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  1. sasquatch

    How are Pipes Rusticated?

    Let's rusticate a pipe! Boring piece of briar, the order was a rusticated pipe, briar chosen was good quality but of no particularly exciting features. Phase 1, wound it deeply with something. In this case a 3/8" gauge rocked and pushed. Phase 2, attack with a cluster tool...
  2. sasquatch

    How are Pipes Rusticated?

    As to hard vs soft for briar and blasting: Some briar is harder than others. It depends on where and how it grew and how long it's sat since curing. Algerian briar is soft and strangely waxy, and that hasn't changed in 100 years. Dunhill speaks of having a load of the stuff that he found...
  3. sasquatch

    How are Pipes Rusticated?

    Most rustications are done with a rotary tool, dremel/foredom type thing, and this is simply because it does the most damage the fastest. Choose a round head or cylindrical for slightly different results, bounce it or drag it for different effects, but most of the pipes shown in this thread are...
  4. sasquatch

    Bowl Material or Engineering?

    You'll find a lot of built up gunk in the "bendy" area of that bendy straw when you smoke it. Much more than the straight parts.
  5. sasquatch

    Bowl Material or Engineering?

    Why the drift to bigger airway? Because in some measureable way, they "work better". If your airway is teeny tiny, under 1/8" say, then ANY drop of water, any condensate, any little stray piece of leaf is going to completely occlude the airway. Pipe will be prone to gurgling and unpleasant...
  6. sasquatch

    Did I Just Buy a Fake Savinelli Pipe of the Year 2008?

    And even those were made in the Dunhill factory by Dunhill employees from Dunhill materials, they are, in some senses, not "fakes". They just aren't quite real either! But no, the idea that there are master pipe forgers out there running out copies of pipes that companies like Savinelli just...
  7. sasquatch

    Did I Just Buy a Fake Savinelli Pipe of the Year 2008?

    There's no fake Savinellis, and no fake Savinellis like that. With a stamped plate, the autograph stem, etc... to "fake" these up, reproduce them, costs more than it's worth. What it takes to make a fake Savinelli is what it takes to make a "real" brand of your own, and given Savinelli's...
  8. sasquatch

    Four Digit Kaywoodie with Push Stem. Original?

    As others here say, a push-bit kaywoodie is not in itself unheard of, there were various lines at various times, but that stem does not "look right" and in every picture, every angle, what I see is a little ground-off bevel at the end of the shank - shouldn't be there and it's indicative of a...
  9. sasquatch

    Maltease Falcon tobacco

    It's good, but it's by no means a "pure" English, you'll notice a sweetish topping through the whole bowl I think. So it might be just the perfect cross-over for you from aromatics proper. It's not a challenging blend like some of the "bigger" Pease blends (Abingdon, etc).
  10. sasquatch

    Pipe Makers Ignoring Messages?

    Well naturally those of us who don't have a tame unicorn are reluctant to admit it's the miracle ingredient in a great pipe, it's a sort of culture war amongst pipe makers.
  11. sasquatch

    Pipe Makers Ignoring Messages?

    If I want to sell a pipe, I post pictures where pipe smokers are - forums, facebook, instagram, and it's sold before I can get it uploaded and write a description on the website. I (and I think most pipe makers) like to have a dedicated website because it also provides a platform where I can...
  12. sasquatch

    Pipe Makers Ignoring Messages?

    I'd rather start a fight.
  13. sasquatch

    Pipe Makers Ignoring Messages?

    I mean, I can't make this crap up faster than it stacks up. Dude is mad at me for not even seeing his message. I was super polite back to him, as you all might imagine.
  14. sasquatch

    Pipe Makers Ignoring Messages?

    YOU KNOW TOO MUCH GEORGE! Sorry buddy but I gotta call it in.
  15. sasquatch

    Pipe Makers Ignoring Messages?

    And I didn't mean to say "You're a problem customer" with my post - maybe you are I dunno, but the broader point is that when I log in somewhere I have more messages than I can deal with, many of them spurious or just plain stupid (still waiting for the Russian girl I ordered). So my patience...
  16. sasquatch

    Pipe Makers Ignoring Messages?

    Here's my experience as a pipe maker of no real repute on Instagram. I post a picture of a half finished billiard and say something like "Hoping for a smooth, we'll see." Something silly. I come back in two hours and I have like 90 messages. Many are from Beautiful Russian Women who...
  17. sasquatch

    Which Star Trek Character Would Prefer To Marry?

    Same thing here, my joke was entirely spurious, low-hanging fruit for a male-dominated board.
  18. sasquatch

    Which Star Trek Character Would Prefer To Marry?

    Data. No emotional conflicts, good at chess, can probably parallel park.
  19. sasquatch

    A Curiously Made Cumberland Stem

    "Why they do that" is that delrin and/or teflon inserts like that are available at specific sizes, manufactured to exactly .250" or whatever size you want (5/16" is real common). Means you never have to cut a tenon, never have to set something "just so". You drill a 5/16" hole carefully, and...
  20. sasquatch

    Capstan Original Navy Flake (Blue)

    The Capstans are hot and fun, but you marry Brown Clunee.
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