what is your latest pipe purchase

[Cool Breeze]

Well it arrived today.

Still can't believe they let this gem go for only 50 bucks.
Savinelli Punto Oro. Not even the slightest sign of rim darkening. There's a little cake in the bowl but not very much at all. I doubt if 20 bowls have been smoked in this beauty.

Got some St. James Flake in it already. Bout to see how it is.

[NarJar]

Got some St. James Flake in it already. Bout to see how it is.

And...?

[Cool Breeze]

And...?

Oh brother let me tell you. It smokes like a dream.
I have some decent briars like 2 entry level Savinellis and they both smoke very good. I have a pre-Republic Peterson that smokes very nice

But this is the first higher end (to me anyway) pipe that I have had the pleasure of smoking and there is certainly a difference. Maybe I'm just as giddy as a school girl and am giving it more credit than it deserves, I dunno.

But I know I'm loving it.

[Haebar]

Oh brother let me tell you. It smokes like a dream.
I have some decent briars like 2 entry level Savinellis and they both smoke very good. I have a pre-Republic Peterson that smokes very nice

But this is the first higher end (to me anyway) pipe that I have had the pleasure of smoking and there is certainly a difference. Maybe I'm just as giddy as a school girl and am giving it more credit than it deserves, I dunno.

But I know I'm loving it.

It's hard to beat a Savinelli for smoking pleasure. One of my earliest pipes was a Savinelli Deluxe bulldog that smoked great but was kind of ugly with fills. Are you partial to the Dublin shape?

[Cool Breeze]

It's hard to beat a Savinelli for smoking pleasure. One of my earliest pipes was a Savinelli Deluxe bulldog that smoked great but was kind of ugly with fills. Are you partial to the Dublin shape?

Oh I'm with you and for the most part, I don't care what they look like. One of my best smokers is a bent unfinished Savinelli Series III which has several fills that get more obvious all the time as it darkens. But I don't care. It smokes awesome.

And yes, I do really enjoy the dublin shape.