***What Are You Smoking? March 2020***

[samuelgawith01]

Nice restoration!

Thanks for the kind words,Rush.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Smoking some Gawith & Hogarth Sweet Cherry Twist in this "Dakota" Billiard I rescued from one of the various EBAY hells.Cleaned it,restained it, opened the draw.The chamber had a lot of charing, and some heat cracks underneath.I filled them in with a Honey / Charcoal layering plan I learned about on he internet.Yes,the chamber is now wider, and yes, that weakens the draw somewhat, but the tobacco flavor is well represented.View attachment 23099View attachment 23100View attachment 23101

Thanks for the Kind reactions, guys.

 

[cortezattic]

C&D Chenet's Cake in a meer Rhodesian by Yilmaz.

 

[trubka2]

HU Makhuwa in a BB S Londoner 26T pot.

 

[samuelgawith01]

HU Makhuwa in a BB S Londoner 26T pot.

How is that HU Makuwa?,I ordered some of their Director's Cut last night. I realize it's a different mixture,I'm just curious, anyway.thanks for any guidance you can give.

 

[DotAndBang’sPipes]

In this week 1 of Covid craziness, I’ve had a couple of bowls a night:
FVF in my favorite unnamed Meer.
St James Flake in a beautiful 1980s Sam Martin Bent.
Dunbar and Tillbury in a rusticated Peterson Billard
And some C&D Opening Night in a super large Mount Batten bent Poker sitter.

In other words, it’s been a good week for pipe smoking.

 

[Spinkle]

Having a nice slow smoldering bowl of Robert McConnell Scottish Cake in my Morgan Gnarly Bones Pitbull.

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of Ken Byron Ventures Mountains of Madness (West’s Best Series) in a black pebble finish straight 2003 Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano lovat with a black acrylic saddle stem. Taking a very short work break.

 

[MattRVA]

C&D Yorktown in a Castello KK sea rock billiard.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Sutliff Prince Albert Match in a 1980s straight smooth Big Ben pot with a nickel band and a black vulcanite saddle stem. Back to work, now.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Now enjoying some McCranies Red Flake 2008 in this...️

 

[JimInks]

Listing this early so I can concentrate on work for a bit: Wilke No. 44 in a 1970s slight bend black sandblasted English Rustic 120S Billiard (Comoy’s second) with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[trubka2]

GLP Stonehenge in a BBB Thorneycroft 506 Canadian.

 

[trubka2]

How is that HU Makuwa?,I ordered some of their Director's Cut last night. I realize it's a different mixture,I'm just curious, anyway.thanks for any guidance you can give.

It's incredible, couldn't recommend it more strongly, especially if you like rich, semisweet burley-forward blends. I like a lot of different burley blends, but the HU burleys are in a class of their own to my tastes. And Makhuwa is cheap.

 

[JimInks]

Did some snacking, and am now smoking Wilke No. 111 in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

A fine bowl of Solani ABF in this reasonably priced Savinelli with ️ While watching Captain Blood.

 

[oldguyoldpipes]

Sasieni Wingate with some Captain Black Royal
Gotta admit the CBR doesn't have much flavor, but a nice room note.

 

[trubka2]

Rattray's Red Rapparee in a Savinelli Punto Oro 1040 EX Dublin.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished this bowl of Watch City Rouxgaroux in a 2002 smooth medium bend Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville with a sterling silver band and black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a 2016 Peretti's M.T. Natural made in Holland straight smooth brown Algerian briar billiard with a black acrylic tapered stem. I may end the day with this smoke. Watching NewsRadio.