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  1. ravenwolf

    Meerschaum Block Pipe - Info request

    Most high level meerschaum carvers will carve their name into the pipe itself somewhere. Without a carver's name either on the pipe or the case (pipe being preferable, as sometimes people will alter the case from what it was originally, sometimes dishonestly) - it'll be hard to value it. Some...
  2. ravenwolf

    First Pipe Smoked Today: Questions

    Great to see new folks, and to see such good advice given to them!
  3. ravenwolf

    Meerschaum Block Pipe - Info request

    If I were to hazard a guess, it would be that this is a somewhat recently made pipe - judging on what appears to be a smooth delrin tennon and mortise juncture. A lot of the old meerschaums had screw in type connectors, often made of bone. The delrin is likely to be preferable for anyone...
  4. ravenwolf

    Moldy Temple Bar

    I just ordered a 1 pound tin of C&D Autumn Evening yesterday from smokingpipes - it is red va based, so I'm hoping it'll be okay now... =/
  5. ravenwolf

    Coffee And Tobacco

    Cafe Bustelo, brewed strong with a bit of sugar. Pretty much any tobacco.
  6. ravenwolf

    Sharing Your Pipe

    Over my cold, dead, withered body - after you extract the pipe from my rigor mortis kung fu action grip. Or you might just have to let me keep holding it for you while you smoke it, like I'm a Crypt-Keeper-muppet-pipe-sporting-Hugh-Hefner. Next thing, you'll be wanting to borrow the wife too...
  7. ravenwolf

    Finishing a Tin is Stressful?

    At the last 1/4 of the tin, it's game on. I hear the Mortal Kombat theme echoing down from the sky - then "FINISH HIM!" - so that's what I try to do. Finish it up quick, so I can move on to something else. Otherwise that thing could potentially languish in utter neglect for months while I fall...
  8. ravenwolf

    Losing Your Favorite Pipe

    This is absolutely terrible. Perhaps the best thing to do is to begin the hunt for a new favorite pipe. Ask your wife if she would be willing to help? Maybe your son too? Makes it more meaningful.
  9. ravenwolf

    Really Cool Unique Pipes on PipesArt.com

    There are some really interesting pipes there! I don't see myself ever buying any of them, but I do like some of the designs.
  10. ravenwolf

    Baki Questions

    If you can make it into St. Charles, IL, for the Chicago pipe show - you can talk with Deniz Ural and go through all of his available pipes individually. I normally pick one up each year - there was a year where I had blown some significant money already, and Deniz actually helped me pick a less...
  11. ravenwolf

    Baki Questions

    Yep, all of my Yanik's have the plastic screw in tennon. It's the one bane of his pipes, in my opinion. I can still get a cleaner through them, but it's just not as simple as the briar type connection used by Baki. My personal result is that I use the Bakis more, and I save the Yaniks for when...
  12. ravenwolf

    Al Pascià Curvy

    Nice looking pipe! I'd consider picking one up.
  13. ravenwolf

    Russians Must Love Latakia...

    Thanks dmcmtk. Not really hunting for respect, just saying that I understand. I think developing a US smoked leaf with domestic woods (hickory, mesquite, etc) would be thrilling. I'd love to see the Dark Lord, Mr. Pease, and C&D have a go at developing something like that... Greg is probably the...
  14. ravenwolf

    Russians Must Love Latakia...

    dmcmtk, as an Army special operations war veteran, I get it - very keenly. Maybe I shouldn't have posted this - thought it was somewhat interesting and was tobacco related - feel free to lock it up I guess.
  15. ravenwolf

    Irish Plug Tobacco - A Pictorial & Historical Survey of Their Far-Famed Renown

    Wonderful information. This is especially interesting to me, since I'm of the younger crowd that really has no personal connection to the history here. It would make a hell of a documentary, or book! I'm stuck here at work, wishing I could light a pipe full.
  16. ravenwolf

    JT Cooke Canadian

    I remember meeting JT at the Chicago show, I think in 2011...? Definetly respect the man. They had one of his pipes in the silent auction I believe. If I was a smarter man, I would have been all over that thing... sold very reasonably priced. I remember picking it up to have a look, and having a...
  17. ravenwolf

    Metalheads, please raise your horns and be counted.

    I dig various flavors of metal. I like the really complex, sophisticated kind of stuff, usually with deep lyrics sung somewhat cleanly. Wintersun is really excellent. I'm also a fan of Agalloch, Mastodon, Nightwish... Live Rehearsal - Wintersun - Land of Snow and Sorrow
  18. ravenwolf

    Baki Questions

    Baki pipes are quality. The only other meerschaum I'd even consider for myself is one from carver Sadik Yanik, because I like his crazy detail to his pipes, or maybe a nice Altinok. I have a couple Bakis. The cumberland stems have not oxidized - keeping them out of the sun probably helps. I...
  19. ravenwolf

    Struggles

    The reverse, and more fruitful challenge, is to smoke a pipe while keeping it on the verge of going out. That's typically where you want to be. The advice on sipping is excellent. Rotten tomatoes? Probably the old smell of latakia, maybe mixed with perique smell. Or maybe you're actually smoking...
  20. ravenwolf

    Russians Must Love Latakia...

    Yeah. Don't need any political stuff - just saying that this could be an indication of the Syrian tobacco supply not recovering.
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