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tried my gouger
For a first effort that's really great! And I like your "industrial strength" gouger.- searock
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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virginia flake how to ?
It's kind of like charcoal... a bitch to get lit, but when you do it burns great.- searock
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Latest Example of Celebrity Getting Away with Murder
Interesting pstlpkr. Stalin was definately a moral criminal if not a legal criminal. The second guy I don't know. Here's one for you... Can you name the tobacco Stalin is smoking?- searock
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- Forum: General Discussion
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An Appology
When I joined this form I did so using a new email address. I then promptly fogot to check that email very often. Now I've learned that Hotmail has decided to delete a bunch of rather inactive email accounts and mine was among them. If any one out there wrote me and didn't get a reply...- searock
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Latest Example of Celebrity Getting Away with Murder
How many famous criminals can you think of that were pipe smokers?- searock
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- Forum: General Discussion
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My first pipe
Give any moron a cigarette or a cigar and he can turn it into ash, but it takes real skill to smoke a pipe...- searock
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Can you identify this pipe maker?
Back in the 80's I saw some pipes that were carved by a convict. As to the best of my recollection, he was serving a life sentence in Washington State for murder. This guy was an absolute master at carving. He didn't do adstract designs but rather he carved realistic scenes on his pipes. I...- searock
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How do they do it?
Cheap pipes have a moulded stem as stated above. On a high grade hand made pipe with a lucite stem you start with a stem blank. These come in verious thicknesses and lengths. They have the rough shape of a stem but are much fatter. First the tendon is turned to the right diameter with a...- searock
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Get a Pipe
What you should buy depends on the type tobacco your going to smoke in it. Different pipes smoke different blends... differently. If you're not sure what you will smoke in it I would buy a nice pre-smoked Castello. I own a lot of them, some I've had for over 40 years. They smoke any blend... -
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pipe rack
Hey, they're mock ups and aren't supposed to look good, just test for functionality of design. Keep going, it will be interesting to see the final result. Best of luck...- searock
- Post #25
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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does anyone else watch nwpipesmoker?
Me neither. I've looked at quite a few pipe related videos over the years and they almost all have the same problem...they're boring. Just because pipe smoking is a "laid back" activity doesn't mean that a video about it has to be. The last thing I want is to set and watch is some guy lazily...- searock
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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does anyone else watch nwpipesmoker?
I just spent the last 15 minutes auditioning some "nwpipesmoker" videos I pulled up with Google. I'm sure there are good intentions...but...- searock
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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pipe rack
Making your own rack could be a fun project. If you find a set of plans to follow be sure that there is enough space between the part where the stems go and the base where the bowls sit. Years ago pipes tended to be smaller than they are today and many modern pipes won't fit in an old rack...- searock
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Loose stem Stanwell
There are a couple of ways to tighten a loose stem. But first, the usual reason a stem... rubber stem that is... gets loose if because it was removed from the pipe while the pipe was hot. Don't do it! There is a heating process to tighten a loose stem, but this takes a lot of practice and I...- searock
- Post #5
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Two questions
"I sanded down my first pipe, since the varnish was starting to come off, then I tried re-finishing it but unfortunately I had sanded it so much it was sort of weirdly shaped now. Turned out really ugly." Sounds like a good candidate for a texture job...- searock
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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the rustic look
Ha! I just wrote a long winded explanation of this in the "vidio on doing the rustic pipe" thread! Glad to see the link here with the image of the gouge, it makes it easier to understand. -
vidio on doing the rustic pipe
"THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT" Buckeye has developed his method and it obviously works well for him. Nice looking pipes, I congratulate him. As to how other makers do it. I'll share some info with you. If you look at my avatar you'll see a Castello artisan applying the rusticated...- searock
- Post #18
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion