alfredo_buscatti
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Todd made me a Dublin with saddle stem last winter, and the more I smoke it the more I am in love with it. His small fee is small compensation for its quality; he could get three times the amount charged.
1) It's a smooth with good flame grain. The finish is maroon, which he produced by mixing paints. It's just what I requested.
2) The draw is one of the best features. I find myself in the zone while puffing, the pipe very responsive, like the difference between an average horse and a thoroughbred. A cleaner glides through the pipe, as if the entire surface of the draught had been sanded.
3) I asked for a comfortable saddle bit, and he complied; it's one of the most amenable bits I've smoked. It is Cumberland, and he sealed it with something that made it a bit darker. It is thin, absolutely flat and of the same size from beginning to end. This speaks to the time he put into his stemwork.
4) Tobacco burns down to 2/3s of the chamber's length without a relight. Last night it burned 3/4s.
Pipe smokers like to say that a pipe is a good smoker, but the term has been so overused it has become cliche.
This pipe is a great smoker!
1) It's a smooth with good flame grain. The finish is maroon, which he produced by mixing paints. It's just what I requested.
2) The draw is one of the best features. I find myself in the zone while puffing, the pipe very responsive, like the difference between an average horse and a thoroughbred. A cleaner glides through the pipe, as if the entire surface of the draught had been sanded.
3) I asked for a comfortable saddle bit, and he complied; it's one of the most amenable bits I've smoked. It is Cumberland, and he sealed it with something that made it a bit darker. It is thin, absolutely flat and of the same size from beginning to end. This speaks to the time he put into his stemwork.
4) Tobacco burns down to 2/3s of the chamber's length without a relight. Last night it burned 3/4s.
Pipe smokers like to say that a pipe is a good smoker, but the term has been so overused it has become cliche.
This pipe is a great smoker!
