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Home-made Corn Cob Pipe, version 3.0
I have no need for another pipe but I was in the experimenting mood recently so I decided to make another corn cob pipe. My second ever home-made cob was made back in May of this year and it’s turned out to be a really great smoker. I described the process here: Home-made Corn Cob Pipe (Version... -
Three Months with a Homemade Corn Cob Pipe
This post might be of some use to people wondering about homemade corn cob pipes. I made one back in May with a cob saved from dinner and a bamboo garden stake. It cost nothing, took about an hour (not counting the cob drying time) and worked well enough. My biggest problem was the chamber was... -
Home-made Corn Cob Pipe (Version 2.0)
A few weeks ago I made a corn cob pipe from a piece of corn I had for dinner. I documented it here: I Made a Pipe from Last Night’s Dinner :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/i-made-a-pipe-from-last-night%E2%80%99s-dinner.109564/ It worked well enough, but the chamber was... -
I Made a Pipe from Last Night’s Dinner
My first ever home-made corn cob pipe. We had corn with dinner last night and I saved some of the silk to blend with tobacco, and the cobs to see if any were wide enough to make a pipe. They weren’t really but this is the result with the thickest one. It smokes far better than I expected for a... -
Match Cod
After cleaning out a large portion of my late father’s basement, I found many old tobacco cans and pouches he’d never thrown out. I decided it would be interesting to taste my way through the old tobaccos my dad smoked when I was a kid so I ordered a bunch of 1 and 2 ounce samples and pouches...- Joe H
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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Two Nuns and a Seminarian
Obviously I am up to something involving the old stalwart, Three Nuns. For 30 years I’ve mostly smoked cherry aromatics and OTC blends and was (and still am) completely content. Recently I’ve been cleaning out the old family house where dad lived and came across cans of well over a dozen...- Joe H
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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1950s Medico Double-Dri
I thought I’d document one of my less traditional pipes that may be of interest to the pipe-smoking community here. It’s a mid-to-late 1950s Medico Double-Dri pipe I received from my dad. I haven’t found much information about this pipe on-line so I thought this site would be as good as place as... -
Old Leather Tobacco Pouches
In another thread I posted a picture including one of my dad’s old tobacco pouches. It generated some interest so I’ll start a new thread here to document the daily tobacco storage system used by my dad “back in the day.” In short, dad bought tobacco in 14 ounce or one pound cans of whatever OTC...- Joe H
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- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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Vintage and Modern Kaywoodie Comparison
Since I’m lucky enough to own two similar Kaywoodie bulldogs made about 60 years apart, I thought I’d post some pictures and write up a comparison of the two, in case anyone was wondering how the vintage models compare to the modern versions. The rusticated bulldog is a Kaywoodie Natural Burl... -
Blasphemy for a Churchwarden
I recently gave a face-lift to an old Dr. Grabow and was pretty pleased with the results so I thought I’d bring my virtually non-existent pipe refinishing talents to bear on another of my old pipes. The victim this time is an old “Comfort” brand Churchwarden I found at my dad’s house five years...- Joe H
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Dr. Grabow in my Collection, At Last
This thread is intended to be part nostalgic ramble, part pipe-review and partly a bunch of pipe pictures because, who doesn’t like looking at pipe pictures? I’ve posted previously that most of my small pipe collection came from my dad. He was a typical blue-collar pipe man of his day... -
Seeking Info on a 1950s or 1960s Red Root
I have a pipe that’s a bit of a mystery to me and I’m hoping someone here might be able to shed some insight on it. The pipe is pictured below and I’m happy to provide additional information or photos. Here’s what I know about the pipe: I received the pipe from my dad in the mid-1990s. He’d used...