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

[ashdigger]

Getting gas and more caffeine as I rip through the AZ desert. Harbour Dreams in a 1922 Pete

 

[Steddy]

C&D Rajah’s Court followed by Watch City Nor’Easter in a Celebi Meer.

 

[Choatecav]

Enjoyed a tasty Snap Dragon apple, and am smoking year 2020 D&R VIP in a smooth brown medium bend 1980 Peterson’s sterling silver spigot 314 with a black vulcanite saddle fish tail stem hallmarked at 1979. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo. It's the last of David's pipes that I'm breaking today. When I figure out what to smoke in the others I have cleaned, and clean other pipes that David's sister gave me, I'll smoke them, too.
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Jim, I know you said you were gonna only smoke David's pipes through end of month, but I have noticed most of them you say "first time I've smoked this one" or words to that effect....
Please remind me again how many pipes did you receive from his sister??

 

[dublinpiper90]

Starting off today with some more of the Butera Mature Ribbon from 2005 this time in the Doctors Blasted Author w/Mokume

 

[tmc]

On the road to Toledo listening to Doc and Merle. Enjoying a breakfast bowl of Haunted Bookshop in a Wessex billiard.

 

[type B]

Mixture Scottish Blend in a Pete 315 Standard

 

[Mortar0341]

Peterson Kildare Silver Mounted (X105) P-Lip + GL Pease Barbary Coast
This is probably one of the most controversial blends out there. Opinions range from absolute dislike — “burnt burley with a strange wine note” — to high praise calling it “complex, mature, and deeply satisfying.” And honestly, I can see both sides. Sometimes it smokes smooth, with nutty, fruity, and brandy-like tones, and other times it turns harsh and heavy, especially in the first part of the bowl.
Pros: interesting cube-cut burley base, rich flavor, and great aging potential.
Cons: inconsistent performance, sensitive to packing and moisture, and definitely an acquired taste.
In the end, it’s a real mystery of a blend — unpredictable, moody, but always fascinating.
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I've had a couple tins of Barbary Coast. I really enjoyed it. That's a great looking pipe too.

 

[Mike N]

Keeping it Danish on a rainy morning in West Virginia with Per Jensen’s King’s Watch in a small Tom Eltang bamboo.

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

Starting the morning with some Shepherd’s Pie in the Pete 103

 

[Sigmund]

Having some Directors Cut in a Paul Becker with tea

 

[ashdigger]

Waiting for traffic to clear. Capstan Blue in a Pete Rua

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

The week is flying by, just like the year has. Having a bowl if Coniston Cut Plug in a Falcon with a cup of coffee. ️

 

[Eireprof]

Pegasus in a Peterson Derry 05

 

[bobpnm]

Good morning! Coffee, burley, cob.

 

[Briarcutter]

On the road to Toledo listening to Doc and Merle. Enjoying a breakfast bowl of Haunted Bookshop in a Wessex billiard.

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Don't forget Tony Packos

 

[bobpnm]

Bob, that is a classic beauty of a Pete billiard.
Shockingly..... you are smoking a wonderful Virginia in it instead of your usual burley.... Did you fall and hit your head?

Thank you! I can’t seem to remember a thing before the accident. By the way, who am I and do I know you? Where am I? How did I get here?

 

[isaac]

DR Franc Rhodesian

 

[Mortar0341]

Hello to all, some Peter Stokkebye PS31 Optimum in a Peterson, my usual coffee View attachment 427191

That's a stunning pipe Backwoods! Beautiful

 

[xrundog]

OJK in a Kaywoodie oversized meerschaum bulldog.

 

[spearheadbill]

When all else fails… follow directions. Semper Paratus. LHS Park Lane #12 lovat with Cumberland stem.