Thanks Ron. It was love at first sight and once I got my mitts on it, it felt right too. It smokes really nice. It will be a great walkabout pipe for this summer
@Captain_Call, you've posted before that this is your favorite show, I think. What do you like about it? I've never smoked a Devil's Anse. (But love the Hatfield-Mcoy connection)
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@Captain_Call, you've posted before that this is your favorite show, I think. What do you like about it? I've never smoked a Devil's Anse. (But love the Hatfield-Mcoy connection)
I like straight leg pipes because I'm a rather wet smoker and a bent pipe I find to smoke wetter due to gravity pulling all that moisture down the curve. The short overall length really helps keep the weight down in addition to keeping the weight axis closer to the face. This makes it an easier pipe to hold in the teeth which is my preference and also the reason I'm a wet smoker. As far as that forward canted bowl, it just strikes me aesthetically in a way other pipes really don't. I like that short length allows me to maneuver around things without having to ditch the pipe. I often work while smoking and need both hands so I gravitate to hands free and easy clenching styles. 90 percent of my regular rotation pipes are less than 5 inches.
Someone needs to get Steve a calendar. two months early but now I just have more time to enjoy it. I have been wanting a pipe rest for ages and now I have one way nicer than I deserve. A super cool pipe I can only describe as a devil dog? Some liquor topped English from Missouri meerschaum and some horse **** I've heard a lot about. He even wrapped it up pretty for me
I scored a tin of Rattrays Holiday Edition 2017 which is always a great smoke every year. Anyone else into holiday blends message me and I'll tell you where. Very affordable too.
I've pipe smoked a cigar. It's actually a little disappointing. So much of the cigar flavor comes from skin on tobacco contact. You lose that in the pipe
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
A cute little danish influence tsuge Dublin with some nice flame grain.Then after nearly two weeks waiting, all the way from Vladivostok Russia, my Peter Kotlyar elephant foot arrived. The grain on this is unbelievable.
Today I received a package in the mail, Direct from the vendor, so I don't have an address for return fire. @84CJ7 nuked my mailbox with his shenanigans. Thank You just doesn't seem like enough, but I am at a loss for any other words. Your gracious gift will be enjoyed for a long long time and you will be thought of each time I fill the bowl.
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Thank sir!!!! I will smoke them in honor of you and the Gary Friar.
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
@84CJ7 nuked my mailbox with his shenanigans. Thank You just doesn't seem like enough, but I am at a loss for any other words. Your gracious gift will be enjoyed for a long long time and you will be thought of each time I fill the bowl.
Now you can take it off your short list.
Enjoy!
Mark