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

[Hillcrest]

Another bowl of the Davidoff Flake Medallion in the Vauen Olaf bent egg this afternoon. While I am not a regular fan of perique this blend is quite outstanding (top 5 on SPC) and I would purchase it again in a pinch or maybe just for the variety. And the nic hit is quite good even in small amounts. I recommend it of looking for a smooth Virginia, Perique, Black Cavendish blend. Every draw is smooth and flavorful down to the ash.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

2021 Capstan Gold Flake in an Altinay.

 

[thomasw]

Smoking some ODF in a 1961 252 shell briar billiard after some kitchen renovation work.

 

[JimInks]

Passing the quarter mark of this bowl of year 2021 Watch City Glass Slipper Micro-Batch in a post-2000 straight brown sandblasted Tom Eltang cherrywood with a black acrylic saddle stem.

 

[Skink]

C&D Red Odessa in a Celebi Meerschaum with a cup of Black tea.

 

[The Libertine]

To start off autumn I am smoking Sutliff Pumpkin Spice out of my MM Country Gentleman.

 

[ziv]

Tryna get a taste for the Vanilla Custard. I like the bag note a lot, but when smoking, I only get hot air and a bit of sweetness and vanilla. I think this is my 3rd or 4th bowl, maybe I need more time with it.

 

[woodsroad]

I whipped up this blend ten years ago and way over cased it with Cognac. It was unsmokeable. A few weeks ago, when the humidity here dropped quite a bit, I set some out in a dish to evaporate and dry. Love it!

 

[Briarcutter]

C&D Red Odessa in a Celebi Meerschaum with a cup of Black tea.
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I like that piece every time I see it!

 

[Maedhros]

Mid-night shift. Special Virginia loaded to go in a cob hobbit day!

 

[WirelessSmoke]

A rare day that I'm able to make time for a second session. This time, Watch City's Deluxe Crumb Cut in a Dr. Grabow Lark, as the weekend winds down.

 

[dottlejockey]

Got the grill heated up. Doing some brats, bacon wrapped/cheese stuffed jales and stuffed scallop shells. Time to fire up a home blend in a Rad Davis squashed 'mater and await the cook! Won't be long...

 

[Douglas]

Habana Daydream in the Savinelli Roma Lucite 622

 

[MattRVA]

Black Twist Sliced.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2010 Amphora Original (Brown) in a full bend barley sandblast Peterson 125th Anniversary 1898-2023 No. 172/330 302 brandy military mount with a silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip saddle stem. This was one of my go to smokes in the mid-late 1970s. Had a a little more Oriental presence then, and very little topping. It's still a worthwhile blend, though.

 

[Kobold]

Smoking some Hobbit Weed in a Molina for Hobbits Day. I’m also wearing a Lord of the Rings shirt because I’m a big dork.

 

[ziv]

Now enjoying a bowl of the Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired. Very different from the aromatic I just had, this is a full bodied blend with a very noticeable nic hit. I can taste a hint of chocolate and campfire.
Here's Florida sunset for y'all.

 

[sparker69]

After two weekends of replacing a cement pad, I was ready for a quiet smoke with some Temple Bar in the Radice with a local cider.

 

[Servant King]

Rare two-pipe day for me...had a bowl of Mac Baren Vanilla Flake in an Al Pascia meer this morning, while wifey was on a Zoom call. 8.5/10

Now drying a bowl of Peterson Flake to go in my new Savinelli Mattone 614 faux-Hungarian. Still undecided what to dedicate to this one, so for now just having non-latakia non-aromatics until I figure it out.

Bird report: House finch, White-breasted nuthatch, California quail, Steller's jay, California scrub-jay, American crow, Mountain chickadee, Mourning dove, Northern flicker, White-crowned sparrow (first one of the season, which heralds cold weather ahead), and Western bluebird.



And, as previously promised...

 

[xrundog]

OJK in a Premier French Briar Redmanol bulldog.