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Survivorship Bias in Pipe Accumulating
This guy keeps at it, pretty soon Lees will be going for over 30 dollars on eBay. And we wonder why gas is 5 bucks a gallon... -
Looking for English Blends with very Little Latakia
Pease "Kensington" is another with not too much latakia but lots of other fun flavor going on. JJ Fox Dorisco is a va/per with just a whisper of latakia too. Very mild.- sasquatch
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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School me About Ideal Humidity Levels in Briar
In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey Butane in my veins and I'm out to cut the junkie With the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose Kill the headlights and put it in neutral Stock car flamin' with a loser and the cruise control Baby's in...- sasquatch
- Post #112
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Need Help Identifying a Pipe
The hallmarking just means the band was assayed in Birmingham, it could have been put on the pipe anywhere. The manufacturer would have simply bought 1000 silver bands of a size/shape. -
Need Help Identifying a Pipe
Birmingham, 1943 for the hallmarks. No reason to think they are fake. Anchor, T with a foot, and Lion. -
Briar Gurgle
Cobs are super forgiving, and very absorbent. Moisture is a product of combustion, and smoking a briar pipe is a balance between having it hot enough to boil off some of the moisture, but not so hot (eg burning so fast) that the moisture is building up faster than the pipe can compensate...- sasquatch
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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School me About Ideal Humidity Levels in Briar
I read Briar Lee's posts in Marlon Brando's voice, a la Kurtz in Apocalypse Now: "I watched a snail.... crawling... slithering along the edge.... of a straight razor. And surviving. That's my dream. That's my nightmare."- sasquatch
- Post #37
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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School me About Ideal Humidity Levels in Briar
Briar, like all woods, moves with change in humidity. If you put calipers on a briar block and the relative humidity is high, like 65% in the summer, that block can change by pretty surprising amounts as you drift into winter (here the relative humidity in winter is usually below 10% outdoors...- sasquatch
- Post #14
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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“Corked Briar” ?
I've tasted lots of briar in break in, ranging from slightly corky to a little sharp/astringent to downright spicy, but I can't say any of it ever tasted "off" in any way, save for pipes that had stain in the bowl or the airway.- sasquatch
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Scottie Piersel Interview
So I'm curious, given that it's George who posted it, if he controls his own copywright as the author or if "ownership" of the copywright belongs to whoever paid for the "content" (I suspect it's the latter, but it's the internet, and I think given that George is 318 years old he's done very... -
New Castello
Oval shank, long shank, short stem tapered: Canadian. Nice looking pipe! -
Lock Out Test
I did a test post (and deleted it) no problem in that thread George.- sasquatch
- Post #11
- Forum: PipesMagazine.com
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Lock Out Test
You also commented in this thread, proving that your privileges have not been revoked (presumably some good will towards a very very very old man trying to use the internet?).- sasquatch
- Post #3
- Forum: PipesMagazine.com
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Briar Quality and Weight. An Interesting Argument
Fresh from the mill, yes it does, but it reaches atmospheric equilibrium within a year or so, the time we might call "curing". After that it will fluctuate just a little, gaining and losing moisture depending on the relative humidity in the air. A 10 year old piece of briar is no more dry... -
Briar Quality and Weight. An Interesting Argument
More dense? I think not. Harder I might agree with, but for something to become more dense, it must accumulate mass, or lose volume and .... wood doesn't do that. -
Briar Quality and Weight. An Interesting Argument
Try an old Guild. Opposite of the lightly built Martins for feel, but they sure sound good. -
Briar Quality and Weight. An Interesting Argument
I'm not sure where the tracking on this would come from - I'm not a botanist, but in talking to briar cutters, they don't mark plants as male or female in the processing, they cut them up, grade them, boil them, etc and sell them. I've had a few very dense pieces of briar, and a few unusually... -
SG Skiff Mixture
Skiff is perfect, thick, rich, zesty, balanced, it's wonderful. Old School English day-use tobacco.- sasquatch
- Post #7
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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SG Skiff Mixture
- sasquatch
- Post #5
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Reviews
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A Rumination on Whether It's Worth $32,000 (US)
Rarer yet is Born Again briar.