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  1. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    All right now I have a clear picture of what I am aiming for. Once I think I have it, I will take a shot and show you guys!
  2. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    ok and when I compare Chasing embers ash to what I had, his is both lighter in color and much finer overall in texture. Pictures definitely help me.
  3. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Perfect that is what I needed to see. I had bits and pieces of ash but definitely dottle. For a person like me, I see in pictures. I have known folks that smoke pipes but never hung around them to see end results so have little clue. Again all thanks for the feedback.
  4. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    ahh so if my tobacco was still to wet.. then I would not really have ash, right?
  5. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    yea that was what was at the bottom of the bowl. So that is dottle.. well what is ash then? I know what cigarette and cigar look like, is pipe ash similar? I mean even a fire from logs has ash that is grey.
  6. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Oh! One more question: So that is the ash in the 2nd photo, correct? I never really saw it until it got to the bottom I guess because it all just fell through? It never really "sat" on the top.
  7. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Thank you all! I agree, I let it dry but not for long enough. Also I probably tamped to much. The video was great for showing me how to arrive at the balanced resistance. Craig your explanation of the "drying" is very clear for me to understand. Thank you all I am not as hopeless as I thought!
  8. Gavrin

    Tell me What I may be Doing Wrong

    Honestly I am embarrassed to post this but I want to learn more than I care about being embarrassed so here goes: 1st Photo is the approx amount of tobacco I started with in a MM cob. I used gravity fill and tamped 2nd Photo is what was left at the bottom when I decided to look and dumped what...
  9. Gavrin

    Postage to Oz.

    I did not realize the huge amount of freight trains filled with Amazon, UPS, FedEx going thru our west coast such as Long Beach and Los Angeles are being looted as they sit on the tracks. Those photos of all the boxes, packages etc ripped opened and the long line of rubbish left in the wake of...
  10. Gavrin

    Meerschaum Already Colored but Unsmoked

    Thanks for the info folks. I was curious and know, from what I read here, a number of you really like them and this would be a pool of dependable information. I am not intending on purchasing any at the moment but now if I find one that strikes my fancy I know a bit more and can look into it...
  11. Gavrin

    Meerschaum Already Colored but Unsmoked

    Title edited for caps. Rule 9. -jpm About all I knew about Meer pipes was they were white and made from material that would color over time as one smoked it. That was from my first foray into the pipe world about 25+ years ago. Ffwd to now and reading all these posts and looking at meer pipe...
  12. Gavrin

    Do You Clench your Pipe?

    I switch the sides of my mouth all the time. I also like the “ softy bits” makes it easier for me to hold in my mouth. I also hold the pipe in either hand depending on - who knows, I just do. I am right handed.
  13. Gavrin

    Deep cleaning

    So having read a ton of stuff here about cleaning out a bowl after smoking I decided to do this: Normal smoke, then lightly wetted down a paper towel with with -years old Bourbon whiskey. I don't drink as I can not tolerate the taste of alcohol. But this smelled fantastic so I wiped out my bowl...
  14. Gavrin

    Deep cleaning

    patiently, sort of, waiting on the report back!
  15. Gavrin

    How Much is Too Much?

    @hauntedmyst Thanks for the link to the year-long test of the Dr. Grabow pipe vs the 7 pipe rotation. I might never have stumbled upon that thread. I over think almost everything and with all the advice here it makes my wheels spin even faster. It was good to read that year long example of 1 pipe.
  16. Gavrin

    Suggestions for Air Purifier (No Ozone)

    Question: When you use your ozone machine in your man cave, does that room have an air vent and if so do you tape it off while the ozone machine is running? or ?
  17. Gavrin

    Goodbye to my Furry Little Friend

    It's rough to lose the best of friends. He was lucky to have you for his human.
  18. Gavrin

    Pear-Wood or Corn Cob for Beginner?

    That’s hilarious. I enjoy cob pipes but then, I look and dress like I smoke cob pipes per your analogy! Gotta dig ‘em!
  19. Gavrin

    Help me Find my First Tobacco..

    If u have never smoked a pipe, and own no pipe- I would suggest this: buy a corn cob for about $5-6 at Missouri corn cob. Get 2 or 3 if u like. Buy just a few 1 oz. Bags of bulk tobacco. That Lane 1Q comes that way as do many others. Practice the techniques you read here and/ or see on you tube...
  20. Gavrin

    Cob Question

    would you recommend Forever stems now? Or since under “new- management” no? I was looking at them to make a stem for a cob I have.
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