***What Are You Smoking, October 2024?***

[Steddy]

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You notice anything different from regular 1792?

 

[Steddy]

Capstan Blue in a Savinelli 111KS. Looking at used Ford Rangers.

 

[Peter Turbo]

Ascanian #1 in a Savinelli

 

[dublinpiper90]

Anthology in a Satou. what
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One fine piece work of art

 

[PaulRVA]

Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed in a Abe Herbaugh Blasted Apple

 

[Douglas]

Stratford in a Chacom Rustic 235

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2001 Wessex Campaign Dark Flake in a smooth dark brown medium bend year 1924 Dunhill 136A double patent apple with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This should get me to dinner time.

 

[Scottmi]

2024 MB Virginia Flake in my Viprati Sabbiata with 9mm filter

 

[TN Jed]

Chenet’s Cake in the Altinay

 

[Briarcutter]

So I am a little confused on how the whole "burnt ends" line differs from the traditional? Can you explain to me?

Yes, me too! Thank you for asking.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

WCC Q4 in a 305 Peterson a double espresso

 

[Bright Orange Red]

SPC original release Hogshead in a Savinelli Venere 412ks.

 

[Ben.R.C]

After dinner Chenet’s cake in a group 6 Ilsted.

 

[Servant King]

Took advantage of a brief warm spell today with a half flake of OGS in a Foyard beechwood Rhodesian. If all buttons were this plump, I'd never need a softy bit again. 9/10

Bird report: White-crowned sparrow, House finch, Dark-eyed junco, California towhee, Band-tailed pigeon, American crow, Red-tailed hawk, Blue-grey gnatcatcher, Northern flicker, California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California quail, Oak titmouse, Mountain chickadee, and White-breasted nuthatch.

Dinner at a friend's house tonight, so taking my Al Pascia meer with me, along with a bowl of Mac Baren Navy Flake, in case it's not too cold outside (we get fairly drastic day-to-night temperature swings here).

 

[Skink]

WCC Blue Ridge Special in a Celebi Meerschaum with a glass of iced water.

 

[gord]

Second Success - My meerschaum is still a touch minerally, but I could now distinguish different notes in the Sunday Picnic, and if I could compare it to a broken-in pipe, I'd say . . . "well, I've had better smokes but I've had worse, too." So I'm not bothering with any more breaking-in angst, but putting the pipe into rotation. Right after a cigar and chew day or two, I'll stuff it with Amphora Rich, (the pipe is being biased for Orientals), one of my other favourites, and just smoke it until it's there. I figure about four more smokes, but after past debacles, I'll pass on rushing the final break in touches.

Pretty happy about it though, and if you look closely the outside of the pipe is beginning to color in certain areas, albeit lightly. Won't put any Oriental containing any Lat, however . . . . . I can just imagine the Ghost of Christmas Past dancing around in my head.

I'll post the third pipe of the day results later tonight. It'll be the final break-in smoke of the meer lined bowl in the bent Falcon. It's about two smokes ahead of this one.

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[renfield]

5 year old F&T Cut Virginia Plug in a Sav Qandale.

 

[FurCoat]

So I am a little confused on how the whole "burnt ends" line differs from the traditional? Can you explain to me?

It's the rough edges they cut off of the pressed block. It's not a pretty smooth cut edge as in a standard block and they wouldn't get a good clean flake from it. Basically they are selling the scraps from squaring up the pressed block. Here's some pics of the rough edge and the back side.

 

[Pappy Coon]

Lane HGL in a Nording.

 

[cshubhra]

Gawith Hoggarth’s Bob’s Chocolate Flake in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard