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Does heavier briar denote... higher quality?
A different slant to this conversation: Weights are often added to online pipe listings as a way of judging quality, with heavier being generally preferred. This is my experience, anyway, after restoring a few hundred estates and selling my own pipes. All the (admittedly impressive) talk of...- dmcc
- Post #41
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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The First Pipe I Carved
+1 to the consensus: Lovely pipe you've made there. Lots of tasteful restraint on the form, and fine symmetry. If you don't mind my asking, how did you manage the "J"/fishing-hook stamp on the stem? I've seen lots of dots. . .but never an insignia from anyone except the Big Brands. -
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Deoxidize a Stem?
@aussielass I've done a lot of repair, and a fair bit of pipe-making. I've seen only two pipes that had the tenon affixed to the stem. One was intentional (a '62 Dunhill ODA Billiard), one was not (a *very* early pipe of mine where I used an epoxy on the Delrin tenon that didn't hold properly)...- dmcc
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Tobacco Hoarding
Think the OP noted both reasons I overstock (hoard) pipe tobacco: - The rationalization (true or false) that pipe tobacco is cheaper today than it will be tomorrow. - The worry of a favorite blend disappearing. The only thing I'd add is that tobacco only gets better with age. And storing pipe...- dmcc
- Post #21
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion