Christmas PAD

[Sigmund]

@Ben.R.C
Dont feel bad. I ordered three also. Not in the upper tiers like yours but more than I should have. But Im still glad I did!

 

[Ben.R.C]

@Ben.R.C
Dont feel bad. I ordered three also. Not in the upper tiers like yours but more than I should have. But Im still glad I did!

Yes, I’m glad but with a little guilt

 

[Winnipeger]

Danish Pipe Shop? I think I saw it there. I'm paying off my Eltang from there.

Yep.

 

[Winnipeger]

Danish Pipe Shop? I think I saw it there. I'm paying off my Eltang from there.

Their layaway plan is the best.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Their layaway plan is the best.

It is! I got my bang lovat from them.

 

[PaulRVA]

Now I'm feeding your PAD!

I like Nuttens' "Twiggy" shape. I'd go for a mini version, especially with a good blast on it.

I don't think I would have otherwise bought one of his Bings, but this one had my name on it because of the rod stock. I snapped it up and put it on layaway. It's hard to tell from the above picture, but I expect it to compliment my Piersels. It's got blues and purples in it. The stain and stem look very similar to my smooth "Scottie". (The blast is kind of neat too.)
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My last pipe of the year is a Luiz Lavos, but I'm paying this one off between now and April so it doesn't count as a Christmas pipe. I'll show you a picture of it anyway, 'cause it's mighty perty.
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I think I'll be set for a PAD-free 2024!

Love both of those pipe!
Insanely gorgeous

 

[minerLuke]

Their layaway plan is the best.

Haha, I see I'm not the only one to discover that option!

 

[gamzultovah]

I wouldn’t say that some of these are Christmas gifts to myself, more so I just want to try new things. I bought my first ever Peterson system with a P-Lip stem, a 302.

A Pipe-Dan Shape Reform Chimney (because the shape and very narrow chamber has always intrigued me.

And this, which is a Christmas gift to myself for a job well done in business this year, a Werner Mummert Carved/Blast Bulldog with Fordite accent.

I’ve always wanted one of his works of art and this one checked all the boxes.

 

[Sandblast]

Eagerly awaiting my "new" (estate) Rossi Canadian. Will be the first Rossi for me although I have several Savinellis. Have always admired & loved my Savinelli. Have read good reviews & opinions of Rossi pipes. Should arrive couple days before Christmas. Hmm .... and what tobacco will I first smoke in it?

 

[dunnyboy]

I treated myself to this Castello Occhio De Pernice Bluegrassbrian was selling. It's been seven or eight years since I bought myself a Christmas pipe. I'm sucker for the ODP's.

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Me too but I haven't seen one that nice.

 

[dunnyboy]

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Wow! That came out amazing. Where have you posted the whole set?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Wow! That came out amazing. Where have you posted the whole set?

 

[dunnyboy]

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All beautiful and all very different. Enjoy.

PAD is hard to resist. I've "completed" my collection on numerous occasions.

 

[dunnyboy]

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Thanks for posting. Those pipes are amazing! The stummels are gorgeous but I'm impressed by the stem work (which I understand is as hard as the carving). They look beautiful but also very comfortable. Anyway, wow!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Thanks for posting. Those pipes are amazing! The stummels are gorgeous but I'm impressed by the stem work (which I understand is as hard as the carving). They look beautiful but also very comfortable. Anyway, wow!

Thanks, he's definitely a favorite. The first pipe he ever made me had a deer antler accent now I ask for it in every pipe he makes for me. The first of the Santas was made after he'd only been making pipes for just over a year.

 

[rsshreck32]

Just got this Radice Rind in the mail. Excellent service from Al Pascia, four days since I ordered!

 

[dunnyboy]

I got myself this Eder Mathias from SPC estates about a week ago. Didn't realize it was for Christmas. Does that mean I have to get another one? Probably my smallest chamber too. But I guess that's a post for another thread.

 

[Ben.R.C]

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As is my custom, I switched some things. I got the Sabina, then got two Eltang and 3 Manduela’. I had to give up the Tokutomi.

These are the Eltang’s


These are the Manduela’s

 

[Chasing Embers]

As is my custom, I switched some things. I got the Sabina, then got two Eltang and 3 Manduela’. I had to give up the Tokutomi.

These are the Eltang’s
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These are the Manduela’s
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Not being a fan of Eltang's work or anything bulldog or rhodesian related, I'd have definitely gone with Tokutomi.

 

[gamzultovah]

Not being a fan of Eltang's work or anything bulldog or rhodesian related, I'd have definitely gone with Tokutomi.

Gave away all of my Eltang’s.