At the moment, I'd have to say it's my BBB Thorneycroft 507. It always delivers the big flavor with minimal effort, and I really like everything about it.
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Gosh darnit that is a beautiful thing!!!
This Gian Gamboni Stacked Brandy Billiard smoked perfect straight out of the box. I was amazed at this as I do not like the new pipe break in process.
Now that it’s on the counter, I think I’ll take her out for a spin tomorrow with some HU Edward G. Robinson...
Now that it’s on the counter, I think I’ll take her out for a spin tomorrow with some HU Edward G. Robinson...
Out of all my pipes none singles itself out as my best smoker. Most of them are excellent smokers. I COULD tell you my worst smoker right off the bat though. I am pretty lucky to have so many best smokers.
The one I love to smoke the most is easy though.
Darko Milovanovic Gilo Freestyle Blowfish.
The one I love to smoke the most is easy though.
Darko Milovanovic Gilo Freestyle Blowfish.
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Right now the one that is giving me the most satisfaction is this inexpensive Chacom Personality. Wonderful virginia smoker.
Said as a joke but true, it's the pipe I'm enjoying at the moment.
Holy shit, that's gorgeousI have lots of pipes that I love, love to smoke, and enjoy thoroughly, but this one is strawberry briar, which adds less aroma to the smoke than traditional briar. The drilling is spot on. The tall narrow cone-shaped chamber gives me the smoking properties that I enjoy the most for Virginias. And, the button and draft are perfect down to the micro-details that Beckers are known for.
This pipe, I can set down into the pipe rest in my truck, fill the gas tank, pay, get back in, and I can count on it coming back to life with just a few gentle puffs and continue smoking without relighting.
It's my magic pipe.
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My best smoker is a Stanwell Nanna Ivarsson. One of the few things I regret, pipe-wise, is that I hesitated to buy also the blasted version when I came across it at a pipe shop. Nowadays, you just don't get them any more, I don't know when it was the last tome I've spotted one on eBay...
In terms of just the smoking part, there's precious little difference among them.
Nice to hear, seems to me like a case of "the prophet is not without honour except for his own country", because in Germany - at least among ambitious pipe smokers - Vauens enjoy a notoriously bad reputation as putty monsters, mis-drills, design follies and last but not least, they are only produced to market the Vauen filters
I personally don't care about that, I have several which all smoke just fine. So congrats on your Nuremberg (60 km from the place where I live and birthplace of my wife) made beauty!
My best smoker at the moment is this Peterson silver spigot. Smoked cool and dry right out of the box.
I have quite a few consistently good smokers. It would be nearly impossible to narrow them down to one or two. And I have some that may be mediocre with certain tobacco, but really shine with a particular blend or style.
I will say that some of my recent purchases have been excellent smokers, even though they are still in the early stages of the break in process. Here’s a few of them.
I'm still kicking myself that I didn't buy a half sandblasted Nanna Ivarsson design N1 Stanwell pipe when they were available. Back then spending $150 on a pipe seemed like a lot of money.
