As I requested last night, today hubby left his Randy Wiley pipe here at home so I could give it a go. He also left me the tin of MacBaren's PlumCake ... with the lid loosened enough I can actually open it.
The Wiley pipe ... the beautiful BEAUTIFUL briar Wiley pipe:
 |
| Handmade in the USA, graded "55" |
 |
| A good-sized pipe! |
 |
| Lovely grain on it all around |
 |
| Wiley pipe |
 |
| the Wiley pipe's best side IMO |
I bought this pipe for hubby when were visiting Jacksonville, Florida and popped into a local tobacco shop. The shopkeeper pointed out that he was running a sale on his Wiley pipes. After I looked through the display case and the rack over the bulk tobacco, the shopkeeper repeated that he had a sale on the Wiley pipes, and pointed to a freestanding display shelf ... so I wandered over to take a peek even though the only ones I saw were rusticated finish, which isn't our style. As I walked around the display, I saw this beauty behind the sale sign! I picked it up and realized this fit all the criteria hubby had been saying he was looking for in a pipe.
Within 15 seconds of placing this pipe into hubby's hands and mentioning that I was buying this round, he declared I had "twisted his arm". He loves smoking this pipe, and I loved cleaning it up and making it look all shiny and new. Today is the first time since I bought it a couple weeks ago that I have finally been able to smoke it myself ... mainly because I am seriously thinking of getting one for myself.
Now, a pic of hubby enjoying it down at our new house in Florida on a pretty sunny morning:
 |
| Hubby enjoying a bowlful in his Randy Wiley pipe |
No comments:
Post a Comment