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  1. NC TX ID pipeman

    Chacom Pipes General Impressions?

    I only own one Chacom-996 chubby rhodesian(old comoy style)it is a great pipe..The only thing wrong with it is -it is too perfect and has a somewhat factory machine made feel because everything fits great...mouthpiece is acrylic brown cumberland lookalike and wide open and it passes the...
  2. NC TX ID pipeman

    It Was Just Starting To Color :(

    Get some older cheap pipe in antique store cut the most of the bowl out cut broken meerschaum bowl flat and glue it on that pipe...Now you got frankenmeer calabash
  3. NC TX ID pipeman

    Peterson's Question

    I do smoke them less..Only got 19 p -lips out of about 150 pipes..They are not a complete deal breaker and I will smoke them ok but trying to buy pipes without them..I noticed about year or 2 back that I get better flavors with fishtails...I think everybody get differently positioned taste...
  4. NC TX ID pipeman

    Peterson's Question

    about the ebony black finish...I remember seeing somewhere that they are only using good quality briar for those without any fills because black finish would not look good on average bowl with fills...
  5. NC TX ID pipeman

    Peterson's Question

    i am on the same boat..P LIP for me means supressed flavors.. I do not mind how uncomfortable it is but I rarely get great flavors out of P.lip
  6. NC TX ID pipeman

    Smooth Peterson Deluxe System Pipes?

    There was one smaller shaped natural De luxes for sale on SP Europe today...I do not believe that natural Darwin de luxe on estate pipes on SP is still there after 28 hours!!I was looking for one for years and everytime it showed up which was very rare it sold in less than an hour...I guess it...
  7. NC TX ID pipeman

    Castello Pipes

    You are right about that...I just never found any fill in mine and the ones I' ve seen up close...
  8. NC TX ID pipeman

    Show Off Your Kaywoodie Pipes

    Thanks for an advice!I never tried those cleaners...I will definitely give them a try..
  9. NC TX ID pipeman

    Show Off Your Kaywoodie Pipes

    Nice Handmade Kaywoodie!How does it smoke?mine taste very special..i have no idea why-old wood,Algerian briar?the only problem on mine is very narrow hole in a bit so even small dia. pipecleaner can almost not make it through..I may drill a wider hole but kinda want to keep it original in this...
  10. NC TX ID pipeman

    Show Off Your Kaywoodie Pipes

    I am smoking this 1940s Kaywoodie handmade for a second day and wanted to likely sell it but I can not do it.I own it for a few years but never smoked it much.It is about the size of my Savinelli 320 -bowl is a little bigger but inside diameter is the same.. It is not as heavy as it looks like...
  11. NC TX ID pipeman

    Best City for a Pipe Smoker

    During the 90s and early 2000s I lived in Germany and visited around 100+ towns during a 7 years period and I can remember them amazing pipeshops and pipes till today..Back then everything seemed expensive for myself as a young guy so I never bought a pipe there..I smoked only 2 -3 pipes for...
  12. NC TX ID pipeman

    Help Me with Cavicchi

    Thanks goodness I do not have to sell my pipes for the fact their stem is made out of acrylic...My stems feel all the same-just slide the rubber bit over it and my teeth are in the haven..I actually prefer acrylic for low maintenance.I sure want Cavicchi pipe..and eventually will get one ...They...
  13. NC TX ID pipeman

    Smooth Peterson Deluxe System Pipes?

    The one on the left...Amazing smoker!
  14. NC TX ID pipeman

    Smooth Peterson Deluxe System Pipes?

    It is and for some reason everything taste great from that pipe...grain got nothing to do with it....Lestrade is still a virgin but I will get to it one day...The only Deluxe system I have is 9BC from 40s with bone extension
  15. NC TX ID pipeman

    Castello Pipes

    People are drawn to unknown,unexplored...Get one and see..😉
  16. NC TX ID pipeman

    Smooth Peterson Deluxe System Pipes?

    Peterson can turn out some amazing smooth pipes.2021 and 2022 non system pipes
  17. NC TX ID pipeman

    Castello Pipes

    I am at my last tin of 10 years old Dunhill flake..What an amazing virginia flavor in my only Castello..
  18. NC TX ID pipeman

    Peterson Short Army Coating and Break-in Questions

    I am rarely buying new Petersons but I never sanded the coating and smoked them all the way up from the first time and do not remember any taste problems or cake building problems..the pit in the bowl is just fine and it is at the top of the bowl where tobacco only burns hot for a short...
  19. NC TX ID pipeman

    Favorite Youtube Channel?

    Michigan pipe smoker is making nostalgic videos about old school tobacco blends...interesting for me..I absolutely dislike unboxing videos of some YTubers when 3/4 of a time pipe is still in a box and dude is trying to do a review not even smoking that pipe yet😀
  20. NC TX ID pipeman

    Smooth Peterson Deluxe System Pipes?

    I know those are not De luxe systems but I bought those in 2021 and early 2022..I think it is about a shortage of quality briar...Last night i just watched videos of pipes from Al Pascia on YT since they started it like 15 years ago and was amazed how many beautifull pipes were available 10-15...