I love them for their practicality and good smokes. Easy to pocket, easy to clean, good quality briar, stems don't oxidize, impossible to sour,etc. Look great with an old flat cap and National Health eyeglass frames while riding your Raleigh bicycle with cuff clips.
To Falcon or Not To Falcon
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Great pipes.
I have a few however the ladies do seem to like my black one.
I have a few however the ladies do seem to like my black one.
Looks like I am picking up a cool NOS vintage Falcon USA from our boy @BROBS. I'm excited. Can anyone recommend a reliable meerschaum bowl? I see a ton on Ebay but am not sure if there is quality difference.
Those Turkish meerschaum bowls are top quality especially the cased ones for $ 40-50, yet quite a many of those bowls comes with rather wide diameter, I definitely advice checking specs before buying any,as far as new stems go, I have been told by one reputable UK based tobacconist that they are facing troubles in getting restock of stems because of C19 (CCP)virus restrictions in England , which supposedly did have some affect on factory operation and output
Ask some of our Falcon brothers whether they prefer the silicone 0-ring versions or the nylon threaded ones. I don't have any meerschaum bowls so I'd be interested in their responses.
nice. Enjoy it. My falcons are far from my favorite pipes but I swear they're the best bang for the buck. My biggest problem is I don't like the look. I think people look fine smoking them, but they look lame on a shelve. Though when I have only 30 to 40 minutes for a smoke they're perfect.
I don't know. I only have one type I think it's the nylon. It's the one you don't see until your third or fourth time cleaning the thing.
Thanks!
I need to do this more. Most of my smokes are 90 minutes+ which means if I don't have the time I don't actually smoke. I also rarely have a chance for more than one bowl in a day but have lots of different stuff I'd like to smoke so having some smallish bowls might change they way I consume a bit.
Good to know. Will look into that.
I bought a tiny pipe to celebrate getting full time at my job. I only smoke it during breaks I get two 30 minute breaks. The weird thing is unless it's a weak blend I feel the satisfaction. Most of my bowls are on what I consider the big side of medium and give about an hour or so smoke. But it is nice to have some smaller pipes for those times. I get in a half hour walk after work. The falcon is perfect for that. And if you have two bowls you can easily get an hour in by switching bowls.
I'm a gentle sipper so I find the standard bowls too big, believe it or not. I find myself gravitating toward the Bantams more often than not and I can get a 45 min smoke from flakes and rough cuts. More shorter smokes allows me to enjoy more blends in a day.
For my Falcon, I may get a Meerschaum bowl some day, but no cob bowls -- for cob smoking, a full dress MM cob with a good acrylic stem is my choice, one of their special editions for about twenty-five bucks, and worth it.
Can anyone comment on this? Are the o-rings sold separately or is it part of the bowl?
A few more questions: Buy Dry Rings or make your own? Are they basically single use or do you get multiple smokes from one? Do you have to use one?
Dry rings are semi pointless IMo
I’ll send you some I’ve got a ton.
Just cut a pipe cleaner. Same thing. That's what I use.
I got a meer bowl that was quite large. 2.2 cm inner diameter and 3.8 cm deep. calabashpipeworld.com
