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Nov 20, 2022
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Oriental Silk in a brand new Kim Jong Wook pipe in honor of my brand new grandson!

He was born today, healthy and perfect. My son in law is Korean, so I bought a birth year pipe from a Korean pipe maker to honor his heritage. Today the pipe gets its inaugural smoke! What better tobacco choice than Oriental Silk? My grandson was named after me! What an honor. I am still in shock over the whole day.


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Elric

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Sep 19, 2019
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Oriental Silk in a brand new Kim Jong Wook pipe in honor of my brand new grandson!

He was born today, healthy and perfect. My son in law is Korean, so I bought a birth year pipe from a Korean pipe maker to honor his heritage. Today the pipe gets its inaugural smoke! What better tobacco choice than Oriental Silk? My grandson was named after me! What an honor. I am still in shock over the whole day.


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Congrats on the new addition to both your collection and lineage, Doc!
 

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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Very nice. I have often wanted to ask you which of your pipes is your favorite (you have lots of nice ones); now I know! I had been betting that it was your 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato (given number of posts featuring that one), but obviously I was mistaken...
Not really. There's a very special, personal history with both pipes regarding how I got them, and even more so in the case of the Barling.
 

MCJ

Can't Leave
May 22, 2022
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Oriental Silk in a brand new Kim Jong Wook pipe in honor of my brand new grandson!

He was born today, healthy and perfect. My son in law is Korean, so I bought a birth year pipe from a Korean pipe maker to honor his heritage. Today the pipe gets its inaugural smoke! What better tobacco choice than Oriental Silk? My grandson was named after me! What an honor. I am still in shock over the whole day.


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Congratulations!
 

TN Jed

Lifer
Feb 3, 2022
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Oriental Silk in a brand new Kim Jong Wook pipe in honor of my brand new grandson!

He was born today, healthy and perfect. My son in law is Korean, so I bought a birth year pipe from a Korean pipe maker to honor his heritage. Today the pipe gets its inaugural smoke! What better tobacco choice than Oriental Silk? My grandson was named after me! What an honor. I am still in shock over the whole day.


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Congratulations!
 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
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119,437
Quite a masterpiece.
He would've loved to hear that. Purchased posthumously, I never got to hear the story behind it. When he would make my pipes I was involved from block to finished piece and knew the thoughts that went into them. This one however seems to be the only time he incorporated stone work into a pipe. Would love to know how and why that came about.
 
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