***What Are You Smoking, Sept. 2022?***

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo.

 

[weezell]

Glorious CONDOR Plug in a Meer...

 

[ThermionicScott]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo.

I'm curious -- does age do something special to EGR, or did you just really back up the truck in 2014?

 

[alaskanpiper]

Watch City Rhythm and Blues in a Yeti Natural Blasted Pot with Mammoth Ring and Antique Bakelite Stem

 

[JimInks]

Did a set of walking reps, and smoked a bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a black tapered vulcanite stem. Time for lunch!

 

[JimInks]

I'm curious -- does age do something special to EGR, or did you just really back up the truck in 2014?

I got a ton of tobacco that year.

 

[edger]

War Horse Bar in this Ropp. Dinking Jim Beam and making Chicken Korma.

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The trifecta!!

 

[cigrmaster]

2012 Wessex Gold Virginia Fake in a Jack Howell Apple.

 

[dunnyboy]

Marlin Flake in a Castello 75th Anniversary Canadian.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a very tasty lunch, and am closing in on the half way mark on this bowl of first release Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Chaukisch]

I look forward to hearing about your progress!

I just tried something new and already progressed!

OT:
The second quart of vino is flowing and I got some ideas.
I already discovered that Virginia is the sweetest when ripped (not cut!) off the leaf in little strips and lightly rubbed. And the more pressure you put on it, the spicier it gets.

Now I ripped long strips right off the leaf (a slightly dark ribbed VA) and carefully twisted them into little ropes. They kinda felt like the main stems/ribs of the whole leaf.


They were ripped apart to roughly equal length and rubbed up a little.


The VA was recently rehydrated and still on the moist side so I put the rope strips in a tiny glass jar and carefully heated it up.


Afterwards they felt quite interesting between the fingers, crisp but still flexible and not at all crumbly.
I stuffed it down my clay and lit up. It comes off with a good but mildly earthy and, yeah, very spicy taste that is always surrounded by a decent level of slight sweetness.



It kinda reminds me of Oriental but it isn't. I have another bowl left that I want to try tomorrow when I'm good and sober but for right now it sure is a very interesting "twist" on Virginia.
With a few days of rest and time to settle down this should turn out to be a really nice and round smoke all on its own.

 

[The Clay King]

I just tried something new and already progressed!

OT:
The second quart of vino is flowing and I got some ideas.
I already discovered that Virginia is the sweetest when ripped (not cut!) off the leaf in little strips and lightly rubbed. And the more pressure you put on it, the spicier it gets.

Now I ripped long strips right off the leaf (a slightly dark ribbed VA) and carefully twisted them into little ropes. They kinda felt like the main stems/ribs of the whole leaf.
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They were ripped apart to roughly equal length and rubbed up a little.
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The VA was recently rehydrated and still on the moist side so I put the rope strips in a tiny glass jar and carefully heated it up.
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Afterwards they felt quite interesting between the fingers, crisp but still flexible and not at all crumbly.
I stuffed it down my clay and lit up. It comes off with a good but mildly earthy and, yeah, very spicy taste that is always surrounded by a decent level of slight sweetness.

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It kinda reminds me of Oriental but it isn't. I have another bowl left that I want to try tomorrow when I'm good and sober but for right now it sure is a very interesting "twist" on Virginia.
With a few days of rest and time to settle down this should turn out to be a really nice and round smoke all on its own.

@Chaukisch Looks good - is this the Virginia for the "Clay King"?
Does it smoke well on its own - I've had C&D Yorktown and that's a straight Virginia; appropriate for Redcoats & Revolutionaries
This is the baccy I was smoking in the clay pipe at Cromford Mill when the blacksmith lit it with an ember from his forge!
I've sent a reply to out PM conversation.
Everyone says well done for my "Highly Commended" award at the Radio Sheffield Make A Difference awards ceremony!

 

[FurCoat]

LBF in a T. Christiano

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Uhle’s Blend 71 in a smooth straight brown family era Sasieni Mayfair 64 N Canadian with a black tapered vulcanite stem.

 

[craig61a]

2018 SPC Plum Pudding Special Reserve in a fishtail logo Sasieni Regent.

Received stummel only in a lot of pipes, it was in rough shape. Rim was destroyed, topped about 1/4” off, the stummel sanded to even out the color. And my interpretation of an early four dot stem from a blank.

A high grade restoration it ain’t… just a knock around pipe that’s a great smoker.

 

[Carol]

Presbyterian in the little meer. Lovely autumn day today.

 

[Jon888]

Trying out a vintage don-glo for the first time with some Elizabethan. Hoping I can dedicate this Brooklyn classic to VaPers

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Vauen No 14 in a SRV.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Going to have Dan Tobacco Devil’s Holiday in another large Ropp Cherrywood, (this one much more recent than the other beast) with a bent vulcanite stem with black and silver logo. Twelve ounce (355 mL) Coca-Cola can shown for scale.

 

[JimInks]

Did a second set of walking reps, and smoked a bowl of year 2016 D&R Two Timer Gold in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple with a black vulcanite stem.