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

[OzPiper]

Spurred on by the banter on the thread: MM Cob Love,
I’m smoking a 1898 Barling Durandu briar Kalmasch with a replacement stem
Followed by a cob


With a bowl of Dunhill’s Durbar

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty Jazz apple, and am smoking Wilke Surbrug’s Golden Sceptre in a late 40s, early 50s straight black sandblasted Wagner British Thorn 495 (Comoy’s second) pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[Servant King]

Wrapped up one of the most labor intensive weeks in recent memory with C&D Opening Night in a Peterson Irish Harp 80s sandblasted bulldog. Should've probably dried it a bit more. 8.3/10

Bird report: Mountain chickadee (the fledglings have left the nest), California scrub-jay, California towhee, California quail, Western bluebird, House finch, and American crow.

Looking forward to a nice restful day tomorrow, another pipe, and (hopefully) not too bad a drubbing at Scrabble courtesy of wifey.

Shabbat shalom!

 

[Sobrbiker]

1Q in a Kaywoodie shape 40.

Not a fan of Lane, but love me a Kaywoodie 40!!

 

[Sobrbiker]

Irish Flake in a freshly reaned and cleaned Kaywoodie Campus Belgique White Briar.

 

[cshubhra]

Cornell & Diehl Palmetto Balkan from 2024 in a Dunhill Millennium Shell from 2000

 

[Bananacaravanadium]

Iwan Ries Virginia Flake in a Savinelli Onda Lovat

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

McClelland 40th Anniversary in an Altinay.

 

[JimInks]

A couple of minutes away from smoking Wilke Surbrug’s Crystal Palace in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2 LHS Certified Purex 79 bulldog with a nickel ferrule and tenon with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[OzPiper]

The next pipe is a MM cob with an acrylic stem - a gift from Dave (@Ahi Ka)


And another bowl of Dunhill Durbar


I’ll summarise my experiences of both bowls in the MM Cob Love thread

 

[FoggyMorning]

Amphora Full Aroma in a Savinelli Ghibli.

 

[Bbailey324]

Loaded up the same Donegal Rocky with some MB Va#1. Comparison and contrast with the Union Square I finished a bit ago.

 

[beicheng]

Germain special Latakia in Jopp

 

[Pappy Coon]

Mixed some SV Peach and SV Mellow with some Arango BS about a week ago and let it come together. Finally tried it in a Crown on the drive home and it was ok. Needed less peach and a little more latakia. Trying a similar combination but using some Best of the Rest English this time with less peach. It's fun to play around a little.

 

[JimInks]

Did a little low calorie snacking, and am smoking Wilke Hearth of Galway in an undated smooth straight medium brown made in France Saillard Lord Clerit lumberman with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Working and listening to The Shadow from my radio collection.

 

[dingdong]

Mixed some SV Peach and SV Mellow with some Arango BS about a week ago and let it come together. Finally tried it in a Crown on the drive home and it was ok. Needed less peach and a little more latakia. Trying a similar combination but using some Best of the Rest English this time with less peach. It's fun to play around a little.

Hi, how long do you normally wait until the blend is good to smoke?

 

[Pappy Coon]

Hi, how long do you normally wait until the blend is good to smoke?

I put it in a Zip lock, mix it up and squeeze all the air out so the different tobaccos have to mingle, then wait 5 to 7 days. I think I remember reading somewhere on here to wait at least 3 days. I'm sure there's better ways to do all this. Maybe someone with more experience will chime in.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Wilke Gentry Royal Blend No. 2 in a black sandblast quarter bend undated Briarcraft (Dr. Grabow made) Wimbledon 810 author with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2012 Carter Hall in a black rusticated medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY 4AB No. 437/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Watching Long Tail scamp around the den. It's not looking like we're going to find a home for her, which is a shame because she's a great kitten.

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is 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.