As long as it's not moldy, as per above, give it a go. What have you got to lose? Of course if it bursts into flames, it may be too dry. Good luck & enjoy!

Smoking some Watch City Churchwarden in a Savinelli 320 KS

No worries. I'm in.

Hey John, good to see you. Do you know what happened to the BP? I can't get close to it.

Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 1:16 pm Tang ... remember that stuff

My goodness we've derailed this thread

Getting back on track. Here is the pipe I mentioned.

I have a similar looking ceramic pipe that I picked up in a box of estate pipes. Mine is marked LePeltier USA on the bottom. The shank and stem are a bit different. Mine is unsmoked. Apparently the company remains in business, at least there is a website. http://www.lepeltier-pipes.com/index.html

Last evening I enjoyed three pipes, McBarren Navy Flake in a Tinderbox Milano Bulldog; Sutliff Match Ready Rubbed in a Barclays Bulldog; and Rattray Red Rapparee in a Savinelli 804KS. It was a very enjoyable evening with the exception of marauding mosquitoes. The pipes and citronella helped with tha...

Welcome back from a fellow Kansan!

FWIW: Last week I opened a tin of Plum Pudding Special Reserve that I bought last November. It was just fine. In fact, it was sublime. Plenty of that Plum Pudding smell and smoking goodness. And, better than the standard Plum Pudding.

Loved the Tinderbox shops, made my trips to the mall with my wife bearable. When I was in collage at K-State, several decades ago, there was a local "Town Crier" shop. One of my four "original" pipes came from there, a small straight apple briar. As far as I know, Louisiana is th...