Oh, my heavens! My PAD quotient just went up several points, and I am scared. Here's why: in two days I will be browsing their shop in Dublin. And free the next day for more of the same. Can I limit myself to one or two?? I find I don't like to buy new pipes online as much as I did, so this is a great opportunity to see, feel, weight, and plumb a bunch of gorgeous pipes. I just need to stick to my guns and buy one pipe per city visited. But I could buy two here, as I didn't find anything in Paris I liked.
I have two Arans, bent billiards, natural-ish finish, and one billiard I bought 50 years ago. (And beat on ashtrays in my youthful exuberance).
BTW, the factory tour won't happen, as they close down completely a few days before Christmas into the new year. Darn.