Well we're past the half way point of 2015 and some of you fine people have come up with excellent goodies. With temperatures rising, some of us need to sit out back with cold drink in hand and delicous leaf. What are you adding to your salvo?
I got my P&C order today, and I finally got my Dawnmist clay, only a couple of days later than I'd expected.
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Nording Hunter Labrador
Brebbia Latakia Flake
Kaywoodie Sterling Natural Bulldog (top)
Viking Skagen Rhodesian (middle)
Dawnmist Black Cutty (bottom)
The highlights for me are the Kaywoodie and the cutty. The Viking is nice too, and my first Rhodesian (although I subscribe to the diamond/round distinction between bulldogs and Rhodesians, so I'd describe the Sterling as a Rhodesian too, but who am I to quibble with Kaywoodie?).
It's very nice. It's got a good draw, and there's no ceramic flavor to it. It does get hot, obviously.I've been eying off the dawn mist cutty (black also). Am keen to hear how it performs.
Oh no you didn't! I am really kicking myself for not getting one of those. Was that from Chris or SP.com?
I paid the premium from sp.com, but I'm glad I got one!
This pipe has a story
Jiminyshiznit and I got to talking one day, he offered to send some tobacco samples, I accepted his gracious offer. I then found out he had a couple of straights that needed attention so I offered to help clean them up a bit. He accepted. So the razors and overly generous samples arrive, I smoked and enjoyed and worked on the razors. After some time the razors got sent back home, hopefully Jiminyshiznit found them improved. Then I get an email from my new friend, whom I've never met in person, and was only able to meet because of BnB, the email states that more samples are coming along with a lil' ol' estate pipe. That package arrived in today's post and it contained many more generous samples and that lil' ol' estate pipe turned out to be a MARK TINSKY!!!!! I have wanted a Tinsky for quite some time but funds have always lacked, but now I own one, and even better than owning a Tinsky pipe, I own a Tinsky with a story.
Thank you Jiminyshiznit you are a gentleman in every sense of the word.
The generosity of B&B users, and especially those in the BL, never ceases to amaze me.
This pipe has a story
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Jiminyshiznit and I got to talking one day, he offered to send some tobacco samples, I accepted his gracious offer. I then found out he had a couple of straights that needed attention so I offered to help clean them up a bit. He accepted. So the razors and overly generous samples arrive, I smoked and enjoyed and worked on the razors. After some time the razors got sent back home, hopefully Jiminyshiznit found them improved. Then I get an email from my new friend, whom I've never met in person, and was only able to meet because of BnB, the email states that more samples are coming along with a lil' ol' estate pipe. That package arrived in today's post and it contained many more generous samples and that lil' ol' estate pipe turned out to be a MARK TINSKY!!!!! I have wanted a Tinsky for quite some time but funds have always lacked, but now I own one, and even better than owning a Tinsky pipe, I own a Tinsky with a story.
Thank you Jiminyshiznit you are a gentleman in every sense of the word.
This pipe has a story
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Jiminyshiznit and I got to talking one day, he offered to send some tobacco samples, I accepted his gracious offer. I then found out he had a couple of straights that needed attention so I offered to help clean them up a bit. He accepted. So the razors and overly generous samples arrive, I smoked and enjoyed and worked on the razors. After some time the razors got sent back home, hopefully Jiminyshiznit found them improved. Then I get an email from my new friend, whom I've never met in person, and was only able to meet because of BnB, the email states that more samples are coming along with a lil' ol' estate pipe. That package arrived in today's post and it contained many more generous samples and that lil' ol' estate pipe turned out to be a MARK TINSKY!!!!! I have wanted a Tinsky for quite some time but funds have always lacked, but now I own one, and even better than owning a Tinsky pipe, I own a Tinsky with a story.
Thank you Jiminyshiznit you are a gentleman in every sense of the word.