*** What Are You Smoking?*** (June 2017)

[murica]

Scottish cake.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking the best durn tobacco made today: Strang in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin with a black acrylic stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Sutliff Balkan Luxury Blend in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank with a black acrylic stem. Have enough left for one more bowl.

 

[papipeguy]

3P's in a Ferndown Bark billiard.

 

[JimInks]

2012 Louisiana Red in a 2003 medium bend Nording 4 rough top sitter with a small rusticated area at the top left and a with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[mso489]

Peretti's Thanksgiving Day Blend, thanks to lasttango', which includes Va, burley, anisette, fruit, citrus and rum, in a Eriksen bent billiard by Nording; this is a really nuanced aromatic with the flavorings dressing some top quality base Va/bur.

 

[cshubhra]

E. Savinelli Essenza Cipriota

F. Ashton Artisan's Blend

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.

 

[JimInks]

The last of my open stash of Peretti Cuban Mixture in a 2016 Peretti's M.T. Natural made in Holland straight smooth brown Algerian briar billiard with a black vulcanite stem. Working and listening to The Beatles Channel on the XM.

 

[JimInks]

A couple minutes away from smoking Angler's Dream in a slight bend 1984 Stanwell Antique 124 grain etched with a smooth front with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[cshubhra]

1. Miyagi's Mindfulness

 

[cshubhra]

2. Lane 1-Q

 

[phantomwolf]

@cshubhra
I had a sample of Rasputin by St. Basil's that I loved. I went back to my tobacconist for more and apparently he had given me the last of his samples. Is there anyway to acquire this brand online?

 

[JimInks]

Just past the half way mark of this bowl of D&R William’s Delight in a 1979 no name French briar smooth full bend egg with a black vulcanite stem. This will finish the tin. A bottle of Boylan's Birch Beer made with pure cane sugar is my drink.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Watch City Old Dominion 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 stem. Watching Mad Dog Russo.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of McCranie’s Red Ribbon, vintage 1996 in a smooth straight WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[piffyr]

As you may have already heard, my good friend and fellow pipeman, Ed James, passed away unexpectedly yesterday. Ed was one of the kindest, gentlest, most generous, and most unpretentious people that I have had the pleasure of knowing in the pipe community. He was both a pipe maker and a pipe repairman and he was always willing to share his knowledge with anyone that was interested. I regret that I never had the chance to meet him in person, but we talked frequently both on Facebook and online forums. I will miss him greatly.
To honor his memory, I'm having a bowl of "Ed's Leftovers" (a catchall mix of jar scrapings that Ed put together for the DGCF box pass) in an Ed James modded cob. The custom cob tamper that Ed made for me is alongside. Ed and I had talked about giving this pipe the Shuckin' Awe treatment, but now... I just don't know.

Rest in peace, my friend, and I hope that heaven smells exactly like Carter Hall.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter with a black vulcanite stem. A can of the very delicious Hansen's Mandarin Lime soda made with pure cane sugar is my drink.

 

[JimInks]

The last of my stash of Sutliff Balkan Luxury Blend in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank with a black acrylic stem. Ice water and bergs is my evening drink.

 

[pipeboy122]

McClelland Rose of Latakia in a Savinelli Porto Cervo 510