Regent Bruyere | Estate Pipe

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Brand: Regent Bruyere

 

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Note: This is an estate pipe that has been in my rotation for about two and a half years, the one I call my "test pipe," and it has endured every kind of torture and experiment. When I first got it, it was so wet that it was practically unsmokable. After building up a considerable cake and putting in a lot of work, it now smokes with real pleasure. 

 

Why Am I Selling It?

 

We have truly reached the end of what it can teach me and what I can learn from it. Now that it smokes so well, it is far more valuable for it to teach something to someone else in our community. Of course, I will make a note of who ends up with it. 

 

Shank: Very clean. It is a well-known fact how obsessive I am about cleaning after every smoke.

 

Smoke Channel (Draft Hole): Dead center of the chamber, but it grazes the chamber floor. Faulty workmanship, sure, but what did we do? We built cake. Smoking down to the bottom a bit more would make it even better.

 

Chamber Cleanliness: It has a cake layer built up with considerable care. That is why it smokes so well today.

 

Condition: 6/10

 

Flaws: Pits or dents, take your pick? It has them all. 

 

Score: 17/10 - Because it is my own pipe :)

 

What Is Its Character? 

 

It cannot take hard puffing, it will get wet, so do not push it. At a sensible cadence you can puff a little harder to bring out the base notes; it has no problem with that. Since it is an Opera cut, take extra care with the pack, do not press too hard when tamping, and it will handle the rest.