Disaster Struck at Pipestud's Consignment Shop!

[pipestud]

All kinds of disasters have been occurring lately down here in Texas. COVID, of course, which has also struck the entire world. Record cold and ice & snow storms combined with an antiquated utility system left us without power for days, and we couldn't ride anywhere because our horses are not used to snow and ice and they kept sliding off the roads if we saddled up and ventured out.

But the worst disaster of all struck my shop yesterday afternoon. I had been sent a beautifully preserved 100g tin of McClelland's year 1991 Matured Virginia No. 25 to sell on consignment for a customer. The tin was really puffed up on both the top and bottom - a good thing, as it indicated a load of fermentation gasses within. Before selling, I always remove the plastic lids just for a quick check to make sure there is no rust anywhere. I set the tin down on my desk and slowly began to remove the plastic lid. All of a sudden I hear a loud BOOM! Both the plastic lid and the entire inner tin top shot up into the air. The plastic lid landed where you see it in the photo but the tin top was on the floor about three feet away from my desk. And pipe tobacco was all over the place.

When I came to my senses, I first checked my body to make sure that I had not been injured by tobacco shrapnel, then I grabbed a tissue. Why, because I had started crying like a baby.

Steve

 

[d4k23]

Wow - when I saw the title I thought there was a water pipe that busted and ruined everything...glad that was not the case.

The first thing you grabbed was a tissue and not a pipe??

 

[DunhillPiper]

Yikes! Oh well make the best of that delicious blend. Glad to hear it wasn’t a greater disaster to your operations.

 

[pipestud]

Wow - when I saw the title I thought there was a water pipe that busted and ruined everything...glad that was not the case.

The first thing you grabbed was a tissue and not a pipe??

That came second after the good cry. With all that 30-year old Virginia leaf on my desk, the least I could do was scoop up a little, pack a pipe, and set fire to it. Only thing is, I continued to cry... with joy, at the taste that leaf presented.

 

[bent1]

Tobacco bomb, bursting with flavor, would make for an interesting review. Sorry for the misfortune, but I couldn’t help but laugh.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Argh, Jesse I have been told ranching outfits and farmers alike were facing pretty hard times some weeks ago , now at least they are starting to lift C19 restrictions Statewide, God Bless to You and Your Great State

 

[Reggie]

All kinds of disasters have been occurring lately down here in Texas. COVID, of course, which has also struck the entire world. Record cold and ice & snow storms combined with an antiquated utility system left us without power for days, and we couldn't ride anywhere because our horses are not used to snow and ice and they kept sliding off the roads if we saddled up and ventured out.

But the worst disaster of all struck my shop yesterday afternoon. I had been sent a beautifully preserved 100g tin of McClelland's year 1991 Matured Virginia No. 25 to sell on consignment for a customer. The tin was really puffed up on both the top and bottom - a good thing, as it indicated a load of fermentation gasses within. Before selling, I always remove the plastic lids just for a quick check to make sure there is no rust anywhere. I set the tin down on my desk and slowly began to remove the plastic lid. All of a sudden I hear a loud BOOM! Both the plastic lid and the entire inner tin top shot up into the air. The plastic lid landed where you see it in the photo but the tin top was on the floor about three feet away from my desk. And pipe tobacco was all over the place.

When I came to my senses, I first checked my body to make sure that I had not been injured by tobacco shrapnel, then I grabbed a tissue. Why, because I had started crying like a baby.

Steve

my condolences

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

That’s a shame. But, at least you know that you’ll be smoking something deliciously aged for a bit...very nice.?️

 

[ophiuchus]

Wow. I don’t know whether to feel badly for you or feel envious. I imagine an amazing smoke experience after all that.

 

[Thepipehunter]

That’s a first!

 

[ofafeather]

Wow! Just Wow! Glad there were no injuries from McClelland’s shrapnel! That might put someone off aged VAs (for a minute!). Thanks for sharing and glad you’re ok!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

At least it didn't blow up after you packed it into your pipe. That would have made it a pipe bomb.

 

[jcsoldit]

Glad there was no loss of life, no bag it up Steve and I'll buy it for $60!

 

[Grangerous]

I’m getting ready to pull the metal cover off of a bulging can of Granger. It’s STG so it can’t be much more than 8-10 years old. I posted about it asking if I should be “concerned”. It’s bulging too and bottom and has a rust ring on the bottom. I found it in a cigar humidor top shelf—old inventory from a deceased tobacconists shop, now a roll your own lottery store.

You’re saying it’s a “good thing” makes me feel better. I’m just finishing up the jar I plan to transfer it too. Very soon!

 

[pipestud]

I’m getting ready to pull the metal cover off of a bulging can of Granger. It’s STG so it can’t be much more than 8-10 years old. I posted about it asking if I should be “concerned”. It’s bulging too and bottom and has a rust ring on the bottom. I found it in a cigar humidor top shelf—old inventory from a deceased tobacconists shop, now a roll your own lottery store.

You’re saying it’s a “good thing” makes me feel better. I’m just finishing up the jar I plan to transfer it too. Very

That tin sounds like a winner, Grangerous! It is much larger than the one I accidentally opened though. So, before opening, I suggest you put on a helmet and Kevlar vest.

 

[cigrmaster]

Steve, that was so much better than the dog ate my homework,well done.

 

[ofafeather]

Glad there was no loss of life, no bag it up Steve and I'll buy it for $60!

You actually probably could sell baggies for $10 a bowl!

 

[BROBS]

You pop it you buy it!

 

[BROBS]

That tin sounds like a winner, Grangerous! It is much larger than the one I accidentally opened though. So, before opening, I suggest you put on a helmet and Kevlar vest.

 

[jpberg]

Steve, that was so much better than the dog ate my homework,well done.

Yup. Reminds of the time the cork popped out of the bottle of 20 year old Balvenie I’d bought for a friend.