I've been spoiled by great pipes recently -- an estate Ferndown from a Forums member, a great wide-stemed pot at a discount
from my go-to pipe carver, and two Stanwell's from P&C in the last three or four months. But the Ghost of Christmas Past has
favored me, or rather my wife was so kind as to give me a Johs freehand with plateau, a Johs extra large apple, a Chocum green
stain straight billiard, and a spiffy leather churchwarden pipe case (that can hold others) to go with a Savenelli 601 churchwarden
seen in the avatar. Also for Christmas one year my sister gave me a Gouda 14" clay pipe and a Giani bent billiard. So I'm trying to
whistle past PAD this Christmas; we'll see if I make it.