***What Are You Smoking, June 2025?***

[lukasstrifeson]

Haven't smoked in a while but coming back STRONG with a bowl of 2015 SG St James Flake in this Former/Eltang rusticated billiard:

 

[ThermionicScott]

A couple tasty bowls of Yorktown in my MM Hardwood today. I noticed on the first that some smoke was curling out of one of the splits in the stem, so I sealed it with some cyanoacrylate.

 

[John C.]

2nd smoke of Rattray's Buckingham in a 2014 Butz-Choquin Millesime.

 

[Mortar0341]

Gonna light this Riverboat Gambler up in my favorite pipe, here after dinner. Got a pot of jambalaya on.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 Robusto while playing golf.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Rocky Patel Platinum while playing golf.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

MB Virginia Flake in an Altinay.

 

[onepyrotec]

Btw, while I like your smoking choice, I must say that your daughter, Macie is gorgeous. You must be very proud of her. Did her time as Miss Nevada lead to other opportunities??

I will say she has done extremely well for herself. I will PM some details.

 

[Chieftiabo]

Spigot Meerschaum with an English blend I made for the week. Lancer flakes with some Virginias, black cavendish, and burley added. Rounds out the Lancer with a little more depth. Scofflaw Double IPA on the side

 

[Chieftiabo]

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Glengarry Flake in a Piersel Billiard

Well done. Made me spit my beer.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm close to finishing this bowl of year 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight 1960s 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 saddle stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Watching the Braves-Brewers game. Harry the Hairy is all stretched out on the couch. The other ferals are outside.

 

[Chieftiabo]

HU Directors Cut In a Merchant Service Bing and Diet Coke on the side waiting on the Rays-Pirates first pitch at 7:20p Est.View attachment 397905

@ PaulRVA Love this Bing. One day I will find one in stock on MS and I will have one. Oh yes, i will have one. LOL

Was going to post my last smoke but I'll wait until I'm up to it picture-wise. . . surgery tomorrow at 3:00 PM. Papers, prep and other horse doo-doo from 12:15 on to cutting time. Not expecting anything out of the ordinary, but not relishing it either.

Can tell you a litte about it without the pic which hasn't been taken: it was the black Mr. Brog Nosewarmer with TobaccoBarn's Traditional English. The pipe is going to be used in my travel kit for English and Navy tobaccos. This was the first English smoked in the pipe after the break in with SP Whiskey and BR Dark Cavendish. I packed it too tight, and didn't dry the tobacco out. Had to fiddle with it a lot. About half way's through it settle down and was okay. To be continued . . . . .

@ Gord
Heal up quickly my friend
Chieft

 

[JimInks]

I've passed the quarter mark of this bowl of year 2016 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake in a straight smooth brown post-1964 Parker Super Bruyere 88/F group 3 bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[PrivatePiping]

Cracked a fresh tin of one of my summertime favorites, Sun Bear Black Locust. Smoking it in a Miscoi Pipes lovat with Harp Lager on the side.

Has anyone heard what the honey variety is for this year's release?

 

[renfield]

6 year old Robert McConnell Red Virginia in a GBD Virgin grade billiard.
Age has been very kind to this blend.

 

[Danimal92sport]

2 year old Escudo in my trusty Stanwell.

 

[tfdickson]

2007 Tudor Castle in my Castello slightly bent egg.

 

[Scottmi]

The Aperitif in my WDC Hesson Guard Zulu and an Aperitif Cocktail (simple: gin, aperol, and turkish tobacco bitters to color-match the tin, of course )

 

[alaskanpiper]

An unsmoked GBD “compact” that still has the St. Claude sticker on the stem! And some SPC BBA Hogshead.