***What Are You Smoking, October 2025?***

[Backwoods Briar]

You should definitely go the next time he’s in town. I saw them in Grand Rapids and the last few songs of their set in San Francisco this summer. It’s quite a show but not really my style. I really like the single microphone part of the shows. The whole band is so good, especially Alex Hargreaves.

With that said, Billy channels Doc better than most I’ve heard and he’s steeped in the classics.

Speaking of single microphones, I went to a Johnny Winters performance many years ago, and the unannounced opening band was the Del McCoury band. And I’ve been hooked on bluegrass ever since. They are masters of the genre.
Some Joe Krantz in a cob with coffee.

 

[Choatecav]

Was in the 30's this morning so I saddled up my big black TWH, Whip, and we had a nice ride. Later, after some chores, I built the first fire of the season and kicked back with some Haunted Bookshop in my Peterson XL 315.
Riding horses, building fires and smoking pipes are the things that ORB's (Old Retired Bastards) do in the middle of the work day. Those of you who are retired, know what I mean. Those not, well...... it's something to look forward to.

 

[Backwoods Briar]

Was in the 30's this morning so I saddled up my big black TWH, Whip, and we had a nice ride. Later, after some chores, I built the first fire of the season and kicked back with some Haunted Bookshop in my Peterson XL 315.
Riding horses, building fires and smoking pipes are the things that ORB's (Old Retired Bastards) do in the middle of the work day. Those of you who are retired, know what I mean. Those not, well...... it's something to look forward to.

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Post like this is why I love this thread, thank you for the pics. @Choatecav

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

Smoking some Horizons in my Pete 103 after a lunchtime round of badminton with my wife

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a giant plate of teriyaki beef and shrimp under a bed of rice and mushrooms, a third of an apple cinnamon raisin cake, unsalted peanuts and a big golden delicious apple lunch. I'm near the first quarter of this bowl of year 2020 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. Gold Star Jamaica Blue Mountain, neat, is my drink. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.

 

[keith929]

C&D Haunted Bookshop in a Castello bent apple.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Happy Halloween Friday! In the garage with a Peterson Nassau and Wilke Rum and Maple - our maple tree is in all its glory but dropping leaves. Heading out with one of the pups soon.

 

[Choatecav]

Post like this is why I love this thread, thank you for the pics. @Choatecav

Thanks Backwoods. That is a very nice compliment.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Haunted Bookshop in a Castello 4K Billiard and Diet Coke on the side.

 

[Douglas]

Elizabethan Mixture in a Savinelli Bing’s Favorite

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2018 D&R Windsail in a 2018 full bend smooth natural Peterson Sherlock Holmes Lestrade with a silver band and a black vulcanite saddle p-lip stem.

 

[Jo L.S.]

Rattray's Union Jack in a Dunhill 5124 Panel County.

 

[JazzInAZ]

Pesse Canoe Purple Pearl in a 1973 Dunhill Root Briar 126 Billiard. Really enjoyable!

Coffee - Gold Star Papua New Guinea.

 

[JimInks]

@JimInks Lovely pipe! I'm not familiar with the term 'etched' for a pipe. Is that a manner of sandblasting or is this a rustication?

It means the same as sandblast. Can't remember why I made that distinction, but I never thought about it either.

 

[JimInks]

I reckon that’s your favorite pipe ain’t it?

It's one of them. My favorite pipe is this Barling. besides being a great smoker, there's a personal story behind it no other pipe can match.

My late friend Donald Snider was like a brother to me. We were friends for twenty five years. He was trying to get off of cigarettes, and tried pipe smoking. He had a fair amount of spending cash, and bought a lot of expensive pipes from the pipe shop that we spent time at: Ardors, Rinaldos, a Dunhill, etc. One Ardor cost him a little over a grand. One day, he bought this estate Barling. After he bought it, I told him that this was the first pipe that he bought that I had envy for. Donald smiled, and said, "If anything ever happens to me, it'll be yours." He passed away from pancreatic cancer five years after that, and I was given his collection as he requested. Every time I smoke this pipe, I think of him and miss him. Nothing can be more important to me than that.



This is the expensive Ardor straight grain that I mentioned earlier. it's big, heavy and an incredible smoker:

 

[Mortar0341]

Lorenzetti Augustus Caesar 03 packed with Haunted Bookshop. Drinking Pepsi. Sitting on the porch.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Kendal Mixed in a blasted Ropp J11P

 

[BronzeAgePiper]

Boo.

 

[petes03]

It's one of them. My favorite pipe is this Barling. besides being a great smoker, there's a personal story behind it no other pipe can match.

My late friend Donald Snider was like a brother to me. We were friends for twenty five years. He was trying to get off of cigarettes, and tried pipe smoking. He had a fair amount of spending cash, and bought a lot of expensive pipes from the pipe shop that we spent time at: Ardors, Rinaldos, a Dunhill, etc. One Ardor cost him a little over a grand. One day, he bought this estate Barling. After he bought it, I told him that this was the first pipe that he bought that I had envy for. Donald smiled, and said, "If anything ever happens to me, it'll be yours." He passed away from pancreatic cancer five years after that, and I was given his collection as he requested. Every time I smoke this pipe, I think of him and miss him. Nothing can be more important to me than that.
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This is the expensive Ardor straight grain that I mentioned earlier. it's big, heavy and an incredible smoker:
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That’s awesome Jim!

 

[Benedict Munsinger]

Was in the 30's this morning so I saddled up my big black TWH, Whip, and we had a nice ride. Later, after some chores, I built the first fire of the season and kicked back with some Haunted Bookshop in my Peterson XL 315.
Riding horses, building fires and smoking pipes are the things that ORB's (Old Retired Bastards) do in the middle of the work day. Those of you who are retired, know what I mean. Those not, well...... it's something to look forward to.

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Looking straight out of a classic Western That shot on horseback could be a film still — calm confidence, dust, and open space.
A perfect cinematic moment captured without pretense.