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  1. Gavrin

    Going with the statement "there is no such thing as a dumb question" ...

    Having looked on the internet to a question I have, I want to hear from those here that are “learned veterans” ie experienced and have solid information based on that experience. What is meant by saying “smoking your pipe hot”? Are you talking about how warm the outside of the bowl gets? Are you...
  2. Gavrin

    New Member

    Welcome Aboard! Some great folks here and tons of information.
  3. Gavrin

    Show Us your Zippo Lighter

    Do you have to send the case as well? I have a few that I have collected over the years and all but a couple have the regular insert. BUT I do not want to lose them... but it would be cool to get pipe inserts for them as that is what I use for pipe smoking.
  4. Gavrin

    Please Show Us your Hand Tied Bugs/Flies!

    It's been some years since I have fly fished but I too did fly tying. Your fly looks pretty good there. Tell you what. When I was first learning to tie flies I made the worst looking fly ever. HOWEVER I caught the biggest bass ever on that fly... I remember tossing it into the lake thinking...
  5. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Follow Up: First I want to thank you all for helping me out with your advice. I took to heart all the information that was given. I have had a great success tonight and smoked a bowl all the way down with much less lighting and even had certified ASH!! I actually enjoyed it while watching...
  6. Gavrin

    Hello from Chicago!

    Welcome! Lots of great folks here with patience, humor and good information. Part of my family use to grow corn for Cracker Jack (years back) down in Morris and many ended up around Chicago area-Evanston and Morton Grove- in their later years. Nice area for a city atmosphere. Curious, are you...
  7. Gavrin

    Hello There, from Germany.

  8. Gavrin

    Room Note and Tobacco Blends

    As I am trying out my samples I found I like the room note of Lane 1Q. Is it safe to assume if I find other tobaccos with a similar make up of blend and flavoring the room note will be similar? Would the same hold for non-aromatics? Inquiring mind wants to know, thanks!
  9. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Good point! The "stirring up" was after it went out and then I would re-lite again.
  10. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    All right now I have a clear picture of what I am aiming for. Once I think I have it, I will take a shot and show you guys!
  11. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    ok and when I compare Chasing embers ash to what I had, his is both lighter in color and much finer overall in texture. Pictures definitely help me.
  12. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Perfect that is what I needed to see. I had bits and pieces of ash but definitely dottle. For a person like me, I see in pictures. I have known folks that smoke pipes but never hung around them to see end results so have little clue. Again all thanks for the feedback.
  13. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    ahh so if my tobacco was still to wet.. then I would not really have ash, right?
  14. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    yea that was what was at the bottom of the bowl. So that is dottle.. well what is ash then? I know what cigarette and cigar look like, is pipe ash similar? I mean even a fire from logs has ash that is grey.
  15. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Oh! One more question: So that is the ash in the 2nd photo, correct? I never really saw it until it got to the bottom I guess because it all just fell through? It never really "sat" on the top.
  16. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Thank you all! I agree, I let it dry but not for long enough. Also I probably tamped to much. The video was great for showing me how to arrive at the balanced resistance. Craig your explanation of the "drying" is very clear for me to understand. Thank you all I am not as hopeless as I thought!
  17. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Honestly I am embarrassed to post this but I want to learn more than I care about being embarrassed so here goes: 1st Photo is the approx amount of tobacco I started with in a MM cob. I used gravity fill and tamped 2nd Photo is what was left at the bottom when I decided to look and dumped what...
  18. Gavrin

    Greetings from California

    Welcome Aboard! I lived in Napa back in the late 80s early 90s. Good folks and information here.
  19. Gavrin

    Postage to Oz.

    I did not realize the huge amount of freight trains filled with Amazon, UPS, FedEx going thru our west coast such as Long Beach and Los Angeles are being looted as they sit on the tracks. Those photos of all the boxes, packages etc ripped opened and the long line of rubbish left in the wake of...
  20. Gavrin

    Meerschaum Already Colored but Unsmoked

    Thanks for the info folks. I was curious and know, from what I read here, a number of you really like them and this would be a pool of dependable information. I am not intending on purchasing any at the moment but now if I find one that strikes my fancy I know a bit more and can look into it...
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