What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[LazyLightning]

Too dang hot for a stick, so I decided to take out one of my pipes and some 2016 H&H Anniversary Kake
Emin Brothers Meerschaum Apple
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[LazyLightning]

Some H&H Viprati aged since 2016, in a Savinelli rusticated straight billiard
https://i.imgur.com/HUgHGsq.jpg

Wish I could find my Snake tamper… 🫤

[dj1340]

I broke out a tin of Dunhill Royal Yacht I've had since 2008. Some good stuff

[LazyLightning]

I broke out a tin of Dunhill Royal Yacht I've had since 2008. Some good stuff

I haven’t had that in a good many years, it is good, especially with some age on it

[jrfoxx]

Some H&H Viprati aged since 2016, in a Savinelli rusticated straight billiard
https://i.imgur.com/HUgHGsq.jpg

Wish I could find my Snake tamper… 🫤Lol, hey, that tin and date looks awful familiar Chris.

How was it?

Any noticeable difference between 7yr aged and fresh?

Have had tons of aged Cigars, but only a little aged pipe tobacco, and all of it I've never had fresh to compare to.

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Cornell & Diehl Bayou Night

Smooth, Mellow, and on the milder side, but very flavorful.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230820/6ab835bd904205c736e36853d2610d2a.jpg

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Cornell & Diehl Cap's Blend

Peter Stokkebye PS402 Luxury Twist Flake

Peter Stokkebye PS52 Proper English

I friggin love tobacco!

[LazyLightning]

Lol, hey, that tin and date looks awful familiar Chris.

How was it?

Any noticeable difference between 7yr aged and fresh?

Have had tons of aged Cigars, but only a little aged pipe tobacco, and all of it I've never had fresh to compare to.

I friggin love tobacco!

That’s because I bought 15 tins of it on sale back then.
It’s good fresh, but I noticed a nice smoothness to the flavor profile when I cracked that old tin open.

[jrfoxx]

Dang, 15 tins?
when you go, you go deep.lol

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Watch City Cigars--Nor'easter

Watch City Cigars--None of Your Business

Watch City Cigars--Queequeg's Blend


I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

2017 Escudo Navy Delux Slices.
Excellent smoke. Very smooth and Mellow but not lacking in flavor

Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake
Very good, but should have dried an hour or so. Had to light for almost every puff.
A little on the harsh side, but seems typical of young tobaccos compared to the aged ones I've had. Going to hide the second unopened tin to see if I can age it a couple years at least.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230822/9f32ee56285d6c90d6e9f921fd226748.jpg

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Arango Balkan Supreme https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230822/38dd6c4faa7e3b67637cd99d4f5834f0.jpg

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

11am Smoke break:

Watch City Cigar--Nor'Easter
Cornell & Diehl--Old Court
Cornell & Diehl--Dark Fired Kentucky

Plus an early 2000's Punch Rothschild https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230824/4778fe438c89708451d985197f5dc67a.jpg


I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

P.S-- Luxury Bullseye Flake
Lane Limited--125th Anniversary Pipe Tobacco
4Noggins--Weybridge https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230825/d3baa41e584ff991cc5eeecf5f8fba75.jpg


I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Watch City Cigar--None Of Your Business
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co--Kendall Dark
Sutliff--Match 20https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230826/715593038b14c755c2880bd7ca2980a4.jpg

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Cornell &Diehl--Dark Fired Kentucky. Delicious.
Gawith Hoggarth & Co--Ennerdale Flake. Excellent. One of my favorites so farhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230826/983ee9a703c0e1d51da3ddd4110076b4.jpg

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Watch City Cigar--Flake #558
Watch City Cigar--#7
Sutliff--504C Aromatic English

All great tobaccos.
WCC makes some pretty tasty house blends, https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230827/0d776285783cc408677dc9101d3ca7f9.jpg


I friggin love tobacco!

[LazyLightning]

Pulled out my oldest cob ( Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentlemen ) 10yrs old at least, with a custom stem.
A little Viprati in it to enjoy
https://i.imgur.com/iHXG3xs.jpg

[jrfoxx]

Pulled out my oldest cob ( Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentlemen ) 10yrs old at least, with a custom stem.
A little Viprati in it to enjoy
https://i.imgur.com/iHXG3xs.jpgSweet pipe, man
Haven't tried the tin you sent yet, but plan to soon.
I have a MM Night Rider Country Gentleman, same as an original Country Gentleman, but it's all black.

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Watch City Cigar--Old North Church
Cornell & Diehl--Izmir Turkish
Sutliff--502 Medium English https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230827/15994b06a7d220a8e4b60d836ee73ff1.jpg

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

A few before bed bowls last night.

2016 Frog Morton's Cellar
2016 Hearth & Home--Anniversery Kake
2016 Hearth & Home--Viprati

All very nice.

If you twisted my arm, the Frog Morton's was the standout of the 3 with its heavy Latakia blend and on the very end of the finish, you could taste the aging in whiskey barrels, and I'venever beena whiskeyfan, but it was a very nice, light taste of it only and for those that don't know, it comes packed with about a 1" cube of barrel mixed in which I thought was neat.

Thanks again for the well aged and unique tobaccos Chris!

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I friggin love tobacco!

[LazyLightning]

Figured you’d like the FMC

[jrfoxx]

Figured you’d like the FMCYeah, I really did, and when I read it was aged in whiskey barrels I got little nervous, as when I was a drinker, I never liked dark liquors at all, but it didn't have a heavy whiskey taste to it, just an added, smokey smoothness. Great stuff

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Gawith Hoggarth & Co--Best Brown Flake #2
(my 4oz just arrived yesterday from smokingpipes the minute I got the email that they had it back in stock, so I jumped on it before word got out (although I did post about it in here for all my pipe smoking comrades, since it's so hard to find, and goes fast) and bought 4oz.

FYI to those who ordered, it's extremely wet, so definitely needs some drying before smoking. An hour and a half spread thin, and mine feels much better.

Newminster--No.306 English Orient

P.S.--No.402 Luxury Twist Flake

Great blends to start off my day with my 8am cigar and pipe combohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230829/dbe73a455a3898f7b9c67f91a1df590a.jpg

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

WCC--Old Black Magic
WCC--4Q
My first home blend--about 85% GH &Co Best Brown Flake #2 and 15% straight Latakia https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230831/f9bbab1103f52d0c369245272b8d7aef.jpg

I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Gawith Hoggarth & Co--Kendal Flake
Watch City Cigar--Viral Vanilla
Newminster--No.80 Norway Pipe Cut

And my first use of one of my lot of 6 drugstore estate pipes, Wally Frank De Luxehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230901/75c316bff2974fb973a1ccb8be2b39c7.jpg


I friggin love tobacco!

[jrfoxx]

Sutliff--500 African Queen. Quite strong, but tasty.
Cornell & Diehl--Byzantium. Also quite strong, but pretty good
Cornell & Diehl--Old Joe Krantz Red Label. Like it much better than the "original/brown Label" same strength, but better taste imhohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230903/90ffe92b6205d203f22d67ecbd505064.jpg


I friggin love tobacco!

[AlanS]

Autumn is pipe time for this old Bum, time to dust them off and enjoy the changing season!

[Cool Breeze]

Autumn is pipe time for this old Bum, time to dust them off and enjoy the changing season!

I feel you man.
I hadn't smoked a pipe in a long time, probably a few months.
Last night I got the hankering and had a bowl of Gawith and Hoggarth Dark Birdseye. It really hit the spot.

[Cool Breeze]

I braved to cold and had a bowl of Hearth and Home Prince Andrew in an unfinished Savinelli Series III.

[Cool Breeze]

Hung out at my local shop for a few hours today.
Had a bowl of SG Brown No. 4 in a Nording Canadian. Strong stuff but tastes so good.
Also had a bowl of C&D Bayou Morning that's been aging since March of 2016 in an unfinished Savinelli Series 3. I was hoping the years would tame down the perique, but it was still too much for me. I sent the jar home with a friend there who loves the stuff.

Been trying to smoke a pipe more. I miss it.

[Cool Breeze]

Had a bowl of Rattray's Hal o the Wynd in a rusticated Savinelli 114 KS.

[allusred]

Early Wednesday Morning, before Sunrise.
My Father Vegas Cubanas Magnates 7.5x49.
Burntime a little over two Hours.
Only few, very few of these left.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/TzMMv7.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmTzMMv7j)

[Cool Breeze]

Haven't had a pipe in a while so I'm on the patio enjoying some C&D Haunted Bookshop in a Savinelli series III bent apple.

[Cool Breeze]

A little Autumn Evening on an autumn evening in the woods.

https://i.imgur.com/MBnQYx2l.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

I enjoy Latakia when it's cold outside, so I cracked open a tin of Dunhill Durbar and am enjoying it in a Savinelli St. Nicholas 2023 pipe.
Very good.


https://i.imgur.com/P7aoCqnl.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

Was pouring down rain at deer camp today so I sat in the cookshack with my nephew and enjoyed a bowl of HH Old Dark Fired in a Dr. Grabow.
My nephew (30 years old) is starting to delve into pipe smoking as well, so I took a few things for him to try.
A good way to spend a rainy afternoon.

[Cool Breeze]

I'm gonna cry when the last of this stuff is gone.
But until then, I'll smoke it nice and slow like it's good for me.


https://i.imgur.com/jbcKbLZl.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

Enjoyed some Peterson Irish Flake in a Savinelli Champagne Bulldog this afternoon.
Fantastic tobacco.


https://i.imgur.com/mbvdF4il.jpg

[Tombstone]

Enjoyed some Peterson Irish Flake in a Savinelli Champagne Bulldog this afternoon.
Fantastic tobacco.


https://i.imgur.com/mbvdF4il.jpg

That is a nice looking pipe. I picked up a new one from a Christmas Giftcard. I will have to post it up and break it in soon.

[Cool Breeze]

That is a nice looking pipe. I picked up a new one from a Christmas Giftcard. I will have to post it up and break it in soon.

Thank you sir.
Bulldogs are one of my favorite shapes. I only have 2, this one and an old Kaywoodie (cheap pipe but smokes great).
I definitely need more.

[Cool Breeze]

Went to my local shop today and enjoyed a couple of bowls.
Had some Rattray's Hal o the Wynd and a bowl of Peterson Irish Flake.

[Cool Breeze]

I've been smoking the same thing during the day lately. Driving around town, I'll have C&D Autumn Evening in a cob. Then my evening smoke varies.

Last night's after dinner smoke was HH Old Dark Fired in this Gresham Giant by Comoy's. It's a great tobacco and it's sad that it is no longer available.

https://i.imgur.com/EWSkAnul.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

My last bowl of the evening.

Dunhill Durbar in one of my favorite pipes, a Shalom billiard. It's the only pipe I own from Israel, and I believe the only one I've ever seen. It's beautiful (the grain doesn't show up in the photo), is light as a feather and smokes wonderfully.





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[AlanS]

My smoking buddy Theo relaxing in his new sweaterhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250131/5c894efea9e3ecc8926173a8adaba598.jpg

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[Cool Breeze]

Full Virginia Flake in a Savinelli Saint Nicholas 606KS.
Great tobacco.


https://i.imgur.com/Xl1YzMWl.jpg

[Cool Breeze]

Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake in a Shalom billiard.

https://i.imgur.com/5zAqiXBl.jpg

[AlanS]

Dunhill Nightcap this evening out on the porchhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250221/ebb8e8c79e516775cd785fae65975996.jpg

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[Cool Breeze]

Had a bowl of GL Pease Haddo's Delight in a cob this afternoon.

[Cool Breeze]

I enjoyed quite the treat tonight. My nephew came into a tin of Frog Morton Cellar (by came into a tin I mean he paid an obscene amount of money for one) and was kind enough to share it with his old uncle.
I enjoyed it in a Savinelli 114KS.


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[Cool Breeze]

Excited about the weather warming up and being able to smoke my meerschaum again.
I enjoyed a bowl of McClelland Red and Black last night in it.

https://i.imgur.com/mik6OBVl.jpg

[Sid.Stavros]

'Dayyy from Athens-Greece, we have sun with few clouds and 65 'F here.

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Planta Black Vanilla.

[Lostmason]

So,,, today was a bulk blend identified only as " English Blend" in a Bellmont Whitehall pot. Delightful smoke accompanied with a "Clan McGreggor" scotch.

[Sid.Stavros]

Café categories in Greece, part 1.

It is not something ''official'' but over the years it has been established, depending on the area and the decoration you expect and the corresponding service-quality of the environment and coffee. The owner has decided in advance where he will open the shop and what customers to expect and the customer sees at first sight what decoration it has and what to expect in terms of comfort etc. For example if you open a Café in a poor neighbourhood with low cost equipment and cheap coffee you will expect as customers young people or couples with kids playing around, if you open a Café in a rich neighbourhood with classy equipment and expensive coffee you will expect customers with suits-ties and some newly rich and not students or grandpas with low pension.

1) Cafeneio, is the place to go to have coffee mainly in the villages. Small marble or iron tables, wooden chairs with wicker seats, no music. They serve mainly Greek coffee (boiled or frappé) or a refreshment or ouzo-raki. The customers are mainly older people, they play cards or backgammon, they smoke cigarettes and there is a lot of noise, customers discuss various topics and there is also gossip. In the old days, there was a lot of cigarette smoke in the interior and then the wives would complain to their husbands about the smell that came from their clothes (coats). As you can understand, i don't go to such a place to smoke a pipe.
2) Bakery/Coffee shops, many large bakeries have tables and chairs outside, but they are self-service, there is no waiter. Also some shops that sell coffee beans have tables and stools outside but they are very uncomfortable (mainly for one person) and also self-service. They are all close to a main road, there is a lot of noise from people passing-by and cars. The only time to go to a shop like the first place is when it is in the middle of a journey. You stop for a little rest, go to the toilet, get coffee-water-pie and sit outside at the table, sometimes when i have time i sit and smoke a pipe if the place is quiet although the decoration isn't something great. In a shop like the second one, never.
3) Take-away, although the title says it, some of them with the annoying tolerance of the government and the Municipal Police, also put tables and chairs outside on the sidewalk. The environment is not nice, no waitress, the seats are uncomfortable, it is usually close to a traffic light so there is a lot of noise and pollution from cars-trucks-buses. The customers usually are young people, non-locals which often arguing each other or middle-aged people who do not want to go to a Café. Some shout or laughing loud, others talk in their mobile phones with the speaker On (no hands-free), others listen to music from a YouTube video even though the Cafe already has music and it is loud (modern songs or folk songs in the evening), often beggars coming etc. There is no way i would sit in such a place like this to smoke a pipe!

The part 2 in a next post plus what happens if there is a ''troublemaker'' in a Café (not a bar of nightclub).

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We have sun and 66'F here in Athens-Greece, i smoke Vanilla Hausmarke.

[Sid.Stavros]

Hello from Athens-Greece, we have sun and 73 'F here.

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Black & Elegant Vanilla.

[Nature]

Hello from Athens-Greece, we have sun and 73 'F here.

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Black & Elegant Vanilla.

Beautiful pipe


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[Sid.Stavros]

Beautiful pipe


Thank you sir, it's a modified Olive wood pipe, the bronze ring and the blue mouthpiece are ''extra''.

[Cool Breeze]

No pictures for me today, but I hung out at my local B&M most of the morning and had 2 bowls.
First was some of the Half and Half from the 1960s I posted about the other day
The second bowl was C&D Haunted Bookshop.

[Sid.Stavros]

Salute from Athens-Greece with 75 'F, those days we wish to everybody here ''Happy Resurrection and Happy Easter''.


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Mac Baren 7 Seas Regular Blend.

[Sid.Stavros]

Already mentioned in ancient Greek Iliad at 8th century BC, here is from a ceramic of 500 BC.


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We keep our traditions ''alive", we ate it yesterday in family supper.


https://i.imgur.com/AVnHJHz.jpg


W.O Larsen Indigo.