Driving home with my first ever bowl of C&D Winchester in what I’m sure is the glossiest pipe I own, the Vauen Maris
***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***
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For a pipe with a prefabricated stem and a so-so reputation when they were made, its pretty good.
The only way I can get a pipe cleaner in the stem is to use a Dills pipe cleaner, pushed through from the tenon end.
And at some point it was chop topped. All of Axel Celsius' chess series pipes had plateau rims.
But it tastes and smokes very good.
It has the softest feeling Vulcanite stem ive ever felt, but is tough as nails. It doesn't show any tooth marks after me clenching it for 15+ years.
gord, that's a really gorgeous area, and looks perfect for fishing (and piping, of course).
I discovered a Canadian smoke shop with an online presence, called Gord's Smoke Shop (Pipe Tobacco - https://gordssmokeshop.ca/collections/pipe-tobacco). That's not you, is it??
Nope. Bought a few things there though.
Yup!! That's why I left Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, and an offer in Boston. Fishing and hunting paradise. And 25 years ago, a good symphony orchestra to boot, where I won the Concertmaster job over a couple of dozen other auditionees. Never looked back!
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