***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***

[Doctor Chopper]

Westminster in a Peterson system pipe while mowing the lawn. I always smoke like a freight train when mowing!!

 

[JSPiper71]

Happy Canada Day everyone! First pipe in a few days. Enjoying some WCC 558 in an Old Port pot that was made by Bringham back in the 60’s. Perfect day to celebrate Canada.

 

[JSPiper71]

Trying out some Gawith Hoggarth Coniston Cut Plug for the first time this morning, in a Dr. Grabow Lark.

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I've always heard lots of people describe Lakeland blends as soapy tasting, but I've never found that to be the case. I've had Ennerdale, Kendal Black Cherry, Rum Flake, Bob's Chocolate Flake, Kendal Dark, and War Horse plus a few other blends with light floral elements and never found any of them to be at all soapy... until now.

The backbone of Coniston Cut Plug is definitely the dark fired Kentucky, and there's quite a bit of chocolatey Burley and bright Virginia flavors going on too, but then there's that light Lakeland essence that in this particular case tastes (to me at least) exactly like how the hand soap you find in those gas station bathroom pump dispensers smells. It's not pleasantly floral like all the other Lakelands I've had, it's just soapy. Blech!

It's a darn shame too, because the blend of tobaccos used in this one is delightful. The retrohale is smooth as silk and the nicotine content is out of this world, but that little underlying hand soap flavor note just makes my stomach flip flop and I ended up having to dump the bowl out halfway through. I wonder what essences make Coniston Cut Plug different from all the other Lakelands I've had, since I've never found any of the others to be soapy (though War Horse was rather mothball'y). Weirdness.

Sounds like that pipe may need to go in the oven after that. Gross.

 

[Sobrbiker]

I think I may have a ghosted pipe. After reaming bowl and shank and a long salt/Everclear treatment (on what was a pretty clean estate) the new to me Kaywoodie 90’s initial half bowl of Dark BirdsEye tasted more like a bowl of Dark Flake Aromatic
After a long rest of an hour or so, we shall see if it was the pipe or tobacco (the DBE was from a more recent batch than my initial supply-could be a GH scent carryover).
No panty sauce on Five Brothers though, of that I’m sure!

 

[dingdong]

I think I may have a ghosted pipe. After reaming bowl and shank and a long salt/Everclear treatment (on what was a pretty clean estate) the new to me Kaywoodie 90’s initial half bowl of Dark BirdsEye tasted more like a bowl of Dark Flake Aromatic
After a long rest of an hour or so, we shall see if it was the pipe or tobacco (the DBE was from a more recent batch than my initial supply-could be a GH scent carryover).
No panty sauce on Five Brothers though, of that I’m sure!
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That looks like a one-piece shank - very nice for a Lumberman - and the grain
I have tried 5bro - some strong tobacco there

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of pre-2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Watching Mad Dog Russo. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[RPK]

Westminster in a Peterson system pipe while mowing the lawn. I always smoke like a freight train when mowing!!

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Exactly why I don't bring my pipe when mowing my lawn I find myself puffing like crazy also !

 

[ThomasS]

C&D Manhattan Afternoon in my SeaSmoke pipe

 

[AreBee]

Stokkebye No. 35 Champagne for the first smoke in my first MM.

 

[Scottmi]

Kicking off July with Storm Front/Yorktown mix in the Gefapip Giant, black coffee.

 

[PrivatePiping]

C&D From Beyond in a Castello Sea Rock 11. Listening to Brian Eno Ambient 1: Music for Airports.

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That's a great album! It brings back fond memories of a period of my life. Also great tobacco and pipe!

 

[PrivatePiping]

Having some Orlik Golden Sliced this morning. Getting ready to head back North to Oklahoma today. View attachment 321100

Great looking billiard man! Ropp does some of the prettiest blasts for the money you can get! IMO

 

[PrivatePiping]

First pipe of July! Cowboy Coffee in the SMS meer. Black french roast.

 

[PaulRVA]

Blatter Reserve in a Blatter & Blatter Dark Smooth Canadian.

 

[cshubhra]

Cigar Time: Oliva Black Swan

 

[PrivatePiping]

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Blatter Reserve in a Blatter & Blatter Dark Smooth Canadian. View attachment 321150

Fantastic examples of smooth Canadians!

 

[PaulRVA]

Fantastic examples of smooth Canadians!

Yes they are !

 

[Roach1]

Half way through this bowl of OJK in an Irish Seconds System 302. Earlier today a bowl of White Horses in an Irish Seconds Calabash 05 and started the day with a bowl of Haunted Bookshop Cake as usual.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Finally get to smoke , Edward G in a cob. Prepping for the heat.

 

[JSPiper71]

Not exactly a ‘What are you smoking’ post, but thought you may enjoy and Canada Day relevant. My daughters sourced this old Rod and Gun in Canada magazine from 1911 and gave it to me for Father’s Day. Almost every picture has gentleman with pipes clenched. Great ads too.



Those were the good ol’days.