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  1. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    It's a Jeep. No getting it stuck anywhere, summer tires or not. I usually drive yhrough a foot and s half of snow with no problem. But hers is pristine. 2010, no rust, abig deal in Maine.
  2. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    I just got more orders from the wife. No more smoking in the Jeep. She has fumigated it and now is on the way to the car wash where she will vacuum all inside. Some fun. Join She has one. Doesn't use it in the winter.
  3. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    I just got more orders from the wife. No more smoking in the Jeep. She has fumigated it and now is on the way to the car wash where she will vacuum all inside. Some fun.
  4. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    I have cut back smoking to one bowl a day, sometimes one every third day. I feel no withdrawal, which is a Godsend. But that stubborn pipe that failed to build cake at the bottom is now showing signs of improvement. I smoke a full bowl then follow with a half-bowl, which rnsures that I burn at...
  5. JohnnyBeach

    UK: Labour Smoking Ban

    Always beware the "open and shut" argument. It is a smarmy way of delegitimizing rational thought.
  6. JohnnyBeach

    UK: Labour Smoking Ban

    Is it still 1984?
  7. JohnnyBeach

    UK: Labour Smoking Ban

    Are you confident that you can pass just gas and nothing else?
  8. JohnnyBeach

    UK: Labour Smoking Ban

    Preaching to the choir produces no change. But, while on this subject, Maine has become a nanny state. You cannot have tobacco shipped to you, as a customer, through USPS, FedEx or UPS. Against the law. So, we have to buy limited products at high prices from the existing shops, in person.
  9. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    I have always noticed that more cake is not a bad thing--up to a point. I am shooting for 1/8 " of cake in most of my pipes. Some of you have said 1/16 " is ideal and the cake should be hard, not composed of tobacco particles and ash, but presumably tars from the combustion process. I usually...
  10. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    Must be Deer Isle. There was a strange bridge connecting it to the mainland, great big hump of a bridge that my wife hated going over. Anyway, if you ever want a visit to an unspoiled island community, take the mail boat to Monhegan. When I was there, there was only one phone, no power, a small...
  11. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    Sounds like Vinalhaven. It's where artist Robert Indiana lived for many years.
  12. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    So many islands! Vinalhaven, North Haven, Ilseboro, Mohegan (an artists' colony in the 30s and 40s), and more.
  13. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    DId it.
  14. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    So far, I have not built up a crumbly cake. I did have t=ouble keeping my pipe lit today with a aromatic blend, so I zapped 3 pipefuls in the microwave for 30 seconds. Made it a bit crispy but it stayed lit. Still not much action on the cake.
  15. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    I tried one more pipe with a honey coat on the bottom third and it seemed to work. But I am avoiding it, generally, because of tongue bite. One pipe that was stubbornly resisting break in seems to be building cake from the top of a 1/3 bowl down to the bottom. I can't say I'm thrilled with this...
  16. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    I am still wondering about using honey as an aid to building cake. I have an estate briar with a bent stem that has a fairly large bowl. I may try honey on the lower half with that one, trying to get the ash and bits of tobacco to cling to the bowl and start a cake. We'll see.
  17. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    I have noticed that when I tamp the ash, the tobacco starts to burn better. I use pipe cleaners frequently to remove excess condensation, so maybe I should try drying the tobacco more and maybe slow down smoking.
  18. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    OK, I must seem like a slow learner, but I am having trouble breaking in two pipes that remain bare wood in the bottom 1/3. I tried the honey and got blah results except for a terrific tongue bite. So, yes, I'll stop with the honey.
  19. JohnnyBeach

    Breaking in an Uncoated New Pipe

    I have had such a bad time breaking in two pipes that I have begun using a honey coating, which at first seemed to work. But then the bottom half on a newer pipe stopped caking and now appears to be bare wood. What am I doing wrong?
  20. JohnnyBeach

    KIRIBI vs PEARL ?

    I had terrible luck with a Ronson butane lighter. Small flame, worked for a few days, then nothing. The company declined a return. I am really disappointed. Got another lighter through a pipes and tobacco supplier and it worked well. Now, a couple of months later it lights intermittently but...
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