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

[das3353]

How is that blend?

After one bowl, it’s not bad, but I don’t know if I like it enough to order more. It‘s almost too heavily cased/topped for my liking and a few times during the bowl did cross the line. It’s not heavily flavored, but in straight virginias, I prefer a lighter touch. I’m going to play around with the drying time and try it in some different pipes to see if it improves. Again, not bad, but there are plenty of other virginias I’d rather smoke.

 

[das3353]

KBV Red Line in a Pete ‘23 POY X160

 

[Smoke Wagon]

Cigars Intl Best of the Rest in a Peterson Deluxe Zulu with a reasonable pour of rum

 

[Bright Orange Red]

Mac Baren Stockton in a Savinelli 2022 St. Nicholas 673ks.

 

[JimInks]

Almost a third of the way through this bowl of year 2020 Pfeifen Huber Virginia Golden Flake in a 1938 smooth straight brown patent Dunhill R 115 bowling ball apple with a tapered cumberland stem. This should get me to dinner time.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Match Victorian

 

[PipeIT]

The second smoke in a new Savinelli Trevi Rusticated (320) (6mm), I received yesterday.

The first smoke yesterday was with a Savinelli balsa filter. Today I’m trying out Vauen’s charcoal filters. The Vauen creates a tighter draw, which is to much, and the charcoal does appear to mute the flavors.

I certainly don’t want to mute the flavors. I’m going to have to get a hold of some White Elephant Meerschaum filters asap, these aren’t suppose to mute.

Having in the pipe some Golden Sliced…

Be well everyone!

 

[crawdad]

First time with Sam Gawith Best Brown in a Pete. Tin is 3+ years old and getting it started was a GD chore. Glenmorangie is my poison.

 

[TN Jed]

CRFw/P in a Batson

 

[FurCoat]

Rouxgaroux in a Peterson Phoenix

 

[xrundog]

OJK in a Ferndown Bark Antique.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Merchant Service Standard and Espresso on the side

 

[Tbaggins]

Smoking some 1792 flake and finally figured out that SG Elmo’s Reserve is the snuff version of 1792. Really good stuff.

 

[PipeIT]

Smoking some 1792 flake and finally figured out that SG Elmo’s Reserve is the snuff version of 1792. Really good stuff.View attachment 340863

Elmo what?

 

[Bright Orange Red]

KBV 2023 Mountains of Madness in a Savinelli Miele 316ks.

 

[Tbaggins]

Elmo what?

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lol nasal snuff, maybe not for everyone but its a really enjoyable tobacco product and delivers a perfect nic hit.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Having “English Oriental Supreme” I bought this weekend at a cigar shop. I can only assume it’s PS306 EOS. It’s ok but not sure what I think of it. Smoking it in a Sav Capri Root Briar with a large glass of Gatorade

 

[PipeIT]

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lol nasal snuff, maybe not for everyone but its a really enjoyable tobacco product and delivers a perfect nic hit.

I’m was messing around...

I don’t even like to retrohale, and snuff woo no way, snorting tobacco, way to scary for me...

 

[PipeIT]

The second smoke in a new Savinelli Trevi Rusticated (320) (6mm), I received yesterday.

The first smoke yesterday was with a Savinelli balsa filter. Today I’m trying out Vauen’s charcoal filters. The Vauen creates a tighter draw, which is to much, and the charcoal does appear to mute the flavors.

I certainly don’t want to mute the flavors. I’m going to have to get a hold of some White Elephant Meerschaum filters asap, these aren’t suppose to mute.

Having in the pipe some Golden Sliced…

Be well everyone!

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Ok I made a boo boo, I pushed the Vauen filter in all the way, and that is why the draw was to tight. I realize now, if you push a filter all the way into the stems until it stops, you’re going to make the draw more restricted.

I took out the Vauen charcoal filter, and put in a Savinelli balsa for comparison, the charcoal does mute a little more, but it wasn’t an extreme amount. Maybe best not to dry out tobacco as much, to hopefully not lose as much flavors with the charcoal, and still have an enjoyable smoke.

The Orlik Golden Sliced flakes don’t need any dry time, but I let them dry out over a hour. I’ll just rub them out next time, and straight into the chamber with the Vauen charcoal filter next time to see how it tastes…

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Vauen No 14 in an Altinay.