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

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, snapper and snow peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I've a third of a bowl left of year 2015 Mac Baren Virginia #1 in a three quarter bend smooth dark brown Made in Ireland (1938-1948) pre-Republic Peterson 367 with a 3 in a circle Shamrock apple military mount with a black vulcanite flared p-lip saddle stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Going to clean the pipes I smoked after this afternoon's cleaning as I watch the Yankees-Mets game. All the cats have been quiet so far, and the ferals are outside. Sleepy Suzy is by my side. Molly Danger is on m'lady's lap.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

This afternoon, Hamborger Veermaster in an Altinay.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

CVP in an Altinay.

 

[JimInks]

Love that tapered p-lip! It looks like a very comfortable smoker. I like the p-lips on my old Petersons more than my newer ones.

That 999 is very comfortable. All p-lip bits are comfortable for me. My teeth must have been made to smoke them.

 

[JimInks]

Had a nice afternoon smoke of Wilke’s 10 Downing St in a Dr. Plumb squat bulldog. View attachment 393045

Love that avatar. Will Eisner was a friend of mine. I'll have take a photo of the self portrait that he did for me. He's smoking a pipe in it.

 

[Phiredog]

Love that avatar. Will Eisner was a friend of mine. I'll have take a photo of the self portrait that he did for me. He's smoking a pipe in it.

Wow, didn’t think anyone would think much about it. Eisner was fantastic! Love what he would do with text in graphics. Pretty cool that you knew him! Would love to see the photo.

 

[Servant King]

Another day of wild and whipped-up weather, meaning I had to go into the workroom for a bowl of Three Nuns in a Stefano Santambrogio Rhodesian. 9/10

Bird report: House finch, California towhee, California scrub-jay, California quail, Steller's jay, American crow, Red-tailed hawk, Dark-eyed junco, Northern flicker, Western bluebird, Mountain chickadee, Eurasian collared dove, Anna's hummingbird, Hairy woodpecker, American robin, and Spotted towhee.





...and just a friendly reminder that the PipesMagazine zoom is a week away. @VDL_Piper will be showing us all the history of PG, how Ethel Merman popularized aromatics, and how the very first tobacco purchase was actually made during a brief lull in fighting during the Catholic Inquisition, ironically utilizing Bitcoin.

 

[tfdickson]

2018 Cabbie’s in my MG.

 

[sardonicus87]

I don't think it's supposed to be cut quite THAT "rugged"...

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking C&D Palmetto Balkan 2024 (Small Batch) in a brown medium bend 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank with a military mount and a tapered black acrylic stem.

 

[PiperdownCan]

Chenet’s cake in my crooked-as-hell Peterson Christmas pipe.

 

[telescopes]

White Knight in a WDC Wellington Dutch Billiard. As fine a pipes shape as you could ever want.

 

[Pipesandbourbon]

2024 Westminster in a Brandon brooks prince

 

[Tbaggins]

Nightcap in an Iafisco

 

[Pipesandbourbon]

2024 Westminster in a Brandon brooks prince View attachment 393067

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Thanks @gord ! It’s a killer smoker and I really enjoy it in the mornings with Coffee or the Evenings with Tea. The specs on Bruno Nuttens Twiggy’s are

• Length: 6.27 in./159.26 mm.
• Weight: 1.00 oz./28.35 g.
• Bowl Height: 1.99 in./50.55 mm.
• Chamber Depth: 1.66 in./42.16 mm.
• Chamber Diameter: 0.77 in./19.56 mm.
• Outside Diameter: 1.48 in./37.59 mm.
• Stem Material: Vulcanite
  
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• And another TwiggyView attachment 392984

I’ve been thinking about getting a twiggy soon. I have a Bruno prince and rhodesian that I love. Prince for English and the rhodesian I use for Virginia blends and vapors

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking aged Rattrays Hal O’ The Wynd in a straight smooth brown pre-WWII (Comoy’s) Corinthian De-Luxe 126 pot made for Sutliff in San Francisco with a black tapered vulcanite stem. Going to check on the ferals.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Smoking some 2024 Cringle Flake I've had open for over 4 months. It's gotten better. In a Howell.

 

[JimInks]

Wow, didn’t think anyone would think much about it. Eisner was fantastic! Love what he would do with text in graphics. Pretty cool that you knew him! Would love to see the photo.

Here ya go! Eisner drew this for our second AcmeCon in 1984. He was obviously the star guest. Murphy Anderson, Julie Schwartz, Dave Sim, Terry Austin, Sam Grainger, and a couple of other people were guests, too. I have an original Spirit page on my wall with a self protrait of Eisner, his assistant Jerry Grandenetti, and letterer Ben Oda. The Spirit, Ebony and Commissioner Dolan are on the page, too.



Half way through this bowl of year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a very much appreciated 1979 brown, slight bend grain etched flat front Stanwell Rego 969-48 (09) with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Loaded up the dishwasher, and fed Daisy the Feral Princess and Tomato the Brave.

 

[Sobrbiker]

More of my Dark Sails Mix in a Ropp 513. I did a little work on the stem and got the airway breathing a little easier.

 

[JimInks]

Did a little low calorie snacking, took out the trash, broke down some boxes for recycle, fed Sleepy Suzy, and am half way through this bowl of Wilke No. 515 in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This was the original 515 that Basil Rathbone smoked. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching the replay of the Orioles-Nats game. I'm behind on reading baseball box scores, so I'll play some catch up now.