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

[Briarcutter]

Match Victorian in the Short Army.

Stopped by my closest B&M (cigar lounge with a dozen or so tobaccos, a couple basket pipes, etc) to see if they’ve gotten anything new.
Got thrilled to see new tins, with some decent blends. I reached for a Capstan tin to try and almost threw my shoulder out recoiling from the price tag (just under $30/1.75oz tin). MacB 1.75’s were $25 and 3.5oz tins were $46
I like to support local, but c’mon man!

I hear you brother. I guess a consultation could be to compare a tin price to a good cigar, which is only one smoke

 

[Speak Easy]

Match Victorian in the Short Army.

Stopped by my closest B&M (cigar lounge with a dozen or so tobaccos, a couple basket pipes, etc) to see if they’ve gotten anything new.
Got thrilled to see new tins, with some decent blends. I reached for a Capstan tin to try and almost threw my shoulder out recoiling from the price tag (just under $30/1.75oz tin). MacB 1.75’s were $25 and 3.5oz tins were $46
I like to support local, but c’mon man!

I’m in the same boat. I don’t have a decent store within 120 miles of me. I’ve got a buddy who smokes cigars and I knew one of the local liquor stores had a humidor, so I took him there and they had 1 tin of pipe tobacco. 35$ for a CAO Cherry Bomb tin. Had to pass.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2001 Wessex Campaign Dark Flake in a smooth dark brown medium bend year 1924 Dunhill 136A double patent apple with a tapered black vulcanite stem. I jarred a lot of it for future use, but left plenty out to enjoy for a while. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Uruss]

PS400

 

[VDL_Piper]

Those pictures are breathtaking and I’m willing to be they don’t do it any justice compared to actually being there and seeing that first hand in all it’s grandeur. I also bet a winter storm coming off of that is a frightening experience to say the least.

Its one heck of a view and you're right Paul the storms that come up from Antarctica are fierce and there are many ship wrecks along this coastline and some of the stories about loss of life are very painful to read. When this part of the world was discovered and then colonised it became the worlds biggest jail (we spell it gaol) and to the south of us here is Macquarie Harbour and Sarah Island penal settlement (one of my ancestors was the Doctor on Sarah Island). The entrance to Macquarie Harbour is called Hells Gates mostly because of the difficult conditions in gaining access to the harbour but also for the gruesome goings on once inside the harbour and gaol. Men who escaped from the gaol resorted to cannibalism and ate the men they escaped with trying to survive.

 

[Scottmi]

HH Pure Virginia in the 6 panel bent lattice meer, with decaf

 

[sax&pipes86]

Had a bowl of very dry (but still tasty) savinelli Doblone D’Oro in a wax drip radice rind billiard with a caminetto rod stock stem. The stem has a great green/purple color to it which is visible only in the light. Happy smokes!

 

[dPero]

Janemann Flake in DonCarlos

 

[john19]

Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired in Stanwell De Luxe 15.

Tin date, FEB 2023. 13 months tin, and has already started to appear a nice plume.

 

[Carol]

Shepherd's Pie in the rusticated Brigham. Got a couple inches snow this morning, but the temp stayed above freezing, so most of it is melted. Still cloudy and 34 degrees. Just got back from a walk with FireFly. I'm a little chilly, so latakia in my pipe is perfect. Good day all.

 

[warren99]

Bill Bailey’s Balkan Blend in a Peter Heeschen “B” horn.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

Currently smoking my Meerschaum Market bent apple with some Hobbits Weed match.

 

[Cloozoe]

Semois

 

[FurCoat]

LBF in a WDC Wellington

 

[JimInks]

Almost half way through this bowl of year 2016 Newminister 400 Superior Navy Flake in a straight smooth brown year 1948 Parker Super Bruyere patent 23 88/F bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Mcclelland MV24 in the Charl Goussard w/ boar tusk.

 

[Speak Easy]

Anthology 23 in the big meer. And a new old book to read.

 

[Skink]

Peterson Irish Dew in a Peterson Donegal Rocky X105 Billard with a cup of black tea.

 

[rsshreck32]

LJ Peretti London Flake in a MM Diamondback.

 

[sparker69]

Now smoking year 2001 Wessex Campaign Dark Flake in a smooth dark brown medium bend year 1924 Dunhill 136A double patent apple with a tapered black vulcanite stem. I jarred a lot of it for future use, but left plenty out to enjoy for a while. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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Wow! Those flakes look beautiful!