Latest Pipe Purchase 2019

[9 Iron]

Props for going full on codger and getting the one with the leaf carvings.

Turns out I am amazingly surprised at how wonderful this pipe smokes. Folded and stuffed a single flake of Mac Baren Mixture flake and slow smoldered it for upwards of two hours. I wish I’d stumbled onto one of these early on in my pipe smoking journey. Would have saved myself a lot of money and heartache.

[Fr_Tom]

We will see. I am a man who has a tube of superglue and is not afraid to use it.

I just went back and scanned the photos on full brightness and couldn't see anything that looks like a crack.

Awesome, so you're telling me I missed out on a great deal. LOL Hey, at least Fr. Tom got it. I'm okay with that.
Here's an illustration of what I thought I saw... arrow heads point to the bottom of what I thought was a hairline crack. I wear glasses for near-sightedness, so pardon the mistake.

There were no cracks on this bad boy. There was not much evidence of use. It was pretty clean and had been sitting in a drawer for a while. Each smoke has gotten better, and the first one was good. I did OK on this one.

[Houtenziel]

Props for going full on codger and getting the one with the leaf carvings.

Turns out I am amazingly surprised at how wonderful this pipe smokes. Folded and stuffed a single flake of Mac Baren Mixture flake and slow smoldered it for upwards of two hours. I wish I’d stumbled onto one of these early on in my pipe smoking journey. Would have saved myself a lot of money and heartache.

I had no doubts that it would smoke well, as I have never had a bad pipe from S.M. Frank. I also think the leaf carvings probably give it some kind of special property, sort of like a codger equivalent of putting blood on the doorposts, so that the swamp spirit will pass over and do no harm.

[Longshanks]

I just went back and scanned the photos on full brightness and couldn't see anything that looks like a crack.

Awesome, so you're telling me I missed out on a great deal. LOL Hey, at least Fr. Tom got it. I'm okay with that.
Here's an illustration of what I thought I saw... arrow heads point to the bottom of what I thought was a hairline crack. I wear glasses for near-sightedness, so pardon the mistake.

There were no cracks on this bad boy. There was not much evidence of use. It was pretty clean and had been sitting in a drawer for a while. Each smoke has gotten better, and the first one was good. I did OK on this one.

Awesome! Grats on the win!

[Tsal]

This is the last time I visit the bay on a Sunday. I snagged an older xl999 with a fancy silver band, Donegal Rocky.

[Islayphile]

This is the last time I visit the bay on a Sunday. I snagged an older xl999 with a fancy silver band, Donegal Rocky.

Till the next time that is.

[Fr_Tom]

This is the last time I visit the bay on a Sunday. I snagged an older xl999 with a fancy silver band, Donegal Rocky.

Nice pipe!

[Tsal]

This is the last time I visit the bay on a Sunday. I snagged an older xl999 with a fancy silver band, Donegal Rocky.

Till the next time that is.

Nope, this was my last visit. I also picked up an old Grousemoor tin as well.

[Thelonious monkfish]

It was bound to happen. I kept looking at them, some checked every box, and I had house money to play with. Let a few slip away but after Tom noted the taste argument is possibly due to where the wood was sourced more than anything, and considering the makers history with the material coupled with the fact that their pieces almost never seem to land in the estate market it gave me enough to make a decision. Hope I like Morta as this Il Duca is mine now.

[Tsal]

It was bound to happen. I kept looking at them, some checked every box, and I had house money to play with. Let a few slip away but after Tom noted the taste argument is possibly due to where the wood was sourced more than anything, and considering the makers history with the material coupled with the fact that their pieces almost never seem to land in the estate market it gave me enough to make a decision. Hope I like Morta as this Il Duca is mine now.

That's a beauty! I hope it works out for you