So I've fallen under to the CBid peer pressure!
Stopped by a local B&M to pick-up a couple Rocky Patel The Edge Sumatra's (hard for me to find) when I happened to notice this other beauty sitting on the shelf. Normally out of my price range but with all the discussion about these on the forum I had to grab one. Gently resting now for after Christmas dinner.

Very nice. I caved last week. No going back. You're going to wish you'd taken two and skipped the RP's. I found the Edge Sumatra quite disappointing after spending over a year looking forward to them. After the T-52, I decided it would be OK if I never smoked another cigar. The bar is just too high now. I had some pretty good cigars this weekend. None of them were close to the T-52.

That cigar is beautiful. Drew Estates did such a great job with the LP line.

Welcome to the dark side. Next thing you know you will be looking for flying pigs and dirty rats!

Then you will be considered an Elitist like TJ.

NMice find. Try the LP#9's now

i wouldn't call it "caving in to peer pressure", I would call it taking some good advice. There may be a lot of crap back and forth on these forums but when it comes to LP line it's good to listen up. I betting that your going to enjoy this "Christmas Smoke".

PAPA

yeah, congatulations on taking your first step into a hole new realm of smoking enjoyment!

Smoking an LP9 right now. Excellent stick.

I keep a lot of LP9s on hand just in case I hear that TJ has something I might like!

Hard to beat an LP. Except maybe with a Padron.

The T-52 is a nice looking stick with a nice aroma to the nose. Funny as I asked about the Pigs & Rats and was told they have more coming in, they're just not sure what? The T-52 was $12 which seemed about right in price.

I do like the sweet nuttiness of the RP Edge Sumatra and I haven't been able to find them anywhere else in my neighborhood, so damn it... now I'll have to go back. It's a small upcoming B&M offering a nice premium selection of smokes.