A good week....

[fnord]

I just finished my very first bowl bowl of C&D Billy Budd and I've got to admit that I'm in love. I've been smoking the house blends of my local tobacconist here in Topeka and have been pretty content with his offerings. However, one of my twins' friends came over last night to watch KU shut down Texas, and, being new to the pipe, he started asking questions and I shared damned near everything I've learned in my last 35 years.
This young man, at 18, has a wonderful pipe collection I covet. He's got a Peterson, Brebbia and a Ben Wade -Preben Holmes made Danish model that I'd kill for - and yet he didn't know how to properly sanitize an eBay purchase.
We talked shop, he ooh'ed and ahh'ed politley over my collection of pipes and tampers and then we talked tobacco. He brought out tins of Frog Morton and C&D that I'd read about but never sampled. We swapped baccy and promised to stay in touch.
Today I found out that my local tobacconist is starting a pipe club, ala the KCPC model, and, three days ago, I found a perfectly working model of the Beattie Jet Lighter. So life is good.

 

[zanthal]

Good for you. I don't think I'm old enough to have had a good week before.

 

[brian64]

fnord: I've got a big can of Billy Budd that's been tucked away unopened for about a year or so...I think you've inspired me to dig into next after I finish the tin of Black House I'm working on.

 

[mp31guitar]

Sounds like a pleasant week.

 

[chops]

Sounds like a pleasant week.

+1
I keep hearing things about Billy Budd. I will have to put that on my list.

 

[briarpipeboiler]

and yet he didn't know how to properly sanitize an eBay purchase.

So, what is the proper procedure???

 

[uberam3rica]

That is a good week. Paul's Pipe Shop of Flint Michigan is the closest place to me. Unfortunately close is almost a 100 mile round trip. All the places around me that are actually close are cigarette and cigar focused.

 

[baronsamedi]

Sanitize an Ebay purchase? Is that when you hunt down a shady seller, whack him and destroy all the evidence?

 

[uberam3rica]

Sanitize an Ebay purchase

What would the proper way be? I just run an alcohol soaked pipe cleaner through it.

 

[mikemacrdlnds]

Go to the Seattle Pipe Club web site and there is a article on how to sanitize a pipe using the Alcohol Retort system. I use it on all the estate pipes I buy. It does the trick. I have used the pipe cleaner+ alcohol method+alcohol salt treatment. Thought my pipe were good and clean. Then ran one through a retort, and could not believe the crap i flushed out of the pipe. It is the only system I use to clean and sanitize my pipes.

 

[briarpipeboiler]

^^^^
Can you post a direct link to that article??
I went to the site but I couldn't' find it. Could it be a Members only thing??
Or just copy > paste it here?
Thx.

 

[briarpipeboiler]

Here's a link to the Seattle Pipe Club article...
http://www.seattlepipeclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=969877&module_id=16774