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  1. lraisch

    Brebbia

    I love my Brebbia Iceberg!
  2. lraisch

    What would be Your Favorite Unobtainable Unthought of Aromatic Flavors?

    I think Mclelland had that one nailed. :)
  3. lraisch

    Things of Beauty: Antique American Pocket Watches.

    Ricoh.
  4. lraisch

    Things of Beauty: Antique American Pocket Watches.

    Probably so. Glad yours worked out for you and I'm sure they do make fine watches. They can use any language they like in their advertising as far as I'm concerned. I just wouldn't want to wear their ads on my wrist. Since I could never afford one, it's a moot point.
  5. lraisch

    For the Start Wars Geeks

    Thanks, I can see that now.
  6. lraisch

    For the Start Wars Geeks

    That's great! Can you tell me where you got that?
  7. lraisch

    Things of Beauty: Antique American Pocket Watches.

    A slightly off-topic rant. Am I the only one who takes exception to Rolex having to tell you right on the watch face that a watch is a "Superlative Chronometer"? Let alone an "Officially Certified Cosmograph"? Or, for that matter, selling for over half a million dollars? Pre-Owned Rolex...
  8. lraisch

    Help Needed for Modification.

    Place a small bed of sand or rock salt on a baking tray and set the stem, with pipe cleaner inserted, on it. Put this in a 200-degree Fahrenheit oven for 3 or 4 minutes. Remove the stem and use a couple of pot holders to shape it. You'll probably need to bend it a little more than the desired...
  9. lraisch

    Improper Shipment Packing

    Think of the thickness of cardboard in a plastic sandwich bag box. Now think of a NOS pipe in one of said bags and left inside said box with no other packing and shipped cross country. Amazingly it arrived intact but when I commented on the packing method on the auction site, I got a furious...
  10. lraisch

    Electric Vehicles

    If you'll review these and similar studies, you'll see that those aspects were accounted for. BTW, I don't personally have an electric car, but I'm currently getting 58mpg from my hybrid.
  11. lraisch

    Electric Vehicles

    Electric Vehicle Myths | US EPA Are Electric Vehicles Better for the Environment than Gas-Powered Ones? | MIT Technology Review
  12. lraisch

    Electric Vehicles

    Actually, electric vehicle lifetime environmental costs from all aspects, that is from construction through use and finally recycling, is about one half of that of an ICE vehicle. This is according to a study from Argonne National laboratory.
  13. lraisch

    Hello from Pnw

    Welcome from my part of the PNW!
  14. lraisch

    To tamp or not to tamp…

    Yup, I'm lazy but that has nothing to do with creating a proper cake in the bowl. We may argue about what constitutes a correct thickness of that cake, but whether you call it a "carbon layer" or cake it's still about breaking in the pipe. I prefer a cake about the thickness of a dime. This is...
  15. lraisch

    To tamp or not to tamp…

    You are describing an "inverted" cake. Ream the top of the bowl a bit to even things out and concentrate on smoking to the bottom of the bowl to ensure you build a cake all the way to the heel.
  16. lraisch

    Looking for Tobacco My Grandfather Used to Smoke

    I agree that Middleton's cherry is the most likely candidate, though Paladin Black Cherry is another possibility.
  17. lraisch

    English Aficionados

    Squadron Leader Rattray's Seven Reserve Stokkebye's English Oriental Supreme
  18. lraisch

    Please Help ID my Grandfather's Pipe

    I am not familiar with that shank and stinger style, so I can't help there. Don't use oil on the tenon, rub it with an ordinary pencil lead until you get a coating of graphite on it.
  19. lraisch

    Sirens and Howls

    My daughter is training a livestock guardian dog at her farm and just yesterday posted a video of the dog howling at some sirens.
  20. lraisch

    Please Help ID my Grandfather's Pipe

    The metal fitting on the shank makes it unlikely this is a Savinelli. The bowl appears to be briar and the stem is almost certainly vulcanite that is heavily oxidized. Micromesh sanding may help but it's quite possible it will never be a glossy black again. If you can post pictures of the pipe...
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