Congrats on the new addition to both your collection and lineage, Doc!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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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.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...
Congratulations!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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Quite a masterpiece.One of the last pipes carved by my buddy Bruce Weaver. It even has a chunk of lapis lazuli carved for a mortise.
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Congratulations!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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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.Quite a masterpiece.
@john19 Erinmore Flake in a Pollock clay.
Dorcester, of course..?What am I gonna smoke in my new Eltang acorn snail?View attachment 232934