What Are You Smoking Pages.

[Charley Scanlan]

CD Habana Daydream in a CAO Mark Twain meerschaum.

 

[Balisong]

Watching the Canadian Grand Prix and smoking MacBaren HH Pure Virginia in a Rob Roy. Coffee is my current beverage.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a too short nap, and a couple of apple turnovers, and am close to finishing this bowl of Peretti Royal in a black sandblasted medium bend 2013 Mark Tinsky Coral 5 cherrywood with a smooth dark brown shank and bottom with a tapered black briar accented acrylic stem.

 

[EZONSLOW]

Smoking a Brebbia bent brandy with cult red moon and another k-cup, I guess I am getting used to this stuff,LOL!

 

[ftrplt]

Enjoyed another cool, rainy morning smoking father Dempsey in a big Boswell rusticated Rhodesian. Arango Balkan Supreme in a 1965 DH 127 paired nicely with rich, dark Hawai'ian coffee. Sunday chores next!! FTRPLT

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tall stack of cinnamon raisin French toast with peach and golden delicious apple slices on the side. I've a third of a bowl left of Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz in a smooth medium brown medium bend 1950s B.B.B. Own Make 307 apple with a sterling silver band and black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching the Braves-Jays game. The rain finally stopped and Daisy the Feral Princess, Tomato the Brave and Abner the Eager were at the door waiting for food. They were so hungry they didn't even think about bothering each other.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking Seattle Pipe Club Down Yonder in a straight black 1963 Dunhill LBS Shell 4S billiard with a tapered black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

A third of the way through this bowl of year 2020 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. Enjoying my weekly pipe zoom.

 

[Charley Scanlan]

MB Black Ambrosia in an AKB Sultan meerschaum.

 

[Charley Scanlan]

BB Gettysburg in an Altinay pot meerschaum.

 

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of first release Watch City Rhythm & Blues in a black sandblasted straight 1998 XXX Ashton Pebble Grain lovat with a black acrylic saddle stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking SWRA in a straight, black sandblasted undated Comoy’s Sunrise Etched Grain straight apple 551 with a black vulcanite saddle stem.

 

[EZONSLOW]

Just got back from mass as the rain started, Smoking a Pete Bakersville with Parson`s blend as I fry up Chicken cutlets for dinner.It`s going to be an early night for me,my backs not happy...

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2012 E-soterica Dunbar in a smooth straight, dark brown early 1960s Lane era Charatan Selected 43 Dublin with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad.

 

[Ranger107]

Pre dinner, Arango Balkan Supreme in a Randy Wiley freehand bent dublin. Honey bourbon on the side. Still hot but not too unpleasant with the breeze going on.

 

[Balisong]

Just finished dinner, marinated chicken grilled with olive charcoal, tomato and pepper salad, and, grilled zucchini.

For dessert I'm smoking GLP géométrie in a Rob Roy along with a glass of Lambrusco.

 

[Swede]

Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation Evening Flake in a Vauen bent Dr Perl with p-lip and filter.

 

[EricC1]

Old Dark-Fired/Penny-Farthing mix in Calich.
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[Book]

Before I fill this Parker 578 Billiard with some Petersons Early Morning pipe.
I'd like to take the opportunity to wish all my American Friends and fellow BoBs.
An awesome Independence Day. Enjoy your special day everybody.View attachment 10927

Well said.

 

[Book]

Charley,
Thanks for sharing that bit of wisdom. It probably belongs in its own thumb-tacked post somewhere.

I've been wondering how your work with the meers would come out.

I wonder: have you tried buffing some of the pieces that have taken up color? Is it just in the wax, or is the wax helping the meer to retain the particles?

(I am honestly, genuinely curious.)

In all best wishes,
Book

I heard back from Meerschaum Market, and he said the white is actually the natural meerschaum color. The beeswax exaggerates or "triples" the color from smoking but it doesn't stain the meerschaum, so it turns white. The dark parts will come out more and more over months of smoking. His name was Burak, which I assume is a Turkish name, and he said this was normal for beeswax to do this. Phew!

I did use a Dremel tool on a cracked meerschaum I waxed, with different accessories. It's a fun tool to have, I might use the felt buffers on pipes. I have mineral oil, and I have briar wax. Probably just do a dry buff on the meers. Thanks for your suggestion Bali, and any others you might have.