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Estate With "Burnt Wood Ghost"
Some of the heat fissures are deeper than they look in the photos. The shank doesn't smell. I agree that's where most ghosts are found. When I get new pipes I thuroughly clean the airways out with alcohol and pipe cleaners. After an hour and a half in the shank the pipe cleaner came out...- lukifer
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Matches? Matches? We Need More Stinkin’ Matches!
I buy 8 packs of 32 count strike on box matches for a couple dollars at my local grocery store and Walmart. They work great. You will probably find them by the grilling or Kitchen kit, maybe in the "random crap" aisle of your grocery store. I've never used a strike anywhere match but even if...- lukifer
- Post #19
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Estate With "Burnt Wood Ghost"
I recently picked up an estate pipe off ebay. It came with a thick cake, I reamed it down to tolerable levels and did my usual clean of new pipes(pipe cleaner dipped in alcohol and clean the stem). It also came with a wind cap and I noticed a dark ring around the outside where the cap touches...- lukifer
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- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Matches? Matches? We Need More Stinkin’ Matches!
I've been collecting cheap boxes of matches for years. Got quite the collection going, couple dozen between 2-3 brands. Guess that makes me a trendsetter.- lukifer
- Post #4
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Retrohaling
Pull smoke into your mouth, close mouth, slowly exhale from nose while pushing tongue forward and shrinking the space in your mouth where the smoke is which causes it to escape via the nasal passage/nose.- lukifer
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Retrohaling
I've always thought retrohaling is exhaling smoke from your nose. Never a good idea to intentionally pull smoke into your lungs.- lukifer
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Taste
Some more complex flavors need to be somewhat "unlocked" in your mind. On more than a few occasions it has taken a couple bowls of a blend over a couple days to actually figure out what the different flavors are. Sometimes pairing them with a beverage can help or hinder the process depending...- lukifer
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Perfect Foods
Chocolate peanut butter banana oatmeal. A nice fat steak cooked with salt, garlic and malt vinegar served with shredded sharp provolone melted on top and then topped with a layer of pesto. Salmon filet covered in melted bone marrow. Beef liver. Proper homemade beans on hash. (Bacon, yellow...- lukifer
- Post #25
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Your First Briar
Must be clays I'm thinking of that don't ghost or maybe I am confused in general. I always thought the reason briars ghosted so easily was because of how porous and absorbent the wood is, but that was more of an assumption than anything. I will probably have to pick up a cheap one and give...- lukifer
- Post #12
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Cultivating a Taste for Tobacco
I found myself overwhelmed at first by the variety so I went on pipesAndCigars and got an ounce of each type of straight blending tobaccos they had. That really gave me a general feel for each type of leaf and what it has to offer. Just bear in mind that when you put 2+ ingredients together...- lukifer
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Your First Briar
What are the benefits of Meer over briar? I always assumed briar is better than everything else, but I've only ever smoked briar and cheap wood that's not briar. I know that some pipe materials don't ghost as bad but I assumed the tradeoff to a lack of porosity would be a hotter, harsher smoke...- lukifer
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Keeping Pipes in Cars
I live in Minnesota. I keep pipes in my car. In the summer, tins will heat up, pop the seal causing tobacco to dry out, so keep minimal tobacco in the car and/or find a way to secure the lid. Not a problem with screw top lids, biggest problem with c&d style cans, I slide a zip tie on my...- lukifer
- Post #29
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Any Info On This Dr Grabow?
I own quite a few old Grabows I got off ebay for under $20. Without a picture all I could say is it's probably an old one they don't make anymore, which in my experience is a good thing. Some of my best smokers are old Grabows. I've only been smoking pipes for a few years and one of my first... -
Need Help Identifying Irish Estate
The unanimous opinion seems to be Peterson from here and elsewhere. It smokes good and I like it. I suppose that's all that really matters. There are a significant number of imperfections in the briar, instead of filling these, it looks like they opted for an uneven craggy type of... -
Need Help Identifying Irish Estate
As in sold to raise funds for the cathedral? I still find it kind of odd they wouldn't brand it a Peterson... -
A Whine To Go With Old Age
Tell me about it. When I turned 30 I started noticing my ability to recover from excersize and my metabolic rate take a sharp nosedive. Getting old is hell, that's for sure. But all jokes aside, FLDRD has a good point. I have noticed that if my omega 3 to 6 ratio gets out of whack I develop...- lukifer
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Need Help Identifying Irish Estate
I recently got a new estate pipe off ebay. I am a fan of it. The thing that bugs me is there is no branding. Someone made a beautiful pipe that smokes great and seems like they took their time with a lot of the finer details, why wouldn't they brand it? The only identifying markings are as... -
How Much Does it Take to Ghost?
While ghosts certainly do reside in the carbon cake. I have found in my pipes that have been ghosted or gone sour, the shank is the haunted house. I always try to remove the stem and use a folded over pipe cleaner in the shank after the normal pipe cleaner usage. When I fail to do so...- lukifer
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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How and Why do you Clench?
Your profile picture says otherwise...- lukifer
- Post #16
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Supporting Local Shops
"You looking for something bro?" "Yeah, you guys wouldn't happen to carry any pipe tobacco would you?" "For sure my dude, we got the good stuff!" *holds up a bag of RYO and giggles like a stoner*- lukifer
- Post #31
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers