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My father's Dunhill Root Briar 52821
As @ssjones says, there is a bunch of info here and online about cleaning stems and removing oxidation. The thing is, oxidation is like rust. The longer you leave it on the pipe, the deeper and more damaging it becomes. Thats why I said you should take care of it before it eats the stem. There...- Sig
- Post #15
- Forum: British Pipes
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My Epiphany About the Importance of Packing
I guess I didn't explain completely. I would never do anything as barbaric as putting my pipe into a pouch of tobacco. I was just explaining that pipers have used the "Frank Method" for decades before it was "invented". With very minimal experience, we learned that long before the internet. If...- Sig
- Post #68
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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My Epiphany About the Importance of Packing
I will not buy a pipe smaller than .80" x 1.5".....if at all possible. I only smoke one pipe a day usually and I want it to last. I do have smaller pipes I smoke regularly, but I won't buy a small pipe. When I bought my Peterson Sherlock Watson this Spring, it took me 2 hours to choose. They...- Sig
- Post #35
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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My Epiphany About the Importance of Packing
We had a "Smokers corner" in our school. In the morning before classes, between classes, and at lunch you could go outside to smoke. There were picnic tables to sit at. Ive never heard of another high school that did this. Rural schools are built different I guess. :) You need to remember that...- Sig
- Post #34
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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My father's Dunhill Root Briar 52821
Very cool!! Is that a green stem, or just a HEAVILY oxidized black Vulcanite stem? If its supposed to be black, get after that ASAP, before it eats itself. If its a green stem......very cool green stem. :)- Sig
- Post #6
- Forum: British Pipes
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My Epiphany About the Importance of Packing
When I started smoking a pipe, there were no rules. There was no internet. There were no pipe gurus....unless you knew one personally. We just learned by trial and error. In the late 1990s when I started with the online message boards, I believe my most often thought was, "well duh". It must...- Sig
- Post #30
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Anybody Else Super Fascinated by Stanwell?
Its definitely real, there just weren't many made im guessing. Its listed and described, I just cannot find any other examples. -
Anybody Else Super Fascinated by Stanwell?
Thats another of the Facet line designed by Jess Chonowitsch. Its listed as the "Hexagonal" by Jess Chonowitsch. Mine is the only one that doesn't have a designer name attached. Ive seen this Hexagonal pipe around, ive never seen another of the "194" pipes like ive got. I've emailed Stanwell... -
English tobacco.
Without getting in the weeds about definitions, I'd say that over my years in this hobby, there are a few "rules" that MOST people follow. A blend containing Latakia is an English. There can be some geographically Balkan tobaccos, like Turkish and still be an English....until the Balkan tobaccos...- Sig
- Post #22
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Home-made Corn Cob Pipe, version 3.0
If I had time I might try this. We recently harvested 35 acres of corn with HUGE cobs. The stalks were 10 feet tall this year. -
The Sanctuary
Ours never wandered past where the dogs patrol. There were very few predator threats......but try to tell them that. Every time an acorn fell, they freaked out. Every time a gun fired, they freaked. Every time a cow mooed, they freaked. And Every time we heard something that MIGHT be dangerous...- Sig
- Post #39
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Enjoyment of simplicity or one Dimensional?
Im all over the place. I like trying new blends, but rarely find any that are a MUST have. Those days seem long gone. I have my few blends I smoke 90% of the time, with the other 10% left for an occasional smoke. Pegusus, Virginia Gentleman, Va #1, SOTE, Balkan Supreme are why I only post on the...- Sig
- Post #10
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Looking for El Puro Holy Grail
I believe the cigar leaf plays great with a small amount of Latakia.- Sig
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Microplastic.
As a fellow bullet catcher (two 7.62x39 to the gut in 2009), I concur with your opinion. :) When I woke up in the hospital, one of the surgeons told me to go play the lottery. In 2020 I had some sort of gut leak from the previous injury. I became septic and woke up 11 days later at a hospital in...- Sig
- Post #24
- Forum: General Discussion
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Looking for El Puro Holy Grail
In my opinion cigar leaf tastes best in a pipe blend when combined with Latakia. Maybe this is why GLP has both Robusto and Key Largo, which both contain Latakia. Im not saying Greg has the overriding opinion, just that he knows what sells. Both are good, but I like Robusto better. If I...- Sig
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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The Sanctuary
I was going to leave a heart emoji halfway through your post. By the end I figured a thumbs up was appropriate. During my time as a veterinarian, ive had a LOT of people ask if their pet will return on their own. Its any easy question for cat owners. Ive heard of cats being gone for over a year...- Sig
- Post #31
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The Sanctuary
One of our cats disappeared for 38 days. This is when we lived in suburbia temporarily. She was about 10 years old at the time. Due to our lifestyle at the time, we moved 3x in 5 years. The cat just disappeared one day. Exactly one month, one week, and one day later my wife was letting the dogs...- Sig
- Post #27
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Feedback Loop Disintegration, Anyone?
Same reasons. Money and pandering. People LOVE sensationalism.- Sig
- Post #20
- Forum: General Discussion
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Feedback Loop Disintegration, Anyone?
AI is mostly garbage. Youtube used to be a great sorce of information. It still is if you avoid the MASSIVE amount of AI videos. There are apps that for $4.99 a month, you can input ONE sentence and it will spit out a 20 minute video on that topic....narrated by your choice of AI voices. But...- Sig
- Post #16
- Forum: General Discussion
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The Sanctuary
What did your buddy do to be imprisoned? :( Either of our cats would giggle, then proceed to exit their prison cell. ;)- Sig
- Post #24
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion