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

[Ben.R.C]

Dark Birds Eye in a ‘66 Dunhill

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

McConnell Mature from a Morgason

 

[didimauw]

Trying out some fresh Carter Hall straight from the tub. It's been a while since I've had it like this. Coffee is my drink.

 

[mso489]

Ohm Red with Turkish in a Kaywoodie Ruff-Tone Drinkless

 

[bobpnm]

In 2015 I mixed several pounds of McClelland 5100 50/50 with Carter Hall. It is wonderful! Smoking it in this Savinelli. Wish I put away 10 pounds of 5100. Oh well.

 

[Carol]

Presbyterian in my small meer. Still crazy windy in my locale. So, I've taken to smoking my pipe out in a shed. It works. Good day everyone.

 

[happy_lunter]

Seven Seas Black in a cob.

 

[Carol]

Well, I started out last night with G.L. Pease in my tin Bay Denmark apple, and believe it or not, you can make a teenie weenie little pipe, or any pipe last many many hours, IF, your slowly sipping.

So, after sipping every 10 mins, only half of the bowl done in 4 hours, I call that efficient packing/tamping. LOL

So, after letting the pipe sit over night, I’m now smoking the other half.

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Honest question. How many relights in those 4 hours?

 

[cshubhra]

Savinelli Juno from September 2020 in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard

 

[Briar Lee]

Lane BCA in my much beloved 400 size Benchmade Marxman chunky Billiard I’ve named Old Speedy.

This is the best smoker I own.

 

[JimInks]

About a quarter of a bowl left of C&D Virginia Flake in straight medium brown 1922-1937 Irish Free State era Peterson 222 bullcap with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[ukbob]

Peterson Night Cap in a Peterson Rocky Lovat , should be the last smoke of the day.

 

[Hillcrest]

Wind gusts up to 37mph; wind chill temps 10-20f degrees; so for a quick outside smoke ... some loosely packed Old Toby in an Erica smooth bent apple military orific stem (Pete 303 second) with 17mmx35mm chamber. This is a great pipe for a short smoke in high wind and the military stem makes maintenance easier. I also like my K&P Kapmeeer 999 rusticated bulldog (17mmx35mm chamber) but the Erica is slightly longer and somehow seems more versatile. Both are excellent pocket pipes and easy to maintain. While I do not have anywhere near the expertise of others in this forum I do believe every collection should have at least one of these shape pipes just for such occasions.

 

[das3353]

MB Navy Flake in a Castello Sea Rock

 

[PipeIT]

Honest question. How many relights in those 4 hours?

Well, I’m figuring a light every 5-10mins., so like maybe 7-10 an hour, give or take.

I smoke blends that have a fair amount of complexity, so I’ve never been one to try and keep the pipe lit.

I always only light a little, take some puffs and let it go out. On the occasion the blend doesn’t have bite and is mild, sometimes after lighting I’ll tamp a little to puff a little while longer, but only for a few minutes.

I also just need to take a break, and give my mouth a rest. I don’t find constant puffing enjoyable, and any blends I’ve smoked, the longer they stay lit, many of the complex nuances diminish so does the quality.

I believe high quality, complex blends are to be sipped and savored, with less flame, and only staying lit to sip and savor a few puffs.

If you smoke complex blends, try it like this next time, and you’ll notice more nuances in the blend to taste.

Even a high quality Straight VA, as an example can be complex, with a wide spectrum of flavors;

bread, hay, grass, floral, citrus, fruit like, raisins, graham, and many more...

P.S. If there was a secret to all of this, I believe allowing the pipe and tobacco to cool all the way down, and then relighting brings out the best in complex blends.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Two Friends Redwood in a Missouri Meerchaum.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to squeeze in a tiny bowl of Haunted Bookshop in a Brulor Cube, circa 1960 (made at Saint-Claude) before dinner (mushroom pasta).

 

[kitchnsink52]

Smoking some LNF in an Edwards Algerian Dublin with an army mount. The previous owner of this pipe clearly smoked aromatics, as it's got some ghosting. It's such a great smoker that I don't want to dedicate it to aromatics quite yet. I don't mind the extra sweetness with LNF, so I'm hoping a few bowls of this will clear it out. Drinking some English Breakfast tea alongside it.

 

[JEdwards]

First pipe of the month for me. ‘Been a little under the weather lately…

Gray Ghost in a Neerup with a nice local lager to wash it down.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Wind gusts up to 37mph; wind chill temps 10-20f degrees; so for a quick outside smoke ... some loosely packed Old Toby in an Erica smooth bent apple military orific stem (Pete 303 second) with 17mmx35mm chamber. This is a great pipe for a short smoke in high wind and the military stem makes maintenance easier. I also like my K&P Kapmeeer 999 rusticated bulldog (17mmx35mm chamber) but the Erica is slightly longer and somehow seems more versatile. Both are excellent pocket pipes and easy to maintain. While I do not have anywhere near the expertise of others in this forum I do believe every collection should have at least one of these shape pipes just for such occasions.

The wind has picked up here as well, but I did not make such good choices for my second bowl of the day. Sutliff Victorian in my Big Ben Ranger. It tasted good enough at points, but I singed my mouth in a few places trying to get it lit, and then the wind made it burn a little hot the rest of the time.

My Dr Grabow Omega has very similar dimensions to your Erica -- that plus a windcap, and maybe a cube-cut blend, would have worked much better!