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  1. craig61a

    FS: Karl Erik Freehands 3/27/2024

    Late 1960’s/Early 1970’s Karl Erik Ottendahl Freehand pipes. I’ve owned these for years and don’t smoke them much at all. I have determined that this is the year to start parring down my extensive collection of pipes. These are graded ‘0’, which was the top of the heap for Karl Erik. Beautiful...
  2. craig61a

    Tilshead Saddle Stem Dublin

    Sloppy snowy Spring day. I worked on this Tilshead. The chamber rim was pretty ugly, with knife slips and charring. Rather than top it, I opened up the upper portion of the chamber to get rid of the damage. The rim is reasonably back in round. I coated the inside of the bowl with maple syrup...
  3. craig61a

    Au Caid Panel

    Since the weather outside is frightful, I spent the afternoon in the shop cleaning up this dingy Au Caid panel… It’s my guess this is pre-WWII. It has an orific bit.
  4. craig61a

    PM Server Forbids ISP

    I changed my ISP from Comcast to USI, and now I get 403 Forbidden when accessing the site. What gives…?
  5. craig61a

    Time to Process the Katerini…

  6. craig61a

    Another Pipe Chamber Floor Rebuild

    This is a pipe that I got in lot buy years ago, and I recently “rediscovered” it. The floor of the chamber had been reamed a little excessively, and the draft had been poked and opened up with some weird indents in the bottom. It smoked alright, but I knew it could do a whole lot better. The...
  7. craig61a

    Turkish Oriental Katerini

    This evening I played around with some Turkish Oriental Katerini from Whole Leaf Tobacco I stashed away 3 years ago. After slicing it up, my fingers were quite oily. I mixed it 50-50 with some Three Sails. Cutting it by 1/2, the flavors from the Katerini were still quite bold. Tea, honey...
  8. craig61a

    E. Andrew Pipe on eBay

    Whoever got the high bid on eBay stole this pipe… I have several E, Andrew pipes, and they are absolutely fabulous pipes. I imagine nobody knows who he was or the wonderful pipes he made. https://www.ebay.com/itm/364185342916
  9. craig61a

    Peterson SPD 2023 Smooths

    Looks like Danish Pipe Shop has Pete SPD Smooths... Giddyup!!!
  10. craig61a

    Chamber Rebuild

    Over the years I’ve received estate pipes that have been over-reamed. As time permits, I build up the bottom of the chamber, and then reshape the floor so that the draft hole is near the center and the walls of the chamber taper down to meet the draft hole. This allows for more material around...
  11. craig61a

    Peterson St. Patrick’s Day 2023

    Two months to go, I haven’t heard anything about a 2023 Peterson St. Patrick’s Day pipe… A month or so ago SP had over 150 of the 2022 St. Patrick’s Day pipes left for sale on their site. That number has come down somewhat. Usually by this time of the year there’s some mention of the upcoming...
  12. craig61a

    Stanwell 229 Reg’d Straight Billiard

    Not a British pipe, but a British shape. I picked this up several years ago. I smoked it a few weeks back, and it’s been sitting on my desk since then. I’m not always real good at putting stuff back where it belongs right away. Woke up in the middle of the night, and this pipe caught my eye. I...
  13. craig61a

    Noodle Press Tobacco

    There have been other threads over the years discussing this, and I’ve always wanted to try pressing. I initially thought of going big. 4” 1/4” thick stainless, but it’s quite expensive. And a 20 ton China brand press isn’t cheap anymore either. So I bought a cheap noodle press off Amazon… I...
  14. craig61a

    Tobaccopipes - 20% Off Gawith Hoggarth

    OK granted the popular stuff is sold out. But I do like the Kendal Gold Vintage that came out earlier this year, and took this opportunity to add more to my cellar…
  15. craig61a

    Sales Threads - Removal of Old Completed Posts

    Not so many years ago, the sales section was purged of sales that were completed. Now it seems they linger for months after completion. Not really a good reference for sale prices if that's what the intent is. The asking price may have been negotiated down in a PM. And it's not really all that...
  16. craig61a

    Top the Tobacco…

    Occasionally I experiment. I have a bottle of dark rum that I have rarely drank. It’s not bad, gotta chocolate flavor to it. Since the weather is nice (75F, low humidity, light breeze), I sprayed some Three Sails down and set it out to dry. I’ll see how the flavor comes through. Maybe I can...
  17. craig61a

    Tube Radio Restoration

    Over 20 years ago when my career became mostly software development as opposed to designing electronic devices, I started collecting and repairing old vacuum tube radios. My father brought home an old Philco 40-120 that the school was getting rid of back in the early 1970’s. I enjoyed listening...
  18. craig61a

    Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop

    A few years back I bought a few tins of HB to bump an order up to get free shipping. There were a few people on this board that raved about it several years ago. With 3.5 years of age on it it’s a pretty flavorful smoke. A bold, nutty, leathery Burley, sweet Red Virginia that has almost a...
  19. craig61a

    Nice Weather Today, Dragged Some Equipment Outside and Made a Pipe…

    My first Canadian, made out of a chunk of apple wood I had lying around.
  20. craig61a

    Busted Amber Stem…

    I managed to drop my Pete 80s on a carpeted floor today. 5 easy pieces… Well 4 actually. Just got out of surgery. It’s doing better now. Has a little more character.