***What Are You Smoking, November 2022?***

[frozenchurchwarden]

First pipe in over a month.
Last month I tried starting a campfire along with my pipe and almost started a grass fire, but now with the world covered in solidified water I can make campfires anywhere and everywhere to my heart's content and just walk away from a burning log care free.

Tonight I had a bowl of Frog Morton Cellar, and a 50/50 blend of GH Kendal Kentucky and Sutliff Red VA, smoked in a pair of freshly re-drilled Tsuge "The Tasting" pipes (that used to cost a lot less than they do now).
(The skinny shank Chimney pipe is only a 3.5mm bore through 2/3 of the stem, finishing at the original factory 3mm. The Pot is bored halfway at 4mm, then 3.5mm to the button.)



Less than a year ago these pipes were selling for $60 a piece, they're nearly double that now.

 

[Sgetz]

Last night. Bob's chocolate flake in an MM Legend. I always find it hard to believe how well cobs smoke! I sometimes wonder if I should only smoke them.

 

[judcole]

Kentucky Club Mild in an MM Bard.

 

[ukbob]

Starting the day off with a bowl of Star of the East flake in a Peterson Liscannor Xl02.

 

[The Clay King]

Special Virginia in a clay pipe; nearly finished the packet now.

 

[onepyrotec]

HU'S Tillerman in a PM 2012 Meershaum

 

[MattRVA]

3 Sails in a Jack Ryan, drinking Community Coffee black.

 

[ashdigger]

Salty Dogs in a 1921 Dunhill Shell that has had more repairs than Evil Knievel after jumping the fountains at Caesar’s Palace.

 

[timt]

Good morning all. I’m enjoying a bowl of Bob‘s Chocolate Flake, and sipping a hot cup of joe, while sitting on the sunny side of the porch on this chilly morning.

It’s been awhile since the last time I posted. Life kept me on a Rollercoaster ride for a few months. My father suffered a heart attack from which he never recovered. He held on for 2 months, fighting like hell and enduring daily suffering. My evenings and weekends were spent by his bedside. His death has had a profound effect on me and I’m still trying to process life without him.

Exactly 4 weeks after my fathers death, we welcomed our first grandchild into the family. A beautiful baby girl named after my mother. She holds her Papa’s heart in her tiny little hand and has been the perfect medicine to heal a broken heart.

I‘m ready for life to return to some semblance of normalcy, and get back to my daily routine. I’ve missed relaxing with a pipe and hanging out with you guys. Things that were once taken for granted are now treated with great appreciation and gratitude.

Thank you to everyone that has reached out while I’ve been away. The kind words and gestures will always be remembered.

Cheers!

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Condolences and congratulations. You've had quite a ride. Cherish the memories with your dad while making new ones with your granddaughter. Good to see you back.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Resuming a bowl of 2019 Escudo in my Dr Grabow Omega that I started on Saturday. One might think that the weekend would give one more time for things like this, but it's the other way around in our household!

 

[Steddy]

Old Joe Krantz with a few flecks of vanilla cavendish.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

MB Vanilla Roll Cake in an Altinay.

 

[atwaterville]

EMP with a cup of strong black coffee from the nearby bakery to start the Monday morning.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have Sutliff Eastfarthing in a Poul Stanwell Collection Shape 88 Large Billiard with Spigot and silver bands (possibly circa ’80s, still made in the Danish factory prior to the move to Italy).

 

[The Clay King]

Finished the packet of Special Virginia now; in a clay pipe of course

 

[The Clay King]

Going to use some tartan Clan packets in Christmas card making!

 

[cigrmaster]

2012 Escudo in a Jack Howell Billiard.

 

[JimK]

Good day all! Starting this Autumn morning with C&D Autumn Evening in an Upshall P smooth Bulldog with quarter-bent hex shank and matching saddle stem.

 

[alaskanpiper]

McConnell Pebblecut in an Eltang Snail Lovat with coffee.

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of year 2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink.