Quote Originally Posted by NeverBend View Post
All of you guys is irresponsible and need someone to look after your money, so let me have it!!

Andy, can you say B or G? Lovely looking L'Anatra. You and Tab (@Haebar) will have to hang out together. Tab, did the L'Anatra arrive?
Girl! The only thing we're keeping secret - per my wife - is the name. We're each proposing two names and then giving it some time to see if anything sticks, that's as much info as I'm allowed to divulge!

Back to pipes: Three years ago I spent three months passing on a much more squashed, black rusticated, L'Anatra. It was in my cart a thousand times but I never pulled the trigger. No idea why.

My wife was paying attention. It was her intention to give it to me for Christmas, so she created an account at sp.com and put it in her cart but held off for ONE DAY to figure out what tobacco to include in the purchase... When she went back the next night it was gone. Bless her heart, she contacted over a dozen websites both here and overseas and none had a similar model, nor could (or would) they order one.

Since then I have looked and looked and finally, just last month, I found a very similar model - maybe 85% there, much closer in shape than what I just bought - at a site overseas, but they were asking over $300US plus shipping. Too rich for my blood.