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

[gord]

When I was a little boy my folks would give me two dollars to spend on toys every Saturday when we went to the drawing on the street in Humansville.

Two dollars sixty years ago would buy a whole lot of toys.

No balsa wood airplane or sack full of army men or cap gun or squirt pistol or kite or water propelled rocket was even half as much fun as a geniune Pre 54 ancient, oil cured, aged, unvarnished, unstained, and unpainted Algerian briar pipe and especially one that was from 27 West 24th Street New York City by Bob and Helen Marx.

This one full of Buoy Gold about has to be a $7.50 grade Deluxe marked 14K RGP on the band.

But even the ugliest, gnarly ones are gooderns anyways, you know?

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It was only $20 which is like $2 was then, more or less.

I had to pay $10 in shipping and taxes to the dad blasted gubbermint, but they taxed little kids back then too.

No kidding! No matter what the case, that is a beautiful pipe.

 

[PaulRVA]

HU Edward G in a Peterson House Pipe and Diet Coke on the side

 

[98now]

Prince Albert in a Turkiewicz morta.

 

[das3353]

GLP Ellipsis Flake in a Radice Silk Cut

 

[jakesmokes]

First smoke in a Dark Smooth 4s.

 

[Carol]

Haunted Bookshop in my small briar. Got a bit of the whirlies this time. Oops. Still a pleasant smoke. Iced tea on the side.

 

[JoburgB2]

About to light up my Strambach bent billiard meer with some Samuel Gawith - English Summer Flake from 2017.

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I have a similar looking pipe for 40+ years. But takes a 9mm? filter. Bought in West Germany. Mine is much more worn, beat up almost. Love the coffee mug! Cheers.

 

[Lucro]

I had a pleasant Friday off. Had my coffee and a disappointing call. After all that, went for a walk in the park in the sun. I came home and made some lunch. Finally settling into a bowl of Boswell’s Christmas Cookie in my Boswell pipe.

 

[cshubhra]

Samuel Gawith Grousemoor in the Luigi Viprati Collection Silver Dragon “B” pipe with its own hashtag #coldrab

This is how it looks in my hand.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a very short snooze, and am just finishing this bowl of 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. Sleepy Suzy on my lap was the cause of the snooze.

 

[dottlejockey]

Quick lunch break with some authentic lengua tacos and Fortaleza tequila. Perfection. Firing up a bowl of Aud dem Krater plug in a Moretti morta nose warmer and then back to it...

 

[JimInks]

Passing the half way mark of this bowl of year 2012 Dan Tobacco Treasures of Ireland: Limerick in a 2021 medium bend black sandblasted Peterson Newgrange 80S bent bulldog silver spigot with a tapered reddish brown, black striped acrylic stem. Just fed Sleepy Suzy, and am watching the Braves-Pirates game. Going to clean a few pipes.

 

[Sobrbiker]

How did the mixed marriage turn out?

Not bad, they’re both Va’s and Dark fired, so…

 

[cosmicfolklore]

2022 Edisto in one of my Hilson stacked dubs. It has sweetened up a tad.

 

[Chieftiabo]

Finally Friday! I am starting the weekend with some 19' Capstan Blue in a Chacom Grand Cru.

 

[stoopidbaits]

Burley Cake in a Paykoc I picked up from my visit to the local tobacconist today.

 

[Mr North]

Friday night after a crazy week at work at the hospital. Craving a bit of quiet time with a bowl of westminster in a Dr Watson peterson. Honestly been thinking about it most of the afternoon.
Tomorrow I'll be picking up a peterson tankard estate pipe unsmoked. Looking forward to adding that pipe to my collection. Have a great night.

 

[TN Jed]

Never thought retirement would be busier than "real life" but it is proving perhaps worse

Say it aint so Gord! You're crushing my dreams of having long leisurely smokes and naps in retirement..

 

[TN Jed]

Ive been hanging out in Italy. No pipe for a couple of days but I brought one. I grabbed a pack of smokes and was quickly reminded that cigarettes suck and are not the least bit relaxing.

Grab a pac of Toscano's. I really like the blue, they have a nice anise flavor.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Been doing almost nothing all day.
Passed out early last night, woke up late today (guess I needed some sleep).
Now burning up some Odds and Ends in the J07.2