A couple of months ago, when I realized that the people that I shared my house with were a bunch of deadbeat drug addicts, my parents were gracious enough to allow me to move back in with them until my girlfriend and I could find other living arrangements. My father and I get along extremely well, and in fact, at this point in my life it is safe to say that we are best friends. My mother and I really don't speak to each other much anymore for reasons that I won't highlight here, but she's gracious enough about it. They both knew about my pipe smoking when I moved back in, and my father gets really excited about it and he frequently talks pipes and tobaccos with me. When Christmas was about to roll around, I made my list of pipe and tobacco related goodies. My mother got ahold of my list and said, "I'm not getting you this kind of crap for Christmas!" She has been nicknamed The Grinch by my whole family. Anyway, my father went behind her back and earned her ire for a few days, but he pulled through for me this Holiday season, and I want to share with you guys my Christmas goodies. We start with a beautiful little Churchwarden that I'm guessing he got at the local B&M. I've smoked it a couple of times and am dying to own more Churchwardens down the line:
This little pipe smokes Flake and VA like a dream
Also, as a little Christmas gift to myself, I nabbed this Wellington on Ebay for next to nothing, and just got done cleaning and shining it up last night:
This pipe is gargantuan, easily the biggest pipe I own, and is destined to be an English blend pipe.
As if that wasn't enough, my father further defied my mother and got me a very nice cigar humidor for Christmas:
Glass top, very nice wood, big enough for my current stash and then some. Way nice!
He even got it personalized for me. My father made Christmas so awesome for me this year, and I am glad to have a guy like him in my life. I am very fortunate and blessed.
) so tight that I'm scared I'm going to break it every time I do anything that involves moving the bowl on the stem. The no name one is the exact opposite as far as the build. It fits perfectly and the 3 bowls I smoked out of it were all amazing. I see that one becoming a regular in the rotation. The Sav is gonna be more of a special occasions kinda thing as it looks and smokes very nice...just isn't very practical. I'd really like to add at least 1 or 2 more wardens to the collection.
