@Zero , Thank you kindly! The grain in this briar pops for sure. It is a beautiful piece of wood that really deserved to be shaped by hands more skilled than mine. But I gave it my best shot and am happy with the results.I must of had a catastrophe at work to miss this, amazing work! You read the grain like a virtuoso, right shape for that beautiful flame grain. I hope that when I retire I can set up shop and do the same thing or something in woodworking.
@Ag®o , you get me sir! That was exactly what kept running through my thoughts every time I looked at this particular piece of briar! Thanks brother...Beautiful inspiration sir! Interesting are the thoughts that guide the choice to leave a piece unaltered, a way of saying "why upset it"?
Thank you.I think you can bring 7oz of tobacco or 200 cigarettes.
I only brought one tin of EMP with me this time so that’s what I’ll be smoking all week.
@dino So you're taking after me then??? I enjoyed the Full Virginia Flake in my clay pipes.Linda prepared homemade vegetable soup for dinner, and a cooked chocolate pudding for dessert. After this hearty meal, I stuffed a flake of ten-year-old Full Virginia Flake into a small clay for a post prandial smoke.
As Nero Wolfe might say, "Most Satisfactory."
@Severus I like this pipe; fantastic decoration on it!Some Newminster's Oriental Pipe (no. 84) in German clay pipe to kick start the day.
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