So, after much debating, and cold puffing a bowl of Amphora Full Aroma for about an hour, the century old KB&B Canadian bulldog received its first flame. Many variables figured into my decision to smoke it.
-I've never smoked a pipe with an amber stem
-The draw was amazingly open for a pipe from that era
-The thought that it had waited for a century to fulfill its purpose
As for the smoking, just wow! The taste of the raw briar is intoxicating and that very open draw nearly allows the pipe to smoke itself. The amber stem feels a little like silky glass, and definitely makes me want to find more pipes with them. Probably shouldn't have smoked it, but the chance to be the first to smoke a pipe that old may never come again.
-I've never smoked a pipe with an amber stem
-The draw was amazingly open for a pipe from that era
-The thought that it had waited for a century to fulfill its purpose
As for the smoking, just wow! The taste of the raw briar is intoxicating and that very open draw nearly allows the pipe to smoke itself. The amber stem feels a little like silky glass, and definitely makes me want to find more pipes with them. Probably shouldn't have smoked it, but the chance to be the first to smoke a pipe that old may never come again.
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