What Pipes or Pipe Tobacco did you smoke today? [pics] 2022-2023

[totorome]

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Home blend of roughly equal parts; sun cured Oxford cavendish, Little Dutch cavendish and Prilep Cavendish. I love this mix. It's smooooooooooooo- OOOOOTH. The LD Cavendish has a distinctive wood-smoke aroma, which mixes nicely with the rich Oxford VA. 1/3 might be a bit much with the Prilep cav on this one as it can get a bit overbearing in this mix. I'll tweek it. I also suspect that a good pinch of Latakia would set of the whole thing. More tests are needed.
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In the background that ice castle looking thing is my BBQ burried under the emergency levels of snow that we got nailed with today. And another shot of my deck somewhere under there. Very annoying, very wanting of a relaxing pipe. Thanks for looking.
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my blend of scotch malt thats beer

 

[AceFour]

Borsporus Strait

 

[Redleaf]

Borsporus Strait
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Lots of surface area on that meerschaum. does it make for a cool bowl to hang on to while smoking ?

 

[AceFour]

Lots of surface area on that meerschaum. does it make for a cool bowl to hang on to while smoking ?

Very cool smoke. The Baki was the first and only meer purchase. It smokes so well I am afraid to buy another meer because I fell it will not measure up.

 

[Redleaf]

I bought a meerschaum years ago because I had heard how great they are to smoke. This particular one was a work of art, an elephant carving. It really caught my eye and I saved for about a year to buy it. I don’t remember how much it was, $120 sticks in my mind. Probably sounds like not much now but back in the late 80’s that was a lot for me. I wish I could say it was a great pipe but the workmanship of the carving did not extend to the fitting of the stem and its poor fit. It never really smoked all that well. I’ll have to retrieve it at have a good look at possibly making a new stem, (someday).

 

[JOE1977]

Borsporus Strait
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How do you like Rick's book? I'm slowly working through it and am enjoying it. Got the sequel in que for when I'm done.
I am also trying his preferred draft hole sizing for a run by enlarging a Ropp and one of my makes for a 11/64 run. Time will tell, I guess.

 

[AceFour]

How do you like Rick's book? I'm slowly working through it and am enjoying it. Got the sequel in que for when I'm done.
I am also trying his preferred draft hole sizing for a run by enlarging a Ropp and one of my makes for a 11/64 run. Time will tell, I guess.

Love the book. Lazy reading about 3/4 through. Funny about the draft hole. I got an estate in the mail with and oversized draft hole. Been fun comparing same tobacco in different bowls

 

[AceFour]

Matter of fact I will smoke it now. Lorenzo estate, not an expensive pipe but it caught my eye. Draft hole is very large to any of my other pipes.

 

[JOE1977]

I'm about the same as far as the book. I enlarged a Ropp and a straight billiard I made to the 11/64. I will smoke them tomorrow to see the difference. The Ropp etudiant and a draft smaller that 5/32. So I am interested if it improves. My own make was 5/32. It's not much but maybe.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

This is a photo from our Presidential Guard, the stance means ''he is mourning'' due to the Great Friday's Epitaph ceremony.

and this a part from our house decoration for the Easter.

I am smoking Samuel Gawith B.C. Cavendish, double Greek coffee plus cool water beside me.
Happy Easter to all of you !

 

[Red Lime]

I smoked Pirate Kake from Cornell&Diehl, one of my favorites!

 

[Alpine]

Happy Easter Sid!

pier

 

[Sid.Stavros]

This Easter i was the winner in the ''red egg breaking contest'' (you can see the scratches on the top), i beat them all one by one and after i left my ''Terminator-egg'' beside me (the next day would be stored according to the custom here) my wife you know what she did? She sneaky hit it ''accidentally'' to the side and made a crack, oh my God she destroyed a piece of Art !

I am smoking Captain Black White, single espresso plus cool water as companions.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

'Dayyy from Athens-Greece, we have sun and few clouds with 67 'F

Black & Elegant Vanille.

 

[loui loui]

It is not a pipe but it is pipe tobacco!
My favourite combination, Greve Hamiltons pipe tobacco, OCB slim+ filters and a cricket lighter.

Have a nice evening friends!

 

[Sid.Stavros]

My brother collects stray half-breed dogs, takes care of them and keeps them in his house in the village as "guards". This is a boy called "Apsοu", his name comes from the sound we make when we sneeze "Aah..Psu" because when he found him abandoned he was injured in one eye and sick.
At first he was very fierce and did not let us approach the house, but after the ''necessary recommendations'' we became friends.

I am smoking Mac Baren Mixture Scottish Blend.

 

[Sid.Stavros]

Greetings from Athens-Greece, we have sun with few clouds and 67 'F

Skandinavik Vanilla.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Greetings from Athens-Greece, we have sun with few clouds and 67 'F

Skandinavik Vanilla.

What kind of wood is that, @Sid.Stavros ?

 

[Plinsc]

Black Ambrosia with morning coffee

 

[Alpine]

What kind of wood is that, @Sid.Stavros ?

My guess is olive wood, unusual for pipe making but beautiful.

pier