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  1. J

    My First Briar Cracks Where the Stem Fits the Bowl...How to Repair?

    It's an estate pipe, and the band looks to have been in place a while from the discolouration of the briar. However it's not a tight fitting band, and does slip off easily. The pipe's simply marked "made in London", and the band has a letter-based logo on it. I quite fancy having a go at...
  2. J

    My First Briar Cracks Where the Stem Fits the Bowl...How to Repair?

    OK, rookie question...probably oft asked...feel free to help direct me to other threads... I have come across my first briar pipe which needs more than a clean, polish and buff this time. This one is a bent briar with vulcanite mouthpiece (9mm filter type), and there are splits in the briar...
  3. J

    Don't You Just Hate It When You Miscalculate?

    Just take solace from the face that she'll cost her husband to be a lot more :D Just kidding! I get this sort of thing all the time...the one chance I get to do something, something else crops up...or some essential tool I've lost...or some essential part I haven't got. I also suffer then from...
  4. J

    Falcon Pipe Question

    As a Brit guy I grew up seeing a lot of Falcons about. Usually the bent and straight aluminium stem ones. Picked a used one up myself on the usual auction site which came in with three bowls and a funky case. Sort of like an oversized old glasses case. It's a great smoker, even if I'm not...
  5. J

    Should Tobacco Tins Contain A "Prize"?

    When I was in school I used to keep words on scraps of paper in tobacco tins...we were issued a tin each by the teachers! Oh, and a lot of the card we used seem to come from bulk tobacco packet waste. Looking back, perhaps it was a cynical method used by tobacco companies to get us into their...
  6. J

    Bumps on Back of Tongue

    Usually bumps like that on the tongue are just a bacterial or fungal build up. Usually thrush, or similar, and will either go on their own or can be treated with a bit of mouthwashing etc. Often just being a bit run down, smoking more, or something different, or just a bit of poor diet and...
  7. J

    How Often and Where Do You Smoke

    I wonder what this same thread would have looked like conducted at 10 year intervals going back 50 or 100 years? We're seeing a lot of garden-pacers, shed-huddlers, patio-stalkers and garage-lurkers. I'm in that group too...can't smoke in the house as it's a rental and the missis doesn't like...
  8. J

    Ever Bought a Pipe You Regret?

    Well I've only been buying a couple of months. All have been secondhand or estate pipes. I have got to say that I have only had one that I won't smoke so far. That's because it's an old calabash and I can't quite work out the bowl lining material. So I'm steering clear of it just to be on...
  9. J

    Peterson stem replacements - what fits?!

    Thanks for the replies folks...and thanks for the offer guhrillastile too...I'll let you get Christmas out of the way and see whether I've solved my problem in the meantime. The bowl's metal collar is about 21.6mm wide on the outside, and measuring the hole inside which the stem should slot into...
  10. J

    Peterson stem replacements - what fits?!

    Hi folks...I've just finished cleaning up an older Peterson System Standard 305 bowl, but have just found out that the current Peterson stems are too big to fit! Anyone know a source of stems that would fit an 11.5mm hole?! I don't mind what make or design it is...I'm just after something to...
  11. J

    Replacement Calabash Meerschaum Bowl Question From Noobie

    OK folks...the new bowl arrived yesterday (thanks so much Bahadir...superb quality!), so I just couldn't wait any longer. The gasket in my gourd wasn't too thick, so I had to go carefully in enlarging the hole just enough to accept the new, slightly bigger bowl. I used some reasonably course...
  12. J

    Replacement Calabash Meerschaum Bowl Question From Noobie

    Damn! I knew I should have checked the website...didn't notice your sale price. Ah well...I was pottering about on ebay with some other bits last night and suddently remembered I'd had the bowl to get. I'm also trying to track down some Peterson stems.
  13. J

    Three Questions in Restoring Old Hard Rubber Stems

    I've decided to steer clear of the bleach for now! I'm getting fairly good results by buzzing the mouthpieces in an ultrasonic with tap warm soapy water, and using repeated pipecleaners to clear out the internal gunk. Heavily soiled exteriors I have cleaned with a toothbrush and bicarb of soda...
  14. J

    Replacement Calabash Meerschaum Bowl Question From Noobie

    Update: I never did hear back from the local repair chap, so I have decided to buy the 42.5mm bowl from Meerqueen (via ebay...the bowls look perfect, so I know I'll love it!) and modify the cork gasket myself. I'm used to having to learn a few repair and maintenance tricks myself living out in...
  15. J

    Asbestos - How do you tell if you've got it?!

    Man, I was asking for that one! Hahahaha!!!! :lol:
  16. J

    Asbestos - How do you tell if you've got it?!

    Thanks for the replies folks...I'm not in fear of my life, don't worry! And based on the replies it sounds like I'm OK not to panic. My parents house, work buildings and ironing board for the first 30 years of my life were full of asbestos, so I've known it crop up in some funny places. Due to...
  17. J

    Asbestos - How do you tell if you've got it?!

    I've picked up a few old Calabash type pipes, all of which seem to have some age and have been smoked. One I can tell is a meerschaum bowl (the one I'm on a quest to find a bowl replacement for currently), but the other two I currently have a question mark hanging over. One of the two has no...
  18. J

    Three Questions in Restoring Old Hard Rubber Stems

    Thanks for the links rothnh...very useful, and I do really enjoy going through all this info to cherry pick the bits I want to try out. Thanks to you too sablebrush52...good to hear what people are getting good results with. Funny you mention Simichrome though, as I'm familiar with this from...
  19. J

    Three Questions in Restoring Old Hard Rubber Stems

    That's great info...thanks Jari! I've just picked the two best looking stems to try, and they're already polishing up and de-gunking nicely...most items I had in the house.
  20. J

    Three Questions in Restoring Old Hard Rubber Stems

    Hi folks...again I have a couple of noobie style repair/maintenance questions. Lately I picked up a cheap estate lot of a handful of pipes from a well known auction site. All seem to be usable ultimately, which is good. I can sort the bowls out, but the three stem questions I'm agonising over...
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