1 Grabow for 1 Year (8/2/19)

[didimauw]

I don't know what's worse, me making the thread about one boring pipe that gets the crap beat out of it, OR that people are watching the thread......

Haha

 

[anotherbob]

It is good to see a pipe age and gain it's battle scars through good, honest daily smoking. It gets a life of it's own distinguishing it from a hundred like it. Respect!

a pristine pipe is a sad thing it means the thing was coddled instead of loved.

 

[anotherbob]

Cool tamp! ?

Jef

seriously. I normally find fancy tamps about as confusing as a monkey wrench that's been pimped out to be premium (like it's a tool, why why oh why would it need style?). That tamp I actually think is pretty awesome.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

When you are done, may we cut it in half?

 

[didimauw]

a pristine pipe is a sad thing it means the thing was coddled instead of loved.

I agree, and that's how I smoke. I don't like garage queens.

 

[didimauw]

When you are done, may we cut it in half?

Maybe. I will send it to someone with a band saw lol. It might be in half by the time I'm done anyways lol.

 

[didimauw]

The tamper was made by a anonymous forum member here. He still lurks sometimes.

 

[anotherbob]

The tamper was made by a anonymous forum member here. He still lurks sometimes.

I suspect the material for that tamper might be tormented souls, your statement adds some weight to that speculation.

 

[burleyboy]

Maybe. I will send it to someone with a band saw lol.

And afterwards it has to go straight back on your workbench to become one of your legendary restoration projects!

 

[didimauw]

And afterwards it has to go straight back on your workbench to become one of your legendary restoration projects!

Haha! That or I'll just nail it to the wall. Or pitch it in the bin with "all the burned out pipes" like the old timers.

 

[didimauw]

Bowl 400.

In case anyone cares how I keep track, I have a sticky note inside my Midori passport notebook, which goes everywhere with me anyways.



Jam packed and filled over the rim with Catham Manor.

 

[verporchting]

Outstanding work. I admire your determination and stick-to-it-ness (yes, it’s really a word... well, I’m my twisted reality anyway)

 

[Casual]

I seem to be likely to smoke 50 bowls at most per year. It makes me think that I’ll likely never need to ream a pipe, given I spread those bowls over ten pipes.

 

[Bowie]

I have a sticky note inside my Midori passport notebook, which goes everywhere with me anyways

I can never resist a new notebook. I'll have to look for some Midoris. Overall, it's satisfying watching things progress on the pipe. Of course, I'm one of those guys who likes watching the occasional video of things like decks getting power washed.

 

[mikethompson]

I seem to be likely to smoke 50 bowls at most per year. It makes me think that I’ll likely never need to ream a pipe, given I spread those bowls over ten pipes.

I'm sort of in the same boat, I will never have cake build up in my pipes. But I can just imagine how boring my own 'One Pipe For a year' thread would be.

 

[didimauw]

I can never resist a new notebook. I'll have to look for some Midoris. Overall, it's satisfying watching things progress on the pipe. Of course, I'm one of those guys who likes watching the occasional video of things like decks getting power washed.

Mine is featured here, with the larger version of it as well. Both Midoris. Good notebooks in this thread.

Ye Old Analoge Thread :: General Discussion

I have been keeping a pocket notebook for a couple years. I have a terrible memory for a 30 year old and it seriously helps with that. I also started keeping a physical paper planner a couple years ago to help with dates and times. I find it easier to remember, of I write it down. My favorite...

pipesmagazine.com

 

[verporchting]

Didimauw, that's a fantastic photo! A man, his pipe and the ghost of Grabow's past trying to haunt him whilst he resolutely ignores the ghost and contemplates bowl number 500. That, or you're thinking REALLY hard and that's the clutch starting to smoke...? LOL.

 

[didimauw]

Not much to update, smoking has slowed down dramatically. But here's a great glamour shot.

Bowl 471

 

[jpmcwjr]

Almost 500!

Do your own rules prohibit reaming?

 

[tokerpipes]

Mine is about 8 years old and I smoked it for a year because it was all I had. Besides normal clean out and cutting the stinger off I never had any issues with it. Smokes like my sav. A trooper all the way.

I remember dropping it in a pond and salvaging it and it still puffs great.