My Three Christmas Pipes

[mso489]

Okay, many of us were lucky enough to receive a Christmas pipe, or several, and are

refraining from crowing too much, but I thought I'd list my three and then pipe down.

The largest is a honey of a Missouri Meerschaum freehand in white natural cob, with

an impressively deep conical bowl and an acrylic stem, that surely goes with the

vintage L.L. Bean flannel shirt my wife also gave me. The second pipe is a straight

apple in a reddish stain with a red toned stem and silver-colored band, which I brought

to my wife's attention when it appeared on the IR half-price pipe page. And finally, my

wife picked out a snazzy Savenelli bent Rhodesian Opera pipe with briar bands; what

a beauty. Of course, I caught a bug that has me mostly refraining from smoking for a few

days, but I have good motivation to rebound soon.

 

[griffonwing]

Pics, or it didn't happen!

 

[natibo]

I'm hopping on the Christmas Pipe bandwagon as well. This is my second year in a row getting a Caminettom Xmas pipe. Going to make iy an annual purchase. They are great pipes. Right up there with Castello in my book.

 

[pipebaum81]

Jealous! All I recived for Christmas pipewise was a secret sanata gag gift, Hugh Hefner inspired smoking jacket which is actually a bad costume. :evil:

 

[mso489]

Since I started this post, friends sent along a holiday package with cookies and, for me,

a Nording signature pipe, one of Nording's classic freehands with at smooth finish that is almost

Meerschaum-like in feel and lots of interesting grooves. Four pipes is the most I've ever

received. This is from an pipe friend and his wife. When we get together, he and I always

share a few bowls of tobacco.