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

[Sandblast]

Union Square in the kk vergin

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I'd imagine the fingers on your "smoking hand" must be calloused like shoe leather after handling that KK.

 

[emac.917]

EMP in the Bruken 1006

Very early morning in Seminyak, Bali. Jet lag is sometimes blessing.

 

[dottlejockey]

KBV Burley Morning Pipe in an IMP with coffee...

 

[das3353]

‘24 CRF in an Altinay

 

[Bbailey324]

Earlier G&H Dark Flake Aromatic in an AKB meer.




Currently C&D Evergreen in a Peterson Derry 69.

 

[JoeW]

Holy cow, I go away for a few hours to pick up my truck and go the library book sale, and everything falls apart.

Trying out this “relaxing” thing I’ve heard about, by sitting out on the deck and reading for a while, with some Capstan Blue in the Falcon.



I bought the Capstan in March, tried it once, and jarred it. I wasn’t able to taste anything, and it was too much hassle to keep lit.

Today I’m trying it again to see if I can do a better job when I’m in a relaxy mode.

 

[The Clay King]

Had some Sir Walter Raleigh in a clay cutty last night and broke down and dipped into my 2013 Christmas Cheer on the weekend in a Rattray's Butcher's Boy Sandblast.

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@blueeyedogre The Clay King welcomes you to the Brotherhood of the Clay! Your avatar looks a lot like the Snake Room logo:

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The Snake Room Urban Axe Throwing is the most satisfying day or night out ever. You'll be slinging axes, hitting bullseyes and cheering on mates.

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Axe throwing venue I go to in Chesterfield. I got 13 bullseyes today & 17 last week. Not lost it in the 4 weeks out of practice after spraining my ankle coming down the stairs & dropping a bag on my foot...

 

[JoeW]

A very rational quantity 1.333... flakes of OGS in the Imp Lattice Meer Sitter and half decaf while doing some remedial review of my HT's operation manual #study
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What kind of HT? I bought an Alinco DJ-MD5TGP a few years ago to try digital, but ended up using it almost solely for 440.

73 de K8KT

 

[MattRVA]

Peretti Blend 102 with golden Assam tea with milk and honey earlier… now OJK with ice water.

 

[FurCoat]

Tashkent in a CPF Chesterfield

 

[JimInks]

Near the half way mark of this bowl of year 2008 Astley’s No. 109 Medium Flake in a straight black 1963 Dunhill LB Shell 4S billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Haven't smoked this pipe or its companion lately. Getting ready to clean a few pipes with Sleepy Suzy by my side.

 

[Smoke Wagon]

My Mixture in a Rattray Brownie with skosh of rum.

 

[PaulRVA]

Bosun Cut Plug in an IMP

 

[Phiredog]

Earlier today, Burley Morning Pipe in a new to me estate Dr Plumb flat grip bulldog with coffee. Nice pipe!

 

[rokerdepipe]

Out enjoying a bowl of tobacco after preparing supper for my Mrs.

Ravenwood Midnight Dreary in the quasi-Meer pipe that once belonged to my late pipe smoking mentor, Rusty. A little bit of 16-yr-old Aberfeldy in the glass with a wee drop of water or two.

Rusty had this to say about the two pipes (one of which is pictured below; currently smoking):

I have two of these and despite a choice of ~129 other pipes these often go with me when traveling, driving etc. Why? Because they smoke like meers but have proved to be very resilient pipes to take with me anywhere. The leather accepts mild bangs and dings without it making a mark at all. I hate discovering new dings on my clear finished briars so I'm more likely to take something rusticated or a blast in briar. The idea of taking any turkish meer traveling appalls me - it's eventually a death sentence for the meer - they are far too delicate. The leather covered meer has become the perfect answer. These rarely leave my active rotation. I usually just clean them and leave them alone for a few weeks then continue smoking them.

They were made by the Amboseli pipe company in Tanganyika and they're part of their Sportsman line. I bought mine new back in 1974. I'm still impressed at the fit and permanence of the leather and the drilling (which is good). The vulcanite stems connect to the meer via an aluminum tenon and the tenon seems to screw into a metal fitting embedded in the meer shank so it can't be over turned etc. They smoke like every other meer. The meer is African which is hardened. I think the history shows that the quality back in the 60's and 70's was very good but dropped later. Now it has apparently recovered but I haven't sampled any recent examples.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

This morning, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

2013 Union Square in an Altinay.

 

[cshubhra]

Cracked a tin of Samuel Gawith Saint James Flake purchased November 2022 - Smoking it in a La Savinelli Giubileo D’Oro 320KS Author

 

[didimauw]

Burley flake 4 in my dedicated SMS bent billiard meer.

 

[xrundog]

OJK in a 1922 L&Co silver spigot.