HU Director’s Cut from February 2020 in my Luigi Viprati Collection Silver Dragon ‘B’ 
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Now that's a blend I'd never even heard of! And I knew of D&R's old tin series (tho sadly never acquired any before they got axed
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I would make that my Brown sugar flake pipe fer sure!2017 Viprati in my Castello paneled rhodesian.
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Great day with handguns at the range, too, but that's another story.
My evening smoke was with my Oriental dedicated Ropp J07, and Steamworks. Not only was it a wonderful smoke, but it lasted a full 93 minutes. My buddy Mike witnessed, and had two pipes and a cigar and finally left for home at the 89 minute mark, shaking his head! Oh yeah, the best I'd ever gotten from this pipe before tonight was 55 minutes, which I thought was pretty good at the time. 'Nuff said!
Great day with handguns at the range, too, but that's another story.
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