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  1. NC TX ID pipeman

    Query on Samuel Gawith/Gawith Hoggarth

    I ve heard that some company bought SG and they are not too much interested in tobacco..I think the same company(I am not 100%sure) bought Comoy's so there are no new Comoys pipes and tobaccos being made...
  2. NC TX ID pipeman

    Jim's Revised Prince Albert Review.

    I like to smoke the old versions in red flat tin on special ocasions like today...i got 2 tins pre 1974 and one post 74...So I smoked a bowl today and smoked a second bowl of pre 1974 Carter Hall-Reynolds version...Comparing those 2 tobaccos- PA is smooth mellow consistent cool all day smoke...
  3. NC TX ID pipeman

    Is This The Amber You Heard About?

    A lot of beauties here with a lot of history...Craftsmanship at those past times was amazing...
  4. NC TX ID pipeman

    New Ebay Meerschaum Cutty Cleanup

    Maybe we need to call pipe executioner CHASING Embers...he may do some scientific research on it...
  5. NC TX ID pipeman

    New Ebay Meerschaum Cutty Cleanup

    It is likely screw on stem with threads....keep slowly twisting it here and there and cleaning it and maybe one day ot will go apart....good luck!!.
  6. NC TX ID pipeman

    Coloring Progress Over Time/No of Bowls in one Meerschaum Pipe

    Looking great!! Museum piece! mine only got 30 bowls and is coloring nicely as well...I will post a photo one day
  7. NC TX ID pipeman

    New Ebay Meerschaum Cutty Cleanup

    Did you try to put your new meer in a freezer for some time?maybe it will help to remove the stem...
  8. NC TX ID pipeman

    Pipe Storage

    I never thought that my pipes smell bad..They smell wonderful...I got them in several (25) different piperacks around me in my cabin in the shaded areas so sun or light from the bulbs cannot get the stems
  9. NC TX ID pipeman

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    World is so upside down today...I used to buy pipes from the UK and they shipped by Royal mail...I guess the best way is to know somebody in the UK who will ship it to you...
  10. NC TX ID pipeman

    Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

    Did you mention to her that there is a big chance the pipes will get confiscated and she still did not want to ship by different mail options? I wish Peterson has started making beautiful shapes like this again...
  11. NC TX ID pipeman

    Where to Hide Valuables at Home. Tips Please.

    Thats why you need hidden guns so burglar will not mess with you...or you can put your collection in a suit case under clothes or make a box with double bottom or drawers with a secret compartments behind them..or safe hidden in the wall or secret closet build behind the wall...you can also get...
  12. NC TX ID pipeman

    Show Off Your Lee Pipes Here!

    I know,right?like quarter of an inch chamber diameter opening...
  13. NC TX ID pipeman

    Show Off Your Lee Pipes Here!

    I am sometimes thinking when seeing all them hard driven pipes at antique stores or from photos-why they look like this?thick cake,dirty stems,charred rims,covered with grease.....I guess they just used it as a tool back then...no internet to find info about cleaning their pipes,likely a lot...
  14. NC TX ID pipeman

    Severe Oxidation- Live With It?

    get a set of sandpapers 600,1500,2500,5000 and a jewelry silver wipes...wet sand the stem slowly under running water..and polish with jewelry wipes to shiny black mirror like finish....easy...polish with obsidian oil or mineral oil
  15. NC TX ID pipeman

    Jim's Revised Prince Albert Review.

    Great review!!I just sometimes do not understand where you get all those delicious flavors.To me P Albert taste like a tobacco..I still got 3 old red flat tins full and treat myself once in a while to smoke a Bowl of the past...
  16. NC TX ID pipeman

    The Sound of a Zippo

    I do not own one but I used or tried them when hanging with my friends who loves them zippos..sometimes they have pipe zippo sometimes just regular..It seemed too much flame is coming...I love matches or butane...
  17. NC TX ID pipeman

    Easy DIY Corn Cob Pipe Modification

    The stain and the ferrule changed the corn cob into Peterson terra cotta...good job...
  18. NC TX ID pipeman

    The Sound of a Zippo

    I prefer sound of 4 clicks on Colt Single action lot more than sound of Zippo...It leaks and it is charring the top of the bowl..But enjoy it if you love it...
  19. NC TX ID pipeman

    Two Estate CAO Meerschaums

    I did also have thick cakes in 2 of my CAO Beklers...I just slowly chipped it of- sliding the dull screwdriver and sharper knife between the wall and cake..but it may be even easier with hot water to soften the cake...The one of yours is coloring nicely almost looking like translucent meerschaum...