***What Are You Smoking, March 2021?***

[simong]

Breaking in a new pipe today, after treating the bowl with honey, loaded it with stoved Capstan & 'off to the races' it went. Delicious!

 

[Birddog66]

Oh I see. These are very similar to the Ben Wade 'Ivory' pipes I've seen except that the dot appears to have more ... ruby. If I had to guess I'd say these were after Charatan. I will need to confirm this information (taken from The Briary, who in turn got it from....?), but:

"Later in 1972, Ben Wade was sold to Dunhill who used the name to bail out Preben Holm of Denmark. Dunhill allowed Holm to use the Ben Wade name until his death in 1989. A decade passed before John Louis Duncan bought the name from Dunhill and relaunched the brand while still using the Dunhill factory at Walthamstow. Duncan restored the quality associated with the name of Ben Wade."​

The pipes from this era are good quality and tended to be classic shapes (for which I'm grateful). There is also a modern maker, "Ben Wade of London," (the "of London" is part of the trademark) with an altogether different interpretation of the brand.

Dunhill pipes were made in Walthamstow? I grew up right next to it then (Leytonstone). I wish I’d known that then.

 

[Birddog66]

A beautiful day here at last. I spent most of the day in the garden doing a little trimming and then practiced one of my favourite “chill out” hobbies, Ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arrangement. I smoked some Charatan Rolls, Royal Yacht and SG Perfection, all in cobs. Now drinking a beer and listening to the Buzzcocks, ahhhh....

 

[Birddog66]

Breaking in a new pipe today, after treating the bowl with honey, loaded it with stoved Capstan & 'off to the races' it went. Delicious!
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Breaking in a new pipe today, after treating the bowl with honey, loaded it with stoved Capstan & 'off to the races' it went. Delicious!
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I used honey for my last one, I wish I’d used it sooner, much improvement on previous break-ins.

 

[JimInks]

Just finishing this bowl of circa year 2000 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Been chatting with my next door neighbor about the feral cats.

 

[UncleRasta]

Enjoying some SPC Mississippi River in my Dr. Grabow pot.

 

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a black tapered vulcanite stem. Time to do some walking reps.

 

[coming to_falling too]

Curly Block in a Jack Howell cross grain blasted lovat

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Evening smoke of Mc Baren Mixture flake in a Castello Old Antiquari G Liverpool, yes, coming to realize I'm repeatedly facing somewhat bitey smoking experience with this one,,

 

[redz]

Starting the day off with some L.J. Peretti 52 burley blend. Beautiful day!

 

[J.Henry845]

Lane HGL in a Missouri Meerschaum Legend.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of Wilke PBC #2 beta test in a light brown 1979 rusticated medium bend Italian Sir Jeffrey Dublin (GBD second) sitter with a flared top and yellow saddle stem. Making feed back notes on this blend, which is mostly my creation.

 

[cigrmaster]

2007 Esoterica Stonehaven in a Jack Howell Dublin.

 

[Paul lec]

Presbyterian in a Sav. Blue Alligator Poker, Blue on Blue, reminds me of Bobby Vinton Pittsburgh boy?

 

[FurCoat]

Granger in a Kaywoodie Shellcraft Lumberman

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Wilke PBC #2 beta test in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl with a silver band and a brown pearl acrylic saddle stem. Made a slight change in the blend.

 

[coming to_falling too]

Peaty Kentucky in a MM legend

 

[dcon]

Astley’s #44 Dark VA Flake in a Mark Tinsky 1-Star Bent Pot.

 

[bullet08]

Bullseye in Peterson SH Baskerville natural. GEC15. Great smoke. A bit of perique, green Va, but didn't catch the cavendish. Folded and stuffed. Smoke to fine ashes. After drying for about an hour, no moisture at the end.

 

[krizzose]

C&D Bijou from 2016 (no mold), in a Savinelli 707. Having a rare early week beer - Weihenstephaner Helles.