search the estate market , you can find almost new Dunhills for 50% of msrp

Welcome to the pipe world Frank, good luck on your journey!

That's a tough call because most artisans have there own style and you probably have very unique tastes. Also depends whether you fancy a smooth pipe, a blast, or a rustic and your preference for shapes and weight is also very important If money was no object, I'd buy a Lars or Nanna Ivarsson...

Smoking a bowl of Escudo in a Radice clear OP egg. Cheers!

Rod, Cobs should be cleaned out thoroughly after each smoke preventing any build up of cake and therefore they will not ghost. You don't need to go out and buy too many... I believe Mars cigar and pipe has the best prices on the net. The Diplomat is probably the best one for the money because...

the best way I've discovered is a smooth 4 - 4.5MM airway from bowl to button.

I really love Cavicchi pipes, the man is a perfectionist with his engineering, his pipes are amazing smokers. I'm also a huge fan of his rustic finish done by his wife and his artistic matching of shape with grain. His pipes aren't inexpensive but relatively speaking they offer huge value for...

for me... NC - Padron Londres (hands down no better $2 stick around) Cuban - JLP Petit Caz (maybe the ultimate inexpensive smoke at roughly $1.30 a stick)

any OR Diamond Crown

Have a great birthday Al!

stay away from the Londres, bad bad cigars

Awesome cigars, no doubt about it.

I'm a huge snook fan :thumbs:

you forgot the best one, and she is a pole vaulter to boot :)

way to go Mark!

If you can wait... Subie is coming out with a Diesel boxer soon , 50mpg and 250lb/ft at 1800 revs http://www.boxerdiesel.com/

I've read that this has the same wrapper as the La Riqueza

an amazing idea!

My palate also prefers the taste of the Unibroue beers to the Trappist Chimay lineup. The Blue was my favorite from Chimay but I would take a La Fin de monde anyday instead. That said, the Rocheforte 10 is much better than the Trois Pistole (for that style of ale). I put some Rochy 10s away...

probably better to leave your shoes inside the house :rolleyes: :D funny story Shawn :D