I Won!

[pappymac]

We held our February New Orleans Pipe Club meeting at Mayan Imports in Metairie last night.
Apparently the shop recently did an inventory and found a few pipes from when it was the Tinderbox location. They decided to raffle off the pipe at our meeting last night. I won.

What did I win?

An Ascorti Special Edition Christmas 2013 pipe made for Tinderbox Metairie. I tried google to get more information but couldn't find anything and the stamping doesn't reveal much. (See Photos) I'm curious about the shape. I think it is a bent billard.
I'm also curious about what I read as AR stamped on it.

 

[kbussell]

Big Lucky! Have you taken her for a spin yet?

 

[pappymac]

Big Lucky! Have you taken her for a spin yet?

Loading it up with some Vauen Tradition No. 2 for its inaugural smoke.

 

[Chalaw87]

Id rather be lucky than good. Congratulations on your new cool pipe.

 

[kcghost]

Happy Smoking!! Doesn't the AR for Roberto Ascorti??

 

[jpmcwjr]

Winner, winner!

 

[pappymac]

Happy Smoking!! Doesn't the AR for Roberto Ascorti??

That's what I'm trying to find out. The only other Ascorti I own is a Business KS.

 

[JimInks]

Congrats, man!

 

[Streeper541]

Congrats!

Now the bigger question is did you smoke that pipe after visiting the drive-thru daiquiri barn in the way home or did you head down to Cafe du Monde and enjoy it in the French Quarter?

 

[pappymac]

Congrats!

Now the bigger question is did you smoke that pipe after visiting the drive-thru daiquiri barn in the way home or did you head down to Cafe du Monde and enjoy it in the French Quarter?

Neither.
I made my self a cup of coffee, loaded the pipe with Vauen Tradition No. 2 and enjoyed a nice relaxing pipe.
It passes a pipe cleaner easily and it was like smoking a fully broken in pipe.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Congratulations!

 

[Bbailey324]

Nice win on a good looking pipe.

 

[ssjones]

I enjoyed a few hours at the Metarie Tinderbox in 2013, when my daughter got married (with NOLA PIpe show organizer, Toby Ducote).

Congrats on your win!

 

[AroEnglish]

Congrats! Glad to see Santa winning a gift and not just giving them

 

[BenMN]

Nice win!