Went to the TAPS pipe show to buy an Old Dominion corncob pipe. You know how this story goes. I
met Bob Savage of Old Dominion and bought a Laughing Chief corncob pipe made of heritage Indian
corn, but couldn't resist an additional small Group 1 or 2 cob. Both have his classic bamboo stem.
Can't wait to fire up those. But on the way to Bob's table, I stopped at the Pipe and Leaf table and
saw two or three boxes of unfinished Savenelli pipes with lucite and vulcanite stems. One of the pipes
was a panel billiard, and was stamped with the Savenelli logo. I've been fixated on panel pipes lately,
and Pipe and Leaf gave me an outstanding price, and of course there was no shipping. I wasn't going
to let that go. Meantime I sampled some tobaccos and bought two bags of pipe cleaners. Then I worked
my way around to my favorite N.C. pipe carver Jerry Perry, and so help me, he had a Mountain Laurel pipe,
a beautiful light weight billiard (oh yes) panel. No luck on the door prizes or raffle, but I got a goody bag
with Sutliff's Westminster, a blend I really like, and Sutliff Balkan, which I want to try. I wanted to buy
some Edward G. Robinson from jimlinks, but by the time I'd sampled it, I'd more than "done" my warchest.
But the EGR was a superb smoke and I highly recommend it.
met Bob Savage of Old Dominion and bought a Laughing Chief corncob pipe made of heritage Indian
corn, but couldn't resist an additional small Group 1 or 2 cob. Both have his classic bamboo stem.
Can't wait to fire up those. But on the way to Bob's table, I stopped at the Pipe and Leaf table and
saw two or three boxes of unfinished Savenelli pipes with lucite and vulcanite stems. One of the pipes
was a panel billiard, and was stamped with the Savenelli logo. I've been fixated on panel pipes lately,
and Pipe and Leaf gave me an outstanding price, and of course there was no shipping. I wasn't going
to let that go. Meantime I sampled some tobaccos and bought two bags of pipe cleaners. Then I worked
my way around to my favorite N.C. pipe carver Jerry Perry, and so help me, he had a Mountain Laurel pipe,
a beautiful light weight billiard (oh yes) panel. No luck on the door prizes or raffle, but I got a goody bag
with Sutliff's Westminster, a blend I really like, and Sutliff Balkan, which I want to try. I wanted to buy
some Edward G. Robinson from jimlinks, but by the time I'd sampled it, I'd more than "done" my warchest.
But the EGR was a superb smoke and I highly recommend it.