I purchased this Nording around eight weeks ago. I realized from the first bowl that it's an amazingly good smoker. Right out of the sock it smoked from first light to the bottom of the bowl. But for some reason I didn't take to it. No idea why. Maybe I hadn't found the right tobacco for it. Maybe it's that as a grade 3 it has a bit of a fill (not really noticeable, but there). Really, I don't know why.
I put it in the "basement basket" (think the Island of Misfit Toys from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) and forgot all about it.
So today I decided to open up my new tin of Bagpiper's Dream. I had received a sample of this wonderful tobacco from papipeguy, and then purchased a tin as my sample dwindled. And I needed the right pipe for it. Nothing in the upstairs pipe rack seemed appropriate. So I looked in the basement basket, and there was the right pipe - the Nording grade 3 sitter. I knew it would smoke wonderfully, even if I wouldn't warm to the pipe itself.
I'm not sure whether it was just that this Nording needed a vacation on the Island of Misfit Toys, or whether I hadn't given it the respect it deserved. Again, as with the first two or three bowls - once lit the pipe stayed lit from top to bottom. Effortless draw. Wonderful feel in the hand. I can only imagine how well it will smoke when it's broken in.
Needless to say this one is moving from the basement basket to the upstairs. But I need a second pipe rack, as several previously "misfit" pipes have remarkably become wonderful.
I chalk all of this up to being a novice pipe smoker, and not recognizing that a quality smoke can be had in pipes that may not be perfect specimens. In fact, maybe the imperfections help to make the pipe.
And now another reasonably inexpensive Nording (this time a signature series) is in my wish list at my favorite vendor - and will be headed here in a day or two when I make the purchase.
I put it in the "basement basket" (think the Island of Misfit Toys from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) and forgot all about it.
So today I decided to open up my new tin of Bagpiper's Dream. I had received a sample of this wonderful tobacco from papipeguy, and then purchased a tin as my sample dwindled. And I needed the right pipe for it. Nothing in the upstairs pipe rack seemed appropriate. So I looked in the basement basket, and there was the right pipe - the Nording grade 3 sitter. I knew it would smoke wonderfully, even if I wouldn't warm to the pipe itself.
I'm not sure whether it was just that this Nording needed a vacation on the Island of Misfit Toys, or whether I hadn't given it the respect it deserved. Again, as with the first two or three bowls - once lit the pipe stayed lit from top to bottom. Effortless draw. Wonderful feel in the hand. I can only imagine how well it will smoke when it's broken in.
Needless to say this one is moving from the basement basket to the upstairs. But I need a second pipe rack, as several previously "misfit" pipes have remarkably become wonderful.
I chalk all of this up to being a novice pipe smoker, and not recognizing that a quality smoke can be had in pipes that may not be perfect specimens. In fact, maybe the imperfections help to make the pipe.
And now another reasonably inexpensive Nording (this time a signature series) is in my wish list at my favorite vendor - and will be headed here in a day or two when I make the purchase.
