Hey y'all

[mso489]

Welcome aboard from central North Carolina, U.S. We're on the same page with lighter weight pipes and French pipes as well. I have Genod, Ropp, Chocam.

 

[Winnipeger]

Welcome aboard from central North Carolina, U.S. We're on the same page with lighter weight pipes and French pipes as well. I have Genod, Ropp, Chocam.

Welcome aboard? What are you, a Navy veteran or something? Hey mso489. I've always enjoyed reading your posts as a lurker here in the past. It seems we do have certain similar tastes. I also love Semois. Seems I read a post from you at some point about it. Thanks for the welcome!

 

[Winnipeger]

I'm also working through my cellar at a relative snail's pace.

 

[warren99]

Welcome from California.

 

[cigrmaster]

I totally appreciate your point. The thing is, I'm usually doing something while smoking because I don't smoke in the house, so most of my smokes are while walking the dogs. It's a rare occasion when I have the chance to go lunting with both my hands free. I have a few larger pipes I've held on to for when I'm taking the dogs off leash to the park, or when I have an occasional free couple of hours to sit in the yard with the neighbour once the kid has gone to bed. One is a vintage sandblasted Savinelli Punto Oro 401 with two 18k gold rings. The other is a new Comoy's Tradition 298 smooth Canadian. I also have a new sandblasted Ropp Cutty Churchwarden that smokes great. I used to have a Peterson D6 Churchwarden that I got rid of. I had a Neerup pot with a huge chamber but I couldn't stand the clunky acrylic stem. Also got rid of my Rossi 8320. Bugged me that it wouldn't pass a pipe cleaner. Otherwise I loved that pipe and I'll probably pick up a Sav 320 at some point. The other huge pipe I used to own was a Preben Holm era Ben Wade. Wouldn't pass a pipe cleaner and gurgled like a mother. Worked well as a whistle.

You might want to buy a test pipe. Find a nice sized group 5 pipe that weighs 50 grams or less and see if that works for you. Savinelli without filters are one, Winslow lower end could be another. I just thought of something. What about finding a stem made from high quality German vulcanite that is hand made. The shape and design of certain stems can make a huge difference. I only have vulcanite stems as acrylic stems hurt my teeth. Something to think about.

 

[MtnGeo]

Hi and welcome Winnipeper from northern Colorado.