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

[PaulRVA]

First Smoke in the Peterson with some MyMixture 965View attachment 255237

Excellent choice !

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Savinelli Autograph 5 Dublin.

 

[FoggyMorning]

Westminster in a Savinelli.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

@bluegrassbrian I enjoyed the Full Virginia Flake in my clay pipes; Appleyard's in Buxton sells it loose (bring your own packet). The Clay King likes his Gawith baccy - especially in re-used packaging. Not much single use with me!

I've been using the same 6 or 7 little ziploc baggies for daily tobacco travel since late 2016.
A couple are beginning to show the wear and tear. Much like a middle aged man and his underwear - I'll keep these baggies until they turn to dust. I believe they carry with them the residual flavor and magic of flakes past.

 

[Tate]

Excellent choice !

Thanks! I missed the English blends a bit! This week's seems to have been alot of Vapers and Burlies from C&D

 

[The Clay King]

I've been using the same 6 or 7 little ziploc baggies for daily tobacco travel since late 2016.
A couple are beginning to show the wear and tear. Much like a middle aged man and his underwear - I'll keep these baggies until they turn to dust. I believe they carry with them the residual flavor and magic of flakes past.

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@bluegrassbrian Well done! I took some re-used empty packets to Nottingham & Buxton for my loose pipe baccy & made a Christmas card out of a reclaimed piece of card, some Clan packet tartan and a picture I already had. Fully recycled, didn't cost me anything and helping the environment! Let's make it a green Christmas! Dad says when I went to see the Sealed Knot, re-using the empty packet didn't offset the emissions from burning the tobacco!

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.

 

[Tom Sawtooth]

Samuel Gawith - Skiff Mixture in a Diplomat 5th Avenue Cob and a Cup of Joe.

 

[Tate]

A little HH Bold Kentucky! I'm taking advantage of some free time to enjoy some pipes! Usually not so back to back but having fun!!

 

[Tate]

I've been using the same 6 or 7 little ziploc baggies for daily tobacco travel since late 2016.
A couple are beginning to show the wear and tear. Much like a middle aged man and his underwear - I'll keep these baggies until they turn to dust. I believe they carry with them the residual flavor and magic of flakes past.

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Epic! I've been reusing Five Brother Pouches. Might switch it up to ziplock do avoid the dry out if I don't finish it quick enough.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Chinatown Gate still smoking my Briarworks. 5 bowls in at this point. Even with my cap this wind makes it burn hot

 

[AroEnglish]

Some aged Sutliff Crumble Kake VaPer this morning. Enjoying with some funky bean water from B&W View attachment 255207

Is this that no-name sandblast again?

 

[The Clay King]

ODF in an Eltang
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@Ben.R.C I enjoyed the Old Dark Fired in my clay pipes; @Chasing Embers recommends it for finding out how long a giant clay pipe would take to smoke. It would be fun to get a giant clay pipe - a King Size clay for the Clay King - and find out how much they hold and how long they take to smoke - a bit of experimental archaeology! As @Chasing Embers would say "now that's in my pipe size area"

 

[The Clay King]

Clan in a clay.

 

[El Capitán]

Smoking Sutliff Mark Twain out of my Crown Monarch CR1. I ran out of my Peterson Sweet Killarny .

 

[gawithhoggarth]

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Enjoying another bowl of Kendal Black Cherry in the Savinelli 401 Churchwarden tonight. I was doing a little research on the history of this blend and as far as I can tell it used to be called Top Black Cherry but was renamed Kendal Black Cherry back in 2019. I'm not sure why exactly it was renamed, or if I'm even correct about Top Black Cherry and Kendal Black Cherry being the same, but perhaps @gawithhoggarth could shed some light on the matter?

P.S.: It sure would be nice if we could get some shipments of Exclusiv Black Cherry sent over to the states sometime, since I've heard it's very good!

I'd have to try and dig into that as don't recall there ever being a Top Black Cherry just Kendal BC and Exclusive Black Cherry. Whether the latter can be sold in the States will depend on whether it was grandfathered years ago.

 

[The Clay King]

Smokers' Haven Our Best Blend in an Old German clay

@Dave760 Have you got any photos of your clay pipe?

 

[Steddy]

Gl Pease Cumberland in the Great Smoky Mountains.

 

[The Clay King]

I'd have to try and dig into that as don't recall there ever being a Top Black Cherry just Kendal BC and Exclusive Black Cherry. Whether the latter can be sold in the States will depend on whether it was grandfathered years ago.

@gawithhoggarth I enjoyed the Gawith Hoggarth baccy samples I got at Nottingham Pipe Show. When I went to Buxton last week I got 25g of Coniston Cut Plug and a GBP2 sample pack of Bob's Flake. I like the traditional tobacconists that weigh the loose pipe baccy out - the man serving me says a lot of their customers bring their own packaging for the loose baccy - I love plastic free stuff like my toiletries, cleaning products, dry foods such as pasta etc, loose sweets, pipe baccy (all weighed out into my own containers) and I've got a reusable cup for my take-out drinks.
I was smoking GH Mahogany at the Viking & Redcoat events at Cromford Mill & the Viking re-enactment at Elvaston Castle when Jason the blacksmith lit my clay pipe with an ember from his forge. Here's a photo of my favourite lighter:

Picked 11 bags of rubbish today; got given a chocolate bar as a thankyou for my efforts, 3 pints of milk from a "free please take" box, found 3 unopened cans of cider (drank 1 of them) & a McDonald's Monopoly ticket for a free hot drink.
The Clay King loves his Gawith Hoggarth!

 

[The Clay King]

Lancer's Slices with St. James Park (2:1) in a little clay and an IPA
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@Scottmi Nice pipe; I love patterned clays!