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  1. mso489

    Do You Move The Flame Around When Lighting?

    I light my pipe mostly with matches, for the extra soft flame, and the sound and look of the match scratching on the match box, the flare of the flame, and the ritual. Lately I have once again payed attention to moving the flame of the match around the surface of the tobacco in the bowl, and...
  2. mso489

    What Should Cleveland's MLB Team be Named?

    My first major league game was the White Sox at the old, now demolished, Comiskey Park, when my dad got choice third base seats a few rows up from ground level, very cool. But my second pro game was with my uncle and my cousin (I was ten years old) watching the Cleveland Indians at home win...
  3. mso489

    One Blend in One Pipe for One Week

    One blend in one pipe for one week. To get around the usual post, one blend on a desert island for the foreseeable future. Just off the top, mine would be Sutliff Elizabethan, despite my penchant for burley, in a Ferndown bent billiard. This way, you can be impulsive. What's yours?
  4. mso489

    Cat Lore (Brief)

    For cat guys and gals, I came across a factoid online which sounds generally credible; our domestic cats share 95% of their genetics with tigers. This seems entirely possible since the "basic cat design" is widely shared among cats of all sizes. Many don't know that big cats were once...
  5. mso489

    The Advantages of "Too Many" Pipes (Or "Too Few")

    I have north of ninety pipes, and anyone not smoking pipes would say it is (ahem) an interesting collection but really too many pipes. Alternately, some Forums members would look at seven or ten pipes and might suggest they were maybe too few. On the subject of too many pipes, I would offer the...
  6. mso489

    Where Have You Traveled Outside Your Native Country?

    We're having a thread on where we've lived, so where have we traveled outside our nations of origin? Inveterate travelers may want to just do highlights or the posts will require spreadsheets, but a good sampling of major or most memorable stops should work. No travelogues or slides this...
  7. mso489

    Cob Pipe Attributes

    Missouri Meerschaum owns the corncob pipe franchise, so that is whereof I speak. Here is an offhand list of attributes, as a set up for others to add their own: 1. Weight for bowl size is excellent. The straight pipes don't put much weight on your teeth and jaw, and the bent ones put less. 2...
  8. mso489

    Lamented Pipes: The Ones that Got Away

    You lost it, you broke it, you sold it, you gave it away, you nearly bought it but never did. What pipe that you no longer or never had still remains in memory? I've probably culled two dozen pipes in my time, but only one seems to hang in memory, actually a basket pipe, but a lithe, handsome...
  9. mso489

    Have You Quit Pipe Smoking In the Past, and Why?

    I quit pipe smoking in the 90's when my late wife made her third serious attempt to quit cigarettes and succeeded, so i quit my pipe in solidarity. I've gone stretches for health situations, but that time, it was for years. Have you ever quit -- for infants, kids, pets, or domestic harmony...
  10. mso489

    Your Most Unmistakable U.S. Made Pipes

    My most unmistakable U.S. made pipes would start with my two Dr. Grabows. Dr. Grabow is, as far as I can discern, the largest U.S. maker of briar pipes, and possibly the last of the large U.S. factory briar pipe companies. I also have three Kaywoodie pipes that fill the bill, as does my Yello...
  11. mso489

    The Pipe Material You Smoke The Most

    Briar, Meer, Cob, Morta, Other? Not what your prefer, but what you actually smoke the most. I definitely smoke briar the most, then probably cobs and Mountain Laurel (I know a carver who does those), and then my one Meer. I have a clay pipe that I smoke only rarely. I really enjoy the cobs...
  12. mso489

    Pipe Versus Cigar Experience

    I like both pipes and cigars, but they are different. Even cigar leaf in a pipe is a totally different experience. I think of it similar to comparing a restaurant meal, where it is all prepared and presented to you, which is like a cigar where the smoking experience is built into the stick, to...
  13. mso489

    Is It Real Briar?

    With basket pipes, flea market pipes, and other odd lot pipes, how do you tell if it might not be briar? 1) Weight: Is it a little too light or heavy compared to pipes you know to be briar? This isn't definitive because some briar can be lighter or heavier than usual, but it is a clue. 2)Tap...
  14. mso489

    Vaccination Appointment So Far

    Let's not debate it. A majority of people would like to get a Covid vaccination, and if you are one of those, here are a few notes from one who has, in collaboration with my wife, managed to get an appointment (drive through) next week. I'm not a huge fan of vaccinations, but I've done pretty...
  15. mso489

    Homebound Super Bowl

    Addle brained, I tuned in last Sunday and saw the end of a golf tournament on CBS which will carry the Bowl at 6:30 this Sunday, February 7. Because my wife and I met (though we were married long after) in 1966 at University of Missouri, we'll definitely be pulling for Kansas City. I'm always...
  16. mso489

    Forums Re-Formatted; Is That Pipesmag or Me?

    My Forums has just reformatted itself, doing posts from margin-to-margin, losing the sidebar and losing the control bar at the top to return to Forums categories and current discussions. Has this been changed by pipesmagazine, or is this yet another misstep in my perpetual technical...
  17. mso489

    Berries, Birds, and Migration

    A flock of migrating robins has taken up in the area including a tall-tall bush in our yard producing berries. I knew it did blossoms, but I didn't recall the berries after all these years. The robins descended a few days ago and flop around in the upper branches eating and reveling probably...
  18. mso489

    What's Your Oldest Pipe That You Bought New?

    Mine is the first pipe I ever bought, purchased new at Tinder Box in the late 1970's, stamped as a Tinder Box St. Ives, a bent pot sitter with light chestnut stain and an unusual vertical saddle stem. This pipe is still a fine smoker at about 42 years of age. I wrote Tinder Box to ask, and...
  19. mso489

    A Sweet Thank You

    One of the members' daughter had a traumatic loss of a friend before Christmas and Forums was asked to send notes and some sent small gifts to offer support. This week I received a sweet thank you note from Emma who apparently took the time to thank each one of us, and I was moved. I'd sent a...
  20. mso489

    Buying First Pipes, A Few Suggestions

    Here are a few suggestions, by no means comprehensive, for buying a first pipe, or several of your first few, so others can add suggestions. 1. Study up. Look at online retail sites, a pipe shop or two if you have them, a pipe show if you can, and back to the online sites. Learn the...
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