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  1. sapiper

    Well now...this is interesting

    Who knew that you could pick up a set of Craftsman wrenches and a Grabow in the same store?
  2. sapiper

    Estate Meer Pipe

    How can you tell The tennon is bone? It just looked like the same material as the stem to me.
  3. sapiper

    Estate Meer Pipe

    So I just won this guy on the 'bay! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200718781839 From what the seller says it's Block meerschaum and Austrian made. Can't tell if I just got lucky or suckered as it only set me back about $30. Since it's not only my first meerschaum, but my...
  4. sapiper

    To Flip or Not To Flip

    Interesting, I never thought of clipping them. I may have to start doing that. I'm not cheap, just too lazy to go down to the B&M to buy more. Well, that and I guess I'm a little cheap.
  5. sapiper

    How to light a pipe with a zippo?

    Even when you have to light the bowl half way down? Does your bowl not heat up when doing this?
  6. sapiper

    How to light a pipe with a zippo?

    That's what I was afraid of. I read that post about primary and backup lighter, and it seemed that most people used a zippo. I really wanted to carry around the zippo and was hoping that I was just doing something wrong. But I think it's just a case of there being better ways to light a pipe...
  7. sapiper

    How to light a pipe with a zippo?

    I think I got the packing down, I was more wondering if anyone else had the "have to draw really hard" problem when lighting with a zippo. With a butane pipe lighter, I can point the flame down the bowl, but the zippo flame always points up causing me to either draw really hard with the zippo...
  8. sapiper

    How to light a pipe with a zippo?

    I know it sounds like a dumb question, but I recently got the pipe insert for my Zippo. When I try to light the pipe, I am forced to draw pretty strongly in order to get the flame down into the pipe; especially when it goes out half way through a smoke. This heats up the tobacco quite a bit...
  9. sapiper

    Tounge has turned black!!!

    Was smoking Penzance the only thing you've changed in the past four days? Could it possibly be something you eat or drink that's leaving the color? Note to self: must remember to stay away from Penzance; just in case.
  10. sapiper

    New Members, Introduce Yourself!

    Hello fellow smokers, I've been smoking pipes for a month or two and reading this forum almost daily since then; figured I might as well join up. My name's Robert from San Antonio,TX.