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

[Phiredog]

That is really cool! Sounds like you have a lot of great memories with skating. I haven't been skating in about 4-5 years easy. I'm really starting to miss it, haha.

I admittedly have never heard of rat rod bicycles before. But after a quick Google search i saw a few examples and they look very cool. That definitely looks like a fun hobby. I can especially appreciate the wrenching aspect of it. Making it your own and going for a ride.

Do you ever go for a ride while smoking a pipe? I can see it being fun, but also a pain due to the wind.

Yeah. Working on the bikes and making it your own is a lot of fun. I tried to respoke a Schwinn wheel once, let’s just say it took days longer than it should have

I have never ridden with a pipe but now I’m considering it. Maybe a windscreen would do the trick. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

 

[OzPiper]

Oz, seeing your bulk bag of Squadron Leader reminded me of a discussion I read recently about it tasting differently in the bulk vs. the tin. I considered buying a bulk bag but have held off for that reason. Do you notice any difference in the two??

That’s the first time I’ve ever had Squadron Leader, so can’t comment on the tinned version.
It was quite damp out of the pouch.

 

[Phiredog]

Another gorgeous East Tennessee morning spent with Sun Bear Navy Cask folded and stuffed in an old Yello Bole and black coffee to drink. Why, oh why didn’t I order more of this stuff?!



Enjoying the peace now before I head over to my daughter’s house to “fix” a plumbing problem. Hopefully I’m done before the Vols game.

 

[bobpnm]

Good morning! Coffee, burley, cob.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Steamworks in the Radice Clear E.

 

[Steddy]

C&D Pegasus in a dedicated Savinelli 320 Punto Oro. Black coffee. What a great way to start the day. Stretching and a quick workout is also a great way to start the day, but not everyday.

 

[judcole]

H&H Bright Lights in a Sav Tre series 105.

 

[alwayslit]

Margate in a Scott Klein

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

That whittled tamper is fantastic!

Thanks I got tired of using a metal one after a while, and boy does that crudely carved little chunk do the trick! My brother made that, pretty sure the wood he used is from a pecan sapling.

 

[xrundog]

OJK in a Ferndown Bark Antique.

 

[ashdigger]

Hamborger Veermaster in a 1911 Patent Pete

 

[pipersalmanac]

Enjoying some second breakfast as my breakfast on this lovely day. Hope you all have a great one, folks!

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Crashing into the weekend with the last of my MB HH Rustica. I should have stocked up on this but oh well. In a cob with coffee and a kitten who is spazzing out.

 

[alwayslit]

Peacehaven in a Grant Batson

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Exclusive in a Merchant Service Stack Billiard and the last of the Coffee ️

 

[pipeboy122]

2023 C&D Small Batch Steamworks in a SMS Smooth Bulldog Meerschaum

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Dobies Four Square Curlies (early 80s) in the Musico 2x Special Floodlight w/silver, by Fabio Marchese.

 

[Sigmund]

A bit of Reniers in a Kai

 

[AGPipe]

C&D Crooner in a cob with black coffee

 

[loborx]

Clear and mild in the high desert this morning. The rundown: smoking C&D Winchester in the Nording 925 bent rustic, sipping Mayan Roast in the acoustic guitar tumbler, streaming The Toad Alchemy by Tales Under the Oak on YouTube. Have a great Saturday everyone!