Thank you, my brothers, for your kind words
:lol:
I bought my first Sasieni Slendaline in 1978. At that stage it was my only pipe and I knew very little about pipes. My life at that stage was in quite a tormoil as far as work, marriage etc concerned. I used to sit in my back garden, smoking this pipe, thinking about how unfair life can be.
Then things changed to the positive side and I was fairly happy again. I smoked my Slendaline more often and added a couple of Sashars as well. But the Slendaline remained my favourite.
In 1983 I got a job in Cape Town which I've been wishing for for a long time. On my way to my new venue, I lost the Slendaline.
Since then I've been looking for a similar pipe. But in vain. Either they were scarce or so much loved that nobody wanted to part with them. New ones were not available anymore. I've written to a lot of eBay vendors, asking them to please let me know when they come across one of these pipes. I've repeated this quest a number of time, without any luck.
Then on Monday, I searched eBay again for said pipe. And there it was!!! I could not believe my luck and made my offer straight away. The vendor is quite new and from Russia as well but I decided to take a chance. I just wanted that pipe!!!
Now I'm waiting and will go to the post office 3 times a day until I have that darling in my hand!!!:lol:
And now I'm thinking, will I have the heart to smoke it? It seems to be beautifully restored and maybe I should just keep it like that. Or at least keep it until Christmas before I fired it up. What will I load it with for the first smoke? I think a nice Vaper will do it. If indeed I smoke it.
I'm like a kid before Christmas but I can't count the days because I don't know when it will arrive :bounce: :bounce: