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  1. wgstraub

    Blending help

    I could use some advice from you blenders out there. I’m a non-aromatic guy and I’ve been combing some burley, Virginia, black cavendish, latakia and a touch of izmir. It’s pretty good but not perfect. It’s lacking a little body it needs a bottom. The best way to describe it is to compare it to...
  2. wgstraub

    Yakima Valley

    I've got a problem. Ordered a couple of tins of Yakima Valley (Seattle Pipe Club) and originally didn't care for it. Set aside for a month or two, went back and now I can't smoke enough of it. The problem is Seattle has quit producing it. So I was wondering if anyone else has smoked Yakima...
  3. wgstraub

    Pipe Cleaner Won't Enter

    This is probably a pretty elementary issue, so I'll apologize in advance for taking up everyone's time. I'm working on an estate purchase, a Vottis pot Algerian briar, that holds promise. The problem is I can't slide a pipe cleaner through the bore into the stem no matter how hard I try and I...
  4. wgstraub

    Brokenhearted

    One of my favorite pipes, one I've had for almost 40 years, fell off my desk and the tenon broke off 9n the mortise. As you can see it's kind of an odd shape and might prov e difficult to match. I know it's a cheap, little La Strada Forte with a lot of fills but it was one of my first and always...
  5. wgstraub

    Wessex Pipe Rim

    This is a Wessex bent brandy, I believe the style is correct. It is a Klein design, made in France, number 162 if you're scoring at home and it's a terrific pipe. Well drilled and the briar is very hard, the way I like it. The problem, if that's what it is, is that the rim is uneven and retains...
  6. wgstraub

    Comoy question

    Recently purchased this Comoy at a more than fair price and it has already soared toward the top of the rotation. Great grain, great draw, very solid, nice size. Now the question: I can't tell much about it. It says COMOY'S on the top of the shank but it offers no clue as to the type of...
  7. wgstraub

    Forest and Stream

    I can’t help but notice old Forest and Stream tobacco tins can go for hundreds of dollars. Does anyone know anything about the tobacco itself? Has anyone ever tried it? Curious about what it might be comparable to on the current market and when it ended production.
  8. wgstraub

    Seconds and Sub-Brands

    This may sound like a silly subject but I'm curious. Poking through Pipedia, as I sometimes do, I came across Royal Danish, described as a sub-brand of Stanwell. Then checking out Comoy, it has a list of what they called seconds, like Townhall and Trident. So, are sub-brands and seconds the...
  9. wgstraub

    Artisanal Pipes

    I started smoking pipes almost 50 years ago, starting with inexpensive instruments like La Strada, Eventually I got around to the upper class, like Barling and Dunhill. But I've been reading a lot, with interest, posts from writers advocating artisanal pipes, ones that are individually crafted...
  10. wgstraub

    Writing Life

    It's not all about drinking Irish whiskey. Work to be done. That's my Kriswill bent billiard I'm chomping on with, as I recollect, MM 965 in the bowl. But as you may note I have two others resting nearby with Balkan Sasieni and Peterson's Balkan Mixture nearby.
  11. wgstraub

    Kaywoodie Curious

    Been watching some Kaywoodies on Ebay and elsewhere and I'm trying to come to grips with their status. From what I understand, they were once on a par with Dunhills and others but the quality slipped and they became your basic drug store pipes. That's the type I'm familiar with and try to stay...
  12. wgstraub

    Smoking the Time Away in Maine

    Haven't posted recently for good reason. Sitting near the banks of a private lake in Midcoast Maine, smoking MM965, Balkan Sasieni and others in my bent Kriswill, Stefano billiard and others, hitting the Green Spot and listening to Ben Webster's "King of the Tenors.'' If anyone can possibly...
  13. wgstraub

    Rim Chip

    Just picked up this nice Stefano billiard -- a brand I have had good luck with i n the past -- and got it all cleaned up ready to smoke. It has a very small chip just below the rim of the bowl. Don't think it will crack but does anyone have any idea how to fix it up? Thanks in advance. sawmill...
  14. wgstraub

    Matching a Pipe with Tobacco

    I recently came into possession of a pre-transition Barling and used it to smoke some My Mixture 965. Long story short, after more than 45 years of pipe smoking, it was the best smoke I can recall. So I will use it solely with MM 965. Which got me to thinking -- are there any ideas in regard to...
  15. wgstraub

    Barling

    Recently came into possession of this, a Barling Ye Olde Wood with a model number 59. The logo and markings are faint but it has Barling's in block letters arranged in an arc over the word make and then Ye Olde Wood with the number 59, which I believe is the model number and intended for the...
  16. wgstraub

    Mortise-Tenon

    I'm sure this has been covered before, I'm relatively new to the site, so I apologize if I'm plowing old ground. Have a couple pipes -- a GBD and a BBB -- where the tenon doesn't fit into the mortise. Is it advisable to lightly sand the tenon? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
  17. wgstraub

    Restoring the Stem

    I have several pipes with discolored stems because of oxidation. I have been checking out obsidian oil. I know it can protect but does it restore? What's everybody's best way of restoring a stem? Thanks in advance.
  18. wgstraub

    Bowl Maintenance

    Stupid question, perhaps: Would you ream a bowl before or after you perform the rock salt/grain alcohol procedure, or is there a better method? Also, reamer recommendations would be appreciated (and, being an old man, I always seek the less expensive route). Thanks in advance.
  19. wgstraub

    Finn Pipes

    Looking at a pipe up for auction with a script Finn signature on the bottom of the shank. Haven't been able to Google up much. Anyone familiar, and is it worth pursuing? Thanks in advance.
  20. wgstraub

    Good Day and Good Smoking to All

    Hello, I'm Bill Straub, originally from New Jersey now living in Silver Spring, MD after a long tenure in Kentucky. I have been smoking a pipe for about 45 years. I have used and smoked various pipes, starting with La Strada, which I still use, including one of my originals, Also use Comoy's...
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