Rattlesnake Daddy
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Favorite Pipe: Always changing
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on Jan 1, 2022 10:43:55 GMT -5
My new Andrey Kharitonov cobra pipe arrived yesterday afternoon. I ordered it on 16 November, but it had been stuck in customs for a while. It is a really sweet pipe. My picture doesn't quite do it justice:  I also just received 4 ounces of C&D's Engine 99 and Star of the East Gold. I love the regular Star of the East, so wanted to try some of the Gold. Both it and the Engine 99 smell wonderful in the bag. |
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Post by bonanzadriver on Jan 1, 2022 11:20:20 GMT -5
As I've probably already mentioned here on the patch before, our baby girl graduated from App state earlier this year and moved to the Charlotte area for her first Big Girl job in the real world. I spent the day with her yesterday, helping her negotiate her first, new to her, car purchase. Most of ya'll know that the pickens are slim and the dealers can be somewhat difficult to deal with. Anyway, in between dealerships we stopped in a quaint pub in Cornelius for a quick lunch. Unbeknownst to Jenni, it just happened to be right beside McCranies.....  So, not being one to let a good opportunity pass me by, we stopped in and perused the tinned baccy selection. The great thing was they had just received a big shipment from Germain & Sons, so they had pretty much all of the Esoterica blends available except Stoney and PZ. I picked up a tin of Margate for around $14, the other tins were $12....  Cheers and happy New Year to all of my Patch Pals. |
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jack9211
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First Name: Jack
Favorite Pipe: My Stanwells
Favorite Tobacco: To many
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Post by jack9211 on Jan 1, 2022 12:21:33 GMT -5
Came in yesterdays mail. Savinelli Tortuga 614  |
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Post by urbino on Jan 1, 2022 17:14:34 GMT -5
My new Andrey Kharitonov cobra pipe arrived yesterday afternoon. I ordered it on 16 November, but it had been stuck in customs for a while. It is a really sweet pipe. My picture doesn't quite do it justice: I also just received 4 ounces of C&D's Engine 99 and Star of the East Gold. I love the regular Star of the East, so wanted to try some of the Gold. Both it and the Engine 99 smell wonderful in the bag. That's a doozie. |
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Rattlesnake Daddy
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on Jan 2, 2022 7:56:32 GMT -5
Nice score Bonanzadriver. The Esoterica blends are on my radar, but their infrequent availability keeps me from really seeking them out.
The car market is definitely interesting right now. We ordered a new Subaru back in September, and just picked it up two weeks ago. We weren't in a hurry to replace a car, so the wait wasn't bad, but I can imagine that anyone needing a new car today has some slim pickins.
Thanks Urbino,
Andrey has some wonderful shapes, and his pipes are really well executed. This is a pic from him. It shows the grain better as well as the silver dot inlays along the shank: |
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Post by urbino on Jan 2, 2022 15:19:01 GMT -5
Came in yesterdays mail. Savinelli Tortuga 614 That's a nice pipe. Always like those turtleoid stems on the Tortugas. |
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Post by terrapinflyer on Jan 2, 2022 15:29:23 GMT -5
Came in yesterdays mail. Savinelli Tortuga 614 That's a nice pipe. Always like those turtleoid stems on the Tortugas. Terrapinesque? |
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Zach
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Posts: 4,360
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 2, 2022 18:08:18 GMT -5
Came in yesterdays mail. Savinelli Tortuga 614 That's a nice pipe. Always like those turtleoid stems on the Tortugas. A great shape, too. I have a 1970 620 Oom Paul but it's actually a system pipe. |
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Zach
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If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,360
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 2, 2022 18:32:10 GMT -5
1 tin Dan Hamborger Veermaster
1 tin Dan Black Velvet
2 tins Sam Gawith Commonwealth Mixture
6 various packs of pipe cleaners
1 Missouri Meerschaum Morganton Caroler LE 2021 Christmas churchwarden cob with green acrylic stem
An ebauchon block of briar and an ebonite stem
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Post by trailboss on Jan 2, 2022 19:31:12 GMT -5
1 tin Dan Hamborger Veermaster 1 tin Dan Black Velvet 2 tins Sam Gawith Commonwealth Mixture 6 various packs of pipe cleaners 1 Missouri Meerschaum Morganton Caroler LE 2021 Christmas churchwarden cob with green acrylic stem An ebauchon block of briar and an ebonite stem I haven’t seen Veermaster on the shelf for a long time. I should have bought it by the pound when I could have. |
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Zach
Pro Member
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,360
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 2, 2022 19:41:18 GMT -5
50g tins are stocked at SmokingPipes but no 250g bags.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 2, 2022 19:48:57 GMT -5
Thanks..
I spent my lunch money for the week, and it isn’t even Monday!
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Post by urbino on Jan 2, 2022 20:15:06 GMT -5
Thanks.. I spent my lunch money for the week, and it isn’t even Monday! I got mine from Esterval's. But . . . well, never again. |
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Post by darktater on Jan 2, 2022 20:59:36 GMT -5
As I've probably already mentioned here on the patch before, our baby girl graduated from App state earlier this year and moved to the Charlotte area for her first Big Girl job in the real world. I spent the day with her yesterday, helping her negotiate her first, new to her, car purchase. Most of ya'll know that the pickens are slim and the dealers can be somewhat difficult to deal with. Anyway, in between dealerships we stopped in a quaint pub in Cornelius for a quick lunch. Unbeknownst to Jenni, it just happened to be right beside McCranies..... So, not being one to let a good opportunity pass me by, we stopped in and perused the tinned baccy selection. The great thing was they had just received a big shipment from Germain & Sons, so they had pretty much all of the Esoterica blends available except Stoney and PZ. I picked up a tin of Margate for around $14, the other tins were $12.... Cheers and happy New Year to all of my Patch Pals. next visit try Sir Edmund Halley's in the Park Road Shopping Center. There is a McCranie's there as well ;-) |
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Zach
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If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,360
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 2, 2022 21:28:12 GMT -5
Thanks.. I spent my lunch money for the week, and it isn’t even Monday! I got mine from Esterval's. But . . . well, never again. Didn't like the Hamburger BeerMeister, or didn't like the long shipping time from Esterval's? Why would you order tobacco available in the US in 2-3 days from Germany? (Unless that is, you were in Germany and picked it up there) |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 2, 2022 21:51:54 GMT -5
Nice score Bonanzadriver. The Esoterica blends are on my radar, but their infrequent availability keeps me from really seeking them out.
The car market is definitely interesting right now. We ordered a new Subaru back in September, and just picked it up two weeks ago. We weren't in a hurry to replace a car, so the wait wasn't bad, but I can imagine that anyone needing a new car today has some slim pickins.
Thanks Urbino,
Andrey has some wonderful shapes, and his pipes are really well executed. This is a pic from him. It shows the grain better as well as the silver dot inlays along the shank: Badass pipe. End of discussion. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 3, 2022 0:18:44 GMT -5
I got mine from Esterval's. But . . . well, never again. Didn't like the Hamburger BeerMeister, or didn't like the long shipping time from Esterval's? Why would you order tobacco available in the US in 2-3 days from Germany? (Unless that is, you were in Germany and picked it up there) I wasn't in Germany. It wasn't in stock anywhere in the U.S. I could find. I was putting together a fairly large order of stuff not available here, most of it HU blends, so I added this. And yes, the shipping was interminable. Somewhere between 6 weeks and 2 months, iirc. |
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Zach
Pro Member
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,360
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jan 3, 2022 7:56:23 GMT -5
Holy cow! Yeah that's a roulette of a waiting time. I haven't had any HU's for many years due to the hassle.
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Post by bigwoolie on Feb 4, 2022 11:29:40 GMT -5
I had a new company contact me on the channel wanting me to review their electric cigar humidor/coolidor . So they’re supposed to be sending that out to me in the next week. It’s supposed to hold up to 300 cigars and keep things at the proper temperature. I’ve been looking at them for quite a while but did not want to put the money out. I’m fairly confident this unit is going to be a “made in China“ unit. But I suppose they all are these days. But will just get it in and see .
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Post by username on Feb 4, 2022 12:45:25 GMT -5
Didn't like the Hamburger BeerMeister, or didn't like the long shipping time from Esterval's? Why would you order tobacco available in the US in 2-3 days from Germany? (Unless that is, you were in Germany and picked it up there) I wasn't in Germany. It wasn't in stock anywhere in the U.S. I could find. I was putting together a fairly large order of stuff not available here, most of it HU blends, so I added this. And yes, the shipping was interminable. Somewhere between 6 weeks and 2 months, iirc. They seem to have gotten better since the switch to Dhl my first order took a week to get to my house. And I’m waiting on another one that I ordered last week scheduled to be delivered Monday. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 4, 2022 12:52:02 GMT -5
I had a new company contact me on the channel wanting me to review their electric cigar humidor/coolidor . So they’re supposed to be sending that out to me in the next week. It’s supposed to hold up to 300 cigars and keep things at the proper temperature. I’ve been looking at them for quite a while but did not want to put the money out. I’m fairly confident this unit is going to be a “made in China“ unit. But I suppose they all are these days. But will just get it in and see . You are becoming an "influencer". A lot of people make a great living that way. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 4, 2022 12:52:38 GMT -5
This is last year's thread. 😯
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Post by urbino on Feb 4, 2022 16:20:37 GMT -5
Just arrived: a [quite frozen] brick of C&D Folklore.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 4, 2022 16:43:17 GMT -5
This is last year's thread. 😯 Lazy mods! Off to bed without dinner, salaries cut in half! |
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