The PAD Arrived

[plateauguy]

My Digby Prince arrived this weekend. For once the ebay description was really close, except that it smelled so strong you could smell it thru the package.
Since it needed a new stem anyway, I gave it a cursory wipe down and repackage it with instructions to Mike at Briar. Next time I see it, it will be ozone cleaned with a new stem - kinda of like receiving 2 instead of 1. Now I just have to wait . . .

 

[cigrmaster]

pg, no pic, didn't happen. lol
Hope it smokes great for you, let's see a pic when you get her back.

 

[plateauguy]

Will post before and after pictures asap. I was really surprised at what a nice pipe the Digby was.

 

[misterlowercase]

I've got a Digby 9448 that smokes like the king's volcano,

meaning, very very good.
I was highly impressed.
It's a sandblast, the reason it became a Digby instead of a GBD is a rather large divot from the sandblast,

but I love the gnarliness so that's a plus.
Also, let it be known that William Faulkner was a Digby man!

http://www.booktryst.com/2012/08/you-can-smoke-william-faulkners-pipe.html
The Digby convinced me of just how great an old British pipe can smoke,

and how "seconds" can in many ways actually be "first rates" !!!

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[misterlowercase]

Well, the Faulkner Digby went unsold,

I wonder what became of it?

http://www.pbagalleries.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/47/lot/10679/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F47%2F
"The present pipe was owned and smoked by author William Faulkner, tobacco residue is still present in the bowl."
...the "residue" could have been Balkan Sobranie, St. Bruno, a Dunhill shop blend or something else altogether, Mr. Faulkner had a wide spectrum of taste, but the 3 mentioned are usually listed as his favorites...