***What Are You Smoking, October 2021?***

[jewman22]

2 smokes so far since getting up to a rainy afternoon here in Southern Ontario
First being Cobblestone Chess Rook Flake in my Aldo Morelli bent pot.
Second was just finished in my Peterson 302 System, had me some GLP Union Square.

 

[Charlie718]

Earlier today, a bowl of Britts Balkan in a FrankThunderpipesusa bulldog at the campground!View attachment 105744View attachment 105745

Great looking pipe!

 

[Charlie718]

Started my day with a cob full of Crooner and on the drive home smoked a Lost and Found Pepper Cream Soda. Now smoking the rest of last night bowl of Cringle Flake 2020 in a Meer.

 

[renfield]

2018 CRF in a Willmer blasted lumberman.

 

[jmsmitty6]

Tilbury in a smooth Andreas Bennwik billiard

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

May I ask, is the Vanilla Roll Cake similar to the MacBaren Classic Flake?

You may ask, of course. The classic is more of an aromatic to me while the roll cake shows the tobacco taste more.

 

[Simplicity]

Now enjoying Westminster in a 1950’s - 1979 Comoy’s Specimen Straight Grain pot.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

CVP in a Rubio.

 

[weezell]

Samuel Gawith: Grousemoor in a Clay...

 

[virkia]

Here's new arrival...

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Definitely looks smarter than this typical Peterson 'Tankard' from the late 1970s


@halfdan
Regarding clay pipes with other stems: there's a long history of same and not just when the owner broke his clay and was loath to chuck it so he had a mount fitted and a stem added usually of horn or vulcanite/ebonite and hey presto he had a working pipe again ...
A trio of examples of clays with once broken stems



Other clays were actually made to have stems of other materials fitted ...
A couple of examples


Not forgetting the socket clay - again specifically designed to carry stems of other materials but without the metal mounts ...
For example

 

[Wacko4Tobacco]

Dunhill DF in a Peterson

 

[cshubhra]

For complex reasons all Esoterica tobacco is considered as Unicorns, and is very hard to acquire.
Esoterica Margate is comparatively easier to obtain, but still very much a Unicorn. With a lot of patience, (and some luck) I have been able to cellar a fair amount of Esoterica Margate. Incidentally it is my most favorite Balkan/English Blend.

Today I opened a 8 oz Bag of Esoterica Margate from my cellar. It is divine! (Not because it is better/different from other blends - but because it is my favorite)

Smoking in a Paykoc Meerschaum Dr Watson - From Sherlock Holmes/ Dr Watson two pipe set.

 

[jaytex1969]

GH&Co Scotch Mixture in a Savinelli 111KS Roma.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken and snow peas dinner with a small scoop of chocolate chip mint ice cream with a few sliced strawberries on top. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. I'm part way through this bowl of aged Rattrays Hal O’ The Wynd in a straight smooth brown pre-1952 (Comoy’s) Corinthian De-Luxe 126 pot made for Sutliff in San Francisco with a black tapered vulcanite stem. This pipe is one of my favorite pots. Watching the Braves-Astros game.

 

[Winterreise]

GH Ennerdale into a Clay pipe .

 

[tfdickson]

2021 Dread Planet in my Sea Rock bulldog.

 

[shikano53]

Gawith Hoggarth Black Twist XXX
in a Peterson Standard System XL315

 

[trouttimes]

Costello Sea Rock, 965 and a mug of cha tea.

 

[craig61a]

HU Director’s Cut from a couple years ago in a 2014 Ashton Pebble Grain XXX Billiard. Pressed in a little PS311 Perique to this blend.

 

[Wacko4Tobacco]

Germain's Med. Flake in a Dunhill Shell