Could try pre-bending the tip of the pipe cleaner before inserting it. You don't want the metal of the pipe cleaner scratching the inside of the stem. If pre-bending doesn't work maybe a small cap of tape?????
Having the good fortune of picking up a 5 year old tin from Pipestud I thought I'd post some notes comparing it to fresh.
Fresh: Definitely can taste the dark fire with the peppery perique that comes off a bit harsh. The virginias are in the back ground as a little hay like and not sweet...
I bought a pound of it when it was on sale and the moisture level was fine for smoking without drying time. Smoking some right now as a matter of fact. Did you buy it online or from a BM?
Patent number 3267941 was issued in August of 1966 for the Magic Inch pipe. There is a big article on E. A. Carey in Pipe & Tobacco's summer issue this year that goes over the history of the company but unfortunately doesn't mention a change from Carey to E.A. Carey stamping on the pipe. The...
2 pounds of each of the following:
PS Luxury Navy Flake
Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture
MM 965
John Cotton's Smyrna
Black Frigate
Motzek Strang
PS Proper English
McCrainie's Red Ribbon
Bengal Slices
PS Luxury Bullseye Flake
Major problem for me; 20 pounds means I can only smoke three and a half years. What do I smoke for the other year and a half while I wait for resupply? Are we allowed to grow our own? Will I be forced to do weird things in alleys to get black market aromatics? Will I be forced to smoke the...
Books: History, SciFi/Fantasy
Movies: tend to like older movies....Jeremiah Johnson, The Great Escape....
Music: varies but have been on a Linkin Park binge lately but mix in some classical, Tori Amos, Enya, .... wide variety, depends on my mood.
I'm at 30 pounds in my cellar so about 5 years worth of smoking pleasure. It's about 50-50 bulk versus tinned and I'm buying fresh to smoke so the cellar gains some age.
Any type of maker's marks on the bowl of the pipe or the stem? Looks well used so I wouldn't be worried about damaging it; a little reaming of the bowl might be called for.
Minnesota now has a high school sport of trap shooting, quite a few schools, especially rural, now have teams of both girls and boys. The sport has grown incredibly fast the last 2 years.