***What Are You Smoking, March 2023?***

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of Wilke No. 515 Double Shot in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This is No. 515 with twice the rum of the Basil Rathbone blend. Fed the ferals, and Sleepy Suzy. Molly Danger is snoozin' with m'lady.

 

[PipeIT]

C&D Anthology in a Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.

Be well everyone!

 

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of Watch City Queequeg’s Moby Dick Series in a slight bend smooth brown post WWII 1940s Sasieni Ivory 101 Westminster diplomat with a black vulcanite saddle stem. This will end my smoking day.

 

[haebar]

Smoking some Smoky's Flake & Perique in a Dunhill billiard.

 

[TexJake]

St Bruno in a meer with coffee on the road

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Three Friars while waitin on my crew to drag their hungover asses in.

 

[judcole]

Amphora Original in a Mark Twain.

 

[Chasing Embers]

2015 Black Twist XX before bed.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

The regular 515 is what Rathbone smoked. John doubled the amount of rum upon several requests, so he made it permanent. That is what 515 Double Shot is.

Thanks for the correction! I thought John had indicated that regular No. 515 is the historically "correct" version of the blend but somehow I got turned around the last time I ordered (not John's fault) - have a good supply of both and greatly enjoyed the 2X yesterday!

 

[dPero]

Ascanian#2 in new to me Stanwell 35M shape

 

[JimInks]

Gave up trying to sleep, so I'm up and passing the half way mark on this bowl of Wilke Peanut Butter in a 1980s black sandblasted slight bend Savory’s Argyll 281 Cherrywood with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

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Thank you, John. It is a birthday gift to myself. The pipe is amazing. Very beautiful. I am breaking this one in the tradition of smoking it in thirds. 1/3 rd full, 2/3rds full, and then finally fully loaded. It's a slow process, but I have found it is an excellent way to get to know your pipe as well as protect it for the future.

Happy Birthday!

 

[seanv]

2017 Balkan Sasieni in a small Vincenzo

 

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A rare second bowl of the day for me this evening. It's my birthday, so I'm living on the edge. 1792 Flake in a no name meer apple from Meerschaum Market. My first bowl in this pipe.

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Happy Birthday!

 

[bobpnm]

 

[dunnyboy]

DNR in a Castello epoca.

 

[Rpink53]

Half and Half in this little corn shanked arbutus zublin I made. Hoping for warmer weather so I can smoke a big stinky cigar in comfort on my back deck.

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Very unique w/ the cob shank and a great looking pipe. Well done

 

[craig61a]

WCC Simply Red in an E. Andrew 1/4 Bent Blasted Dublin.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Dark birdseye in a 76 Dunhill lovat, kind of a dubliny thing going on on this pipe, I love it.

 

[Templekeeper]

Technically this was last night, but I got distracted and then didn't get around to posting...

Winding down Sunday evening with a local B&M's (B. Sleuth & Statesman) house "Seasonal Blend" (black cavendish blend) in a good smoker I found online as a "LOTR" pipe.
It's got a narrow bowl and thick walls, so it burns hot. But the small bowl means I can try different blends after each other in one sitting.