***What Are You Smoking, July 2023?***

[Birddog66]

Solani Aged Burely Flake in Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.

Hope all are well!

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P.S. @Jwebb90 hope you’re settling in ok, and I also hope later on down the road you’re in a traveling photo adventure mood. Would love to see Ruse, take care.

Those Commodore’s are great pipes, I have one but wouldn’t mind more in my collection.

 

[Birddog66]

Morning everyone, starting the day watching the England woman’s team play Denmark atm and smoking Sutliff Anomalous in this little St Claude squat bulldog.

 

[JimInks]

Close to finishing this bowl of Watch City Queequeg’s Moby Dick Series in a slight bend smooth brown post WWII 1940s Sasieni Ivory 101 Westminster diplomat with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Got everything done including feeding three ferals. I'll go to bed when this smoke is done.

 

[Birddog66]

Erinmore Flake in this lizard skin covered Club pipe.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Plum Pudding SR in a Satou bent Dublin.

 

[judcole]

Lane RR in a Country Gent.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Plum Pudding SR in a Satou bent Dublin. I swear this thing smokes to the bottom more often then not. Never exerpienced that!
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[Ben.R.C]

More Plum Pudding SR in an Eltang acorn snail with horn.

 

[Nevaditude]

Starting with Wilke Tobacco Company's 'Lizzie Blood Virginia' in a Peterson XL315 System Spigot Rusticated. I hope my math is right, that a great pipe + a great blend = a great day! be well...

 

[dunnyboy]

Davidoff Flake Medallions in a Castello 1982 great line.

 

[RobNYC]

Old Joe Krantz in a Radice Clear.

 

[PaulRVA]

Ser Jacopo Pencil Shank Billiard and C&D Bayou Morning

 

[hikeoflife]

Having a bowl of KBV Burley Morning Pipe in my Moonshine cob. First time trying KBV.

 

[FoggyMorning]

Bayou Morning in a Dagner Poker cob.

 

[PaulRVA]

Habana Daydream in a Tekin Meerschaum Lattice Stack with
Cafe Du Monde on the side.

 

[Ben.R.C]

HH Balkan in a Qipeng Wei. Reading my work email outside.

I don’t know about you all, but sometimes I kind of resent these limited edition midnight drop deals. (Not talking about HH Balkan) As much as I like the companies and blenders that make them, they are praying on peoples fear of missing out and promoting hoarding. Also, I have a hard time just buying one tin when shipping is practically the cost of a second tin, so then I wind up getting 10 tins to get free shipping! You see where I’m going with this?

I’d rather see one great blend that sticks around then a series of limited editions.

I LOVE ALL THE HH blends for this reason, I just wish Rustica wasn’t a limited one. I get that if they can only get a small amount of special leaf then it has to be limited, but I can’t help but think this is a marketing gimmick to get people to hoard.

I’m curious on others thoughts on this, I am by no means an industry insider, this is just a novice consumer’s reflections.

PS: HH Balkan is one of the smoothest blends I’ve ever smoked, all the components meld perfectly. Truly an expertly crafted tobacco.

 

[CptKing]

SPC Mississippi River in a MM Dagner Poker this morning. Then I'm off to finish my first diy pipe.

 

[PaulRVA]

HH Balkan in a Qipeng Wei. Reading my work email outside.

I don’t know about you all, but sometimes I kind of resent these limited edition midnight drop deals. (Not talking about HH Balkan) As much as I like the companies and blenders that make them, they are praying on peoples fear of missing out and promoting hoarding. Also, I have a hard time just buying one tin when shipping is practically the cost of a second tin, so then I wind up getting 10 tins to get free shipping! You see where I’m going with this?

I’d rather see one great blend that sticks around then a series of limited editions.

I LOVE ALL THE HH blends for this reason, I just wish Rustica wasn’t a limited one. I get that if they can only get a small amount of special leaf then it has to be limited, but I can’t help but think this is a marketing gimmick to get people to hoard.

I’m curious on others thoughts on this, I am by no means an industry insider, this is just a novice consumer’s reflections.

PS: HH Balkan is one of the smoothest blends I’ve ever smoked, all the components meld perfectly. Truly an expertly crafted tobacco.

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Totally agree. I also love HH Balkan.

 

[BorealPiper]

GH Dark Flake scented in a MM Bracken. I have long been a fan of the unscented version, but picked up 500g of this on a whim. When first opened the scent and flavor were very subdued. After a couple months in a jar the flavoring, especially the rose geranium, have really come out.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

EMP in a Briarworks