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  1. halfy

    Pipe Cleaning With High-proof Spirits

    I clean my bowls using wet paper towels ... it actually dries faster ...
  2. halfy

    Most Expensive Pipe I've Seen

    +1 sable I paid $100 for my first pipe, then it timed 100 soon after. I held an Lars black pearl with fish stamp last year, I would have bought it if my pockets were deeper at that particular moment...
  3. halfy

    Does summertime mean more dottle?

    Time for a deep cleaning...I remove the cakes from all my pipes in humid months...
  4. halfy

    What's in your big jar?

    Five jars for me...Dunhill Flake, Elizabethan Mixture, DLNR, Capstan yellow and blue Flakes.
  5. halfy

    What is the Most Complex Blend You Smoke

    Revelation ...
  6. halfy

    Eureka! A revelation!

    This is one of my favourite blends. But I bet the engineering of particular pipe may be overwhelming ... though shape does matter.
  7. halfy

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2016)

    Mac Baren Navy Flake in Lars long shank dublin.
  8. halfy

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2016)

    Solani 633 in a Lars Ivarsson long shank.
  9. halfy

    How slow is slow enough?

    Forget the word slow, think about "gentle" ... If you smoke gently enough, the pace is not a problem at all.
  10. halfy

    Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture Tobacco Review

    I found it charming after 1 year of jarring. It develops towards a rich and flavorful direction. Better go with a deep bent pipe. And I believe its potential is yet not fully seen. Most dunhill blends are quite different (better) by jarring.
  11. halfy

    Pipe makers that use water glass to coat bowls?

    @tmb152 Are you kidding me? You might have looked at "carbon dioxide"... Check graphite then see wood ... Most forms of carbon are conductive except diamond and some nano structures ... and though diamond is insulator it's very thermal conductive. Thermal conductivity in W/mK Graphite...
  12. halfy

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2016)

    Stonehaven in Tokutomi bamboo sitter
  13. halfy

    Pipe makers that use water glass to coat bowls?

    Water DOES penetrate briar, though tars do not. It's all about the size of the molecule ... That's why you see the darkening of the bowl section just on sub-mm scale. Nicely done coating DOES prevent burn outs and promote absorption. It's about the surface (carbon coating) and interfacial...
  14. halfy

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2016)

    Dunhill MM965 in a Ser Jacopo bent apple.
  15. halfy

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (May 2016)

    Dunhill Flake in a Sixten bent billiard.
  16. halfy

    Any Other Fans Of Kent Rasmussen?

    To my knowledge, he does not smoke ... Well ... people in China would not absorb his stuff anymore. He is having a difficult time.
  17. halfy

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (May 2016)

    CD Bijou in a Ray Kurusu dublin.
  18. halfy

    Barclay Rex - NYC

    I visited over 20 "pipe shops" in Chicago and NYC. Most of them had given way to hookahs, e-cigarettes or even candies ... Everything is dying sooner or later. Not just the pipe or tobacco thing, retail stores are being killed by online. Anyway we are still able to find something. The world is...
  19. halfy

    Barclay Rex - NYC

    Just paid visits to both two stores after the Chicago show a few days ago. I was very disappointed. Got some pouches of store blended tobacco. But they smoked like ...... a homage to the food in U.S. ...
  20. halfy

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (May 2016)

    Rattray's Old Gowrie in a Nanna bent apple.
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