In honour of IPSD I’ve broken out my 1886 Charles Maas “Recherche” pipe set. I brought this 14 months ago but one the cheroot holders was missing, I can’t explain why but I didn’t want to use it until it was complete.
I found the half amber,half Meerschaum one only recently and it is made by C Maas but it’s obviously not correct besides my best effort’s to find a smaller version of the lower, full amber holder.
Well I’m about to load up the meerschaum pipe with Germain’s 1820 Flake and be the first person to smoke this 136 year old pipe.
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