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  1. addamsruspipe

    Help with dating a pipe...

    Morning all. Hoping I can pick some brains out there. I have gotten myself a very nice Rogers Rarity pipe. I am trying to track down more information about them and what date range it was likely made in. So I found the Pipedia entry on Custom-Bilt that references Rogers Rarity pipes as being...
  2. addamsruspipe

    Information on an Old Blend

    Evening all. Trying to help a friend who is trying to recreate a blend her father smoked. From what she remembers it was called US tobacco 324 or 327. She says it was made by a company named US Tobacco that went out of business some time ago. She says she thinks it had a tobacco called Lambs...
  3. addamsruspipe

    Lucky Find or Not?

    Picked up a lot of pipes blind. So it was a very exiting YABO. Got eleven pipes with only two being duds and this one which I'm thinking is diamond in the bunch. What do you all think? A 1947 Kaywoodie Handmade Samson, has the meerschum inner bowl. Should be nice once it's all cleaned up.
  4. addamsruspipe

    English Rustic" 16, Restore with a Little Bit of Red

    So here is a English Rustic" 16 that I got from an antique store. The rim was completely covered with tar which I had mostly cleaned off before I took the pictures. The problem was no matter what I did the pipe was coming out ugly(at least to me). So finally decided to try some red and it...
  5. addamsruspipe

    Sort of a Newbie Question on Tobacco...

    I've got two jars of C&D Autumn Evening. One came from P&C bulk and the other came out of a 16oz can at a B&M shop. Now my ability to differentiate flavors is pretty basic, but they both seem to taste the same and their room note seems the same to me. What I have noticed is that the tobacco...
  6. addamsruspipe

    My first sandblasted pipe...how to lighten the stain?

    Morning all. And a happy new year. So I am quite excited, I have my first sandblasted pipe. I've am working on cleaning it up and getting it ready to smoke. However I am thinking that I would like to lighten up the stain somewhat so the sandblasted grain shows up better. Now I no how to do...
  7. addamsruspipe

    Santa Pipe Conundrum...

    So we are getting ready for Christmas. Just finished making the Christmas cookies that we will leave out for Santa tonight. Then will be loading up to head to Grandma's for Christmas Eve diner. Well the kids came to me as a group and said they think Santa should get a pipe for Christmas to go...
  8. addamsruspipe

    Need Some Advise on Hot Air(and I Am Not Talking Politics)

    Morning all, it's a brisk 45 degree out here in the land of enchantment(New Mexico). Out on the back porch working on some stems. I have decided that the bosses(wife, let's me wear the pants on occasion, mistress of all she surveys) hair dryer is just not cutting it in for warming up the stems...
  9. addamsruspipe

    Info on Amphora Pipes...

    Just picked up a nice pipe off ebay. Really like the shape and look of it. Did some research off of Pipedia and found a little information but not a lot. Anyone have any more info about them or experience with them. - Amphora pipes are made in Holland by the Jos. Gubbels organization, the...
  10. addamsruspipe

    The definition of Impatience

    So I am sitting her watching a auction. The lot of pipes I am interested in is lot 1067. They are currently on lot 78. So I think I am going to play tiddlywinks while trying to count my nose hairs while I wait. Hopefully I will still be conscious when they get to the lot I want. Any...
  11. addamsruspipe

    The One That Got Away....

    I spotted in the distance. Just a glimmer in the morning mist. The pot at the end of the rainbow. The powerball lottery. The treasure chest under the X. The siren calling to you. The one you have been searching for. Your soul mate. That pipe you have been searching for. And in the last...
  12. addamsruspipe

    What Is a Pipe Lottery or Pipe Megaball?

    Afternoon all. Question for you all. I had set up a facebook account years ago but never used it. My son has been on me about using facebook and catching up with technology. So he spent some time today explaining facebook to me and showing me how it works. So of course I searched for pipe...
  13. addamsruspipe

    Second Opinion on Burn Out?

    Happy after Thanksgiving to all. Working on restoring a old Medico and after cleaning it up, came across a spot that my first thought was burn out. However on inspecting the inner chamber and the airway down the shank I cannot find any cracks/holes or any signs that I usually find on burn...
  14. addamsruspipe

    Opinions on a pipe I'm looking at

    Morning all. Found a pipe at Pipes and Cigars that I am liking the look of but it's a type I have no experience with. It's a Butz-Choquin Zebra, and the bowl is a briar insert. So far all my pipes have been cobs and straight briars, nothing with an insert. Is this an ok thing, is it something...
  15. addamsruspipe

    Getting the Red Right?

    Evening all. I have been playing around with some new color stains I got in and hoping for some advise. I am trying for some sharp black grain with red on top. So I am doing 2 coats of black, then sanding it down. Then I put on 1 coat of red and then polish it. You can see in the pictures...
  16. addamsruspipe

    Dry or Flame?

    So had a question for all of you out there that restore/refurbish pipes. I have been putting leather dye on my pipes and then lighting it on fire. What I am finding is that I sometimes get uneven stains and occasionally even streaks on the briar after the light. And on occasion I have had...
  17. addamsruspipe

    My First Pipe Kit

    Ok so here is my first finished pipe. I had decided to go with a pear wood kit, since I figured if I messed it up it would be less of a loss as they are cheaper. What killed me was I had finished the carving/sanding and did the first stain/lighting it on fire and a crack appeared on the rim...
  18. addamsruspipe

    And I Raised My Mighty Staff....

    and the clouds faded and the waters parted bringing sunshine back to the world. Or at least that what it felt like. It has seemed that every lot I bid on ebay got sniped out from under me. Did not matter what kind of pipes, I lost. Felt like I was getting close punching my screen. Just...
  19. addamsruspipe

    In what order do you smoke your tobacco to get the most out of it.

    Morning all. So had a question for everyone out there. Last night I had a bowl of Mississippi River which was good, then I had a bowl of Black Knight which surprised me by being much better then when I had it a week before. It got me to thinking is it better to alternate your tobacco when...
  20. addamsruspipe

    Question on a Ben Wade?

    Morning all. Fell into a Ben Wade, Hand Made in Denmark. Am very excited to clean it up and see how it smokes before I move it on to someone else. Do have one question about it. The stem does not have any stamping on it. Does that mean it is not an original stem? What do you all think?
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