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

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking year 2013 Capstan Blue Flake in a straight smooth brown 1933-1945 Comoy’s patent Grand Slam 127 billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Took a while to finish, but this pipe is a great smoker, so I picked it for this particular time over other smaller pipes dedicated to this blend. Going to check on the ferals after I post this.

 

[gord]

I like the taste of new meers!

I've heard both sides of that coin . . . . I've had one that was easy, another that was not. With this ugly ear infection that has been wreaking havoc with my eyes, ears, nose and throat FINALLY diminishing, I'll probably be giving it a go next week. Did not realize how interconnected all of these sensory systems are. Guess it's never too late to learn.

Thanks for the encouraging perspective - you've probably tipped the scales.

 

[OzPiper]

A couple of small Britwood pots this afternoon
The 1st is a BB&S Rallye Shape 5585 sitter. This is a corporate era Barling second
You can make out the beautiful Birds Eye on the left flank under the dark stain
It smokes as well as any of its much older brethren in my stash


With a bowl of Sam Gawith’s diced Cabbie’s Mixture

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a late '80s, early 90s small bend medium brown smooth, unbranded Nording pot with a couple of small rusticated spots, an amber colored acrylic ferrule and tapered stem in the military mount style.

 

[atwaterville]

G&H Ultimum in a corn cob.

 

[gord]

Now smoking year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a late '80s, early 90s small bend medium brown smooth, unbranded Nording pot with a couple of small rusticated spots, an amber colored acrylic ferrule and tapered stem in the military mount style.
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What a beautiful pipe! Everything works together here.

 

[OzPiper]

The next small Britwood pot is a Charatan’s Make Special Shape 1147 - a Dublinesque pot sitter.
The shape probably comes across better in the 2nd photo.
No CP on the stem - either buffed out completely or it has been re-stemmed


With a bowl of cube-cut GLP/Gawith Stonehenge Flake

 

[Roach1]

Haunted Bookshop Cake in a Pete SPD 2011 69.

 

[JimInks]

Did a little low calorie snacking, and am a quarter of the way through this bowl of first release Watch City Rhythm & Blues in an undated straight smooth brown Crosby Saint Andrews “Merchant Service-like Bing” with a silverish band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching the second game of the Orioles-Red Sox doubleheader.


Fed all the cats except for the absent Abner the Eager. I fed Harry the Hairy first, and put him out so that I could let the others eat in peace. Daisy the Feral Princess decided to stay in after her meal, and is laying near my feet. Tomato the Brave wanted out after he ate. Earlier in the day, he jumped up on my lap and got about ten minutes or more of attention. He was so happy that he couldn't stop purring. A couple of minutes after everybody ate, I saw the motion light was on, and sitting on the doormat was Abner the Eager. I opened the door and the little fella came in to eat and eat; more than he usually does. He laid on the top of my chair for a short while before wanting out. I opened the door, and Tomato came running back in for more food. He's by my side right now.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2020 H&H Chatham Manor in a straight black sandblasted, smooth dark brown top bowl 2021 Jim Brown stack Rhodesian with a tapered black vulcanite stem. All the ferals are outside. I'm reading baseball box scores as I watch the ball game.

 

[Roach1]

OJK in a Jirsa 210.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Decided to go with a Danish theme tonight—having the Danish Pipe Shop Brown Sugar Flake (by Gawith Hoggarth & Co., Ltd.) in a K. Bertram Sandblasted Canadian Lumberman while I catch up with some Premiere League Darts videos.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2010 Penzance in a 1990s smooth dark brown medium bend Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog with a metal accent and a black vulcanite p-lip stem. Taking a break from reading box scores to check on a couple of other things of interest.

 

[ukbob]

Thought I would start off with a bowl of FVF in a Peterson Rosslare Classic Xl02

 

[JimInks]

Almost a quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2000 SWRA in a straight black sandblast undated Savinelli Hercules 115EX pot with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Daisy the Feral Princess wanted in as soon as she saw Harry the Hairy go out. The other ferals are somewhere else.

 

[Roach1]

Briar Fox in a BC.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Wilke 515 in an Everyman pot with coffee and cream to drink. View attachment 391370

I’m still catching up with this thread. Do you have a letterpress?

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2018 Sutliff Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a straight smooth brown 1960s-70s BBB Own Make 506 Canadian with a sterling silver band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. I may end the day with this smoke. Watching a documentary about Lee Harvey Oswald.

 

[JOHN72]

Without being able to smoke anything, since the last publication. Due to a mild flu, fortunately, covid tested negative. Dammit, what a streak I've been on. I wish you a happy Sunday and God bless you..

 

[Roach1]

Without being able to smoke anything, since the last publication. Due to a mild flu, fortunately, covid tested negative. Dammit, what a streak I've been on. I wish you a happy Sunday and God bless you..

Get well soon