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   I'm kind of going the other direction than Oppie, but what makes a bad pipe...???

   I really hate to say Bad Pipe, but I have one right now that just sucks...

   It's my Ropp Supreme...

   I'm ready to go over to the shop, get the biggest drill bit and just ream the chamber... The walls taper so drasticly that it wont pack correctly...

   

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Phil, it is a handsome pipe though.

   NASCAR...Everything else is just a game.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   I like how it feels and smokes, when I can get some smoke... It just needs to have a 1" Forstner bit run down the chamber... it's to restricted in the bottom and you can't get a good draw... I guess... I'm no pipe expert, but the wall design just sucks...

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   I had a Stanwell "seconds" pipe. Smoked really bad. Horrible pipe. I was on the roof cleaning the gutters out last week and it fell out of my mouth on to the driveway and broke in a million pieces. I was actually happy I didn't have to deal with it anymore.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   You can come and clean out my gutters.... and I'll let you borrow my Pete.
   Nah, not really.
   I like the pipe, but its a pain.

   
   My Pipe Slide Show
   

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Lawrence, I'll swap you straight across right now...

   Snicker snicker at you Oppie... I know how you feel... You don't need an excuse to get rid of it if it's broke.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Drill baby drill .

   “There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and the worst thing about it was that I didn't feel tragic at all, but only weary, and sort of comfortably detached.”

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Pipes are like women, there ain't no bad pipes, just some's better that others.

   Opps, I take that back. I forgot about The Pipe.

   I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Brylon in and way shape or form!

   If at first you don't succeed you are running about average.

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    I agree with Art avoid Brylon at all cost. A very terrible material for a pipe to be made from. Atleast with any wood pipe you can make modification if needed. Drill her out Phil, it'll probablly make a world of difference.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    I have 5 Jobey pipes in my collection. They are nicely constructed and have a screw on mouth piece which I love. The press on's are a pain to detach and reattach, being a machinist and critical of press fits, I find myself hand working expensive pipes more to my liking. The Jobeys are in the $46.00 to $60.00 range. Nice everyday pipes.

    The last one I bought was a Stromboli #300. Nice size for a quick smoke. But, this pipe had 2 holes in the neck area.Making it impossible to draw to light. The pipe went back today. This was my first junker pipe.

    I like the screw on stems. That's a first in my collection. Great idea and easy to clean.

    Posted 1 month ago #
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    there's some cheapies out there made of rosewood ... terrible stuff, burns almost as well as tobacco.

    "Under all speech that is good for anything, there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as eternity; speech is shallow as time."
    
    Thomas Carlyle

    Posted 1 month ago #

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