***What Are You Smoking, Sept. 2022?***

[avail]

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All the leaves are going brown and the sky is gray so I'm enjoying some Lager of hop and some good tobac in my new cob instead of the ol' clay, to celebrate this fine early autumn day.

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Enjoy your weekend, good brothers!

Scrumptious...

 

[Servant King]

I'll second that!

Drying a clump of Balkan Sobranie (just a sample...what kinda moneybags y'all think I am anyway? ), to go in my Savinelli Bacco 321 bent author. This pipe is breaking in quite nicely.

Bird report: California scrub-jay, House finch, Steller's jay, California towhee, Common raven, Northern flicker, Hairy woodpecker, Pine siskin (first time!), California quail, White-breasted nuthatch, Oak titmouse, Mountain chickadee, and a soaring Red-tailed hawk.

Was woken up in the wee hours by the attic mousetrap claiming another victim. Looks like I've got one last final part of the house to seal, probably with Kwikmesh. That should put the kibosh on that BS! These rodents should brush up on some Arthur Lee:

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Happy smokes folks!

Am I a weirdo for preferring Sutliff Balkan Sobranie Orig. Mix Match to the regular Balkan Sobranie?

Just wondering.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Scarecrow

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

I’m proud to admit that I have passed a new level in my official codger education. I fell asleep in the rocking chair smoking a bowl of EGR today.

TCM had a sort of a strange Edward G. Robinson/George Raft/Marlene Dietrich love triangle movie on this morning (they were utility linemen, lol) - but had me digging for my @JimInks EGR! Will be next up for the new to me Charatan tomorrow. He chose to do this movie instead of The Maltese Falcon! Love those Hollywood stories!

Edit: for clarification - Raft not EGR passed on the role that went to Bogart!

 

[avail]

2019 Carolina Red Flake in a Silver Grey Hawk’s eggView attachment 169892

Cant see it well, but that shape seems very unique, especially the shank where it nears and attaches to the stem...

 

[Chasing Embers]

Am I a weirdo for preferring Sutliff Balkan Sobranie Orig. Mix Match to the regular Balkan Sobranie?

Just wondering.

The regular Balkan Sobranie is a gimmick to generate sales based on the blend name. Balkan Sobranie Original Match (White Knight) was an attempt to replicate the original and has Yenidje.

 

[tfdickson]

1999 Old Gowrie in the Herbaugh.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Cant see it well, but that shape seems very unique, especially the shank where it nears and attaches to the stem...

 

[Servant King]

The regular Balkan Sobranie is a gimmick to generate sales based on the blend name. Balkan Sobranie Original Match (White Knight) was an attempt to replicate the original and has Yenidje.

So what you're saying is that I'm a weirdo for entirely different reasons altogether...

Thank you for the blend info!

 

[Piping Rooster]

Vintage 2014 Dunhill Aperitif in a Peterson Sherlock Baskerville

 

[Servant King]

Octoslice (1 part C&D Eight State Burley, 1 part Sutliff 507-C VA Slices) in a Foyard Rhodesian. Felt like reading outside some more, and that Balkan Sobranie shag burns fast. Paired with a hot cup of Chai rooibos tea courtesy of Trader Joe's. Getting a bit nippy out here...

 

[avail]

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There it is, again! Thank you...

 

[tnfan]

love rusticated pokers, what a beauty you have there!

Thank you. He is a master of the sandblast.

 

[tnfan]

Hal O’ The Wynd in a BST Bent Billiard.

 

[deadidunn]

Sutliff Sweet Virginia 707 in a Sav Elaganza 614

 

[ThermionicScott]

Beautiful pipe and picture...

Thank you, Jim! Always trying to do a better job of capturing what I see.

 

[Sidehatch]

Missed out on a Jody Davis for sale. Grumpily puffing Newminster 400 in a cob. Wishing it was still Saturday. Really don’t like Mondays

 

[ravkesef]

Scotty’s University Professor in a Stanwell Brushed Black Bent Pot, which I apparently enjoy smoking upside down.

 

[cshubhra]

Scarecrow

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I feel this pipe is the inspiration of the Peterson’s Halloween line that is getting discussed in the forum

 

[cshubhra]

Watch City Simply Red in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard.

In an earlier post, I wrote that I will start smoking my other pipes, which are currently in a long hibernation. While I expect they will get back in my rotation organically, I will still attempt to smoke the Altinay at least once a day for my long project