For a while now I have been contemplating my navel buying a new pipe.

I’m very happy with my day-to-day pipe that I smoke at the moment, but accidents can happen and spares are always handy.

The choice of where I go is already cast in stone, or briar should I say?  Elie is the best damn pipe-maker I know of and I wouldn’t go anywhere else.

I mean to say – who wouldn’t be tempted to buy one of the Shire range?

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I can just see myself puffing on that down in the pub and making ‘em all jealous?

Or maybe something a bit smaller?

Or even

I really fancy that last one, but it’s a tad outside my price range. Bugger!

I suppose I shall end up getting another similar to my present one.

It’s a nice very cool smoke with an ingenious cooling and filtering system built in, and it is also quite good at attracting sidelong and suspicious glances. 

Anyhows I have written to Elie asking what’s on offer these days.  He commutes between Belgium and France and is probably basking in the Dordogne at the moment.  Lucky bastard.  Leastwise I don’t expect a reply by return.

And in case anyone is wondering – this is not a sponsored post.  He doesn’t even know I’m writing it.

I just believe in giving credit where credit is due.