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

[BrightDarkEyes]

No, my sense of taste is not so developed that I can discern nuances in briar from different regions or if they are air vs kiln dried or oil-cured

I can imagine that some super tasters may be able to tell the difference in new pipes with unstained chambers.
I just can’t see how that is possible in a well-loved estate -despite the assertions of some

I’m not a super taster with food after decades of experience so I probably never will be with tobacco.

I agree about well-loved estates. In my experience, even very old unsmoked estates require more of a break in time. I always get some kind of faint antique store smell more than a taste occasionally while smoking very old briars and meerschaums for the first time after they probably sat in storage for half a century or more.

 

[BrightDarkEyes]

Night Train in my Vauen Twen 350 with vulcanite stem and 9mm filter.

 

[The Clay King]

Clan in a clay. Great night out last night at the Neptune - live music, good beer & good company!
Booked axe throwing for this week & next week.

 

[The Clay King]

Made some elderflower cordial yesterday; going to strain & bottle it today.

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Watch City American Cut Plug Mixture in a smooth medium bend terracotta Peterson POY 2023 X160 464/1100 military mount egg with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Been reading a lot of differing opinions about Ty Cobb.

 

[Sigmund]

Im smoking some Makhuwa with a pinch of lat with my morning coffee. Smoking a Ser Jacopo.

 

[newbroom]

Lane's 1Q in my Morgan 2nd. Did a walk around with it and it's still burning as I return to brew my first cuppa.
Everything I'm smoking these days tastes wonderful!

 

[Sobrbiker]

Monday morning commute, Briarlee Illustrious still filling the “truck pipe” till this week, and Match Victorian is the “console can”.

 

[The Clay King]

Clan in a clay. Still got some Pensioners Mixture & Coniston Cut Plug left from Buxton. Saving my Clan packets to use the tartan for card making. A good recycling project! Jane & I had some of my homemade elderflower cordial; it's very good and thirst quenching. Didn't drink too much beer last night!

 

[The Clay King]

Who do you think will win the clay pipe smoke-off?

I can almost smell all that pipe smoke - and some of it will be mine when I take part

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Castello KK 10
With Peet’s Coffee on the side.

 

[BingBong]

Peterson Dracula 221 full of well aged Germain's Special Latakia Flake. Because my TAD was over and June would be free of purchases... until I was notified of this Flake being in stock again earlier and hurry hurry hurry..

 

[BingBong]

Who do you think will win the clay pipe smoke-off?

I can almost smell all that pipe smoke - and some of it will be mine when I take part

He's right upset he came 2nd lol! Can't imagine smoking like that - plenty Falcons there, interestingly.

 

[The Clay King]

He's right upset he came 2nd lol! Can't imagine smoking like that - plenty Falcons there, interestingly.

@BingBong He'd be upset with me though - and could turn nasty!
I can almost smell all that pipe smoke

 

[TampaPete]

Happy Monday!
Having some Five Brothers in this little BBB Classic 673, with coffee. Seems to be a great size for shag, and it’s got a little Ennerdale ghost to make things interesting

 

[judcole]

MIlan KCM in an MM Boone.

 

[PaulRVA]

More C&D Exclusive in an Eltang Basic and the last of the Coffee.

 

[Sigmund]

@PaulRVA That looks like a big lawn to tend!

 

[Roach1]

HU White Horses in a Jirsa.

 

[PaulRVA]

@PaulRVA That looks like a big lawn to tend!

It can be a hassle. Par 4 out front and a Par 3 in the back. We enjoy the solitude though but the trade off is the work involved. The Keys or Pawleys Island are starting to look good