Nice Ashton, but gorgeous large Sebbie there, Brian! You're smarter than me, with the idea to get one with unadorned or etched or decorated scales, so you'll actually carry the thing (although it's in glorious condition)! I have two, one with custom work on it, and another with one of their standard patterns, and both just hang out in the gun safe. I take them out a few times a year to play with them like a kid with a toy.
Ive though of a cigar in a meer but havnt as yet.Never let the tail end of a good cigar go to waste! A Pappy van Winkle Family Reserve in a MM cob.
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@mister Badger I could have helped you with the pruning if I was in the areaPeterson's Irish Cask in the M. Elliott bent billiard of uncertain arborial origin, in between pruning an apple tree and removing self-seeded saplings from around the old schoolhouse on the Acton Scott Farm estate. Thought you might like to see it - built in 1866 for the children of the estate by Mrs Frances Acton at her own cost, years before education became mandatory. Some walked up to 5 miles each way to attend. Many went on to win scholarships at Ludlow Grammar School, then university and entered the various professions - enabled, thanks to Mrs Acton, to see horizons higher than a horse's arse all their working days. I think a lot of that great lady when having a smoke break on the estate. Lots more I could tell you about her but here ain't the place.
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@antonine Do you think I should smoke cigar butts in my pipe?Never let the tail end of a good cigar go to waste! A Pappy van Winkle Family Reserve in a MM cob.
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that makes me feel as if I am in nature just looking at it.
Is the stem carved like a giraffe?