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  1. dog_park_piper

    Briar Carbonization vs Cake Formation

    I’ve seen estate pipes listed with the description “minor bowl carbonization” and I’ve seen some that look like the briar in the bowl has gotten a little worn down. I get the process of cake formation. But if a chamber gets a nice coat of cake, how does the briar beneath it wear down? Does this...
  2. dog_park_piper

    Is There A Real Difference.

    And 92% tobacco. Great tobacco makes any pipe my favorite pipe.
  3. dog_park_piper

    What Are Your Top Five Pipe Accessories?

    matches/bic/zippo Tamper Coffee (not too hot) Absence of phone
  4. dog_park_piper

    My Journey into Burley Blends

    Smoke Two Timer
  5. dog_park_piper

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    Thinking too much about watching cake grow in a new pipe is like buying new shoes and glancing at the bottom of them after every walk to see the tread diminish. Same goes for new tires in a car. We are not meant to think about it so much.
  6. dog_park_piper

    Hello Medico collectors

    Hello from Houston (but missing home state of Washington sometimes, but not when I remember I can get tobacco delivered here)
  7. dog_park_piper

    Bowl Size And Smoking Duration

    In Argentina, I have to smoke with the pipe upside down
  8. dog_park_piper

    Bowl Size And Smoking Duration

    Sounds reasonable. You can’t burn tobacco deeper than what is exposed on the general surface area. Until you burn tobacco down the chamber, time smoking is the only thing you have.
  9. dog_park_piper

    Bowl Size And Smoking Duration

    Yes, I’m moving toward smaller diameters and deeper chambers.
  10. dog_park_piper

    Bowl Size And Smoking Duration

    Will this be in the test?
  11. dog_park_piper

    Opening the Jar

    I believe aging would have continued. The tobacco is still older.
  12. dog_park_piper

    Opening the Jar

    If I smoke a blend after it’s been sealed for 5 years it’s 5 years old. If I open the jar again in 7 days to smoke it it’s not a 1week old blend. I don’t see how the time would stop with a fresh gust of air when you open it. It’ll age differently than if it were sealed the whole time, but I...
  13. dog_park_piper

    Old Joe Krantz first impressions

    I love it. It’s cellared for the long term.
  14. dog_park_piper

    Storing your Pipe Cleaners?

    You put them in a mason jar, a gallon size if you don’t want to bend them. Fasten the lid and wait about 3 years. A little age does wonders on them.
  15. dog_park_piper

    Putting an Age on This Corn Cob

    Howdy. I stumbled up this old Missouri Meerschaum here locally. I’m not one to get estate corn cobs but it was basically free. Any guess as to which decade it came from? The stem, and “M” icon on the stem, and the thick shank can be indications. Thanks
  16. dog_park_piper

    Kentucky Burley, Ready For Harvest

    Hot damn, I think my tobacco belly is growling.
  17. dog_park_piper

    ***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***

    Finishing two small pipes from earlier in the week with Irish Flake and going through a Castello with Old Joe Krantz.
  18. dog_park_piper

    WLT Dark Air Cured

    I am a big fan of whole leaf