My deepest gratitude to everyone for the birthday wishes! It means a great deal coming from such a great group here on the forum.
The breaking in process has begun!
The
Savinelli has a massive bowl (2 inch chamber), which I prefer, do to my mammoth-sized mitts. It's the first bamboo piece I've seen that I personally like the aesthetics.
It's a two match pipe, that smoked for two hours. It burned slightly warm, and fairly dry — something that should improve with continued breaking in. Most importantly, the flavor of the Va/Per [Peterson's Irish Oak] sang.
The Petersons smoked as the Mark Twain collection do:
Nice. I'm crazy for these sets, and they actually sold me on the idea of pokers, which I never had an interest in until picking up my first set. These are my second Rusticated pair, and they just beg for burley blends.
I don't know which to congratulate you on first...the birthday or the wife.
Thank you... the second only improves the first!
My wife convinced her family to buy me a Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille for my birthday
Sometimes family can be useful! I looked into the Tom Ford
Tobacco Vanille, and I must say, my intrest is piqued! Hmm, maybe next year.
My autograph is a bit on the large side so I don't smoke it all that often, but it makes a great "sit down chair" pipe.
I favor larger pipes; I guess I find it hard to sit down for
less than two hours. I'm really enjoying these Autograph pipes (this is my second).
All I need, something else to redirect my tobacco addiction and limited funds.
Thank you all again. I hope you each have a wonderful holiday season!
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