Some time ago SP posted a barely smoked Larry Roush apple estate for a fantastic price and I instantly jumped on it, notwithstanding my reservations on the pipe's visual attributes.
The shaping of this pipe is odd - if it were flesh coloured, you would be forgiven for confusing it with a nutsack.
However, I have never been one to be vain, and I had to jump on this pipe notwithstanding that I wasn't in love with the shaping. The price was simply too good to pass up.
When the pipe arrived I was stunned to see the chamber. If this thing had seen any more than one smoke I would be shocked. It was simply in pristine condition.
So I lit that puppy up - and some aged Wessex Gold Brick was the combustible material of choice for that inaugural smoke.
The thing smoked perfectly. I mean absolutely effortlessly. And since I received the pipe, I have burned all manner of VA flakes in her, and every smoke has been nothing short of perfect, with the tobacco burning majestically down to white ash with nary a relight needed.
And the bowl just never gets hot even when I lose control and spiral into a puffing frenzy.
And the pipe is incredibly comfortable too. The stem is wonderful and the pipe hangs as comfortably as any pipe I have ever tried.
So, this Larry Roush apple -- this red-headed step-child of the briar world -- has become my magical pipe.
It is to the point where I am truthfully crestfallen when I finish a bowl in this pipe. I become sad because I know it will be a few days before I can smoke it again.
Some may call it ugly, and I won't even dispute that, but I would cut a sizeable check for 10 more like it if Larry showed up at my door today.
Anyone else have a magical smoking pipe?
The shaping of this pipe is odd - if it were flesh coloured, you would be forgiven for confusing it with a nutsack.
However, I have never been one to be vain, and I had to jump on this pipe notwithstanding that I wasn't in love with the shaping. The price was simply too good to pass up.
When the pipe arrived I was stunned to see the chamber. If this thing had seen any more than one smoke I would be shocked. It was simply in pristine condition.
So I lit that puppy up - and some aged Wessex Gold Brick was the combustible material of choice for that inaugural smoke.
The thing smoked perfectly. I mean absolutely effortlessly. And since I received the pipe, I have burned all manner of VA flakes in her, and every smoke has been nothing short of perfect, with the tobacco burning majestically down to white ash with nary a relight needed.
And the bowl just never gets hot even when I lose control and spiral into a puffing frenzy.
And the pipe is incredibly comfortable too. The stem is wonderful and the pipe hangs as comfortably as any pipe I have ever tried.
So, this Larry Roush apple -- this red-headed step-child of the briar world -- has become my magical pipe.
It is to the point where I am truthfully crestfallen when I finish a bowl in this pipe. I become sad because I know it will be a few days before I can smoke it again.
Some may call it ugly, and I won't even dispute that, but I would cut a sizeable check for 10 more like it if Larry showed up at my door today.
Anyone else have a magical smoking pipe?
