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

[Lucro]

First bowl from my tin of Peterson (Dunhill) Nightcap. I haven’t tried it before. Enjoying it in my Erik Nording 506. I love this little pipe.

 

[BenMN]

2016 Union Square in a Kai Nielsen

 

[JimInks]

Just over a third of a bowl left of Wilke High Hat in an undated black sandblasted straight made in France Silvermatch Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[OzPiper]

The next pipe is a favourite of mine - a Comoy Selected Straight Grain straight stack billiard with a tapered stem. Shape 345 with a round COM.


With a bowl of Sturk’s Balkan (from Cape Town, SA)

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a light snack, and am smoking Hearth & Home AJ’s Vaper in a pre-1952 Sutliff Falcon 372 (made by Comoy’s) smooth light brown straight bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Listening to The Shadow as I work.

 

[didimauw]

0123 am. Briar Fox. Still breaking in the claw

 

[JOHN72]

Good morning. Smoking the first third of mb virginia flake, in a Ser Jacopo calabash. I wish you a happy Sunday. God bless you.

 

[Zamora]

Had my first bowl of Capstan Blue today and I'm already a big fan. Easy to see why this was Tolkien's go to blend. The only other straight VA I've tried so far is Sweet Virginia which I found rather dull, but Capstan is wonderful. I used to be skeptical of how good a straight VA could be, but now I get it. It's a very different animal then even Orlik Golden Sliced, which famously has so little perique many insist it can't be a VaPer. I'm still house sitting for my grandma and taking care of her garden. Her house has a wonderful view of the woods and mountains. Smoking this bowl was so relaxing as I watched birds eat at the feeders and bees pollinate her flowers. Sadly it will probably rain for the rest of her time away so this is mostly likely my last bowl over here.

 

[JimInks]

Finished work for the day, and am smoking year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Reading baseball box scores.

 

[Roach1]

Smoked a bowl of Haunted Bookshop in a Jirsa and now finishing a mix of Reiner Golden Flake and MB Navy Flake in a Karl Erik. I plan to try my first ever bowl of HU White Horses later. Now checking the ham bands for activity.

 

[gcm]

Did some heavy wind lunting yesterday, squadron leader in the j11p.

 

[JimInks]

Almost a third of the way through this bowl of year 2020 Angler's Dream in a 2018 natural smooth medium bend Peterson 03 apple silver spigot military mount with a tapered black acrylic fish tail stem. Time to traffic cop the ferals. I should be able to end the day with this smoke.

 

[The Clay King]

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@PipePint&Cross Nice pipe! It looks like it would suit c17/18 re-enactment. Good to see a clay post that isn't mine

 

[The Clay King]

GH Pensioners Mixture in the RAOB clay I bought at Avoncroft living history festival. Finished the packet now; going to upcycle the Clan tartan for card making.
Made a carrier for my Cold Steel sword using the cardboard wrapping it came in; going to strain & bottle my elderflower cordial today.

 

[dingdong]

Reiners Golden Flake on Stanwell Reg'd era Royal Briar 336..gardening day

 

[newbroom]

Grabow Omega and Sutliff Match Sunrise/emp

I've got some bulk HH ODF and I've found that it is just too strong to smoke an entire bowl in a sitting, but works well if you pace it and let it cool before relighting. Delayed gratification technique. I also found that mixing ODF with Sutliff sweet VA broken flake is a nice way to mellow out the whole affair .

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

Pfeifen Huber - Virginia Golden Flake in a Radice and a Cup of Joe.

 

[dingdong]

Finally..D&R Windsail Silver (Bulk) on Mastro de Paja..and C&D Canal Boat on Charatan's Make Executive




First bowl on de Paja

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Ser Jacopo Pencil Shank

 

[marlow-se]

I retopped the Il Ceppo. It was a bit dull. Now it really pops and shines. I will have to make a new photo. Now its time for some Edward G plus perique in the D. Rovera.

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I got intrigued by your recommendation in last months thread and I managed to get my hands on a tin of HU Director's Cut after some extra searching. I just finished the first bowl in my Altinay. The first few minutes I felt no flavor at all but I'm pretty sure that is because I had a bowl of 1792 about 20 minutes earlier. When the flavors appeared however I loved it, lovely varying flavors throughout the bowl. Definitely not a one trick pony. Thanks for the recommendation! I'm defitinitely buying more.