SP PAD/TAD

[thesmokindragon]

So I wanted something close to a traditional clay look, but

without worry of breaking a 14-16" stem ;-)
I snagged this one from SP.com, glad I did, great lil smoker,

nice and cool/dry smoke as expected from a CW....

http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/savinelli/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=81552
Also had a TAD/C&D fix that needed to be dealt with as well;

Picked up some BLB, Briar Fox, First Responders, Star of the East

flake and one outside of C&D blends, a 2oz of English Chocolate (since I know

Jason is always saying good things about it, I wanted to try it)

 

[dervis]

I like it. Good grab

 

[cigrmaster]

Cool looking pipe, congrats on your new purchase. Glad to hear you are pleased with how it smokes.

 

[pitchfork]

Cool beans. Nice pipe -- and no filter!

 

[uberam3rica]

Love the pipe. I've been wanting a Savinelli churchwarden since I started smoking a pipe

 

[dnietosi]

Nice looking pipe. I have been thinking about graving one of those. Let us know how it smokes!

 

[peckinpahhombre]

That's a great looking Churchwarden.. I am curious to get your reaction to First responders and Briar Fox. I recently bought two tins of each. I haven't tried the Briar fox yet, but I did crack a tin of FR. Truth be told, I wasn't blown away by it. I have smoked a few bowls of it, and find it just ok. Maybe I'm missing something given all the praise people have lavished on this blend.

 

[thesmokindragon]

Happy to report Sav CW smoking like it should, cool & dry, and thanks

to all for the kind wishes on latest edition to the rotation...I really

got this one for the MC V-blends, like Blackwoods, St. James, Tudor

Castle because something about the combination of these blends

and a CW just hit the spot
I haven't tried the Briar Fox yet, but have had a few tins of FRs,

I found that I had to work the correct moisture out for it, IMHO more

on the dryer side of things and also smoked in a pot-shaped bowl

with a 7/8" diameter chamber and about 1-1.3" chamber depth...

I found it also caught up with me on Vita-N, keep in mind that I

have blends like 1792, Peterson IF, etc in my normal rotation