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

[Chaukisch]

The other one is much more impressive.

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The pirate skull isn't much smaller though.

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Oh boy. They're both very exceptional but I didn't think they were so far apart in size.
You probably posted it dozens of times but what are the measurements of those pipes? Inside chamber measure and total length will drench my thirst.
Although I really wouldn't mind if you'd send one of them to me...
Truly beautiful pieces and elevations and illuminations to any pipe collection.

I will never have anything like that and I know that you must cherish them, the Gods know that I do.
Mh, mh, mh!!! I can only say thanks for posting and sharing!

 

[tmcg81]

Manhattan Afternoon in a Briarworks bent apple. Weird bowl. The jar I have my Manhattan Afternoon in used to be my Westminster jar. I washed it several times to eliminate that latakia smell, and the first few times I opened the jar to smoke Manhattan Afternoon it smelled like Manhattan Afternoon. I opened it just now and it smelled like Westminster. Doesn't taste like it though.

Also. When I smoke this blend I can hear things kinda sizzle in the bowl. Very odd.

 

[Rpink53]

Byronic Slices in an IMP modified by Ryan Alden:

 

[VDL_Piper]

Smoking a little Mac Baren Club Blend in a Pete 999 on this gorgeous spring like day. My first observation whilst smoking this is I get more flavour from a more open bowl on this blend, still nice but it’s lost some sweetness.

 

[troyniss]

Enjoying some CRF from 2018 I believe in my Morgan Bones stubby billiard.

 

[Servant King]

Drying a @Chasing Embers concoction of 1 part Lane 1Q, 1 part Esoterica Penzance on a paper towel (very humid today). My curiosity got the better of me, so here goes. My two attempts to name this blend (assuming I even have the privilege of doing so) fared about as well as the Washington Generals against the Harlem Globetrotters each night. Best I could muster was "Chasing Penbers" or worse yet, "2Q." I should really stick to my forte, which is...basically anything except naming blends. A shout out to @TheIronMonkey for the clearly superior title, "Modern Major General." Using my SMS claw meer, which couldn't be more apropos, I think.

Bird report: California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, California towhee, California quail, House finch, Hairy woodpecker, White-breasted nuthatch, Oak titmouse, Mountain chickadee, Common raven, Red-tailed hawk, Northern flicker, and Band-tailed pigeon. Last week of summer, and I need to throw a flannel on...that's a good sign!

Happy smokes everyone!

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Damn...this is certainly a unique concoction! Never had anything quite like it--nothing else compares, not even remotely. Sweet and smoky together, but neither one beating the other into submission...just peacefully coexisting, and alternating flavors, the precise description of which completely eludes me. I think it's safe to say that my curiosity has been satisfied. Glad I had a long enough break in the rain to enjoy a (tiny) bowl.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Hal O The Wynd in a 1911 Peterson Patent Calabash restored by Ryan Alden. The center piece of the stem is the original Amber. Ryan used stainless to then attach Cumberland.

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That’s some crazy skill there, my goodness!

As an aside how do you like that Dissim lighter?

 

[ashdigger]

That’s some crazy skill there, my goodness!

As an aside how do you like that Dissim lighter?

I own three Dissim lighters. Absolutely love them. The first butane lighter that wasn’t a piece of garbage.

 

[Chasing Embers]

You probably posted it dozens of times but what are the measurements of those pipes? Inside chamber measure and total length will drench my thirst.

Pirate
-Length : 6.17"
-Chamber : .086"x1.97"

Skull Churchwarden
-Length : 11.96"
-Chamber : .92"×2.96"

Mountain Lion Churchwarden
-Length : 13.16"
-Chamber : .88"×3.01"


Surprisingly, none of them were more than $300.

 

[Chasing Embers]

@weezell That's a pipe I'd smoke if it was made of clay

Technically, meerschaum is classified as a mineral clay.

 

[ravkesef]

Lane’s HGL in a Stanwell Brushed Black Semi-Pot (and I don’t smoke it this way. Another one of these that turned around, either 90º or 180º, and I have no idea how to orient it correctly.)

 

[Chasing Embers]

Lane’s HGL in a Stanwell Brushed Black Semi-Pot (and I don’t smoke it this way. Another one of these that turned around, either 90º or 180º, and I have no idea how to orient it correctly.)

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Here ya go.



Love Stanwells.

 

[tfdickson]

Peterson Signature Flake in the 850.

 

[weezell]

Samuel Gawith: 1792 Flake in a Meer...​

 

[ashdigger]

Irish Twist in an 1896 BBB Donkeynut or Hawkbill for the sensible crowd.

This pipe was completely redrilled and restemmed by Ryan Alden

 

[Chaukisch]

@Chasing Embers
Thanks for that. I can't help but imagine all the processes they went through to carve these astonishing pipes.
And to actually have them and to look at them, feel them... To actually smoke them!
I always appreciate good craftsmanship but to apply it to a functional pipe like that...
It's poetry.

 

[JimInks]

Relaxing after a wonderful wild caught catfish and sugar snap peas dinner with strawberries for dessert. I've about a quarter of a bowl left of year 2018 Esoterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Getting ready to watch the Braves-Giants game, and clean some pipes.

 

[ChonkyTonks]

Evening pipe: C&D Night Train in my bones bent brandy.

 

[alaskanpiper]

2019 LBF in a Michael Parks billiard.

 

[Piping Rooster]

2016 Glengarry Flake

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Just tried glengarry today from this latest drop and I like it a lot more than the ennerdale. Wish I would of grabbed more cause it sold out quick! Its quite tasty!