What Are You Smoking, October 2022?

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of 2015 Viprati in a 2000s brown quarter bend sandblast Pierluigi 140 brandy military mount with a silver cap and an acrylic saddle stem. Lavazza Classico, neat, is my drink. Getting ready for my weekly pipe zoom at the top of the hour.

 

[Tabacco]

Union Square


(Savinelli Punto Oro 101)

 

[daytonsean]

My last 100g tin of Frog Morton. Goes back to 2012 so roughly 10 years old. In a Rossi.

 

[tmcg81]

OGS in a Trypis bent acorn. Starting to get the impression that other than Rouxgaroux and PSLNF I don't really like vapers/Virginia blends as much as I thought I did.

 

[alaskanpiper]

GLP Penny Farthing in a Bruce Weaver half-surfing apple kinda deal.

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of first release Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.

 

[ThermionicScott]

OGS in a Trypis bent acorn. Starting to get the impression that other than Rouxgaroux and PSLNF I don't really like vapers/Virginia blends as much as I thought I did.

Having Rouxgaroux in a pipe right now, and it is consistently way sweeter to me than the Capstan Blue I’m also working on, which other people have described as “sweet.” I have so little experience smoking Virginias properly that I dunno whether it’s the leaf choice or personal chemistry or what that makes the difference. I just ordered a bunch of Virginia blends/VaPers, so I’m interested (and excited) to get more data!



(Drink is a Samuel Smith Organic Pale Ale, BTW.)

 

[Servant King]

C&D Adagio in my Savinelli Bacco 321 rusticated bent author. I have a faint memory of being so-so on this blend, which popped randomly into my mind when thinking about what to have. Figured I'd give it another go. Bird report: California scrub-jay, House finch, California towhee, White-crowned sparrow, Steller's jay, Red-tailed hawk, Mountain chickadee, Common raven, Oak titmouse, Hairy woodpecker, and Dark-eyed junco. Just another lovely day here in the SoCal mountains. Drinking a hot chai rooibos tea. Sukkot begins at sundown...looking forward to lunting tomorrow w/wife and horse.



The view from yesterday evening:

 

[cigrmaster]

2012 Wessex Brown Virginia Flake in a Jack Howell Billiard.

 

[huntertrw]

Sutliff's Heine's Blend in a vintage Dunhill Shell billiard, accompanied by hot, black, coffee.

 

[craig61a]

Newminster 400 Superior Navy Flake in a Stanwell Reg’d 229 billiard.

 

[Ahi Ka]

#pluglife

 

[Jon888]

A Wilke estate billiard matched with a fresh delivery of Wilke 47th Street blend.

 

[happy_lunter]

St. Bruno Ready Rubbed in Roadtwon Classic belge

 

[The Clay King]

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[The Clay King]

St. Bruno Ready Rubbed in Roadtwon Classic belge
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@Severus I've lost count of how many packets of St Bruno Ready Rubbed I've smoked in my clay pipes. The slow smoke competition I'm thinking of practicing for uses St Bruno RR. Need to go somewhere to practice and see how long I can make my clay pipe of baccy last

 

[JimInks]

Close to finishing this bowl of year 2014 Astley’s No. 109 Medium Flake in a straight black 1963 Dunhill LB Shell 4S billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

CVP in an IMP.

 

[das3353]

GH Bright CR Flake in a Stanwell Hand Cut

 

[PipeIT]

2022 C&D Carolina Red Flake in some older Britwood BBB Wyteway Billiard I’m trying to figure out.

What Model-Stamp BBB Is This? :: British Pipes

I have a BBB Billiard I recently came into possession of, and I have no clue about the make/model. It has the typical three B logo, but below it, reads to me like, WYTE WAY then REGD below this name, on the other side London Made. Anyhow have a clue about this? Thanks :)

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Such a lovely simple pipe, pretty decent grain too.

I haven’t smoked in 3-4 weeks, the ole ticker was really bothering me, and really had me worried there for a bit. But I listened to my body, and I immediately stopped anything bad I was doing, and went into 100% Health Fighting Combat mode. LOL

As long as you’ve not reached the point of no return, and you give the body what it needs, it can heal, and mine has, you just have to seriously know how to do things naturally.

Unfortunately I’m highly sensitive to anything I put in my body, nicotine can really get my heart feeling like crap, so I have to go easy and careful.

So, smoking isn’t healthy, and while we may never might know the full truths, I’m starting to look now for blends that are all natural, with nothing artificial added, and hopefully less chemically laced tobacco will make me feel better.

Be well everyone!