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Does better grain equal better taste?
I'm not totally sure, I've made a few pipes where the briar acted differently in one spot and I can't really relate it to any particular grain structure or orientation - that pipe looks like it has an area of heartwood right there, maybe it's acting a bit different. You say "porous", is it... -
I Want to Be a Master Stem-Cutter. Where Do I Start?
You can absolutely make stems, top quality hand cut stems, without a lathe, using delrin inserts for tenons. The only issue with it is that you'll be forced to fit them to standard sizes of delrin (1/4", 5/16", 3/8" etc are real common) and not custom-cut a tenon to size for any particular pipe...- sasquatch
- Post #32
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Does better grain equal better taste?
Down in the very deepest bowels of pipe making hell, this might be right. The trouble is, every time you think you're on to something, a pipe comes along and blows it up. For awhile I thought tighter grain, most particularly tighter rings (eg the distance between rings) made a difference in... -
Does better grain equal better taste?
Oh it TASTES different, just doesn't SMOKE different. Keep it straight. -
Does better grain equal better taste?
Briar is not cured differently based on grain. Grain has nothing to do with how a pipe smokes. Nuth. Ing. -
Recommend Moisture-Ready Blends With Mild Nic?
GLP Kensington is ready to go, and a little Skiff-y. Less complex and maybe slightly less full than Skiff, but a real good shot of turkish right between the eyes and easy nic level.- sasquatch
- Post #13
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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**CHALLENGE** Building a cellar of quality bulk tobaccos for $250.
I'd get as many bricks/bags of Sam Gawith as I could. FVF, Skiff. Actually that's it.- sasquatch
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Bought a Guitar
Dear George, basses have 4 strings. What the hell kind of cockamamie story are you telling now?- sasquatch
- Post #32
- Forum: General Discussion
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Custom Pipe Cases
So... this was two pieces of basswood, light, strong, easy to carve. Cut pipe shapes out of the bottom and flocked it, carved out the top and made a silk pillow up there to hold them tight. Rounded the outsides off and pulled a really thin stretchy lambskin over it, wrapped it up around and...- sasquatch
- Post #48
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Custom Pipe Cases
There are carved cases and "molded" cases, and the molded ones you will find bent wood, or strips of wood glued to a "shape", almost like a basket, and then paper-mache over that, or just paper-mache outright in many cases, you just wrap the pipe and cut the thing off when it's dry. The...- sasquatch
- Post #29
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Canadian Pipe Repairers
Absolutely. Keeping a pennies-on-the-dollar market absolutley throttled for tax purposes, because pipe makers make SO MUCH MONEY that they have to hide a little here and there. It's important to have a dangerous, fiddly, oddball time-sink side to the business.- sasquatch
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Pretty Versus Ugly Algerian Briar
Those Ropps are great value, I got a tall chimney and for whatever 88 bucks or so it cost, the thing's excellent. -
How To Check The Seal On Tinned Tobacco?
Weigh them. If they they ever change, they're leaking.- sasquatch
- Post #9
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Ruminations on the Marxman 400
Tripoli was and I think still is part of the finishing process on just about every smooth pipe ever. It's just so much faster than sanding at 600, 800, 900, 1200, 1500, 2500, and 8000 grit. You do the stem with tripoli and then a less aggressive compound, just do the stummel at the same time... -
My Dog, Crabby
Every happy day for a dog is like 100 years for them. My current dog might live another 6 years, might be well less, every time I go to the vet I learn some other horrible thing about him, from his previous life. And so I just appreciate him every day, what he brings me, and what I bring him...- sasquatch
- Post #7
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cutty Madness Final Results.
A lot of fun to do - I had no idea it was going to be a head-to-head shootout, but nothing would have changed, I had some quiet fun making a Walrus (Alaskan had no idea it had two feet when I shipped it). And how delightful to see everyone else's take on the shape, what elements they perceive... -
Briar's Provence- Important?
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Briar's Provence- Important?
What can I say, I'm a Quixotic Sasquatch. -
Briar's Provence- Important?
Ashton, Randy Wiley, Lee Erck, Radice did and still occasionally do. I've done it, it's not big deal. I've had a Wiley, an unsmoked 42 Shell, a Radice, and an Ashton. The Wiley tasted.... slightly.... fresh. The rest tasted like pipes. My issue doesn't revolve around who oil cures or...