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This week I bought two pipes, the Chacom and yesterday a Pete Donegal 106. My collection is now complete, with no holes in the line-up. I am a very happy man. So here is the list.
For Lats: Don Florian Fan with plateau, Comoy Freehand Bulldog.
For Ky: Large Moretti bent Dublin with plateau, Don Florian thick-walled straight Dublin with plateau.
For pure Va: Radice Rind straight billiard (red stain).
For S.G. Navy Flake: Don Carlos black rustic straight billiard.
For Va/Per: Chacom straight panelled billiard
For Lakeland blends: Peterson Donegal Rocky 106
Misc (of late, S.G. Chocolate Flake): Vauen Firenzi 562.
It took me quite a while to get all these but I have a real sense that unless anything untoward happens, this should do me well for years to come. I have three other pipes in need of a home and another one in need of some work from an experienced pipe-maker, but I feel that what I have 'on the rack' (I don't have a rack) is certainly good enough for me. It's too early to make this comment with the new acquisitions but every time I smoke the others, there is a moment when I look at it and think to myself "This is a really nice pipe". I would say that unless one has that, one is smoking the wrong pipes.
For Lats: Don Florian Fan with plateau, Comoy Freehand Bulldog.
For Ky: Large Moretti bent Dublin with plateau, Don Florian thick-walled straight Dublin with plateau.
For pure Va: Radice Rind straight billiard (red stain).
For S.G. Navy Flake: Don Carlos black rustic straight billiard.
For Va/Per: Chacom straight panelled billiard
For Lakeland blends: Peterson Donegal Rocky 106
Misc (of late, S.G. Chocolate Flake): Vauen Firenzi 562.
It took me quite a while to get all these but I have a real sense that unless anything untoward happens, this should do me well for years to come. I have three other pipes in need of a home and another one in need of some work from an experienced pipe-maker, but I feel that what I have 'on the rack' (I don't have a rack) is certainly good enough for me. It's too early to make this comment with the new acquisitions but every time I smoke the others, there is a moment when I look at it and think to myself "This is a really nice pipe". I would say that unless one has that, one is smoking the wrong pipes.
