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

[hoosierpipeguy]

Reiner Long Golden Flake in a Ruthenberg.

 

[craig61a]

WCC Waltham Broken Cake in a Yello Bole 4501 Zulu.

 

[JimInks]

About a third of a bowl left of C&D Virginia Gentleman in a straight smooth dark brown pre-1940s Comoy’s Jost’s Olde English Supreme J299 billiard with a black tapered vulcanite stem.

 

[isaac liu]

smoking with the mentor.
Arango balkan supreme in tom eltang's AJ mini

 

[JimInks]

Close to finishing this bowl of Hearth & Home AJ’s Vaper in a pre-1952 Sutliff Falcon 372 (made by Comoy’s) smooth light brown straight bulldog with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have St. Bruno Ready Rubbed in a 1976 Dunhill Shell Briar 52 HU Oom Paul (marked "NOT FOR SALE").

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Wilke No. 72 in a pre-1974 dark brown straight Larus & Brother Co. Signature billiard with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem with the initials LCR on the top of the stem. This blend was smoked by Walter Cronkite.

 

[JimInks]

Almost a third of the way through this bowl of Wilke Crystal Palace in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2 LHS Certified Purex 79 bulldog with a nickel ferrule and tenon with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[JimInks]

Nearing the last third of this bowl of Peretti Blend W in a straight black sandblasted circa 1950s Comoy’s Peterson’s made for Peterson, Ltd. in Wisconsin billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Just finished work for the day.

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day is year 1948 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed in a medium bend dark brown 2017 Don Warren 17 smooth straight grain rough top Dublin with a multi-brown cumberland stem and ferrule in the military mount style. Have enough for two more bowls. I sure appreciate @JSPiper71 for this sample.

 

[judcole]

I just opened a new canister of Lane Ready Rubbed, and am enjoying some in an MM Scarecrow.
Since I discovered this when it was released in 2015, I've gone through several tubs. (SWAG of three).
I have one more left. I can and will smoke Match RR, although I prefer this one, although not by much.

 

[Jwebb90]

Yorktown in a Tekin.

 

[JEdwards]

Fast zoom at low shutter speed？

When I upgraded Leica m6 to a digital m240, I found that many lens imaging quality problems were exposed, especially for some biogon structure lenses (zeiss zm, minolta 35 3.5G from TC1). Although the currently used m10r has slightly improved in the above aspects, the high pixels without IBIS have reduced the success rate, So I think I will not upgrade to m11, but will consider adding an SL2. The higher the pixel is, the higher the requirement for the lens is, but the lens that can meet the high pixel has almost no personality. Maybe they are all designed with similar computer software.
Finally, I want to say that the pixel arms race is boring

Leica is a very well respected brand with excellent quality.

I have used 24mp Sony full frame cameras for years and have never felt that I needed higher pixel density. I have a nice Loxia 25mm (Distagon design) for landscapes and a reasonably good 50mm (2.5 "G") and they handle everything thing I need from my camera in normal situations. I actually rent additional zooms if I am going on a vacation or have an unusual situation that demands ultra wide or telephoto ranges. This is fun because I get a chance to play with additional lens without fully investing in them.

The Minolta-mount Sigma 75-250 4-5.6 in the picture was free from a co-worker and the adapter was less than 15USD from Amazon. For very little money I'm happy to experiment with an older lens, even if I never use it in practice.

Perhaps we should start a photography thread in one of the non-pipe forums here on pipesmagazine.com?

No pipes this morning, gents. Too cold and I have too much work.

 

[Trainpipeman]

The thread on photography sounds like a good idea!

 

[JimInks]

Gave up trying to sleep, so I'm up and smoking 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.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinay.

 

[onepyrotec]

McClelland Navy Cavendish Flake in a R.Santia custom cob

 

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of year 2012 Anniversary Kake in a smooth burgundy 1979 Chippendale (Charatan second) Rhodesian 49 with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[MattRVA]

Ye Olde Signe in a Jack Ryan, drinking black coffee.

 

[ashdigger]

Bullseye Flake in an early 1900’s BBB Carlton Sharman’s Patent. This patent is essentially a bayonet mount.

This pipe arrived with a stem that clearly wasn’t original. It was more like a cobbled together marriage of a plastic 1970’s Dr. Grabow stem and glue.

This wouldn’t do. So off to Ryan Alden is went. He put a new stem on after removing the plastic piece of garbage and then made pins to hold it to the bayonet mount.

In keeping with my theme of non traditional colors on replacement stems I chose this badass blue.

This pipe is now a wonderful addition to my rotation as opposed to a glaring addition to garbage can.

The last photo is how I received it when purchased.