***What Are You Smoking, September 2025?***

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty red delicious apple, and am passing the last third of this bowl of year 2014 Esoterica Tilbury in a straight smooth Danish gold straight grain undated W.O. Larsen Hand Made in Denmark dublin with a tapered black vulcanite stem. This pipe is from the estate of David Cuneo. Tomato the Brave got a little play time with me before Daisy the Feral Princess decided to bang on my back door. She ate some wet food, wanted quite a bit of my attention, and is currently snoozin' by my feet. Once I started playing with Daisy, Tomato wanted out, the silly fella. I should be reading baseball box scores, but this is one of the better episodes of Mannix, so I'll read after the show is over.

 

[ukbob]

Marlin Flake in a Nording Freehand to start me off this morning.

 

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Wilke No. 515 in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This was the original 515 that Basil Rathbone smoked, and the model that he smoked it in. Daisy the Feral Princess wanted more attention and now she wants more food. I'll feed her after I post this smoke unless she eats what's already waiting for her. And before long, it'll be time to feed Tomato the Brave wet food, so I'm not going to finish reading box scores this morning.

 

[JimInks]

Last smoke of the day (with any luck) is Wilke Surbrug’s Crystal Palace in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2 LHS Certified Purex 79 bulldog with a nickel ferrule and tenon with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Barely got started read box scores and you'll see why: Tomato the Brave came in to eat his wet food, and went in to full hyper mode. If it was there, he attacked it. If it wasn't there, he imagined that it was. Dunno what he was chasing when he ran down the hall and back through the house and repeated it. Then, he attacked the cat carousel again, two catnip socks, and my left foot. Daisy the Feral Princess stared at Tomato in amazement, probably wondering why she doesn't have an invisible friend to chase.

After that, Harry the Hairy came in to eat, and took a swipe at Tomato when Tomato stopped running and stared at him. I got them away from each other, but Harry was in intimidation mode, and was upsetting D&T and Sleepy Suzy so I had to put the poor fella out. He wasn't happy about it. I had to stop typing this post for a minute because Tomato wanted out. Daisy followed him, but didn't go out. I suppose she wanted to see if the men in white coats had a straight jacket for Tomato.

 

[Sadluck]

Huber Balkan in Ser Jacopo Maxima

 

[alagaren]

Mac baren dark twist in a cob.

 

[judcole]

Golden Extra in a Mark Twain

 

[samuelgawith01]

Cornell and Diehl Burley Flake #1 in this Larson freehand.

 

[Benedict Munsinger]

Huber Balkan in Ser Jacopo Maxima
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I really love the Pesaro school of pipe making — Mastro de Paja and all the masters who came from it. For me, it’s a very special tradition: a blend of Italian creativity in shapes and a refined craftsmanship with briar.

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Dunhill Quaint Rhodesian and Coffee ️ on the side

 

[pipersalmanac]

Cowboy coffee with my morning coffee.

 

[pipersalmanac]

C&D Exclusive in a Dunhill Quaint Rhodesian and Coffee ️ on the side
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What a gorgeous pipe.

 

[PaulRVA]

What a gorgeous pipe.

Thank you, it’s different but it is a comfortable shape and smokes well.
BTW that’s a heck of a view you have there. I could sit and smoke there all day.

 

[infectedpsyche]

Toscano Antico in an Easygar with some coffee.

 

[pipersalmanac]

Thank you, it’s different but it is a comfortable shape and smokes well.
BTW that’s a heck of a view you have there. I could sit and smoke there all day.

Thank you, I find every excuse I can find!

 

[bobpnm]

Good morning! Gorgeous day! Coffee, burley, cob.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Brothers In Arms in a Manz tomato/pot type deal.

 

[PaulRVA]

Brothers In Arms in a Manz tomato/pot type deal.
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So a “Pot-ato”
Gorgeous one too

 

[Benedict Munsinger]

Colleagues, does anyone know if C&D still produces this tobacco? Amazing taste, I really liked it.

 

[dottlejockey]

Something stronger after breakfast, HU Tobacco DE Dockworkers flakes out of Blakemar Briars Uk Litchbruyer medium pot
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Damn good stuff. And perfect for after breakfast. Smoke this often on short walks with the dog at this time of day. You have good taste, indeed. Enjoy!