I pulled the trigger on the Ropp Mid Century pipes that SP were hawking, in my case a sandblasted Skater (that’s the first time I’d heard that used as the name of a pipe shape). First bowl honors go to Low Country Edisto.
Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and have a third of a bowl left of Watch City Beta Test VaBur Final Version in a smooth medium bend terracotta Peterson POY 2023 X160 464/1100 military mount egg with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Now smoking year 2021 Watch City Glass Slipper Micro-Batch in a post-2000 straight brown sandblasted Tom Eltang cherrywood with a black acrylic saddle stem. Cleaning a few pipes.
I have not posted on here of recent due to an ever expanding August work load. I am smoking a bowl of Best Brown No:2 flake in this late 19th century stubby short Austrian meerschaum 'cutty' pipe with amber stem and silver banded stem repair by Northern Briars in the U.K who do excellent work on keeping these old burners cooking!