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I was rather surprised this morning when the Post Woman knocked at the door and my new pipe arrived - along with a tin of Robert Lewis Wingfield Mixture!! I was surprised because, I ordered it yesterday morning, they didn't charge for shipping and it is 2 days before Christmas. With the volume of Christmas deliveries in the system I wasn't expecting it to show up until sometime next week. Not only was it excellent value, but they threw in the fold up stand that it is sat on in the picture on their site. You can't really ask for much better service than that.
As for the pipe itself (I'll post pic later) it feels really nice and balanced and sits very comfortably in the hand. I haven't had the chance to fire her up yet as the rain is coming down sideways outside and my usual smoking spot is really soaked. Looking at the pipe closely, I would guess that it became a second late in production when it was being rusticated. There is a bit of a pit on one side of the bowl as though the rustication process exposed a stone or similar in the wood. There is still plenty of thickness to the bowl as the pit is long and shallow rather than fatally deep. I must say, I'm very pleased!
I was rather surprised this morning when the Post Woman knocked at the door and my new pipe arrived - along with a tin of Robert Lewis Wingfield Mixture!! I was surprised because, I ordered it yesterday morning, they didn't charge for shipping and it is 2 days before Christmas. With the volume of Christmas deliveries in the system I wasn't expecting it to show up until sometime next week. Not only was it excellent value, but they threw in the fold up stand that it is sat on in the picture on their site. You can't really ask for much better service than that.
As for the pipe itself (I'll post pic later) it feels really nice and balanced and sits very comfortably in the hand. I haven't had the chance to fire her up yet as the rain is coming down sideways outside and my usual smoking spot is really soaked. Looking at the pipe closely, I would guess that it became a second late in production when it was being rusticated. There is a bit of a pit on one side of the bowl as though the rustication process exposed a stone or similar in the wood. There is still plenty of thickness to the bowl as the pit is long and shallow rather than fatally deep. I must say, I'm very pleased!
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