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  1. zanthal

    My Stems Don't Fit.

    @fnord - thanks for the beeswax. I tried it, and it works famously.
  2. zanthal

    My Stems Don't Fit.

    clickklick - I bent my own lucite stem once without the heat gun a pipe maker would instruct you to use, and it was a precarious process so I know what you're talking about. Fnord - that sounds like a solution, particularly if you know a Beewrangler. So you coat the tenon whenever it gets loose...
  3. zanthal

    My Stems Don't Fit.

    This candle method was easy enough to give a little try, and it worked to varying degrees with all my vulcanite stemmed pipes and solved the problem. I hesitate to use the same method with lucite though.
  4. zanthal

    My Stems Don't Fit.

    That example pipe is a very shiny black and I almost would have thought it was just black lucite except that he started referring to vulcanite after the demonstration there. I'd be interested to know if I'd have to be more careful with lucite in this method.
  5. zanthal

    My Stems Don't Fit.

    Wow, in a half hour, I've got nigh unto half a dozen things to try. That's awesome, thank you all.
  6. zanthal

    My Stems Don't Fit.

    Long time no see, fellow puffers. I've been storing my briars in the garage and it's been a pretty cold California winter, plenty of days down in the 30s and 40s. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but nearly all my briar pipes, lucite and vulcanite stems it doesn't seem to make...
  7. zanthal

    This Forum's Members Are The Best !! Hands Down. Thanks Rsuninv

    Many happy puffs to you, Gary.
  8. zanthal

    ***What Are You Smoking *** (August 2014)

    Halfling's Leaf in a Nording FS Cheers maties!
  9. zanthal

    Long Time No Me

    Yep, northern California is my backyard. I spent a night in the hospital with chest pain. Spending a night being monitored while under the influence of nitroglycerin (believe me, the stuff is awful) made me promptly put down the pipe, change my diet and start going to the gym more. BUT none of...
  10. zanthal

    Long Time No Me

    How's it going all, I put down my pipe due to health concerns back in February but I wanted to drop by and say Happy 4th. Shoot a rocket or two for me, tilt something intoxicating, and have a good time.
  11. zanthal

    Is It Hot Where You Are?

    It is hot where I am, yes. It's been triple digits all week.
  12. zanthal

    So What Are You Drinking

    This thread persists, doesn't it ... I'm drinking Bud Light Lime, good old American macro-brew for the 4th of July
  13. zanthal

    How Often Do You Have to Smoke a New Pipe to Break It In?

    5 slow puffing smokes should do you fine.
  14. zanthal

    Peterson St. Patricks Day 2013 Pipe

    Looks good, enjoy!
  15. zanthal

    Who Else Likes to Watch There Tobacco Travel Across the States?

    It's encourages you to think it probably won't get lost in the mail, eh? Whenever I can't track a shipment of anything I've already paid for, there's always that little bit of uncertainty about whether it'll make it.
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