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FoggyMorning

Can't Leave
Jul 15, 2023
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Following some post office shenanigans, I received my Asteriou birthday pipe a day late. I was going to wait until after Christmas to pay this off, but SP gave me a Black Friday discount even though I already had it on layaway. Fine folks! It was out for delivery on my birthday, but apparently my mail carrier doesn't like collecting customs payments on his route, even though I was home and waiting for him, he stuck a delivery notice in my neighbour's mailbox and said "recipient unavailable." I was a little peeved.

Breaking it in with some D&R Ramback Balkan.
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I tried out some KBV Deep House in my Stanwell 30
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Happy birthday🎂
Beautiful pipe!
 

Ben.R.C

Lifer
Nov 20, 2022
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I can't believe how jazzed I am about this pipe. I actually hesitated on it because it's so conservative in appearance, which is not normally my jam. I like bamboo and smooth contrast stains, or craggy blasts. The Danish blasts don't normally do it for me, but Danish shaping...YES! An Asteriou cutty was #1 on my list, so as soon as I saw it I put it on layaway, and hemmed and hawed about it, until Black Friday. That was it. This thing is tactile magic. It fits my hand from all kinds of angles, like a custom made stone tool, and feels like course grain leather. The smoking properties and stem shaping are out of the park, as one might expect. Who cares what it looks like? 😆
I have similar tastes in pipes but this one made me think twice. It”s the single dark color with that tiny stripe where the stem meets the shank that creates its sleekness. Very sharp, elegant pipe.
 
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