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Autumn Evening
I've been moving away from aromatics lately, since I've been gaining appreciation of Orientals and more subtle Englishes that have an oriental component. As a couple of aromatics I smoked before are dwindling in my little hoard, and as I was neither here nor there about them, I decided to buy a...- gord
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
I just finished a three day stint of smoking only Pirate Kake. Got back to a more regular program because I'm still breaking in about 8 or 9 pipes (with two more coming to hopefully complete the madness) and i don't think an overwhelmingly lat based tobacco is the thing to break in pipes. Could...- gord
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Sunday Surprise
Pirate Kake is up there in my top 3 or 4 tobaccos. Hard to say what it is . . . it's a least to me, a hybrid between an Oriental and an English, although most complex Englishes have an oriental component to them. PK is very heavy on the Latakia (i understand, about 50%), and seems to be very...- gord
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On The Road To Slow Smoking
Unfortunately, my life as a professional orchestral violinist and teacher, has always been scheduled. I'm retired now, and not as rigid, but habits can be an albatross. I used the clock as a learning tool for learning about slow smoking, pipe capacity, burning characteristics of tobacco, and...- gord
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Blends To Start Your Friends On
I early on developed a taste for English . . . and only discovered Presbyterian a week ago. I agree with your recommendation. Burns cool, doesn't bite and has a fine but gentle flavour. My only nit would be its availability. In my neck of the woods, it's not and has to be ordered from the US...- gord
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On The Road To Slow Smoking
Absolutely! Couldn't agree more. And dryness, and other factors. Learning all the time!- gord
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Pipe Types and Why I Lean Towards Longstems
Yup, if the pipe is broken in . . . . until then "hot bowls" happen, and some pipes I've had by the nature of their design, (ie thin wood) get fairly hot on the outside. Cherry, Pear, Ash and other hardwoods are particularly nasty. That's why I've become convinced that briar is the best wood for...- gord
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Pipe Types and Why I Lean Towards Longstems
No, raided a company that went out of business. Got about a dozen or fourteen for the price of maybe two premium pipes.- gord
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Pipe Types and Why I Lean Towards Longstems
In my case, I got a bunch of them at a closeout sale real cheap. Began my pipesmoking Renaissance with them, and don't really consider them a novelty. They been around for a long time lol.- gord
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Pipe Types and Why I Lean Towards Longstems
Here's another "on the spot" photo, this time a workshop wall. Gonna have to do a proper setup soon cuz I'm getting hand crampsl All pipes are McQueens, wooden stems. Top is one of their miniatures, in Briar. Smokes very well, like a regular pipe except very small capacity, conical bore. I can...- gord
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Pipe Types and Why I Lean Towards Longstems
I do the same. Great minds think alike :LOL:- gord
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
No, not at this point. I've had a couple of pipes with plain briar bowls, and my Falcons seem to have no coating except for the finish on the pipe, with which they painted the interior. But it comes right off with a slight scraping, and a smoking finished it off. I know they are out there. But ...- gord
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Pipe Types and Why I Lean Towards Longstems
Yup. With a long wooden stem you can feel the difference with your finger. The closer to the fire source, the hotter the stem. Like smoking fish on a rack. Pics coming . . .- gord
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
A useful hack would be a couple of wooden matches trimmed to size. I've done that one quite a bit. Paper filters work in the Brigham, too, but I find I'd just as soon do without.- gord
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
Their bowls are indeed large. Sour cream would be excellent . . . contains casein, a powerful bonding agent used in artists' paint and glue for violin repair. It can be undone if you know what you are doing and as you make pipes and judging from your comments, you do. 😃- gord
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
Their bowls are indeed large. :)- gord
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
I got that recipe for pipe mudding in my now infamous (to me anyway) thread on gurgling. I still have refused to mud a pipe - wanted to learn to smoke it first. And I do understand that it gets rock hard. But there is a considerable difference between cigar ash and carbon dust or particles...- gord
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
Yes, marketing is part of it . . . give 'em what they want. And i seriously doubt that any more the a very small percentage of the public knows what a colloidal vehicle is. Nor do they probably care. But they use one every time they take an ointment medicine and many other food substances...- gord
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New Product From Brigham of Real Interest
Yes, that's the link to the whole sale at Smokin'Pipes. Our prices for even entry level Brighams is about 50-60% more than you pay in Ontario. We're dog nuts in BC. And all of the designations by all of the pipe makers (I have a Peterson, a Savinelli and a couple of Falcons) have different...- gord
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Pipe Types and Why I Lean Towards Longstems
That has been my experience. I'm sure there will be more said on this, he said expectantly.- gord
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