Howdy Gang,
As I was looking over my rack of pipes that I smoke the most, I selected my top-10 out of the bunch and decided to look at the little quirks of each of my favorites (the favorite part is that they impart the full flavor of the tobacco I am smoking).
I am not going to name the makers as all are wonderful handmades by American pipe makers. All are either lightly stained sandblasts or sandblasts with no stain. Each one has a quirk or two. Here they are -
Pipe #1 - Stem is beautifully crafted but thick and not as comfortable as I like
Pipe #2 - Imparts the tobacco flavor better than any other pipe I have... for the first 1/3rd of the bowl then starts to go out and the flavor after the re-lights is somewhat muted. Don't have a clue as to why
Pipe #3 - Handsome pipe, great draw, imparts the flavor of the tobacco beautifully. Draft hole at the chamber opening is a bit too low and keeps getting clogged up.
Pipe #4 - Wonderful smoker but is butt ugly
Pipe #5 - Wonderful smoker with very comfortable vulcanite stem that constantly needs polishing to keep from oxidizing
Pipe #6 - Couldn't ask for a better smoker. Ball shaped. For some reason, the pipe goes out as soon as I stop puffing
Pipe #7 - Handsome classic billiard sandblast. Imparts the flavor wonderfully. As I hit the bottom third of the bowl the tobacco taste becomes very strong and gives me the hiccups.
Pipe #8 - Smokes beautifully from start to finish. Seldom needs a pipe cleaner run through it while smoking and smokes dry. Needs to rest a week after each smoke though or it tastes sour. Go figure...
Pipe #9 - Great little smoker but the chamber is so small that when it comes to puffing, I'm almost one and done.
Pipe #10 - Terrific smoker that delivers a cool smoke with every puff and will smoke top to bottom with few if any relights... but gurgles after just a few puffs. I call it my 50 pipecleaner pipe because that's about how many pipe cleaners are need to smoke a bowl.
Any of you have pipes with a quirk you can live with because they otherwise are terrific smokers?
Best,
Pipestud
As I was looking over my rack of pipes that I smoke the most, I selected my top-10 out of the bunch and decided to look at the little quirks of each of my favorites (the favorite part is that they impart the full flavor of the tobacco I am smoking).
I am not going to name the makers as all are wonderful handmades by American pipe makers. All are either lightly stained sandblasts or sandblasts with no stain. Each one has a quirk or two. Here they are -
Pipe #1 - Stem is beautifully crafted but thick and not as comfortable as I like
Pipe #2 - Imparts the tobacco flavor better than any other pipe I have... for the first 1/3rd of the bowl then starts to go out and the flavor after the re-lights is somewhat muted. Don't have a clue as to why
Pipe #3 - Handsome pipe, great draw, imparts the flavor of the tobacco beautifully. Draft hole at the chamber opening is a bit too low and keeps getting clogged up.
Pipe #4 - Wonderful smoker but is butt ugly
Pipe #5 - Wonderful smoker with very comfortable vulcanite stem that constantly needs polishing to keep from oxidizing
Pipe #6 - Couldn't ask for a better smoker. Ball shaped. For some reason, the pipe goes out as soon as I stop puffing
Pipe #7 - Handsome classic billiard sandblast. Imparts the flavor wonderfully. As I hit the bottom third of the bowl the tobacco taste becomes very strong and gives me the hiccups.
Pipe #8 - Smokes beautifully from start to finish. Seldom needs a pipe cleaner run through it while smoking and smokes dry. Needs to rest a week after each smoke though or it tastes sour. Go figure...
Pipe #9 - Great little smoker but the chamber is so small that when it comes to puffing, I'm almost one and done.
Pipe #10 - Terrific smoker that delivers a cool smoke with every puff and will smoke top to bottom with few if any relights... but gurgles after just a few puffs. I call it my 50 pipecleaner pipe because that's about how many pipe cleaners are need to smoke a bowl.
Any of you have pipes with a quirk you can live with because they otherwise are terrific smokers?
Best,
Pipestud