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Briar's Provence- Important?
This is all mostly nonsense, your depiction of processes is as backwards as your history. Blocks are cut from fresh roots and boiled. Then dried marginally and delivered to the buyer, who can do as they please. Aging has always been an in-house thing because no briar cutter could sit on a... -
c1995 Mac Baren Navy Flake (Swisher Era)
Tell Berg to break out the Dark Twist next time.- sasquatch
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Briar's Provence- Important?
Hey, no offense, but I might have tried one. It MIGHT be that you're not the only guy who buys old pipes. It MIGHT be that I'm sitting on a stack of old Master Crafts and Marxmans and Monarchs and Lees and Smoke Masters and Kaywoodies and even old Dunhills if I can remember where I put... -
Briar's Provence- Important?
I feel sorry right now for the folks who think 3 dollar drug store pipes are the epitome of something. -
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Briar's Provence- Important?
"Best" briar. What do we even mean by that? Best for what? Best in what way? Best sandblast results? Tightest grain? Cuz these are opposite, in reality. Best smoking? What would that mean? Driest? Or least amount of "woody" flavor? Meerschaum is the best briar in that... -
Question for debate
Yup. People fighting over Penzance and I'd rather have Commonwealth. Or Old Ironsides. Special stuff is fun, but good stuff is easy to come by.- sasquatch
- Post #54
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Robert McConnell Blends - Your Opinion?
The Cake is totally differnt, a va/per with maybe a little burley depending on who you ask.- sasquatch
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Robert McConnell Blends - Your Opinion?
I thought the "Oriental Square" was basically not very close to Durbar - lacking in both the Dunhill mouthfeel and the sort of perfumey edges that Durbar has. Not a bad blend, but not really Durbar-esque to my palate.- sasquatch
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Robert McConnell Blends - Your Opinion?
The Oriental is a little softer than some, I steer people to "Skiff" or "Kensington" for a perkier experience that way, but Scottish Cake and Scottish Flake are both lovely, top shelf stuff, and the red va is nice too. Typical high-quality german-made tobacco.- sasquatch
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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My 100$ Dunhill
Any fool can drill a hole in a stem and fill it with something white.- sasquatch
- Post #24
- Forum: British Pipes
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Why Algerian Briar was Highly Regarded
Yazid el Bouchemat was selling briar from Algeria for years, he's come and gone a few times, bit of a shyster to deal with, really. But there's been no real problem getting algerian briar. The problem is it's no good for making "nice" pipes. It's dirty, pitty, soft. I've got some, I might... -
Pipe Making Hardware
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- Post #9
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Pipe Making Hardware
The term is "French Wheel" and it can be made with anything that spins, from a motor with a shaft up to a lathe headstock. Dust collection is... mandatory.- sasquatch
- Post #7
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Secretly Seeking Career Advice
I would read "Born Standing Up" by Steve Martin.- sasquatch
- Post #14
- Forum: General Discussion
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Dunhill Date zero
So what exactly is your question? What number does your pipe have on it? Cuz that's the answer.- sasquatch
- Post #6
- Forum: British Pipes
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Dunhill Date zero
Suffix zero is either 1960 or 1970 depending on the font. Pretty easy to follow the chart. http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/dunhill/cledat-en1a.html- sasquatch
- Post #3
- Forum: British Pipes
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Bowl Material or Engineering?
You're welcome. There's lots of great videos on briar and pipe making on youtube.- sasquatch
- Post #71
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Bowl Material or Engineering?
Good briar is briar that grew 2222 years in an Elvin forest protected by beautiful Dryads. The briar cutters do a dance known as the "Mamushka", prior to attempting to harvest any wood. Ritual sacrifice, prayer, displays of bravado, etc. When they find the 2222 year old plant, they dig it...- sasquatch
- Post #69
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How are Pipes Rusticated?
It's a work in progress. On one hand, any technique is tool-dependent, and I have what I have and other guys have what they have. But I definitely want to find a way to make a really deep, really random texture that doesn't take me 4 hours and leave my fore-arms with tendinitis. Very...- sasquatch
- Post #31
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions