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Pipe Smoking: A Thinking Man's Hobby or a Respite from Mental Chatter?
To me smoking a pipe is both an addiction and a hobby. If it wasn't a hobby, I wouldn't be a member here, I suppose. Collecting stamps or pipes and learning all you can about a subject, such as the history, different tobaccos, how to smoke, clean, restore pipes etc. and then do it and...- danish
- Post #27
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Confessions of a Coffee Drinker (And Pipe Smoker)
Enjoying black coffee all day and every day. Always brewing the old way. No fancy machines here but sometimes we grind ourselves.- danish
- Post #63
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Woah, Did Everyone Get Locked Out for Two Hours?
No Dunhill bashing for two hours. New record!?- danish
- Post #17
- Forum: PipesMagazine.com
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I Thought This Was Common Knowledge.......
Now, where did I put that old Indian smoking pipe that I inherited from my great great grandfather? I am afraid I tossed it, since I thought it looked silly with those Norse runes engraved. At least it was not a Briarlee pipe.- danish
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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Your Favorite Bulldog?
And here is my favorite with some other bulldogs. BBB 400 is second from left: -
Your Favorite Bulldog?
The best of my few bulldogs, because it is small, feels nice, with perfect stem bite and looks are muscular, although it is light. It is an old BBB 400 London made Silver Grain, which I bought used, then thoroughly cleaned and restored, since it is in very good condition. It is however still... -
Finishing The Last Little Bit?
Out of just opened tins, when I smoke eg RM Scottish Cake, I can smoke it to the bottom with almost only fine white ash remaining, no problem, whereas with eg Capstan, of which I have also smoked many bowls, I usually end with a wet dottle and I toss too much tobacco. But as is well said by...- danish
- Post #28
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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My Two New Lee Pipes
6. Alternatively put a coin in the chamber and a softie bit on the stem. Then sell them as Briarlee Bitcoins. -
Calling All Hobbyists
What 40 years ago started as curiosity, enabled by the then vast supply of tobacconists, a low pipe tobacco tax, advertising and the then many pipe smokers in Denmark, resulted in addiction for me. And a hobby. I have since also enjoyed using my smoking habit as an excuse to leave the room/take...- danish
- Post #49
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Do You Have Rotations? Do You Rotate Your Rotations? A Rotating Rumination
I almost never finish a bowl in one go and I prefer smaller pipes. The taste of a relit bowl depends on the tobacco, where I found eg Capstan to fit my unorthodox pipe smoking habit well.- danish
- Post #103
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Love at First Smoke?
I made notes about my first many tobacco purchases, after having smoked a few bowls or a tin, when I was very young and can only wonder why my later preferred tobacco for decades, yellow Capstan scored so much lower than the blue, which I also still love. Recently (last ten years), I remember...- danish
- Post #23
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Are there any Modern Pipe Makers using Amber?
I also wondered why amber stems are not more popular today on pricy artisan pipes. They really are beautiful to look at. Photos may not do them justice. The comfort of amber in itself, is not worse than acrylic but perhaps it is also due to the required thickness of the bite, due to the... -
Do You Have Rotations? Do You Rotate Your Rotations? A Rotating Rumination
Thinking about it, I do prefer to smoke my very small French pipes in the morning, my Danish daily workhorses (small) after work and then in the evening my English grp 3/4 pipes. In the weekends I might occasionally enjoy an Austrian meer or Calabash, in between. How silly is that?...- danish
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Watch Out or Watch on? Pt 2.
I prefer watches and pipes from the sixties or before. Unfortunately my father didn't teach me how to repair and reassemble his vast collection of disassembled older watches. He did however also leave behind some nicer watches in workable condition. This is only a small fraction of what he left...- danish
- Post #119
- Forum: General Discussion
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Pipe Grading
Briar is a natural product, therefore the final look of eg color, grain and 'flaws' of a pipe may vary, like diamonds and amber, where a grading, although subjective, helps to determine the price, or grade if you like. This will not be exact science for carvers or buyers, or measurable, but a... -
Electric Vehicles
I am daily reading about electric vehicles in various media with interest but am also no expert. Anyway, I think it is quite clear that electric cars ARE a lot greener than ICE, both locally and and with less carbon footprint. Partly due to the efficiency. Even when charged from a coal-fired...- danish
- Post #19
- Forum: General Discussion
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Electric Vehicles
I am glad that there are alternatives to the fossil fuel and nuclear industry. Driving electric can also be 'fun' and is much more energy efficient than ICE. The big oil industry will fight for existence and some will try to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD). Of course there will be new...- danish
- Post #12
- Forum: General Discussion
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How Long Have You Been Smoking a Pipe? And Who Cares?
My son is a better driver and probably knows more about cars than I do, although I have owned and driven many cars, since before he was born.- danish
- Post #48
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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When Will Car Prices Come Down?
I don't hope you categorize people like me that way for not loving pipes, when they are placed under a car. I just like to breath clean air when I am not smoking my pipe, like I respect that most people do not want me to smoke my pipe in a restaurant or on a bus, for example. Gas cars are soon...- danish
- Post #32
- Forum: General Discussion