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

[The Clay King]

Luxury Bullseye in the carved Marxman billiard.

@Tate Bob's Flake in a vintage clay. Hope you get some more clays soon and be careful not to break them
Sent you a PM.

 

[GreatWhiteNorthPiper]

Squadron Leader in a Rossi Sera Billiard on this cool Ontario morning.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Exclusive in a Herbaugh Cutty

 

[BorealPiper]

Germain's Plumcake in a diminutive Dunhill saddle stem billiard.

 

[PaulRVA]

Capstan Blue in an Ashton 3X Stack

 

[Skippy B. Coyote]

Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia again this morning, in a Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman this time.




This blend seems to smoke just as well in a cob as it does in briar, though today I'm getting less dark breadiness and more green tea notes. It's still very tasty though and probably the first Virginia blend I've enjoyed enough to want to continue smoking after the first bowl. I'm sure the fact that it hasn't bit my tongue at all helps quite a bit too. I don't know if I like it enough to make it a part of my regular rotation, but it certainly is pleasant! I did have to stop smoking after 20 minutes or so though, since the nicotine hit of this blend felt really strong today. All in all it was a fine enough smoke, though I'm not sure I find the flavors of Virginia tobaccos to be terribly exciting on their own without some sort of topping or condimental tobacco added. I'm probably more of an aromatic and Burley blend kinda guy.

 

[Smoke Wagon]

Eileen’s Dream in a Christmas’ Pete.

 

[Ben.R.C]

CRFP in a Davidson. The stem on this thing is incredible.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of early 2000s 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. Another very busy day.

 

[Scottmi]

Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia again this morning, in a Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman this time.

Glad it is working for you! The HH Pure Virginia really is a fantastic tobacco, imho. Next on your journey to the Va Side, may I suggest Sutliff 507C Virginia Slices, which I call "Slices of Heaven"...

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Having @Humblepipe ’s 8 Days in a Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy (KB&B, a precursor to Kaywoodie) Gutta-percha Eagle Claw with Briar screw-in bowl, and orific bit, circa 1930s or earlier. This pipe is relatively large, measuring 10.5" diagonally from the stem tip to front claw.



For scale, here it is next to a Savinelli Series III 320 KS Author, and my smallest Gutta-percha KB&B Eagle Claw pipe (2.5"):

 

[Sigmund]

Cool old pipe. How does it smoke?

 

[didimauw]

One week countdown till my smoking room opens up for business! Fucking cold today though. Having a rough day, so I thought a stout burley would help.

C&D Burley Flake #2 in my Savinelli Punto Oro Gold 106.

 

[The Clay King]

Bob's Flake in a clay.

 

[FurCoat]

ODF in a Sasieni Mayfair

 

[sardonicus87]

Maple Shadows.

 

[Ben.R.C]

CRFP in a Satou

 

[PipeIT]

CRFP in a Satou
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Hey Ben, how’s it going?

I was just thinking about you, when I remembered that on Shane Ireland’s Instagram account, there’s some pics and a video from October 24th 2018 of Smio Satou, have you seen that?

The video is really cool with him working/filtering Urushi.

 

[krizzose]

Erik Stokkebye Resolution in a Savinelli billiard

 

[Scottmi]

Lunting about and shutting down the outdoor spigots with Yorktown in the now nicely clenchable Merchant Service short cutty