*** What Are You Smoking?*** (May 2017)

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of Peretti Cuban Mixture in a 2016 Peretti's M.T. Natural made in Holland straight smooth brown Algerian briar billiard with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Watch City Slices in a 2002 smooth Rinaldo Silver Line 3 EGER 05 paneled horn with a black acrylic stem.

 

[JimInks]

McClelland Christmas Cheer 1999 in a 1980 Stanwell 668 medium bend with a multi-colored ferrule, half black sandblasted, half brown smooth, rough top with a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Watch City Flake #558 in a smooth straight pre-transition Barling 313 T.V.F. EXEXEL pot with a black ebonite stem. Ice tea and bergs is my drink.

 

[pipeboy122]

Squadron Leader in a Claw and Egg Meerschaum

 

[papipeguy]

MC 40th Anniversary in a Savinelli New Art pot.

 

[davidintexas]

Saint Bruno in a 1970s Peterson Dunmore

 

[JimInks]

Iwan Ries Three Star Blue in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking the last of this sample of Sutliff Lord Fairfax in a medium bend smooth paneled 2017 Turkish Meerschaum with a gold and black swirl acrylic stem. Ice water and bergs is my evening drink.

 

[moses]

Magnum Opus in a cob. Perfect for a cool Maine evening. ::

 

[jefff]

Wilderness in a large Ryan Alden Cutty Egg.
On my balcony, looking at a rainbow.
Life is good.

 

[JimInks]

Solani 633 in a smooth straight late 1970s Charatan 4148DC Reg. No. 203573 pot with a black double comfort vulcanite stem.

 

[missionpipe]

C&D Pirate Kake in a Lucca 8320 EX.

 

[papipeguy]

Kendal Cream Flake in a Gabrieli Rhodesian.

 

[bonanzadriver]

I've been working as a volunteer for the last four days @ the club for the USGA Amateur Four Ball Tournament as a Fore Caddy & Marshal (ya know, keepin all of those unruly golf fans in line )
Been a good opportunity to pay a little attention to my cigar humidor and enjoy a few Arturo Fuente 858's each day.
Finally got around to having my first pipe in 4 or 5 days (been passing out in the evenings after spending 8 hours out on the course walking 18 hole rounds in the 90 degree humid Carolina heat. (yeah, I know, I'm gettin old and fat)
Anyway, started out the evening with a new tin of Haunted Bookshop, despite JimInks warnings in his tobacco review of this blend I thought I'd give it a try.... Welp, it's definitely a bolder smoke than I usually enjoy. So much so that I don't really know if I like it or not. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's a great smoke for some of you out there, but just a little too strong/harsh for what I enjoy in my pipes. Guess I'll let it sit on the shelf and circle back to it every once in a while.
So..... with that being said I decided to pull down a familiar blend, to me anyway, and enjoy some D&R English Hooplah in my Calabresi Bent Dublin. Man do I enjoy this blend in this pipe.
Sippin Glenrothes, neat.

 

[thefishguy]

C&D's Constellation in a meer lined Genod tomato.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Seattle Pipe Club Mississippi River Reserve in a 1974 smooth slight bend Tinderbox Aalborg freehand made by Nording with a thin black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Time for a short smoke: Stokkebye Highland Whiskey in a 2013 slight bend grain etched briar John Barrett Volcano with a walnut shank and a black plastic stem.

 

[beefeater33]

Astley's #1 from 2002....... in a Sasieni bulldog......... ::

 

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of D&R VIP in a 2004 smooth long shank Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3 with a black vulcanite stem.