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Swan Neck/ LC shape
Yup, like an egg carried on a ladle.- sasquatch
- Post #36
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Swan Neck/ LC shape
LOL yeah I guess in a way that's true. I think the last few years a lot of guys have been buying more pipes again, stuck at home doing nothing. There's always a lineup of buyers and tire kickers, instagram and platforms like that allow a real direct customer-over-your-shoulder sort of...- sasquatch
- Post #35
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The Importance of Breaking in All the Way Down
I imagine back then controlling the incoming product was a pretty big deal, with lots of rival companies and people trying to make orders for 500,000 blocks a year. It would have been critical for those "serious" pipe making firms to have absolute regularity in that end of the business. I...- sasquatch
- Post #36
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Swan Neck/ LC shape
Nope, I made that one. Gustavo (Martelo Pipes) makes lots of swans too, one of the only other guys who has taken a serious run at the shape, but he generally uses a thicker shank web (where the shank hits the bowl). So his pipes have a slightly different vibe, a little more "modern" or...- sasquatch
- Post #29
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Swan Neck/ LC shape
I'm not a doctor, but if you have something nailed to your eye.... that can't be good.- sasquatch
- Post #27
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The Importance of Breaking in All the Way Down
As did Sasieni, they in fact baked the hell out of their stummels and some percentage failed under the torture test. But this is also factory-grade briar we are talking about, probably akin to a "primo" grade today. I think in a factory environment that makes all sorts of sense, having a...- sasquatch
- Post #34
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The Importance of Breaking in All the Way Down
What if I told you you don't buy pipes with good enough stems to even be able to judge the briar? (And I don't mean to sound rude - I've been pretty deep down the rabbit hole for a pretty long time, just coming up for some air here)- sasquatch
- Post #32
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Swan Neck/ LC shape
And that pipe is right at the limit of a curved shank and a straight airway. Right before he died, Shin-Ichi Kuwahara made a gorgeous one: You'll see very few attempts better than this.- sasquatch
- Post #24
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Swan Neck/ LC shape
Let's just identify what makes the "swan neck" on a pipe. It's not the stem so much as the shank. Go back to the early LC and similar pipes, what we see is a lot of curve in the shank, much more than a typical bent billiard (which is essentially a straigh-line shank at an angle)...- sasquatch
- Post #23
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The Importance of Breaking in All the Way Down
I mean, you spout all kinds of weird shit, but this is just... not something you can verify. Do all Danish pickaxes smoke the same? How do you know that? Are they all made identically? Is there Danish briar? This is all nonsense. Danish (or maybe better to say Scandinavian)...- sasquatch
- Post #29
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Suggestions for Air Purifier (No Ozone)
Honeywell HEPA filter machines will take smoke out of a room. We had bad air last year with forest fires, and a couple of the filter boxes running made all kinds of difference in our air quality.- sasquatch
- Post #43
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Oom Paul Pipe Cleaning
Understand that that mortise is not the same hole as the airway, look up on the wall, on the front side of the shank, and you'll see the airway headed to the bowl. And that's why that pipe won't pass a cleaner no matter what you do when it's assembled.- sasquatch
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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KB&B Kaywoodie Italian Bruyere?
No reason at all to think it's a KB+B pipe of any era, as far as I can tell. There's a kaywoodie-centric forum you could hit, and various experts there. kaywoodie - https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/kaywoodie/ -
Do Enjoy Your Mastercraft Pipes?
The oldest ones are better in my experience, and the more dressy the name, the worse the pipe. The ones boasting Algerian briar smoke pretty good, the ones I've had that were stamped "Italy" were less good as smokers, a very "ordinary" affordable pipe. So to pick one up, I'd look for the...- sasquatch
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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How to Date a Brad Pohlman Pipe?
Take a picture of the pipe, email it to Brad, and ask him. I can't think of an easier or more definitive way. -
Serbian Chefs Knife?
I have an old cutco, 12" or so, jesus it's incredible.- sasquatch
- Post #19
- Forum: General Discussion
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Serbian Chefs Knife?
I like big heavy knives in the kitchen. We were watching a Chinese chef preparing pork at a local market, WHACK WHACK WHACK with a big cleaver, and I said to my wife "Man I want one of those." and the guy looked up and said "We have them in Aisle 2" So I went and looked and sure enough, and...- sasquatch
- Post #17
- Forum: General Discussion
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Dunhills of Yore
On one hand, the pipes are for sure less of a focus for the company in more recent times, where originally they were the keystone of the business. In the 20s and 30s Dunhill was patenting processes for making pipes, which are really no longer adhered to. At this point, the guys making these... -
Dunhills of Yore
I have but one Dunhill, a 42 or 48 shell, it's a good enough little pipe. But once I started smoking Castellos, I found they were a sweet spot for me. I would rate Dunhill with BBB and Barling in terms of how they perform. Good quality pipes (and from me, that's a compliment, I think most...