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

[JSPiper71]

At the cottage for an amazing weekend. Weather is perfect. Daughter, who I’ve been trying hard to get into fishing, caught a 5lb large mouth off the dock! Enjoying this perfect night, listening to the loons, with my Nording Valhalla bent billiard spigot filled with HH Burley Flake.

 

[The Clay King]

View attachment 234983A bowl of GH&Co.’s Ennerdale Mixture in The French Pipe #2 with a can of Hobgoblin Ruby. Filled up today my birthday gift Peterson stripped old boy lighter.

@Severus A good beer!

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

This morning on the way to Tampa, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.

 

[JimRoseLV]

Hitting it hard on a Saturday night with some C&D Beast.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Dunhill Ye Olde Sign, compliments of Robert, in an Altinay.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

1994 Christmas Cheer compliments of Adam, in a Cermak. It was beyond superb.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Vauen No 14 in a Rubio.

 

[Scottmi]

Viprati in the SMS 6 panel bent lattice meer, with an IPA and mango chainsaw on the side.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm passing the half way mark on this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.

 

[Carol]

At the cottage for an amazing weekend. Weather is perfect. Daughter, who I’ve been trying hard to get into fishing, caught a 5lb large mouth off the dock! Enjoying this perfect night, listening to the loons, with my Nording Valhalla bent billiard spigot filled with HH Burley Flake.

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Beautiful pictures! Your daughter will treasure the memories of fishing with her dad forever!

 

[PipeIT]

'17 RO Firestorm in this little chin-tickler stamped "Bruyere Garantie". Not even 100% on the stem stamp... could be IRC or IRD.
Anyone? Bueller?

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Jeez I'm on an Oom Paul kick.

That’s spelled Bruyere, that is how some French spell Briar.

This article says the Bruyere Garantie are French made by Vuillard & Strauss Ltd.

https://vkpipes.com/pipeline/bruyer... Vuillard & Strauss,are “Bruyere \ GARANTIE”.

Garantie is French for guarantee. So it’s Briar Guaranteed the stamping.

 

[mingc]

First smoke for me of this 1961 Dunhill Bruyere LBS. Breaking it in after a good clean up with London Mixture

 

[telescopes]

Dr. Grabow Starfire Bulldog with a saddle stem. The Dr. Is smoking one of his favorites, “Black Maria”. Although he hasn’t needed to use his professional title for several years, there was a time… well, that was another life, wasn’t it.

 

[Beowoulf]

Smoking some Lane's 1-Q in a Ben Wade Golden Walnut.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Blairgowrie in a Smio Satou bent Dublin. It is a pleasant evening! Starting to crawl out of my grumpy mood.

 

[PipeIT]

G.L. Pease Bankside in a 1901 Sam McLardy & Co. Meerschaum with a vulcanite stem.

I dried this one fairly crispy this time, only took 30 minutes, and what a different beast, really amazing different profile/notes.

I’ve only started smoking it, but it comes across dried crispy like VA/Oriental, the Kentucky for me takes on more of an Oriental style, which is interesting. At the beginning of this bowl I get no Latakia, I’m assuming the extra drying either killed it off, or placed it so far in the back, it’s just intertwined in the other leaf, adding different notes. hmm

@Ben.R.C If you’ve never dried this one pretty crisp, give it a go, since I know you like this blend.

Be well everyone!

 

[JimInks]

Passing the quarter mark on this bowl of year 2020 D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 lumberman with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Working and listening to the Pirates-Angels game.

 

[tfdickson]

Bas Matica in my new BST Stack.

 

[LotusEater]

Stonehenge Flake in a meer

 

[JSPiper71]

We need to

1994 Christmas Cheer compliments of Adam, in a Cermak. It was beyond superb.

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We need to start hanging out so you can introduce me to all these amazing friends who compliment you outstanding tobacco!!!