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  1. Ziggywm

    Can I Smoke in My Room Tonight?

    You might get a Lampe Berger. Iwan Ries and Amazon sell them. It "eats" oders with a catalytic converter. Works well when I smoke my pipe. I make my "oil" or burning fluid using 90% Isopropyl alcohol and any essential oil you like. You can buy manufactured oils, but they are expensive IMHO.
  2. Ziggywm

    Prince Albert

    In 2009 my father-in-law passed away. He was a veteran of WW2; fought in the Pacific. In any event, I looked down my nose at the PA he smoked. I tried for years to "open his eyes" by giving him gifts of much higher quality tobacco and pipes to smoke. I wanted him to "see the light" of a higher...
  3. Ziggywm

    Can I Smoke in My Room Tonight?

    "When in doubt seek to find out"- ask
  4. Ziggywm

    Show and Tell

    Should be debated
  5. Ziggywm

    Show and Tell

    Actually, and I know this is delayed, I think crossgrain and Birdseye pipes smoke better then straight grains.
  6. Ziggywm

    Show and Tell

  7. Ziggywm

    Show and Tell

    Oh yeah - the Belevders
  8. Ziggywm

    Making A Fancy Bent Bulldog

    I made this pipe for a friend. He likes churchwardens, so I made it with a bit extension. To take advantage of the Birdseye I cut the bowl in the side of the bowl. I oil cured the briar and my friend said its a great smoker.
  9. Ziggywm

    Polishing Smooth Pipes

    Beautiful pipes! Those waxes are good ones. However, some waxes have silica or pumice added to them to prevent slipping if used on floors. Minwax is one that doesn't add anti-slip additives. You would not want to use waxes with anti-slip additives on your pipe.
  10. Ziggywm

    Polishing Smooth Pipes

    Sounds like too much wax on the wheel. Use a rag or piece of wood to clean it of excess wax. Then not applying anymore try waxing a bowl.
  11. Ziggywm

    Polishing Smooth Pipes

    Are you applying Carnauba wax with a cloth wheel? I have never had this problem. It just takes a light application by briefly touching the stick to the wheel. Friction heat spreads a very thin layer, one you cannot see until it shines. I'd have to check my lathe, but I believe on high speed its...
  12. Ziggywm

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    Beautiful pipe - love the stem and military mount.
  13. Ziggywm

    Show Off Your Petersons Here!

    My only Peterson's. A #307 that dates to the 50s, and a Wellington. Not sure if Peterson made the later for WDC. I'm guessing they didn't, but sure looks like a Pete.
  14. Ziggywm

    Polishing Smooth Pipes

    I should add if you go the buffing route: I was trained in a B&M pipeshop where I often polished customer's pipes. Like riding a bike, you have to get the feel of it. You can imagine I never wanted to catch and throw a customer's pipe. But accidents happen when the mind drifts. I always treat...
  15. Ziggywm

    Polishing Smooth Pipes

    Well, it helps to have a buffing machine with 8" wheels, but smaller will work. PIf you don't have shop equipment, you can use a drill if you can mount it to a board with clamps or stabilize it so you don't have to hold it. I use my lathe. You will need a stick of hard canaba wax. Goggle it...
  16. Ziggywm

    Royal Yacht, A Short-Short Review

    As a rule of thumb (and there are exceptions as there are a number of VA types, even depending on where grown - soil conditions, weather, etc. - its similar to wine) VA leaf, especially Bright is flue cured. The heat from the wood fired flues kills the leaf quickly setting the sugars and keeping...
  17. Ziggywm

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2021?***

    What year is that beauty and is the interior bowl meerschaum?
  18. Ziggywm

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2021?***

    Dunhill Flake (vintage 2015) in a Charatan #4211 Belvedere I bought in 1972. I had to hand cut and lathe a new bit, in black lucite, for it several years ago. Unusual in it came with a taper oval and isn't stamped 'DC', although Lane era.
  19. Ziggywm

    Royal Yacht, A Short-Short Review

    On a serious note, what IS the chicken taste? We can only preface with the word "like", as you did, and speak in metaphors. Taste is an experience and all experiences are individualistic. We have some agreed upon "paint brush" terms as I call them like sweet and sour, bitter, spicy (but what...
  20. Ziggywm

    Lane Era Charatan's Make 'Special" 4 Extra Large

    My gosh, the first Charatan I could afford after starting work in the pipe shop was a Belvedere #211 pictured here. I still remember the day it came in from the wholesaler and was put in the Charatan tray; I just couldn't believe the bird's eye on the crosscut, and NO pits plus it was a '4' -...
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