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*** What Are You Smoking?*** (January 2018)
Just lighted fire on Elizabethan Mixture in a Dunhill size 3 bent bill.- halfy
- Post #1,233
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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*** What Are You Smoking?*** (January 2018)
Bentley classic one in a Tao bent Rhodesian ...- halfy
- Post #1,195
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Chamfering
Theoretically chamfer should help in a smooth airflow, particularly for bent pipes in which the stem air way is not co-linear with that in the shank, the chamfer creats a shorter path of airflow. Anyway, chamfer is not always a must in real applications. There is a "none-slip boundary condition"... -
Just Finished My Second Pipe
I took the 2nd pipe with me today, just took a few shots...it's not buffed yet. Some shots during the finish.- halfy
- Post #16
- Forum: Make Your Own Pipe Project
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Just Finished My Second Pipe
@jazz, roger ;) 5am here, gonna take a few closer shots tomorrow...- halfy
- Post #13
- Forum: Make Your Own Pipe Project
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Just Finished My Second Pipe
Thanks for the input @jazz, but I like the stem more old school. I really don't appreciate the close stem work nowadays very much, I enjoy the way Bo and JM put the stem a bit distance from the shank ... the problem I found afterwards was about the interlace of aesthetic lines ... powerful Teddy...- halfy
- Post #11
- Forum: Make Your Own Pipe Project
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The Shortest Pipe You Own?
The shortest pipe I have, a tiny Toku fish. -
*** What Are You Smoking?*** (January 2018)
Capstan flake (yellow) in a pipe made by myself.- halfy
- Post #1,162
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Just Finished My Second Pipe
@jnielson the first one was made from a Mimmo block aged over 10 years, the second was a Makis old block from Greece (the bottom block in the pic).....- halfy
- Post #4
- Forum: Make Your Own Pipe Project
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Clean Your Briar Pipes the "New Way".
I seldom remove the stem after smoke. But hot water has been my preferable choice over alcohol to clean the bowl and the airway ... After the hot water removes the oily residues the pipes rest much quicker actually.....- halfy
- Post #104
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Just Finished My Second Pipe
I started making pipes last October... working on it a few hours per week. So, here they are ... It's such a looooooot of fun and a huuuuuge amount of happiness to smoke a pipe made by myself!- halfy
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- Forum: Make Your Own Pipe Project
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The Dangers of Alternating Tobaccos in a Single Pipe
If you don't try around different blends how is it possible to find the best match? I don't care about ghost flavors. As an experienced smoker I can figure out what's lingering there. And the ghosts would disappear sooner or later with regular cleaning. BTW, I don't smoke aros ......- halfy
- Post #53
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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*** What Are You Smoking?*** (December 2017)
Three Nuns in a big Teddy bent brandy.- halfy
- Post #728
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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$810 for a Castello Old Antiquari 55
Winning a bid is something very addictive like gambling so don't take the number so serious. I won't pay that money, but neither would I throw in a judgement.- halfy
- Post #17
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Is This The Ugliest Pipe Ever?
A lot of carvers make even worse ones...- halfy
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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They Like to Lecture
So I met this pretty girl who hates smoking... and now she is frequently kissing me right in between my puffs :@- halfy
- Post #9
- Forum: General Discussion
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Bijou... Anyone?
My attitude towards a blend would change by aging, the typical converging period is half to two years...The first few bowls of Bijou were not so pleasant. It was a bit rough and newish to me so I put it back in cellar(I threw in about a hundred tins of tobacco I don't appreciate so much at...- halfy
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Newbie Seeking Advice
Your taste would change over time so what ever to start with does not matter.- halfy
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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HU tobaccos
Old Fredder's Broken Flake is one of my all time favorite blends...- halfy
- Post #16
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What's Your Goal
I have no particular expectations, surprise comes the way it is.....- halfy
- Post #46
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion