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  1. wayneteipen

    Wayne Teipen Made Me An All-Briar Pipe

    The only thing I like more than talking about pipes and how they're made is actually making them. :D
  2. wayneteipen

    Wayne Teipen Made Me An All-Briar Pipe

    Thanks fellas. I have to give credit to Premal Chheda for my airways. My airways were decent before but he showed me how to make a perfect airway. Conical chambers are actually easier to drill because the bit doesn't tend to wander quite as much in my experience. Most skilled pipemakers can...
  3. wayneteipen

    Wayne Teipen Made Me An All-Briar Pipe

    Thanks for all the very kind words. The stem is finished with Danish oil and it's not a real big secret that some high end pipemakers use it to finish their pipes. The actual technique for applying it is a proprietary secret that I learned from a very high end, respected pipemaker that...
  4. wayneteipen

    KC Pipe Show Report

    I read it and enjoyed the heck out of it the day you posted it.
  5. wayneteipen

    Are Wood Stems Better Than Plastic Stems

    Unlike Trevor, I do take measurements for consistency although I agree that the stem, bit and button dimensions should match the size and style of the pipe. Most large pipes look silly with a small button and thin stem and vice versa.
  6. wayneteipen

    Are Wood Stems Better Than Plastic Stems

    There's a lot of anecdotal opinions on briar stems being shared. I'd love to hear from someone with first hand experience with them. The bowls of our pipes are made out of the same material so it stands to reason that a briar stem would be no less sanitary given that they are cared for in the...
  7. wayneteipen

    Are Wood Stems Better Than Plastic Stems

    I hear some pipemaker's are making stems out of briar these days. Ask misterlowercase. :wink:
  8. wayneteipen

    Lightly Topped Blend Recommendations

    McClelland's Stave Aged 35
  9. wayneteipen

    Are All Pipemakers Odd People?

    It depends. If the pipemaker already has some notoriety and has a lot of traffic to his website and has no problems selling pipes then absolutely. If he only gets a dozen hits on his website a day then he's not going to sell many pipes. Online retailers get thousands of hits per day on their...
  10. wayneteipen

    Are All Pipemakers Odd People?

    That's true, Peck. The biggest downside to this maker's business model is that they may never develop the relationships with their customers to know if you're a tire-kicker or a serious buyer. It's a definite trade off.
  11. wayneteipen

    Are All Pipemakers Odd People?

    Oh, and I'm not defending the odd maker. I just know a lot of them who have the same philosophy and thought I'd try to explain their thinking. I'm the guy who snaps the photo. :wink:
  12. wayneteipen

    Are All Pipemakers Odd People?

    I forgot to mention that one of the perks of selling through a retailer is that you don't have spend time taking photos and measurements and managing a website.
  13. wayneteipen

    Are All Pipemakers Odd People?

    Sorry, I was being odd in my original post. :lol: I think most pipesmokers generally march to the beat of a different drummer. Those that make pipes with the intent to sell them have to be a bit off to begin with. I can say for myself that it's true for me that I'm a terrible businessman. I...
  14. wayneteipen

    Are All Pipemakers Odd People?

    Yes.
  15. wayneteipen

    Peeling Coat

    I thought it looked like pear also but it's really hard to tell for sure and I'm far from an expert at identifying woods. There are woods that are toxic that you don't want to smoke out of but, if this is even a semi reputable pipe company it shouldn't be an issue.
  16. wayneteipen

    Peeling Coat

    Unfortunately, it appears that your pipe was poorly finished. The only way to fix it is to strip the lacquer or whatever it is off and refinish the pipe properly. Wish there was an easier way.
  17. wayneteipen

    Pipe Makers Vice

    I hold my pipes in my hands but I've seen guys wrap electrical tape around a senior reamer and expand it in the tobacco chamber then clamp the senior reamer in a vise. Any decent bench top vice should do. FWIW, hand cramps go away as you build up the muscles in your hands. I like the intimacy...
  18. wayneteipen

    Anyone Remember the TRS-80 Model 100 / Tandy 102 Computers?

    LOL! I wrote my first computer program in Basic on a Trash 80 in high school. It was a boxing game that looked similar to the Intellivision boxing game. I was pretty proud of that game. Not long after that I remember my dad bought us a Commodore 64.
  19. wayneteipen

    What are some flavourful aromatics?

    Welcome to pipe smoking and PM.com. The biggest culprit of not getting much flavor from your tobacco in my experience is smoking too hot. Try sipping lighter, exhaling nasally (snorking), and slowing down the cadence and see if that helps. I'm not sure what you have access to in the UK but one...
  20. wayneteipen

    2014 Chattanooga Pipe Show......... Vendors?

    I'm planning on going this year.
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