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

[blackpowderpiper]

Some Revendill in a large cob, some libations. Patsy Cline on the Bose, smelling ham hocks and beans simmering View attachment 210536

Looks like a relaxing setup there.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, steel head trout and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm a third of the way through this bowl of year 2014 Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake in a smooth straight brown mid-1930s Linkman’s Dr. Grabow Supreme Bruyere 9456A patent 1896800 billiard with a nickel band and a black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[mso489]

D&R Two Timer twice toasted burley in a Dr. Grabow Royalton straight rusticated apple. D&R may have moved out of state but started here in N.C., and Dr. Grabow pipes started in Chicago but moved to Sparta, N.C., many years ago. So this is a home state smoke.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Looks like a relaxing setup there.

I’m getting better at it lol

 

[onestrangeone]

Bayou Morning in a Radice Billiard

 

[JimInks]

Off to work with a bowl of year 2020 D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 lumberman with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.

 

[Winnipeger]

War Horse Bar in my David Huber sandblasted mini bent razor egg.

 

[shanez]

Worked on my Jeep all day. Now relaxing with some Dunhill Dark Flake in a freestanding tomato nose warmer by Shekita with a glass of Reviseur VS Petite Champagne Cognac:

 

[WildTurkeySurprise]

Mac Baren Vanilla Roll Cake in a Savinelli Bing’s Favorite.

 

[tfdickson]

Anomalous in my MarTelo paneled bent billiard.

 

[das3353]

I am thinking to order some Patriot Flake or Hamborger Veermaster. How does it compare to others blends of this genre (straight Virginia)?

This week i will have G.L Pease Union Square. In the next order, I'm thinking for another one straight Virginia. I want some very good quality straight Virginia. My choices are between:
-Dan Patriot Flakes
-Dan Hamborger Veermaster
-Peterson Flake
-Orlik Golden Sliced
-Sutliff Crumble Kake Red Virginia.

To me Patriot Flake and Veermaster are similar. Both are hay type virginias with a little sweetness. Veermaster is the lighter of the two and a little more citrusy. Patriot Flake is spicier and the fruitiness a bit darker. I like them both and will probably buy some more to put away and see how they age.

I love Union Square. It’s mildly sweet and to me has a wheaty/grainy cereal quality to it that I really enjoy. Like most C&D produced virginias, it greatly improves with some age.

A lot of people really like OGS, but for me it’s in the “why am I smoking this” category. It’s not bad, just meh.

I’ve never had Peterson Flake or Sutliff Crumble Kake.

 

[reloader]

Been on a BLWB (burley light without bite) kick most of the day today. Bison Trace staight Kentucky bourbon has been the side. Smoked it in a couple meeschaums and a MM cob, don't know if that counts for March Meerscaum Madness or not. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have Mac Baren Vanilla Roll Cake (thanks @Servant King ) in an Oguz Simsek Figural Olive Skull (my dedicated Vanilla Aromatic pipe).

 

[OzPiper]

Joining in the March Meerschaum Madness with this 1896 footed Cutty with a straight replacement Bakelite stem.
Chester hallmarks. Silversmith WHP

Bowl of cube cut Sam Gawith’s St. James Flake

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking D&R Raccoon’s Friend in a pre-1980s straight dark brown Comoy's Sandblast 186 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Listening to The Lone Ranger from my collection.

 

[john19]

To me Patriot Flake and Veermaster are similar. Both are hay type virginias with a little sweetness. Veermaster is the lighter of the two and a little more citrusy. Patriot Flake is spicier and the fruitiness a bit darker. I like them both and will probably buy some more to put away and see how they age.

I love Union Square. It’s mildly sweet and to me has a wheaty/grainy cereal quality to it that I really enjoy. Like most C&D produced virginias, it greatly improves with some age.

A lot of people really like OGS, but for me it’s in the “why am I smoking this” category. It’s not bad, just meh.

I’ve never had Peterson Flake or Sutliff Crumble Kake.

From your description, I'm leaning more towards to Patriot Flake.

 

[BarrelProof]

About to load some home stoved (on 4/15/20) SPC Plum Pudding SR into a Savinelli Miele 606 KS.

 

[dunnyboy]

HH Pure Virginia in a Castello shape 33.

 

[Auxsender]

Tail end of Newminster 400 mixed roughly 50-50 with Solani 633 in this Diamond Back cob. ❤

 

[Auxsender]

HH Pure Virginia in a Castello shape 33.View attachment 210565

That pipe is