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

[Servant King]

Enjoyed a nice big bowl of OGS in a Stefano rhodesian with a beer, while wifey enjoyed one of her Capone cigarillos. Once the neighbor finished blasting awful music for no distinct reason, we were able to enjoy the rest of the afternoon, which was quite pleasant thanks to the cloud cover. No rain, but I'll gladly take the sun blockage at this time of year. 9.5/10

Bird report: California quail, California towhee, California scrub-jay, Steller's jay, House finch, Dark-eyed junco, American crow, Red-tailed hawk, Mourning dove, Oak titmouse, White-breasted nuthatch, Anna's hummingbird, and Blue-grey gnatcatchers swarming at dusk.

OGS, properly dried, is turning out to consistently be one of my favorite summertime smokes. But I'm still very much ready for autumn...

 

[JimInks]

Passing the last third of this bowl of year 2020 Pfeifen Huber Virginia Golden Flake in a 1938 smooth straight brown patent Dunhill R 115 bowling ball apple with a tapered cumberland stem. Had a "Marvel"ous conversation with a fellow piper about pipes, comics and Jack Kirby.

 

[BenMN]

Pegasus in the '06 DM Stanwell

 

[thomasw]

Ended the day working with my son routering table legs while smoking a bowl of John Patton's Storm Front in a 1961 252 Shell Briar Billiard... A great smoker.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2018 Solani 633 in a straight 1954 patent Dunhill 148 Group 3 black shell bulldog made for the France market with a black saddle vulcanite stem. Watching the Dodgers-Guardians game.

 

[cshubhra]

Another cigar tonight: Crowned Heads Mil Dias

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

F&T Cut Blended Plug in an Altinay.

 

[OzPiper]

On a Peterson theme today - 3 bent Petes


1st up is a Short Series 03 with fishtail stem
And a bowl of Elizabethan Mixture

 

[BenMN]

Escudo, same Stanwell

 

[JimInks]

Fed all the ferals except for the absent Abner the Eager, and I'm not far from finishing this bowl of aged Rattrays Hal O’ The Wynd in a straight smooth brown pre-WWII (Comoy’s) Corinthian De-Luxe 126 pot made for Sutliff in San Francisco with a black tapered vulcanite stem. Low calorie snacking follows this smoke. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Scottmi]

Lancer's Slices in the little clay for a bit of post-prandial relaxing while streaming Nightfall (Old Time Radio).

 

[OzPiper]

Next cab-off-the-rank is the Pete Sherlock Holmes Lestrade. From a time prior to the PSB series


With a bowl of rubbed out De Luxe Navy Rolls

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a little snacking, and am half way through this bowl of Drucquer & Sons The King’s Fool in a 1960s Austrian meerschaum bent apple with a tapered yellow stem.

 

[dottlejockey]

Had a nice evening at the BBQ tonight with some family. My niece actually enjoyed the smell of Sun Bear Black Locust so much she smoked a small bowl of it in a meer and had a scotch with me after dinner. Quite nice.

Last one for me tonight and then to bed. Lots more wood to chop tomorrow! For now, i'm relaxing with a well-aged bowl of McClelland 5100 in a mock cob rusticated Hoskinson Hand Made briar poker my brother made.

 

[OzPiper]

On to the 3rd of the trio of bent Petes - a smooth P-lipped XL90




With a bowl of Peterson’s Founder’s Choice - a lovely aromatic.
If only STG will re-release this blend

 

[JimInks]

Passing the quarter mark of this bowl of year 2008 Astley’s No. 109 in a straight smooth dark brown year 1926 Parker Super Bruyere patent 3 63/F lovat with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Got one estate pipe cleaned, and the other is drying. By tomorrow afternoon, the alcohol smell should dissipate. Getting ready to clean a few pipes that I smoked today with Sleepy Suzy by my side. Daisy the Feral Princess is snoozin' by my feet.

 

[Ted Vig]

Finishing out the night with Pegasus in an Amorelli. This was the UPCA 2019 slow smoke pipe.

 

[Skippy B. Coyote]

Tonight I'm smoking Mac Baren HH Bold Kentucky for the first time, in a Dr. Grabow Lark, and oh my goodness this is a great blend!




I was expecting it to be harsh considering how strong it is in the nicotine department, but it's not at all. It's perfectly smooth and surprisingly mellow in flavor, with less sourness or barbeque pit smokiness than Old Dark Fired and more a gentle woody character. I'll be smoking HH Bold Kentucky all week for my blend of the week this week, and at this point I feel like it's going to be a very enjoyable week!

 

[dingdong]

Peterson Irish Cask on 1983 Clairmont Tom Spanu with homemade hot ginger + honey

 

[newbroom]

Mixture 79 in my Linkman's Graybow DeLuxe straight Dublin sitter