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The YPSC has a lovely Club pipe, made by New Zealand Master Jan Zeman. Views of the pipe can be seen in the PHOTO section. This year's pipe is a chubby apple/brandy shape, the pipe is well balanced, very light, and fits nicely into the hand. You may also order pipes from previous years, if available. Order your pipes from the direct link below:
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... Dan, As others have stated this is a stoved Va. Dark Star is very similar but better aged. Rattray's Black Va is similar but not a flake. Bob in SD
Dan, it's a dark, heavily stoved Virginia blend, very syrupy and sweet from the natural sugars and stoving. Very nice smoke. You'll find that it's similar to
Age greatly improves this blend. When I first got a half pound ofit I was underwhelmed and continued to smoke it to use it up. Fortunately it took long
Dan, that is a stoved Virginia, with the sugars almost converted to molassas. Take a deep sniff and you can pick up that aroma. It's a little hard to break
I've just finished up a couple of ounces of this and unfortunately it's my first and only 2 oz. I'm not sure what it is about this one but I think it's going