What Are You Smoking? - August 2019.

Five Brothers in a little rusticated pot.

Earlier, Match Sugar Barrel in a bent Legend.

Now smoking Dunhill Elizabethan Match Plug in a 1982 smooth straight Dunhill Root Briar 31051 Dublin with a black vulcanite tapered stem. Going to work and listen to the Dodgers-Padres game as the Braves-Reds are in a rain delay.

Sugar barrel match in a no name squat bulldog. I love the look of this pipe but it doesn’t smoke anything but five brothers well.

About a third of a bowl left of Jim's Va/Bur in a 2015 Basil Meadows Bing Crosby Merchant Service replica with a smooth straight thin shank, aluminum band and black ebonite stem.

Snacked on some sweet cantaloupe and cherries and am now smoking year 2015 Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a straight black sandblasted 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog with a black vulcanite stem. Going back to work now.

St. Bruno Flake in a MM Polished Morgan Cob. The blend has been aging for a couple of years, and the stewed fruit flavor and the woody and earthy taste of the dark-fired Kentucky are standing out in this bowl. Cool water to sip. Vodka shot in a minute.

On to a bowl of Esoterica Dunbar in a James Upshall Sandblasted Saddle Apple Billiard. Sweet and earthy. Plums, figs. Delicious. Cool water to sip.

Just finished smoking Jim's Evolving Work Blend in a 2003 Stanwell Golden Danish 56 Rusticated Canadian with a black vulcanite stem.

SPC Plum Pudding Special Reserve in a Charatan's Make Freehand Relief. Woody, smoky and some sense of barbecue, probably from the Virginias. A hint of saltiness. Sipping cool water.

Around a third of a bowl left of Watch City VaPer Test Sample in the first pipe Trever Talbot made when he went to France many years ago. It's a smooth straight Algerian briar Billiard bowl with a long Canadian shank and a black vulcanite saddle stem, unbranded. Work's done for the day, and I'm reading baseball box scores.

Just finishing this bowl of Sutliff J4 Burley in a 2013 straight MM Missouri Pride Legend with a black stem. That'll end my smoking day.

Same smoke as usual on my way to work. Yorktown in a Legend.

About a third of a bowl left of old 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. Simply Orange is my drink. Up earlier than I want to be, but Suzy and Molly saw this as a chance to get some extra wet food and attention... in that order.

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A quarter of the way through this bowl of Watch City Off the Rails in a 1980s SMS full bend sultan smoking a pipe meer signed by J. Boglon with a multi-colored creamy swirl acrylic stem.

Yorktown in a Legend on my way home from work... EARLY.

Jim and Jason, your packages have been mailed

Yeah!

Butternut in Medico Zulu

Relaxing after a tasty pot roast lunch and am now smoking year 2014 MacBaren Acadian Perique in a smooth straight Lane era Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Watching Mad Dog Russo, and thinking about when nap time will be this afternoon.

Yesterday was very hectic so I am starting my August today with an old fashioned smoke. Wilke #191 in a beautiful Barling saddle stem billiard that hasn't had much attention in the last couple of years. Coffee on the side.
(it's been rumored the this pipe was once owned by Comrade Gorbachev, but I have no information to substantiate these rumors. )

Got my little guy down for his afternoon nap, so now it's time for some Watch City 558 in a Stanwell Royal Rouge Stack

Good afternoon, gents. Arango Balkan Supreme in the JB Devil Anse Stack. Cool water. Peet's espresso. Low-sodium V8. Been a busy morning.

Just finished smoking 2007 C&D Morley’s Best in a medium bend smooth paneled 2017 Celebi Turkish Meerschaum with a gold and black swirl acrylic stem.

Thanks to a friend, I am smoking Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation: Small Batch Aged Virginia in a 2002 smooth natural straight silver banded Ardor Venere Extra Fatta A Mano Maigret billiard, signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic tapered stem. Ice water and bergs is my evening drink. Watching the Cubs-Brewers game.

Sticking with the JB Devil Anse Stack today, all day... this time, it'll be 1960s Skallorna in the little devil. Cool water to sip. Might be time for a vodka shot... it is after 11 here...

Now smoking HU Nyala in a 1970s black sandblasted slight bent Savinelli Autograph 05 Horn with a black vulcanite stem.