Just finished an after dinner smoke, and although straying a bit from the topic at hand, I mixed the Dunhill mixture and the 1Q in a one-to-one ratio and if I do say so myself a delectable smoke ensued. The richness of an english with the wonderful, refreshing burst of taste on the palate, the room note was pretty good too! Whether you think mixing tobaccos is faux pas or not, if you have these tobaccos on hand give it a whirl!

Good for you, well done on fine choices there my man!!!

Just got my pipes in today guys! Here's a few quick photos I snapped of em as I un-boxed them.






One thing did catch my attention, I was wowed by both of the pipes however the stanwell had a tiny divot in the shank, you can see it in the first picture of the stannie (third picture overall). On camera it shows up as the tiny white dot and if I had to equate it to something I'd say it almost looks like a termite hole although I know this is not the case. Is this just me being anal about it or would you all trade it in? I'm considering it even though I know it won't do anything to the smoking qualities. Thanks for your time guys.

Those are really cool.
Are you sure those are not putty fills. If you are not 100% happy I say send the pipe back. If you are anything like me, it would eat my ass every time I smoke it, then again thats just me.
It will in now way affect the smoking qualities of the pipe so it would be your call as to what you decide.

Good luck and Good get there bro!!

Thanks Piet! And I lucked out, not a single fill on the whole exterior, just that tiny divot. I'm defiantly leaning toward sending it back, the only thing stopping me is the thought I may end up getting one with a fill. I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too. With that said is there any easy to do home remedy that may fill her in? Like a fresh coat of wax or something?

You're going to find sand pit or two (or seven) on nearly any smooth pipe if you look hard enough for them.

If that;s the only cosmetic problem you have, you lucked out !

They look good! Nice choices, hard to go wrong with those brands.

Thanks guys! I'm really satisfied with the both of em and I haven't even had the chance to smoke em yet!
As for the tiny pit on the Stanwell Could I fill it as any other furniture pit with some beeswax or carnuba wax? Or should I just suck it up and deal with it? I'v decided to keep it either way rather than deal with the hassle of mailing and more importantly the excruciating wait!!

Very nice looking pipes. If you want, send them to me and I'll smoke them and make sure they are up to snuff before you try them. Just a friendly gesture from a generous BoB.

PIET wrote
Sheeesh Brother Bruins, does that happen in your house man!!!
you need a man cave man.........................................................



Sorry Piet but I think he's up on the roof again. You know, tranquility and all.

i dropped the pipe from the roof. damn!

(just kidding, no pipes were harmed in this post.)