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  1. UB 40

    George’s History of Briar

    Yes trees can get old, there is one at the cemetery in my hometown a chestnut tree estimated 400 years old, you need three men to ring their arms around the stem. But we are talking here about Erica Arborea, it’s a shrub. Shrubs don’t usually get that old. And those “giants root” surely can...
  2. UB 40

    In-house Pipes from Iconic Shops

    Pipe du Nord is one of the legendary pipe shops left in Paris. The lady is amazing. Look up you tube for some interviews and features. you’ll find some, of course in French.
  3. UB 40

    George’s History of Briar

    400 years old briar: https://pipedia.org/wiki/100_Year_Old_Briar%3F
  4. UB 40

    Smoking Early Morning Pipe - Anyone Else?

    Great lyrics.
  5. UB 40

    George’s History of Briar

    Thanks for the reply. Of course there is no heart (maybe a soul who knows) or a pump. But the takeup of water in plants is not depending on the capillary capacity of the xylem alone. It’s an interaction of typical qualities of water of adhesion and cohesion inside the capillary system and also...
  6. UB 40

    CDs

    You hit the spot!
  7. UB 40

    George’s History of Briar

    I just could see some pits opened up by the drill, and surely they are darker than the rest of the bowl. I had some of those pits only a few weeks ago by sanding a piece of briar.
  8. UB 40

    George’s History of Briar

    Have you ever stained briar? Do it please, and then cut it, measure the depth and tell me how deep it went into it. We are not talking about spruce.
  9. UB 40

    George’s History of Briar

    He confounds the terms plateau and ebauchons. And i doubt that Erica Arborea reaches an age of 350 years. Also it is unknown why it builds that ball like thing between stem and root, the author is telling some fairytale about this topic. This article stands for one thing, that we are living in a...
  10. UB 40

    George’s History of Briar

    Who is George? It seems that he has read the “Pipe Myths”-thread and put a whole bunch of that stuff together to one story. I am missing any, even the slightest reference source in that article. So, don’t take the statements for granted. Especially that one with the plateau briar that sucks up...
  11. UB 40

    CDs

    CDs are easy to handle on most reproduction systems it sounds better because of the poor setup. With the right record player and preamplifier a record will reproduce all the beloved details of voices and instruments at dramatic dynamics. Recording and mastering for LPs has been a highly...
  12. UB 40

    CDs

    Yes also for me it is important to know the context of songs as treasured on albums. And I love liner notes maybe of a music connoisseur of those times for example when a new John Coltrane album was published.
  13. UB 40

    CDs

    When i find time I listen to my cd and lp collection the sound quality is almost unbeatable compared to the mp3 or whatever compressed stuff you get from you tube or other streaming sources. I love my collection.
  14. UB 40

    Left Handed Forum Members

    Paul played bass.
  15. UB 40

    Left Handed Forum Members

    Yes the old narrative of the right and the left side of the brain. But things are more complex as just that. As far as I remember are the sides of the body connected to the halfs where they stay, but eyes and ears to the opposite brain half. And in addition the two halfs are connected to each...
  16. UB 40

    Left Handed Forum Members

    I always smoke my pipes with the left hand. Does that count?
  17. UB 40

    Old Dunhill Rollagas

    It’s really a very nice lighter with a marvellous patina. Wouldn’t wipe that away.
  18. UB 40

    More Frustration W/SG Flakes

    Never had problems with the flakes rubbed out fresh from tin. Even folded some of the stuff into the pipe. Once lit it burned down slowly with a few relights. Once a little bit on the dry side it’s getting difficult to do so. Soooo, maybe better now to rehydrate that stuff. And of course the...
  19. UB 40

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2023?***

    University Flake with a dash of Perique in my very first homemade (almost two years ago) tinted in black tea with an ebonite Cumberland stem. Although the drilling is only 3 mm it’s a satisfying smoker.
  20. UB 40

    ***What Are You Smoking, February 2023?***

    @halfdan Wouldn’t this be the perfect tobacco for you: Sillem’s Musketeer. No Latakia and as the description says it’s cube cut and so it’s easy to load in your clay.
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