***What Are You Smoking, May 2021?***

[cshubhra]

HU AL Indaba in a Sasieni Four Dot Viscount Lascelles S

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Esoterica Tobacciana And so to Bed in the same pipe as earlier.

 

[dcon]

Earlier, lawn mowing with Sutliff Dulce de Leche in a Rossi Vittoria #8140 Billiard. Now smoking, GH Balkan Mixture in a Rossi Vittoria #8111 Billiard.

 

[ashdigger]

GLP Six Pence in a 1903 BBB Hallmarked L.B (Louis Blumfeld)

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Some Lizzie blood Virginia, a great blend, in a hand finished Luciano squat bulldog, ice cold beer on a hot day. Enjoy the weekend my friends.

 

[weezell]

St. Bruno: Ready Rubbed in a Meer...

 

[Paul lec]

Quiet night on the pool deck with some Presbyterian in a Mitchell Thomas pipe,Art Tatum playing.

 

[Latakia Dave]

Stokkebye English Luxury in a Jonas Design Lovat

 

[FurCoat]

St. Bruno in a Legend cob. Twenty five years of flawless service from this pipe. The smoke was perfect, wonderful blend.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Cornell and Diehl Night Train in a Tom Eltang bent Egg.This puppy NEEDS to be broken in.

 

[renfield]

Newminster 400 Superior Navy Flake in a freshly reamed Willmer AAA billiard.

 

[Perique]

Currently, 2015 LNF in an Invicta Briars Dublin. It is good.

Don‘t have an Invicta Briar? Get one. Even though these guys are Brits, which is certainly not their fault, they’re a good indie and worthy of your support. And their pipes are completely suitable for the task at hand, which is a plus. Furthermore, their wares are what Marge would have described as “reasonable”. First to get the reference wins tobacco, on me, shipped to you. PM me though, because I’m only here from time to time.

Previously, some more of the new school Wilke High Hat in another Stanwell No.11. Also good. Different, a granted given the changes in available tobaccos, but good. Very smooth, a bit less robust than the original. I’ll have to get around to updating my original review,,, tr.c @perique

The LNF is paired with Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey, my fav for this style of tobacco. The Wilke, typically paired with Duality Double Malt, was this time sipped with some Jack Daniels Sinatra, an unexpected gift from the young lady that is auditioning for the role of future daughter-in-law, that has proven to be a pleasant surprise, the smoothest by far of the unsweetened line. I guess ole Frank knew something about corn whiskey.

Has there been, in retrospect, a more overrated musical artist? Ever? Perhaps Bob Dylan.

Somebody won the free tobacco btw (2015 LNF), but they have yet to respond with their mailing address. The reference was Marge from the original Fargo, looking for a lunch recommendation. As an unabashed foodie, the sight of Marge and Norm at the brown-food buffet was enough to turn my stomach. Is there anything even remotely appealing about an “all-you-can-eat“ buffet? Revolting. Obviously, the director intended that reaction when he planned the scene. But it begs the question: why do so many choose quantity over quality? (Subtlety, mind you, perhaps subconsciously, in so many areas of life.) Perhaps that’s why we are plagued with legions of overweight men long on excuses but short on discipline and, more importantly, taste.

Anyway, if my random reference winner doesn’t claim his sample by the close of Memorial Day, I’m happy to send it out to the first forum member who requests it, via pm of course, to preserve anonymity.

Oh, and to the point of this thread, 2014 Yenice Agonya in a Stanwell No. 11, paired with Fiddler: a nice, smooth ”Bourbon” from the folks who brought you Duality Double Malt.

 

[jmsmitty6]

Savinelli Doblone d'Oro in a smooth Ryan Alden Billiard, cicadas at bay

 

[virkia]

Regarding one-piece pipes here's my 2¢:-

Clay pipes are always one-piece except when they aren't - such as when designed to be fitted later with mounts and stems ...



... or when socket connections are used ...


... or when a stem is added at a much later date to an excavated portion:-


One piece cherry-wood pipes are more uncommon ...


... yet far more common than one-piece lady's leg pipes (and one-piece metal pipes which in my experience normally have a stem made of bone) ...



Apart from clays the most common one-piece pipes are one-piece briars (and other woods):-





Do they still make them, I wonder?

 

[cigrmaster]

2012 Astley's no 44 Dark Flake In a 1966 Dunhill LB Biliard.

 

[cshubhra]

Gawith Hoggarth and Company Brown Flake Aromatic in a Paykoc Meerschaum Bulldog

 

[LotusEater]

C&D “The Beast” in a Georg Jensen Cutty

 

[ashdigger]

Irish Rope in a 1907 Peterson Patent Bulldog Meer.

 

[weezell]

Peter Stokkebye: PS402 Luxury Twist Flake from 2013 in a Meer...​

 

[MattRVA]

KBV BasMatica in a bent MM Mark Twain.