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  1. RustiePyles CPG

    A Stark Warning

    No the length of a pipe cleaner was established by the Council of Cavendish in 1928 based on the distance from Alfred Dunhills cufflink to his ring... 🧐
  2. RustiePyles CPG

    A Stark Warning

    I suspect a more likely explanation is that as an experienced pipe smoker, you smoke cooler, drier, and well made pipes. Your pipes likely never reach a temperature that would cause damage if the stem is removed. Where someone who freight trains a giant bowl of soaking wet Middletons Cherry...
  3. RustiePyles CPG

    A Stark Warning

    I'm following ya, your saying if you pull apart a hot pipe then it should return to its previous state once cooled. No harm no foul. And yes, if you managed to get it apart without breaking it in the first place. But if its so tight that the tenon snaps it's not going to reattach itself once the...
  4. RustiePyles CPG

    Great Britain Cracking Down?

    One catastrophe at a time... I'll definitely send the Savinelli's back.;)
  5. RustiePyles CPG

    A Stark Warning

    Material failures resulting from thermal expansion are not singular. They can be anything from snapped tenons to overly compressed wood fibers and removal of material from the mortise. Vulcanite is an industry term for a myriad of formulations. Different manufacturers use different mixtures of...
  6. RustiePyles CPG

    A Stark Warning

    Let's establish a few scientific facts. Most known materials expand when heated. Expansion rates vary from material to material. Most known materials contract when cooled. Rates vary from material to material. (The very small hand full of exotic materials that experience NTE aka negative...
  7. RustiePyles CPG

    Great Britain Cracking Down?

    I'm setting up a escape route for your pipes and tobacco for those of you living under oppressive governments, you can send all your pipes and tobacco to me for safe keeping in the U.S.. I'll make sure they go on being smoked. puffy
  8. RustiePyles CPG

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    @jaingorenard is correct, mid 1940's (Pre-Republic)
  9. RustiePyles CPG

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    I was also bidding on it, but did not win it.
  10. RustiePyles CPG

    When to Not Restore? "Selected by Sasieni" Double One Dot

    It really depends on how good you are at resto… If you’re still learning the ropes, best to leave it alone and let someone with a bit more experience handle it. If you’re a seasoned R/R man, put it right.
  11. RustiePyles CPG

    An Expensive Case of Buyers Remorse

    What makes a mass produced photograph of an athlete printed on cardboard with zero intrinsic value worth 44 times more than an original Ansel Adams print? Stupid people, that’s what… 🤦‍♂️
  12. RustiePyles CPG

    ***What Are You Smoking, April 2024?***

    RLP-6 and walnut dust in a turn of the century C.P.F. Wellington System oval shank billiard.
  13. RustiePyles CPG

    ***What Are You Smoking, April 2024?***

    Sutliff VA Slices in a 1989 Peterson Sherlock, Baker St Junior.
  14. RustiePyles CPG

    What Would You Suggest?

    The dangers of lighting a pipe with a road flare…
  15. RustiePyles CPG

    ***What Are You Smoking, April 2024?***

    HGL in a Personal Reserve (Bill Taylor/Ashton) oval shank large billiard.
  16. RustiePyles CPG

    ***What Are You Smoking, April 2024?***

    HGL in a first period Ill Ceppo Canadian.
  17. RustiePyles CPG

    Peretti-Peterson Collab Pipes

    Notice what direction it’s facing in its cover photo, while all the others face the right way with the emblem out. 🤔
  18. RustiePyles CPG

    Hello from Denmark!

    Lets see some of those pipes!
  19. RustiePyles CPG

    Peretti-Peterson Collab Pipes

    None for me, thanks...😬
  20. RustiePyles CPG

    Pure Prepared Salad Mustard

    Guldens Spicy Brown on deli sandwiches and French's Yellow on burgers, dogs, and fries. Alstertor German on brats, pretzels and anything Deutch except weisswurst, that has to be Bavarian Sweet mustard or nothing.