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  1. solideogloria86

    The Love of Small Pipes

    All of my pipes have chambers around 0.75"x1.5" and are around 4.5"-5.5" in length. Depending on the blend, I typically spend about 45mins to an hour on a bowl.
  2. solideogloria86

    The Great RYO Smoke Out!

    Back in the early 2000s, our local convenience store, named Zip In, had Cherokee Cigarettes for $10 a carton. Marlboros were around $3 a pack. A Cherokee cigarette is one of the nastiest things I've ever smoked. If their RYO is anything close to their packaged cigarettes from those days, you're...
  3. solideogloria86

    A Newbie Log

    If you find that OGS straight from the tin is dry, your barometer for wet and dry tobacco may not be properly calibrated yet. Mine wasn't for quite a long time, but properly drying tobacco was the single greatest piece of pipe smoking advice I've ever received. It unlocked a whole new level of...
  4. solideogloria86

    The Role of Distinguished Lunt Pipes

    The 314 and the 317.
  5. solideogloria86

    Type/Names of Tobacco Leaf?

    https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/know-your-pipe-tobacco-blending-components
  6. solideogloria86

    Are Stingers Good or Bad?

    Stingers are the leading cause of questions like this.
  7. solideogloria86

    What Tobacco did your Ancestors Smoke?

    Grandfather smoked GPC Menthol Lights, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Middletons Cherry Blend on special occasions.
  8. solideogloria86

    What's your Favorite "Navy"?

    Gawith and Hoggarth Rum Flake
  9. solideogloria86

    CI and PayPal: WTF?

    It's unfortunate that one of the biggest retailers in the space has gone so far down hill. For every 10 people who are very vocal about the fact that they've never had an issue, there's ones like this that are so horrible it completely negates any positive experiences. I haven't done business...
  10. solideogloria86

    Smooth Cobs: Possible Damage to Finish

    https://rebornpipes.com/2014/06/25/a-quick-and-easy-face-lift-for-a-missouri-meerschaum-corn-cob-pipe/ Some of this process may be helpful to your situation.
  11. solideogloria86

    My First Ever MM Corn Cob.

    Here's what I do. The first couple of bowls, I intentionally smoke it all the way down and then tamp the ash around the sides of the piece of shank. Until eventually, it forms a nice bottom even with the drilling. The last few puffs of the bowl taste a little rough, but it only takes about two...
  12. solideogloria86

    New Pipe By Dimitry Miscoi 🇨🇦

    This is incredible. Beautiful blast. This angle of the mammoth looks like the view from a plane flying over a city at night.