1st quarter 2011 mystery Pass!!
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It was like christmas all over again! I got both my mystery pass from my secret santa, the Macbaren burley london blend, AND this CB Weber Streamliner from eBay that is sure to become the first of many in my collection, in the mail yesterday!
THANK YOU SECRET SANTA! :clap: This is a slightly different-than-my-usual smoke, very full of flavor and exceedingly mild blend. The tin note was mild chocolate with earthy tones, the smoke only hinted at sweetness and yet had a very full, rounded-out flavor for me--not my usual confectionary tobacco. I'm going to really enjoy my time with this one!
The Streamliner was hinted at in a post I can no longer find on here, about a custom that looked like a Shure microphone. It caught my eye, in a big way, so I did a little research on it and have been scouring the 'bay and every junk shop I cross. This was in better condition than listed by far--smoked perhaps twice. So of course after a quick clean I packed it up with the burley! Looks and feels great in the hand, and clenched, and does smoke incredibly cool--I'd almost be worried about superheating the bowl and not realizing it. It does gurgle a little; I'm chalking this up to inexperience with the pipe as well as the particular tobacco, so I'll have to see if it also gurgles with tobaccos I'm more familiar with.
PAD and TAD in one day...don't get any better.
Nice pipe and it does have some deep fins on it. If you were looking for the picture of the Shure microphone pic:
Those are the pics, Hobie, thank you! I'd love to commission one like that. Also in the thread I'm referencing though is an ad from the 1945 George Yale Summer catalog:
I fell in love with the Weber Streamliner. It's hopeless; I'm smitten. Deco-industrial / machine age design just makes me swoon, and when I see it in a pipe it just incites the PAD. If only I could still get them for $1 postpaid. /sigh :crying:
I fell in love with the Weber Streamliner. It's hopeless; I'm smitten. Deco-industrial / machine age design just makes me swoon, and when I see it in a pipe it just incites the PAD. If only I could still get them for $1 postpaid. /sigh :crying:
The brown sleigh rumbled down the drive today and delivered to me a package of Nat Shermans’ 580 Liberty Golden Virginia. What a great smoke!
Many thanks to my fellow pipester for treating me to a tobacco I most likely never would have thought of trying. This fine Virginia is a joy to pack, stays lit and tastes sweet and earthy. It has a very nice room note and most important, (and rare for Virginias, at least in my experience), does NOT bite.
Thank you very much,…..what a great choice!!
:mrgreen:
Many thanks to my fellow pipester for treating me to a tobacco I most likely never would have thought of trying. This fine Virginia is a joy to pack, stays lit and tastes sweet and earthy. It has a very nice room note and most important, (and rare for Virginias, at least in my experience), does NOT bite.
Thank you very much,…..what a great choice!!
:mrgreen:
Thats why I smoke it everyday Tommy. Well I mean not that I sent it to you or anything like that... :? 8O 
Just got my 7 Seas bag(what a generous helping it was too). Will try it sometime this weekend...Thanks Wade :worship:
Just got my 7 Seas bag(what a generous helping it was too). Will try it sometime this weekend...Thanks Wade :worship:
Thank you to Onizuka for my gift! I already broke into the Spicy Vanilla and it is awesome. I can't stop smelling the bag though lol. I haven't tried Black Heath yet but will be getting around to it tonight. Thank you again!.
Okay so who is still waiting on their mystery pass to arrive and who still has to send theirs out?
I apparently received mine about a week ago from Yoru but it was brought to the office of my apartment complex and no one let me know (even though I have been into the office three times since then)! Thank you very much Yoru, I am looking forward to trying the blend! Is it a raspberry and creme blend?
I apparently received mine about a week ago from Yoru but it was brought to the office of my apartment complex and no one let me know (even though I have been into the office three times since then)! Thank you very much Yoru, I am looking forward to trying the blend! Is it a raspberry and creme blend?
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