***What Are You Smoking, March 2024?***

[Bright Orange Red]

KBV Mr. Christian's Brown Flek in a Savinelli Linea Piu 3.

 

[alaskanpiper]

1995 McClelland Brindle Flake in a Nate Rose wide shank.

 

[alwayslit]

Inaugural smoke of McClelland anniversary '05 in a IMP

 

[Speak Easy]

Second bowl in the new Peterson will be SPC MRSR.

 

[BenMN]

Fillmore in a Castello

 

[FurCoat]

WCC Simply Red in a Mistella Gem

 

[dunnyboy]

Bayou morning in a Castello 1982 great line fiammata.

 

[Scottmi]

Dragon Flake folded and stuffed in a Falcon w/Meer bowl

 

[Skippy B. Coyote]

And now on to some C&D Pegasus in the Country Gentleman at sunset, since the Captain Black left me with a hankering for something a little stronger.

 

[Tate]

Got some Elizabethan going in a Marxman. Fantastic combo! Hope everyone is enjoying their smokes and doing well!!

 

[Sobrbiker]

After last night's Sansepolcro tasting I woke up with a pretty dang sore throat and sinsues, so today I decided to take it easy on myself. I started the day with some Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia in my trusty old Dr. Grabow Lark, and now I'm trying a new blend I've never had before:

Captain Black Original in a Morgan Bones Milan

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I'm surprised by how much I like it! Captain Black is a similar blend to Lane 1-Q, but with a bit more body and much more sweetness. The first 10 minutes or so of the bowl it left a sugary sweet taste with a little bit of vanilla on my tongue and lips like a Swisher Sweet cigar, which I don't think I've ever experienced from a pipe blend before. It was surprisingly pleasant and I liked the extra thickness and body of the smoke compared to 1-Q, and the nicotine content was a little better than I expected too. Captain Black is still a very mild blend, but I'd give it a 2 out of 5 on the strength scale since there was at least some small amount of nicotine present to scratch the itch.

It seemed to have a good balanced mild Burley and Virginia tobacco flavor as well, though that may have just been the ghosts of Sansepolcro and HH Pure Virginia Flake in my pipe enhancing the flavor. It left my pipe a bit wet afterwards, as is expected from an American aromatic, but less so than Sutliff blends and the cleanup afterwards was manageable. All in all I felt like Captain Black was a much more enjoyable and inoffensive blend than I expected, and I'll look forward to trying it again in a cob next time.

It’s Lane RLP-6 if I remember correctly, ad bought as such in bulk is cheaper and has less propylene glycol.

 

[Skippy B. Coyote]

It’s Lane RLP-6 if I remember correctly, ad bought as such in bulk is cheaper and has less propylene glycol.

Huh, thanks for the tip! I actually have a little 1 oz sample of RLP-6 I bought last fal jarred up in a Ball jar that I've never gotten around to trying, so I'll have to try it side by side with Captain Black original tomorrow for comparison!

 

[Ben.R.C]

CRFP23 in a Doctor’s egg

 

[PaulRVA]

Capstan Blue in a Miscoi Canadian

 

[Laurent]

Mac Baren Navy Flake in my tulip.

 

[spearheadbill]

GH Rum Flake in my LHS Certified Purex #66

 

[cshubhra]

Sutliff Crème Brûlée spiked with shredded whole leaf wild Rustica (50:50) in a Savinelli Silver 606 EX

 

[thesmokindragon]

C&D Pegasus in an Ashton Pebble Grain Don (XX)

 

[renfield]

HU Nyala in a lattice globe meer.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, wild caught catfish and snow peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm smoking year 2010 Full Virginia Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Sam the Scamp is snoozin' on the top of my chair. All the other ferals are outside. Haven't seen Abner the Eager the last two days.