***What Are You Smoking, March 2025?***

[Fooberticus]

I pulled a 2019 tin of Solani Aged Burley Flake out of my stash this evening, smoked in a Savinelli 673 Porto Cervo. The tin note was closer to an aged red Virginia than burley, with strong vinegar and fruit notes and just a hint of cocoa. I rubbed a flake and let it dry for maybe half an hour (definitely needs more drying time than that, a note for future smokes).

The first half of the bowl tasted and smelled more like Virginia than burley. Strong bread and fruit notes, with some nuttiness and chocolate peeking out from the background. Second half of the bowl was pure, classic burley flavor. It smoked very cool and burned slow, but it was too moist and left a bit of dottle and moisture at the end. An unforced error on my part; I'll probably dry the next bowl out for a couple of hours before smoking again, because I hate to waste a shred of this one.

The nicotine level in other reviews is stated as "medium", but I smoked on an empty stomach and had waves of nicotine euphoria coming and going. Meditative, but not "peer through the veil" strong.

Highly enjoyable. I'm curious if the newer version of the blend is comparable, because I'd like to have a few more tins of this one.

 

[Sandblast]

Charatan 0104 Canadian with a nice parfait:
Top 1/2 = McClelland Arcadia
Bottom 1/2 = Arango Balkan Supreme
Beverage alongside = some Canadian Whisk(e)y with a splash of Diet Coke

 

[tfdickson]

2015 Mind Meld in my Yeti billiard.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Trying out another pipe full of G.L. Pease Blackpoint. This time in a William Anderson canted sitter... poker... thingy...

Not my usual choice for this type of blend, but let's see how it goes.

 

[username]

Kendal #7 in a pete jr bulldog

 

[dozicusmaximus]

Tashkent in my unfinished Sav... 111?

 

[dublinpiper90]

Having a much needed over due bowl of Nightcap it the dedicated Peterson SH Baskerville rusticated with PLip

 

[PrivatePiping]

C&D Folklore '25 in a Ropp Mid-Century 614.

 

[Scottmi]

Solani 660 Silver Flake in the Imp Sitter, with some Santa Esmeralda

 

[Servant King]

Wrapped up the week with a bowl of Mac Baren Plumcake in a Barling sandblasted egg, while prepping for another late-season snow. 8/10

Bird report: White-crowned sparrow, Dark-eyed junco, California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California towhee, California quail, Spotted towhee, American crow, Red-tailed hawk, Chipping sparrow, Northern flicker, Mountain chickadee, White-breasted nuthatch, Hairy woodpecker, American robin, and Mourning dove.

Looking forward to getting some good rest this weekend. Wishing you all the same!

 

[ashdigger]

Capstan Blue in a 1911 Peterson Patent Calabash

 

[Brad H]

 

[OzPiper]

Capstan Blue in a 1911 Peterson Patent Calabash

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Tim,
Great to see you posting again
Cheers,
Ray

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty golden delicious apple, and am not far from finishing this bowl of an upcoming in the near future Watch City Blend in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic saddle stem. Watching the Braves-Padres game as I review this blend. Just fed Daisy the Feral Princess, who got in the way of my typing because she decided to sit on my lap, and get her head and back scratched. Earlier, I brought Molly Danger to the den, and she got a lot of attention, too. She was giving Daisy the evil eye when Daisy was on my lap, and Molly was looking at me with one of those quizzical "Why are you paying attention to that fat tuxedo cat?" looks.

 

[Bbailey324]

GLP Telegraph Hill in a Peterson SPD 53.

 

[OzPiper]

Taking out a couple of pipes I received as gifts.
1st is a 1970 Group 1 Dunhill Apple which I received from a classmate as a graduation present.


With a bowl of chopped up Sam Gawith’s Cabbie’s Mixture

 

[JimInks]

I've passed the quarter mark of this bowl of year 2013 Capstan Gold Flake in a straight smooth brown Algerian briar post-WW2-mid 50s family era Barling’s Make Ye Olde Wood Special Made in England squat dublin with a tapered black ebonite stem. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo. Daisy the Feral Princess ate, and then wanted out. I tried to feed Molly Danger, but all she wanted to do is play, so we did. Sleepy Suzy woke up long enough to watch, and then decided to eat, so I'll feed her after I post this smoke. Everybody else is outside. Didn't see Abner the Eager today.

 

[BenMN]

'19 Burley Flake #3 in a favorite DM Stanwell.
Fantastic


Spring lightning

 

[Sobrbiker]

Got the chicken run done (until it needs some things else), that involved a parfait of GLP Fillmore atop some Navigator in the Lee saddle stem pear.
Grilled some kabobs, and just had a good conversation with an old friend of the wife’s and mine.
Enjoying a big bowl of War Horse Green in my fleabay meer, enjoying a beautiful evening on the patio.

 

[OzPiper]

The next pipe is a 1972 Group 3 Dunhill tapered stem Shell Billiard which was a gift from a friend when he found out I was returning to pipes a few years ago.
A most generous gift as this was one of several pipes (Dunhills, Charatans, Sasienis and Astleys) left him by his father. It was unsmoked and came complete with a box and all the papers.


A bowl of cube cut Sam Gawith’s St James Flake