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

[VDL_Piper]

Sleepless night here with rain falling quite heavily. So I'm up, coffee and my little Meer ball loaded with Buttered Rum to start what will be a very long day.

@UncleRasta belated Birthday wishes mate, I'm sure you did it in style

 

[JimInks]

Did a set of walking reps, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Listening to the Pirates-Giants game on the XM, and traffic copping the hungry ferals.

 

[rmcnabb]

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Awesome! Have you tried the stoves 507S or the sweet 707 varieties? I have all three in jars but haven’t cracked them yet.

I have tried the Stoved Virginia, and I do like it. It's very very mild and sweet, would make a great transition from aeros. Personally it's a little one-note for me. I use it in my personal blend that I call "Dreadnought", which is 1/2 C&D Exclusive and 1/2 Stoved VA. It's my night time punch in the brain, a really delicious nic-hit that I made up on the fly and have fallen in love with.

 

[RookieGuy80]

Some 4 year old C&D Sea Dog in a little carved meerschaum. A pleasant smoke in a cheery little pipe.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Exclusive in a Manduela

 

[didimauw]

Pegasus in my new claw.

Mmmmmm

 

[krizzose]

McClelland Navy Cavendish in a Savinelli 707



This guy is sharing the office with me:

 

[PaulRVA]

ST Bruno in a Radice Rind 55

 

[B.Lew]

More Steamworks on a Caminetto

This is such a dry smoking pipe

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tall stack of cinnamon raisin French toast with unsalted peanuts and a golden delicious apple on the side for lunch. Shrinkflation has reduced the size of the slices. I've a quarter of a bowl left of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Lavazza Classico, neat, is my drink. Watching the Braves-Cubs game. Still haven't found a home for the two kittens. I hate that they are going to end up as out door cats.

 

[Skippy B. Coyote]

Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia in a Dr. Grabow Royalton for my morning walk before breakfast today.




I really like HH Pure Virginia. As far as dark Virginia flakes go I'd say it's about 80% as tasty as Samuel Gawith's Full Virginia Flake, but doesn't require any dry time or much in the way of relights so it's about 100% more convenient to smoke.

 

[buroak]

SToP’s John Cotton 1&2 in a meer I haggled for long ago in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. As you can tell, I do not often get to smoke it.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of 2019 C&D Yorktown in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Terracotta 4AB No.108/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.

 

[JimInks]

Happy belated birthday, @UncleRasta !

 

[buroak]

Half way through this bowl of 2019 C&D Yorktown in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Terracotta 4AB No.108/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.
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That shape is a winner. I am not surprised you have more than one.

 

[JimInks]

That shape is a winner. I am not surprised you have more than one.

Thank you. I have the entire set, and they arrived on my birthday. Most of them were presents from my friends, which makes them even more precious to me. If you or some others don't know the story behind them, here's a link that may be of interest.
The Peterson 4AB POTY Is Coming! :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/the-peterson-4ab-poty-is-coming.87844/

 

[renfield]

GLP Telegraph Hill in a Nuttens Bing, again.

 

[sardonicus87]

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Watch City SEPC McClouxgaroux 2023 in a 1920s-30s Grant’s Pipe Shop Corinthian Deluxe 409 (made by Comoy’s) smooth brown medium bend bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[--dante--]

Old Joe Krantz in my beat up old Chacom Army that I've been meaning to send to Boswell's for a refurbish. I'll never tire of the blend or the pipe.