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  1. cuchulain

    Tracking Down an Old Pipe

    My grandfather had an old Kaywoodie pipe sitting on a table in his den. I'd never seen him smoke it. If it weren't for the old Kentucky Club tins that he stored rubber bands, paper clips, and tacks in I would never have known he'd been a pipe smoker. To me it was always an object of beauty. A...
  2. cuchulain

    Careful, this stuff wrecks finishes.

    I clean my logging boots every Saturday night, generally with saddle soap ( Fiebing's for preference, Kiwi is awful stuff.), but occasionally I'll use lexol when they're extremely dirty. Of course I do this on my porch, puffing away as I go. Well, I managed to get some Lexol on my hand, and when...
  3. cuchulain

    Thank you Irish!

    Came home from work today to a package from Gary. In it was a gorgeous Lorenzo 733 and a massive Butz Choquin 1394. Thank you so uch, man. This forum is home to some wonderful people.
  4. cuchulain

    New Father

    Well lads, as of ten o'clock last night I am now a father Eileen Ann Flynn, 5lbs 12oz.
  5. cuchulain

    Trip to Ireland

    My lucky bastard Da is taking a trip to Ireland later this year before my Gran sells her cottage in Ballyheigue. Unfortunately I will be unable to go as my daughter is expected to be born two days before he leaves. I'm thinking of asking him to bring me some tobacco home that I can't find in the...
  6. cuchulain

    Dip and Pipe Smoking

    I tried to quit dip earlier this year. It worked, for a whole two weeks, and then I fell off the wagon. My single tin stashed in a cabinet at work quickly ballooned back to a tin a day habit. C'est la vie. What does this have to do with pipe smoking, you ask? When I have a pipe I prefer a good...
  7. cuchulain

    Mastercraft Meerschaum

    I've been hunting around for a Meer recently, going from antique store to antique store with nary a hit. Last week I thought I found one, but the owner would not dicker despite having a patently ridiculous price. This week I finally struck gold. There's a perpetual barn sale up the street from...
  8. cuchulain

    Adding Insult to Injury

    I went out to my truck this morning and discovered that some absolute bastard had made off the the console and all its contents. Needless to say I was livid, as I had kept three cobs, 2 damn near full tins of Navy Flake, a tin of HH Lat Flake, three other pouches, a whole log of Copenhagen WG...
  9. cuchulain

    Pipe Tobacco Roll-ups

    In my haste to get to work today I failed to remember that I'd taken my trio of truck cobs out of my console to give them a good cleaning. This left me in the unenviable position of having three pouches and a tin of tobacco on hand, but not a thing to smoke them in. Shades of "Rime of the...
  10. cuchulain

    Primitive Pipe Challenge

    A long time ago, I bought a few blocks of black walnut. One of them I carved into a pipe for an ex of mine, who was into smoking alternative substances. The rest have sat in a bin for the past three years. I found the wood again on sunday, and figured I'd take on a new project. Could I carve...
  11. cuchulain

    Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey- The Blue Collar Review.

    On the face of it, this is an excellent idea. A Classic OTC Aro™ in a drugstore corncob while getting my hands dirty. What could go wrong... According to the pouch this blend is composed of 35% Black Cavendish and 65% Virginias. Fuck. The pouch had been sitting in the console of my truck for the...
  12. cuchulain

    Builders' Tea

    I am a massive fan of strong black tea. How strong? If you can see the bottom of the mug, you've prepared it wrong. I generally use Bewley's to accomplish this, but my local sources have dried up. What's a good alternative?
  13. cuchulain

    MacBaren Navy Flake- The Blue Collar Review

    (This was originally supposed to be a video review, but the engine of my forklift drowned out all the audio aside from me cussin' about broken straps. Damn camera.) The tin note on this flake is... interesting. A mixture of rum and slightly rotten fruit. The tobacco is still fairly moist despite...
  14. cuchulain

    Greasy Pipe

    At some point today I got grease all over my gloves. This inevitably meant that I got it all over my pipe. I've wiped it down with rubbing alcohol and a dry paper towel but the damn stuff won't come all the way off. Any suggestions? (Aside from learning from my mistakes and smoking cobs...
  15. cuchulain

    TAD (Tool Aquisition Disorder)

    Got a call from my brother in law yesterday. He had a logging job to do, clearing a small lot. Wanted an extra hand, and I'm a fair hand with a saw. The money was alright too, but I'm one of those masochistic bastards who loves tramping through the woods with my Husky and coming home covered in...
  16. cuchulain

    Sandblast

    By and large I am not a fan of rustication on pipes. Many of the one's I've seen seem to just detract from the shape and add unnecessary complication to the pipe, and detract from the look of it. But then there's black sandblast. I own a large sandblasted pot, and to me it's gorgeous. I also...
  17. cuchulain

    Best 9mm Filter?

    I recently bought an estate lot. I've been working my way through the box, cleaning about a pipe a week and then giving them a test run. I've run into a snag though, as two of them use the 9mm filters, which are impossible to find in my area. P&C has a wide selection, but I'm not sure which to...
  18. cuchulain

    Easter 1916

    Delving into one's family history can often be an interesting journey. As my handle implies, I am an Irish-American. Not exactly rare in Massachusetts, where three quarters of the people I meet seem to be able to trace their ancestry to the Emerald Isle. Most of my family came over from Co...
  19. cuchulain

    MacBaren Mixture Flake vs Navy Flake?

    I just bought a tin of the Navy Flake yesterday. Fantastic stuff. I noticed that the ingredients of the mixture flake are basically identical but at half the cost. Are the two comparable?
  20. cuchulain

    Day's Work Plug

    I quit dip a few weeks ago. Managed to do pretty well. Some wicked withdrawal at first, but at least that's done with. I was packing up my insulated coverall's today, and as I checked the pockets I found most of a plug of Day's Work. Still somewhat moist. Debating tossing it or at least chewing...
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