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  1. tomsmithusa

    My New Savinelli

    Crimony, I would not think I'd have such interest looking at a pipe picture. But I do like looking at pipes. Thank you. That, and I've had several Savinelli's and always very good smokers. They've become my first choice.
  2. tomsmithusa

    Thanks Guys

    Bubble -- That was well said. I share a little enthusiasm about pipes with other people and their eyes roll back in their heads. :-) It sure is nice to get others pipe experiences. Thanks for the nice post.
  3. tomsmithusa

    Sherlock Holmes Pipe and Tobacco

    lordnoble Thank you, but whatever you wrote, I stopped reading at "spoiler". :-) I had to put my hand over the computer but managed to avoid reading it! Thank you, though, for something I am sure was well intended. The paper was a little odd in referring to Holmes repeatedly as if he were a...
  4. tomsmithusa

    Sherlock Holmes Pipe and Tobacco

    Thanks for the post. I am a fan, too. I am about halfway through Doyle's works, have noted the pipe usage with interest, and was disappointed when Holmes went to cigaretttes in "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist", which is his, if I count right, 27th short story, or 29th tale, if you count...
  5. tomsmithusa

    Just Found Out what True Heartbreak Is.....

    Sorry, man. What he said. Also common under a trademark name, Silvadene, it’s wonderful at speeding the healing and minimizing scaring – that, and the fresh applications and maybe some gentle cleansing, if that’s possible with a burn, to keep scabs from forming/hardening will minimize scaring...
  6. tomsmithusa

    New BriarBid Listings .

    Thank you, rothnh. It feels like a new long-term companion. Sorry, if I had a brain in my head I would have put the tamper on the front in the last night’s photo. :-) My daughter was clamoring for my attention, while I tried to finish posting last night. I added light and close up, here, but...
  7. tomsmithusa

    New BriarBid Listings .

    ejames. Your tamper came in the mail, today -- as I was smoking a pipe. My youngest daughter gently broke it in with a few tamps. It is really a handsome piece – much more so that in pictures. In the photo, I can’t draw out its high polish or the depth to the wood. It’s a very well done piece...
  8. tomsmithusa

    New BriarBid Listings .

    You're welcome, but those tampers are a real pleasure to look at. I had a Comoy's, but it dropped from my hand one day and the lacquer finish chipped in an itt-bitty spot, but it shows up like a lightbulb in an alley. And, it did not have a rod, like yours. The machining, matching the wood to...
  9. tomsmithusa

    New BriarBid Listings .

    Well, I about fell over myself getting registered on to BriarBid.com after seeing your tampers. Those are striking -- really well done. I think I got the .50 cal -- the list view description was different than the item view. To get a tamper that striking, that functional, and then with a bullet...
  10. tomsmithusa

    Minimize Pipe Aftereffects

    Well, this is funny. Toss my list and throw it in a pile when working outside. I’ve been helping a family friend, who’s been laid up from an injury. His family has a wood-cutting business. The last couple weeks it’s been me and a chain saw going through tractor-trailer loads of wood. I don’t...
  11. tomsmithusa

    Good Old Zippo!

    TRUE AMERICAN: :-)
  12. tomsmithusa

    Good Old Zippo!

    I am on day six of trying this on two Zippos, and both lighters are still going. This is a great tip. Without doing this the lighters would last 2-3 days whether I used them or not. Also, after filling a Zippo, if I put it in my pocket, the fluid would leak a bit and burn my skin. I noticed no...
  13. tomsmithusa

    Walker Briar Works' "Stem Restore Kit"

    fnord – that’s well said. I’ve ordered some micro-mesh pads and with those, bleach, and Walker’s mix, I can tackle stems now. These men sharing their successes and failures saves much grief but also gives much confidence to drive ahead and try something. As pipe smoking is so rare, shared...
  14. tomsmithusa

    Walker Briar Works' "Stem Restore Kit"

    Addendum: I should have added that I have moved to Savinelli’s pipes as my sole source for new pipes some years ago, for several reasons, but one is that their stems never oxidize and have a good combination of hard and soft on the teeth. I’d love to support, for example, North Carolina’s Dr...
  15. tomsmithusa

    A Pipe & 1/4 Pound of Tobacco - Only $19.95!

    This is incredible. I had a good friend whose son died in 2006. His son had kept his father’s pipes, as he had stopped smoking years ago – he’d smoke a pipe by inhaling fully. He then gave that glass-door, wall-hung pipe rack to me. There are 15 or so Magic Inch pipes in it. I looked...
  16. tomsmithusa

    Good Old Zippo!

    I am trying this now, since yesterday. If this works, you have my eternal thankfulness. Reaching for a lighter than is dry after only a couple days is frustrating. What a great idea. Thank you for posting. I dabbed a little on as I refilled a couple lighters for lighting Halloween pumpkins. ***...
  17. tomsmithusa

    Walker Briar Works' "Stem Restore Kit"

    Thank you all. It’s fun to share with people who appreciate it. ejames – thanks for clarifying. I am looking forward to trying the 50-50, bleach-water solution and micromesh pads, too. The Walker Briar Works formula against this oxidation was incremental with each step. Suddenly at the seventh...
  18. tomsmithusa

    Walker Briar Works' "Stem Restore Kit"

    Well, I must say nightmarejones’ restoration is impressive. After rereading this thread, I garnered a little more energy and took WalkerBriarWorks’s two more times, rinsing with warm water. After the first time I took 320-grit sandpaper, wet, and lightly went over some of the more oxidized...
  19. tomsmithusa

    Walker Briar Works' "Stem Restore Kit"

    I must say I am appreciative of the many suggestions of what’s worked for others. :worship: I’ve gone back and read this several times. The Kit arrived, and about the fifth time through on one stem I am exhausting myself but there is progress. That was about a ‘medium bad’ stem. I am putting...
  20. tomsmithusa

    Walker Briar Works' "Stem Restore Kit"

    Does Oxyclean remove all the bad taste associated with oxidation? Thanks for that and other comments which are faster than I can keep up. Pictures . . . mmm . . . Thanks, I would have forgotten the “pre-treatment picture.” I may have enough to experiment with the bleach-water soak. Although, I...
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