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

[gord]

Two smokes today, both in the same (well not actually, I sprung for another one of these identical to the picture, except, cobs being a natural thing vary in size - the new one is a tad smaller in the bowl), Missouri Meerschaum Mini-Cob and both smokes were Savinelli 140. Both smokes, separated by about 5 hours, were break-in smokes. I got about 15-16 minutes out of each, about standard for this mini-size bowl, depending on tobacco, about like the Miniature McQueens.

About perfect for a quick picnic smoke at a local park, just as in my post the other day. So, this'll be used with the same Sav 140 tobacco only. Both smokes were excellent; my tastebuds are almost normal again. Just a hint of a muted vinegary metallic taste (can't really describe it) left from the still lingering olfactory infection.

I'm really appreciating this tobacco - I'm sensed much more substance in today's puffs, a body which I didn't taste before. And the variety was even more noticeable, so subsequence smokes in this now dedicated pipe, will be only better.

Both pipe and tobacco will be packed in my travel kit on local outings when I want this most excellent tobacco, which will not be infrequently. Was simply too lazy to take a new shot, so the picture is an underexposed retread of the old minicob. They look the same.

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[gord]

Getting ready to watch the broadcast of UFC on ESPN: Erin Blanchfield vs. Maycee Barber (also known as UFC on ESPN 68 and UFC Vegas 107) taking place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Having Seattle Pipe Club Hogshead in an Unbranded, Rusticated, Octagonal Paneled Magnum. This 10" behemoth sports a 1.125" wide chamber; in terms of depth, just about my entire index finger can fit. Being eight-sided, with a huge chamber, makes it a perfect UFC pipe for me—this pipe usually provides seven or eight hours of smoking time, which covers the prelims, main card and post show coverage. Sometimes it submits me and has me tapping out from a nic hit before smoking all of its contents.

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A 7-8 hour smoke to me is inconceivable . . . . thought I was doing great with 2+ in my Big Pete or Sav. Got a long ways to go! Humbling.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2022 unreleased Sutliff Brown Virginia Flake in a 1920s medium bend smooth dark brown BBB Umbra bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem with an orific bit. Abner the Eager went out a half hour ago, but when m'lady came home from shopping, he figured that he was better off inside eating.

 

[Choatecav]

Thats too funny.
I will say I ran into one of my teachers and a few neighbors while visiting my parents back home in the 90’s. They all said the Feds came around a few years ago asking about you. I must’ve looked like I saw a ghost and replied with I didn’t think they’d be looking for me anymore Obviously it must’ve been for one of my Clearances but I always wondered what they said to them No seriously !

Oh man, that is a great story!! After I read the first sentence, I thought, "Damn, he's gonna say that the teachers said 'Oh, the girls still talk about you and wonder what you're up to.'" Ha............

 

[Hpgg71]

Now smoking year 2022 unreleased Sutliff Brown Virginia Flake in a 1920s medium bend smooth dark brown BBB Umbra bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem with an orific bit. Abner the Eager went out a half hour ago, but when m'lady came home from shopping, he figured that he was better off inside eating.
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THAT is a gorgeous pipe.

 

[das3353]

KBV Jim’s Special Flake in a Pete 2023 POY X160

 

[Choatecav]

A 7-8 hour smoke to me is inconceivable . . . . thought I was doing great with 2+ in my Big Pete or Sav. Got a long ways to go! Humbling.

You got that right, Gord.

I've had vacations that didn't last as long as @TheIronMonkey gets on some of his pipe smokes...

 

[BlueRidge]

snuck a bowl of Penzance in a Genod in between storms

 

[Eireprof]

Westminster in a Pete SH Baskerville.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

This morning, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

5 year old MB Virginia Flake in an Altinay.

 

[dino]

I spent the afternoon with my ZOOM buddies while smoking a Sherlock Holmes themed combination: my 1891 A.D.P. pipe, with a bone stem, filled with year 1999 McClelland Arcadia Mixture. The pipe smoked beautifully, but the tobacco, though well mellowed with age, was too mild an English for me.
My beverage was the usual Peach/Mango Green Tea in a large tumbler with bergs and a splash of Honey Jack.

 

[Mortar0341]

Found an opened tin of Briar Fox rolling around the cab of my work truck Thursday. What luck!
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Awakened at 4:00 this morning by my wife informing me we'd lost power from last night's storm. What luck!
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Hanging out with the generator, a cold beer, and a bowl of Milan Our London Dock in this Lacroix panel. What luck!

I like your attitude man. Lol no power, no problem

 

[renfield]

5 year old Byronic Fragments in a GBD bulldog.

 

[Carol]

Anglers Dream in a cob. Pleasant relaxation after several hours of garden work. Good weekend to you all. I

 

[Briar Lee]

Super Value Amaretto in a perfect condition 70-90 year old Marxman Jumbo C size.

 

[dottlejockey]

I have not had any of the previous renditions of Sansepolcro, but I am really enjoying this new release. What do you think?

Judging by how often i've been reaching for this first open tin, it's quite enjoyable. I've been testing it out in many different pipes to see which ones show off the flavors i favor. So far, so good. I'm hoping it will get even better with a little time.

Firing up an after dinner bowl of Burley Flake #2 in a Caminetto bamboo.

 

[alwayslit]

Just too hot and humid for a pipe.




We did get a nice sunset off the Gulf

 

[ohin3]

Perfectly dried and packed G.L. Pease Quiet Nights in a Dunhill Shell Quaint. Listening to the coyotes howl down in the holler. A quiet night indeed.

 

[Ted Vig]

I'm most of the way through a bowl of GLP Charing Cross in a 1987 Ashton Sovereign Four Square Billiard. I watched the Get Piped YouTube video on Jeremy Reeves pipe loading style. I have to say, this is an excellently behaved smoke. Highly recommended!