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

[alaskanpiper]

I agree about the blast and the stem.

What's the plan for the stem re: color, shape, length, logo, etc.?

Likely just replicate the existing stem in red/black cumberland ebonite.

 

[canucklehead]

Shermy Burley in a His Nibs, and opening mail from Smokingpipes. I bought a cigar to get the free cigar cutter.

 

[Ben.R.C]

HH Burley Flake in a Lane era Charatan selected pot

 

[telescopes]

Been smoking my Charatan's Make Special, a Lane era pipe with a saddle stem and some great grain as well as bird's eye.

 

[ravkesef]

Sutliff’s Heavy English in a Peterson’s Rocky Donegal Bent Bulldog

 

[happy_lunter]

A small bowl of Newminster #400.

 

[canucklehead]

1970’s Benson & Hedges Mild Flake

Awesome!

I know it's not the same specific blend but Benson and Hedges always had the best ads (other than Condor moments of course). I used to smoke B&H cigs when I was young.

 

[andysc83]

LJP London Flake in the Savanelli Carmella

 

[Sobrbiker]

507 Virginia Slices in a Royal Danish 924M partial sandblast volcano

 

[JimRoseLV]

Breaking in a brand new Savinelli Bent Dublin with some Virginia Jazz.

 

[cshubhra]

Sutliff Edward G Robinson from December 2019 in a Mike Couch Devil Anse

 

[Steddy]

1792 in a Short Stop Cob, tiss almost the season.

 

[JimInks]

A couple of minutes away from smoking Watch City Blue Ridge Special in a straight smooth ebony post-WW2 LHS Sterncrest 91 bulldog with a sterling silver band, a diamond shank and a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[onestrangeone]

Haunted Bookshop in a MBHandmadepipes billiard

 

[shermnatman]

Now Smoking: Pre-Dominican Prince Albert, in a 5.3" Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series XL23 Le Strade model, smooth apple - I would call it properly a 'ball'. for it looks like a fully-round cannon ball - with sterling sliver band, fully bent Vulcanite stem, and P-Lip button.

This pipe is one week new, only on it's 3rd trip through the rotation, and while I absolutely love the shape of this hefty 3 ounce radically bent pipe, so far is a big-time 'gurgler'.

Time will tell. - Sherm Natman

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

McClelland 40th Anniversary in a Rubio.

 

[JimInks]

A couple of minutes or so away from smoking Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite. Tomato the Brave was very hungry, and being the only one outside, he got extra food.

 

[craig61a]

2004 C&D Bayou Night in a 2019 Peterson Rosslare Royal Irish 408 Prince.


With nearly 20 years on this tobacco, it’s a fabulous blend. Rich and robust flavor. The profile changes as I smoke; cigarish notes, fig, sweet and sour, dark fruit sweetness all combine. Latakia smokiness far in the background rounds out the profile nicely in the first half. Perique sharpness becomes apparent in the last half of the bowl, but does not overpower the blend. Time as been kind to this blend. My only regret is I have but 7 ounces left. I have several pounds stashed away that is of a newer vintage, though.

 

[shermnatman]

Now Smoking: 2/3rd Sutliff Medium Burley ribbons blended with 1/3 Sutliff TS-3 Natural (unflavored) Cavendish ribbons to slow the burn rate and add to the body of the one-note straight Burley smoke, in my little 3.75" Rattray's The Good Deal 99, rusticated apple with fully bent Acrylic stem. Community Coffee Decafe, light and sweet; and, Perry Mason rounds out the current ensemble. - Sherm Natman

 

[Scottmi]

Back in bidness with the 6 panel bent lattice meer! Had to take a short break when the plastic tenon/mortise decided to play a game of f*ck around and see what happens... New improved mortise and tenon now installed and hopefully for good. MB Virginia Flake took the flame eagerly and, with a bit of rum, is keeping away the evening chill. Kudos to SMS Pipes who took this in and took care of it for me in short order. Good folks.