Call me crazy or a little old fashioned, but I prefer visiting the local pipe shop rather than shopping online. Sure online shopping is a little cheaper and easier, but after shipping and handling I've found it's not that much of a difference. There is no comparison to visiting the shop. The sights, the smell of pipe tobacco and cigars. And then you have the old timer who loves to talk anything pipe related. At my local shop, they are all about quality service. They will order anything I want and have it within the week. I can hold and inspect a pipe before buying it. I went in today to grab some tobacco and they had a Christmas gift waiting for me. Bill gave me a Lanes engraved pipe tobacco jar and a wooden storage box.
If we do not support our pipe shops, they will soon disappear. So go visit the local B&M, you just might find that next special thing for your collection or cellar.
If we do not support our pipe shops, they will soon disappear. So go visit the local B&M, you just might find that next special thing for your collection or cellar.