***What Are You Smoking, November 2023?***

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I'm smoking the last of this jar of year 2020 Sam Gawith Best Brown Flake in a straight smooth brown 1933-1945 Comoy’s patent Grand Slam 159 *4 apple with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.


I am overburdened with work and personal matters that need to be dealt with, so I am taking an extended forum break from all forums except for my Facebook page because I have to greatly reduce my internet time for a while. I'll peek in when I have the chance. All of us are in good shape, but you guys know that life gets in the way of life sometimes.

 

[Bbailey324]

Peterson MM965 in an Ashton pebble grain stack billiard.

 

[Lumbridge]

More Amphora Virginia, this time in a Missouri Meerschaum Riverboat Gambler. I'm really liking this stuff.

 

[rsshreck32]

Boswell's Old School in a Boswell tonight.

 

[renfield]

7 year old Sam Gawith Lakeland Dark in a lattice globe meer.

The Lakeland essence is mild and nicely balances the tobacco flavor. Medium+ in the nicotine level but pleasant. Dark, meaty, light smokiness and smooth.

 

[Winnipeger]

GH&Co. Dark Twist Maple in my Piersel Dublin. This has aged exceptionally well. I sliced it about 4 years ago and it's mostly been sleeping in its jar. Now it's in Mylar. I almost would swear there's a wisp of Latakia in it but that's gotta be the Dark Fired. This stuff never wanted to stay lit. It's still pretty fire resistant and I tried drying this for days and days before jarring it. Seems like it needs even more dry time, but damn does this taste good.

Enjoying this Chinook sweeping across the prairies this week. It's like Springtime in mid-November.

 

[cshubhra]

Sutliff Crème Brûlée in a MM Legend Cob

 

[onestrangeone]

Bayou Morning in an Il Duca Apple

 

[cunninghampm]

Neglected to take a photo, but I've been trying to develop a taste for C&D Three Friars, most recently with a bowl from a Dutch Amphora pipe I snagged on eBay. I certainly get the grassiness from the Virginia, but the burley notes have been lost on me.

Not an unpleasant tobacco and a welcome change from my usual English blends, but a bit underwhelming. I'm aging a tin of Irish Flake that I'm hoping I like a bit more.

 

[Auxsender]

HU My Red Fox in a Genod Bulldog

Do you love that blend? I have some that’s been in a jar for about 10 months; it was “meh” the first three bowls.

 

[Sidehatch]

That a Mizki? Got one back in 2012 for around $60. Great little pipes!

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Looks pretty close but I don’t think so. As far as I know it’s a bent Dublin freehand. Bought it as an estate and that’s all the info I got. Sorry my man.

 

[Bbailey324]

Edward G Robinson in a Kaywoodie Shellcraft bent billiard.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Looks pretty close but I don’t think so. As far as I know it’s a bent Dublin freehand. Bought it as an estate and that’s all the info I got. Sorry my man.

No stamping? The shape, labeled 943 came with a variety of stem styles.

 

[HRPufnstuf]

Gonna wrap the day up with MM 150th Anniversary in my Rattray's 107 Dark Ale. Goodnight all, a better day tomorrow.

 

[BenMN]

Cringle Flake 2020 in a Peterson short army 80s this am.
I got 2 models from this line and they're dreams. Smoke DRY, easy & comfortable performers.

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Good to hear. I have been quite pleased with my first Peterson, a 264 short.

Last day on the river, forgot to take smoke pics. Here's an ancient tamarack

 

[das3353]

Do you love that blend? I have some that’s been in a jar for about 10 months; it was “meh” the first three bowls.

Love might be a bit strong, but I do enjoy it. Smooth, some sweetness and occasionally has a sort of cedary/oriental quality to it. I prefer it over Haymaker and Sunset.

 

[Sidehatch]

No stamping? The shape, labeled 943 came with a variety of stem styles.

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Upon further review . . .that’s exactly the stamping. You nailed it. Impressive indeed good sir.

 

[upnorth1]

McClelland Balkan Blue in a K&P Petersons rusticated 305 with an Irish coffee.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Upon further review . . .that’s exactly the stamping. You nailed it. Impressive indeed good sir.

It was based on Eltang's 126 shape.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

2017 McClelland Christmas Cheer in a Howell.