What are you smoking?

[fsu92john]

Dark Strong Flake in a Cavicchi bent brandy.

 

[DrT999]

the last of #7 Broken Flake in a bent Brigham rhodesian

 

[JimInks]

Almost finished smoking P&W #515 in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.

 

[user 2031]

Great Hiatus in a MM Mark Twain

 

[JimInks]

McClelland Black Tie in a medium bend 1983 Ascorti New Dear KS.

 

[Brewdude]

'11 Dunhill De Luxe Navy Rolls in my Ser Jacopo Poker after work. Wunnerful!

Have some aged 2015 w/15% added Perique ready to go after supper in my trusty Wiley Rhody.



Cheers,

RR

 

[Jevverrett]

A well rubbed out handful of exhausted rooster in a Pete #01, with a hot toddy. ( 2 bags of sleepytime, shot of belvanie 14 yr, spoon dipped in honey and a shot of winter jack)

 

[JimInks]

Old Dark Fired in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band.

 

[fsu92john]

FVF in a Savinelli Roma rusticated prince.

 

[PeterD]

...final pipe of the day...Esoterica Woodbridge in a commissioned Cooper rustic Canadian... :santa:

 

[MisterE]

FVF in another Dunhill Liverpool Shell shape 33. This one's from '62.?

 

[JimInks]

Part way through this bowl of Louisiana Red in a 2002 smooth Rinaldo Silver Line 3 EGER 05 paneled horn.

 

[JimInks]

Listing this a little early: B&B Scott’s Companion in a 1990 Peterson Irish Second Oom Paul natural.

 

[fsu92john]

Carter Hall in a Dunhill Shell billiard.

 

[just ol ed]

tea at this desk, '06 PlantationEvening in gourd calabash in smoking room.

Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY

 

[JimInks]

Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin.

 

[MisterE]

Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin.

Jim, who blends the Elizabethan match you have?

 

[JimInks]

Listing this a little early: Brindley’s Match in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.

 

[JimInks]

Dunhill Elizabethan Match in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin.

Jim, who blends the Elizabethan match you have?

Sutliff does. I much prefer it to the new version. This Match was based on the Murray's version. Here's my review if it will help:

I’ve compared this to the original (which once was a regular smoke for me) and I'd say this blend is fairly close, but not an exact match. It’s certainly closer than the current DE production by Dunhill, which I consider to be inferior to both the original and the Sutliff Match. The Murray’s version was a little more complex in taste, and had just a little more bright lemon Virginia. The perique is very peppery in both, slightly more plumy here. The brown Virginia is virtually identical. As much as I liked the Murray’s product, I like this Match very much, and would say it may be as close as you can get. A little more sprinkling of lemon Va., and it’d virtually be the same. Because the new version is different from the Murray’s, which is what the Match attempted to copy, I would not consider them to be similar. The proportion of ingredients in the new version is different and the shag cut is as well.

The Murray’s version of DE was one of the very few blends m'lady openly complained about. When they quit making it, she was very happy. A couple of years back, I tried the Match for the first time. Five minutes after I started smoking it, she came back to the studio and said, "Are you smoking that crap again? I thought they quit making it." Telling me that she recognized the smell after several years just struck me kinda funny. That, besides the taste, amplified my assessment that the Match is close indeed.

 

[JimInks]

Not too far from finishing this bowl of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a slight bend rusticated 1979 Savinelli Estella 310 poker.