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

[fr0st]

Why don't you try making one of your own? I know a guy who did and he said it was fun, and worth the time and effort. I'll be trying it myself this summer when corn becomes available in my neck of the woods. We all need a project or two.

And cobs really do smoke great!! How to vids online on YouTube!

I might try that. Unfortunately our growing season at high elevation is too short to grow corn. Maybe I can find a source for Indian corn similar to what Bob and Bill Savage of Old Dominion use. I’ve also been experimenting with creating stems out of several species of shrubs native to this area.

”A person that's got used to a cob pipe knows it lays a long ways over all the other pipes in this world. ..." (Mark Twain- Tom Sawyer Abroad, 1896). I wouldn’t say they’re better than all others, but to a young Tom Sawyer they could have been.

 

[pipeboy122]

2017 Murray’s 1862 Whitehall in a Holmes and Watson Eagle Claw Meerschaum

 

[das3353]

Three Sails in an Altinay Poker

 

[Roach1]

IMHO it's really good. I mentioned on my visit to Huber that I really enjoy Perique and the young man suggested this. It an English type blend with Perique instead of Latakia. Good for me because the wife dislikes the aroma of Latakia.

Sorry that I cant give a better description. My palate for tastes is basically nonexistent but I know what I like because of spicy Perique. Hope this is ok.

 

[PaulRVA]

IMHO it's really good. I mentioned on my visit to Huber that I really enjoy Perique and the young man suggested this. It an English type blend with Perique instead of Latakia. Good for me because the wife dislikes the aroma of Latakia.

I’m in the same boat as anything Latakia forward gets a frown from the Mrs. It sounds really good.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2016 D&R Three Sails in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2-pre-1962 LHS Certified Purex 24 squat bulldog with a nickel ferrule and built in stinger and a black acrylic saddle stem. It's raining so no walking reps for me today. Thought smoke this blend anyway, but in different pipe.

 

[keith929]

H&H Fusilier's Ration in a Peterson Deluxe System 8s CP Rua finish.

 

[PaulRVA]

HU Edward G in a Radice and Diet Coke on the side

 

[krizzose]

KBV Van Gogh in a Savinelli 707. Cutting down invasive Autumn Olives around our deer blinds

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

HU Tobacco - Director’s Cut in a Radice and a Cup of Joe.

 

[cshubhra]

Cigar Time: Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro

 

[Carol]

Lane Black Raspberry in a cob dedicated to this blend. Cloudy, windy,and rainy, which is ok. But makes outdoor smoking a bit difficult. So am smoking an aromatic indoors. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Finishing a bowl of G&H #7 Broken Flake in a Kaywoodie Meershaum Flame Grain Canadian ‘72’ I started this morning with coffee while watching the latest episodes of Andor. Then I worked on restoring trim work in my dining room before heading downstairs to index a derailleur on one of my bikes.

 

[ashdigger]

Hal O The Wynd in a Peterson Pre-Republic House Pipe Made in Ireland Circle COM 1945-1947

 

[TN Jed]

Clan in a Pete. Hate to admit it but I kind of like this stuff, despite its maker and poor reputation.

 

[Bbailey324]

MB Scottish Mixture in a Peterson Dracula 80s.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tall stack of cinnamon raisin french toast with unsalted peanuts and a golden delicious apple lunch. I've about a quarter of a bowl left of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a 1999 smooth brown medium bend Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville with a sterling silver band and black vulcanite p-lip stem. Giving the 4AB Natural a day off. Coffee from a freshly opened bag of Gold Star 50th, neat, is my drink. Abner the Eager came back in the rain, and I dried him off. He ate, laid on m'lady's lap for a bit, and then wanted back out.

 

[Tabacco]

 

[Skink]

That is really an exquisite pipe. One of the nicest short pipes I've seen. Your beverage choice is a perfect pairing. I've noticed, with my own pipes as well, that Peterson really has nailed sandblasting like no other pipe maker. Eye candy!

Thank you Gord....... Yes, Peterson does an excellent job with their blasts when they want to. I wish they did them more often.

 

[JimInks]

A third of a bowl left of year 2015 D&R A.B. Rimboche in an undated slight bend, smooth flame grain Wessex Standard egg with a brown accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem. Still trying to get the Comoy's Everyman to neutral. Making good progress.