RondyR Connoisseur

Lots of good Black Friday sales this year but don’t go thinking that you have to buy stuff today or you will miss out. 2020 has been a pretty terrible year for many retailers and they will continue t… (View Post)

I never get tired of the Patrick O’Brian Aubrey/Maturin series. I read through all twenty each and every year. Only one I refuse to read is 21: The Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey because then I hav… (View Post)

Pre-restoration pictures.  (View Post)

TL;DR: found a patent Dunhill Shell at an antique store in excellent shape for $18.00. For nearly twenty years it was my dream to find a ridiculously cheap Dunhill at a flea market or an antique stor… (View Post)

I’m getting ready to go to bed as I work nights and sleep during the day, so my last pipe of this morning is C&D’s Briar Fox. The pipe before that was some of The Country Squire’s Second Breakfas… (View Post)