Having a bowl of Bayou Morning Flake in a cutty cob. 
***What Are You Smoking, December 2025?***
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Hey @RavenBlackSeven-year-old Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in a new Stanwell H.C. Andersen light brown polished churchwarden, and Cameron's Creme Brulee coffee, while working on band recordings from last night's rehearsal.
Just breaking this pipe in. The stem is more deeply bent than my other model (black sandblast) and it makes for somewhat weird positioning, but I think it's lovely. I do enjoy this tobacco. Unlike yesterday's Borkum Riff, this will remain on the spreadsheet.Maybe I'll hunt up a replacement stem for this pipe so that it feels more natural....
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Beautiful pipe! I've been eyeing the H C Andersen Churchwarden for a while now.
Regarding the stem: I'm NOT directly suggesting you do this, but I recently had good success with adjusting the bend on one of my acrylic stems. (I don't know if your stem is acrylic.) I utilized a heat gun, but I'd suggest reading up on what to "watch out for" before attempting. In my case, it was easy to do. You can see the result of my effort here.
Perhaps someone with a LOT more experience can chime in. But, to me, reducing the bend seems likely easily done at home. Alternatively, you could probably send it to someone experienced in bending stems (not me), and it may be cheaper than sourcing a replacement. You could send that person both stems, and have the new one bent to match the old one. Good luck!!
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I'm growing very fond of Katerini in blends. We Three Kings has some also.
Some whiskey accompanying.
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