What Are You Smoking, October 2022?

[Steddy]

“Old Joe look at my pipe,
It’s a lot like yours was.”
That song pops up in my head damn near every time I smoke Old Joe Krantz. Neil Young’s “Old Man” in case you couldn’t here the melody through the text.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

“Old Joe look at my pipe,
It’s a lot like yours was.”
That song pops up in my head damn near every time I smoke Old Joe Krantz. Neil Young’s “Old Man” in case you couldn’t here the melody through the text. View attachment 172570

Neil Young's Harvest album is very good.

Old Man, Needle and the Damage Done, and Heart of Gold are amazing (and Type O Negative has a great cover of Heart of Gold).

 

[avail]

I've noticed you have several house blends from Paul's Pipe Shop in Flint.

Great store, decent aromatic focused blends (Arrowhead is like 1-Q on steroids), and my Cayuga pipe was a legit smoker out of the gate (and dedicated to aromatics).

Oh, yes...Morning Smoke is a non-aro, marvelous latakia-forward blend that I just love, first (and only) blend that I ever bought a whole lb of at one time. I always keep some Late Night on hand, too, another one that is lat heavy. I have bought an estate briar and cobs there, but nothing new, since I pretty much restrict myself to filters.

I do like the fragrant 1-Q, but by itself not enough there, there...for me.

 

[cshubhra]

Watch City Simply Red in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard.

I cleaned up this pipe to photograph this weekend, but unfortunately it rained the whole time. To be consistent I have planned to photograph in full sun.

Translucent meerschaum is softer than regular meerschaum. I don’t handle this one differently than my other meerschaum pipes, but this has developed a lot of scratches and dings all over.

 

[OzPiper]

Enjoying a long weekend.
Today is a gazetted state Labour Day holiday

Sitting down with a couple of Virginia flakes.
The first Sam Gawith's Full Virginia Flake.

In a 1921 Loewe bent billiard, army mount stem with an orific bit

 

[ashdigger]

GH Dark Bird’s Eye in a pair of Irish Meerschaums restored by Ryan Alden. The orange and green stems are a nod to Ireland

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful salad, chicken legs and green beans dinner with strawberries for dessert. I just finished smoking aged Rattrays Hal O’ The Wynd in a straight smooth brown pre-WWII (Comoy’s) Corinthian De-Luxe 126 pot made for Sutliff in San Francisco with a black tapered vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

Graveyard Shift at Work but I had enough time to squeeze in a bowl of HU Tobacco - Flanagan Flake in a Diplomat 5th Avenue Cob and a Cup of Joe.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Capstan Blue (fully rubbed-out) in my mystery mini-briar. I like this pipe because it makes my hands look bigger.

 

[Streeper541]

Had a hankering...

A glass of Flor de Caña rum and a bowl of Captain Black in one of my grandfather's pipes, a Kaywoodie 88s.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of Mr. Christian's Haunted Virginia in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera with a black acrylic tapered stem. Working on a review of this straight Virginia ribbon cut blend. I've no idea of the release date.

 

[daytonsean]

Finished a Blackhouse in a Sav. Long day hanging at the Ohio Renn Faire.

 

[Papamique]

Some aged Dorchester in a Poul Olsen. Fresh brewed A&W root beer for a drink.

 

[warren99]

Peterson Balkan Mixture in a L'Anatra Petinata freehand.

 

[OzPiper]

2nd bowl of the afternoon.
Another Virginia flake - this time MacBaren's HH Pure Virginia

In another pipe from the same era
A 1920 BBB Own Make Straight Bulldog, saddle vulcanite stem, slotted bit.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2013 Dunhill Flake in a straight smooth 1960 Dunhill DR 137 group 4 root briar canted dublin with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink. Watching a Tim Holt Western after feeding Tomato, Shy Stripesy, and Daisy the Feral Princess. Daisy would not appreciate getting the lowest billing, so don't rat me out, folks!

 

[Steddy]

Capstan Blue (fully rubbed-out) in my mystery mini-briar. I like this pipe because it makes my hands look bigger.
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[hoosierpipeguy]

MB Virginia No 1 in a Cermak.

 

[JimInks]

Half way through this bowl of year 2012 Sutliff BRG in a brown “rocky” smooth medium bend 1970s Peterson 309 Standard sculpted billiard military mount with a nickel ferrule and a black vulcanite saddle stem. Have enough in the tin for one more bowl.

 

[ashdigger]

Half way through this bowl of year 2012 Sutliff BRG in a brown “rocky” smooth medium bend 1970s Peterson 309 Standard sculpted billiard military mount with a nickel ferrule and a black vulcanite saddle stem. Have enough in the tin for one more bowl.
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I die a little inside when you call that a rocky. It’s an aboriginal. But it’s your pipe, you can call it Fred if you prefer. Lol.

Peretti Boston Slices in a 1907 Peterson Meer.