What Are You Smoking, October 2022?

[The Clay King]

It's a broken clay pipe that I repaired and improved. It was bound with hemp twine so I can comfortably hold it at the bowl while smoking and also have the pipe sit up on its own. The feathers are just there because I think they look kinda neat.

Thank you! It was a fun little project.

OT:
Smoking the remains of the Hazel's Gone Nuts sample in my Capitello while trying not to drool into my new ingredients that just arrived. Many thanks @UB 40 for pointing me to that great shop, I would've spent a fortune had I imported raw leaves from the US.

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@Chaukisch Is that pipe full of the delicious Virginia that will be the main ingredient of the "Clay King"???
I know the Cavendish is for the "Clay King". Which do you think should be the Virginia / Cavendish ratio for the "Clay King"; about half & half or Virginia as the main ingredient???
I love the golden coloured Virginia; do you think this should be the main ingredient of "Clay King". How does the Virginia taste???

 

[Paul lec]

Smoking Field and Steam match in a cob, had a great day fishing the mangroves off of Homosassa yesterday, grandson won the kitty with this nice red.

 

[JimK]

Good day all! Starting with Watch City Old Black Magic (2006, tin #13) in an Upshall sandblast Dublin with eighth-bent tapered stem size 4.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2016 Peterson 3Ps in a medium bent smooth walnut year 1987 medium bend Peterson 80S Bulldog Silver Spigot with a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[ravkesef]

Scotty’s University Professor in an L.J. Peretti’s Billiard

 

[Streeper541]

Enjoying a morning cup of Iron Bean Coffee Co's My Little Friend roast alongside a bowl of aged Virginia Flake in a Peterson Great Explorers Series Scott (B17).


I was gifted this pipe by forum member @ashdigger a while back and it has quickly become one of my favorite pipes for smoking Virginia flake in particular. This B17 is a phenomenal smoker! I really can't express how much I enjoy this pipe and appreciate his gesture. Thank you again Tim.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Capstan Gold Flake in an Altinay.

 

[MCJ]

Morning Smoke: Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake in a Missouri Meerschaum Cob, along with my handy Rodgers of Sheffield pipe knife and 1950's Nimrod Commander pipe lighter

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2014 Astley’s No. 109 Medium Flake in a straight black 1963 Dunhill LB Shell 4S billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[Skink]

MM American Patriot in a MM Bent Country Gentleman. Beautiful Fall morning on Long Island.

 

[cigrmaster]

2012 Samuel Gawith Golden Glow in a Jack Howell Lovat.

 

[tmcg81]

MacBaren HH Burley Flake in a Peterson System Standard B42. This is my first pipe in like a week. Between traveling and crappy weather, it's been a while.

 

[Steddy]

C&D Big-n-Burley in a Savinelli 3something.

 

[Chaukisch]

Is that pipe full of the delicious Virginia that will be the main ingredient of the "Clay King"???

The Virginia in that pipe is a bright and mild Latakia Virginia.

I know the Cavendish is for the "Clay King". Which do you think should be the Virginia / Cavendish ratio for the "Clay King"; about half & half or Virginia as the main ingredient???
I love the golden coloured Virginia; do you think this should be the main ingredient of "Clay King". How does the Virginia taste???

Of course I'll experiment but 50/50 should be good. The Gold Lemon VA isn't here yet, I think it'll arrive early next week.

OT:
I'm having a taste of straight Black Cavendish Danish style (Canadian maple syrup and bourbon vanilla),
in my Jean Claude basket pipe. Incredibly soft and smooth in the mouth and full of sweet flavor. Delicious!

 

[The Clay King]

The Virginia in that pipe is a bright and mild Latakia Virginia.

Of course I'll experiment but 50/50 should be good. The Gold Lemon VA isn't here yet, I think it'll arrive early next week.

OT:
I'm having a taste of straight Black Cavendish Danish style (Canadian maple syrup and bourbon vanilla),
in my Jean Claude basket pipe. Incredibly soft and smooth in the mouth and full of sweet flavor. Delicious!

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@Chaukisch Sounds good to me!

 

[Brewfan]

C&D Virginia Flake in a rusticated spigot system 301. What a difference a year makes, this tin was pretty harsh when opened last fall but it's dang good today.

 

[JimInks]

About a third of the way through this bowl of C&D Wintertime Reserve 2022: Ghost of Christmas Past in a medium bend fumed tan crackled year 2020 Ahmet Govem reverse calabash meerschaum with a military mount silver band and black acrylic stem. Working on a review of this blend.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Cupido Toro.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Capstan Blue in the Brebbia 984. I love this pipe, except for the skinny-flat drilling at the button end of the stem that makes it hard to get even a skinny pipe cleaner through. I attempted to gently twist a needle file through it to open it up, but induced a hairline crack anyway. I'll deal with that later.

 

[alaskanpiper]

5 minutes of DGT 2022 CRF from 3 days ago. This is my life now.