in this upcycled Jambo bash with a larryson briar cup

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Happy birthday, buddy!

 

[lordnantwich]

Mac Baren Plumcake in my Ferndown Tutor Root

 

[telescopes]

Whaaat? A Stanwell 91. And a nice one at that.