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  1. carlosviet

    Two months of Meerschaum

    It is an IMP Meerschaum bought from smokingpipes. And yes, there are two parts of it that seem immune to coloring, so as you point out, probably those parts where filled or pressed or something. A pity, because it was an expensive pipe, but that's how things are.
  2. carlosviet

    Two months of Meerschaum

    I really thought it took longer to notice a color... I just smoke a bowl a day, and put beewax yesterday... April 2012 June 2012 It's kind of funny how unevenly it changes...
  3. carlosviet

    Staining a Pipe?

    Proved, used, recommended and complimented method: A mix (50-50) of brown shoe polish and antiseptic iodine (in any pharmacy, OTC). Spread well, let it dry one night and buff later by hand with a piece of cloth until it does not mark the cloth. It turns rustic wood into a noble and glossy...
  4. carlosviet

    World No Tobacco Day

    Nobody has ever answered like Mark Twain... 120 years ago:
  5. carlosviet

    Samuel Gawith "Factory"

    You will not find more... vintage and historic snuff. In a 2003 interview with Bob Gregory, manager of Samuel Gawith, he reveals that "The machinery for snuff is from 1760. It was bought in 1792 from the army, from machines used to mill gunpowder during the wars against Napoleon." About the...
  6. carlosviet

    Silica gel packets?

    It is generally agreed that humidity level is the most important condition for cellaring. I would not tamper into that level unless I would be really forced to. From the dangers of long term cellaring: dryness, mold, ghostling from other cellar chemicals... I think rusting of the tins is such a...
  7. carlosviet

    Samuel Gawith "Factory"

    Some of the equipment, the snuff one and some press machines, are over 200 years old. These pictures are an excellent icon of what we mean when we talk about Traditional and Artisan tobaccos for the pipe. Should be seen at the side of a modern cigarettes factory to highlight how different both...
  8. carlosviet

    Old piper's tale?

    I talked to my father about this, some time ago (two generations of pipe smokers confronting tradition of pipe smoking with logic and science...). The point of this is that decades ago, people would have one, or two at most, pipes. Racks were for 2 or 3 pipes. The rule of rotating and resting...
  9. carlosviet

    Samuel Gawith "Factory"

    Samuel Gawith and its twin and nemesis Gawith Hoggarth & Co are, by far and large, my favorite tobacco producers. Every time I come upon a new tin of them, it creates a wow! effect. I am very jealous of you people who can get so many blends of them, particularly in bulk... Anyway, I came upon a...
  10. carlosviet

    Quitting cigs

    Some, yes. Some others, not. You smoked many cigs a day. You will smoke less bowls, for longer times. You will see when you walk that road, according to your personal circumstances. But in any case, what I advice is that if there is a situation that asks you for a cig, and a pipe is not viable...
  11. carlosviet

    Quitting cigs

    Well, my 2 cents from my experience and studies: One of the problems with cigarettes addiction is that it works differently to different people. There are 3 main addictions in cigarettes: Nicotine, Boost of endorphines, and social. The endorphines boost is the effect of all the components of...
  12. carlosviet

    Pipe packing - flight to FL

    My carry on luggage was searched because of a pipe tool and nail. It didn't get confiscated in the end, but it was uncomfortable for everybody. Since then, I put all my pipe items in the checked luggage.
  13. carlosviet

    Frozen Kirsten

    I have been able to separate rock solid fused parts of pipes putting them into coca cola. Same as with screws...
  14. carlosviet

    Experiment: Match vs Zippo vs Bic vs Old Boy Vs Torch.

    The goal of the experiment is to test the damage that the different kind of flames can make to the wood on the rim of the pipe. Damage is defined as charring and darkening of the wood. The hypothesis is that damage will be proportional to the temperature of the flame. Theoretically, flame...
  15. carlosviet

    Mouth burn

    My "family recipe": When you have smoked too much, or think that you burnt your mouth with the pipe, do not brush your teeth, or use any toothpaste or salt, or any bactericide. Before going to bed, clean the mouth rinsing and gargling with plain cold water. Once done, rinse and gargle with milk...
  16. carlosviet

    Useful habit to protect the rim of the pipe

    The saliva is for a potential mishap of the flame while lighting. That's what really chars rims.
  17. carlosviet

    New Article: The Ritual of Smoking a Pipe

    Is it? I don't know. It didn't permeate me. As I read it, if I wash the dishes after eating, I am doing a ritual... If I go for a walk in the evenings, I am falling into ritualistic behaviour... As far as I know, ritual is an action done for its symbolic value... The article advocates that any...
  18. carlosviet

    Useful habit to protect the rim of the pipe

    I don't see it replicated often, but I read it in many old manuals about pipes: The custom of applying to the rim a little of saliva with the thumb just before putting the flame to the tobacco. Easy thing that works amazingly to avoid darkening and scars in the rim. Of course, anyone smokes the...
  19. carlosviet

    The Myth of Brand

    Thank you Xray for sharing those links, so that I could read the actual polemic. Hanna seems to be well enamored of his own words. Little more than words there, pumping his own image so that his opinion turns to fact. There are these debates on any kind of lifestyle forum. From wine to cars...
  20. carlosviet

    New order from Alpascia

    I'm in South East Asia. Anything coming here is usually very slow, so I guess that this fastness should be kept in USA.
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