My Daughter's Christmas Gift!

[tjameson]

My 5 week old daughter circumvented the law and bought me a tin of SPC Plum Pudding and....
This Tsuge Mizki Dublin I had been eyeballing for months ::

I smoked my first bowl of Escudo today (thanks once again Chris!) I also halfway through the smoke tried to pass a pipe cleaner and quickly found out the pipe came with a stinger (my first one), quickly removed it and what a fantastic smoker this pipe became. Beautiful draw, light as a feather, and wonderful thick walls. I needed another VA pipe for my rotation. I now have 3 VA/VAPer/Burley pipes, 2 English/Balkan Pipes, a Aro pipe, and a meer and cob for whatever.
Without further ado here are the pics, which is what you're here for right? :mrgreen:

 

[fnord]

That is one beautiful pipe.
Congratulations on having a daughter so wise beyond her .....weeks?
Nicely done, Tucker.

 

[captainprophesy]

That is a very nice pipe... and best of all she smokes great.

 

[wildcat]

Nice! Good smoking sir!

 

[cajundad]

Beautiful pipe ! She is already good at picking the right gift !!

 

[mlyvers]

great looking pipe sir. my daughter gave me 1/2 lb each new found blend and burliers blend from gatlin burlier. daughters are special. again your pipe is lovely.
mike.

 

[cigrmaster]

Your daughter certainly had great taste. That pipe is a beauty, great looking Dublin. Glad to hear it is a great smoker as well. One of the things I love about Dublins are the thick walls, and they are also generally very light weight. Congrats on your new pipe.

 

[mluyckx]

Very nice Tsuge !

 

[simnettpratt]

That is definitely the prettiest Tsuge I've ever seen. I love the grain and the rusticated top

 

[tjameson]

Thanks everyone! I picked out the pipe and told my wife they were going fast because I had seen them in stock before and they would sell out in a week. They had two in stock at Smokingpipes and this one was just beautiful although I could only see the one photo. I picked the shorter and lighter of the two. It's only 4.5" long and weighs next to nothing. I've been breaking it in with straight Escudo and will probably smoke the whole tin through it. It gets better every bowl. Fit and finish is wonderful and it's smoking like a champ so I know it will only get better from here!