A Worn Out Star Grade Lee
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5 pointed 4 star Lee. Duh!
They’re right there, next to the Venturi graphite bowl “The Pipe”…Amazing
How many Pipes by Lee are in the collection
A bird was standing in a field chatting with a bull.
“I would love to get to the top of yonder tree,” sighed the bird, “but I ain’t got the energy.”
“Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?” replied the bull. “They’re packed with nutrients.”
The bird pecked at some dung and found that it gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. And similarly for the third day.
Finally, on the fourth day, he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.
This was when a farmer saw him, dashed into the farmhouse, emerged with a shotgun, and shot the bird right out of the tree.
Moral of the story: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won’t keep you there.
“I would love to get to the top of yonder tree,” sighed the bird, “but I ain’t got the energy.”
“Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?” replied the bull. “They’re packed with nutrients.”
The bird pecked at some dung and found that it gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. And similarly for the third day.
Finally, on the fourth day, he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.
This was when a farmer saw him, dashed into the farmhouse, emerged with a shotgun, and shot the bird right out of the tree.
Moral of the story: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won’t keep you there.
This pipe was used, but not abused.
Harry Hosterman had maybe a dozen pipes, he kept clean and rotated, but Harry would toss one that quit smoking sweet.
What’s unusual about this old Lee is somebody with ten dollars to splurge on pipes smoked one all the way down past the goodie.
Harry Hosterman had maybe a dozen pipes, he kept clean and rotated, but Harry would toss one that quit smoking sweet.
What’s unusual about this old Lee is somebody with ten dollars to splurge on pipes smoked one all the way down past the goodie.
I think that might be a stress fracture. If one would unscrew the stem just a bit and apply pressure that would crack the shank.
Other than that the salt and alcohol *might* have done it, but you’d have to have the salt and alcohol mixture in the shank.
The crack is quite fixable. In fact the whole pipe is. One opens the crack and pores in glue, or, open the crack put in the glue and use a zip tie.
Other than that the salt and alcohol *might* have done it, but you’d have to have the salt and alcohol mixture in the shank.
The crack is quite fixable. In fact the whole pipe is. One opens the crack and pores in glue, or, open the crack put in the glue and use a zip tie.
I think the crack was caused by the Grand Alignment back in June. The combined flux of gravity focused on the loci of the stem of that pipe and allowed the atomic bonds in the wood to separate, dissipating the material that previously occupied that time/space along the magnetic lines of flux and turning it into antimatter. Harry Hosterman concurred with my theory via Ouija board.
Mate (@Briar Lee),
All this navel gazing and pfaffing over a pipe that cost $9 !
Either get some superglue (SUPER CHEAP) and repair that shank, as has been recommended by several members
OR use it as firewood.
No point getting your knickers into a twist over $9
All this navel gazing and pfaffing over a pipe that cost $9 !
Either get some superglue (SUPER CHEAP) and repair that shank, as has been recommended by several members
OR use it as firewood.
No point getting your knickers into a twist over $9
As with most of his threads, I think his knickers are the least bit twisted.
There were three of these pipes.
What I think was the oldest, was the most expensive Yello Bole Imperial.
Then there is definitely a 7 pointed star Three Star Lee, with beautiful straight grain.
The last is the most used, a stamped star Lee so worn you can’t see even a ghost of a star.
Maybe the owner rotated between them, but I don’t think so. I prefer to think the owner retired the Yello Bole, then the 7 pointed star Lee, and finally the worn out Lee pot.
Harry was unique among the grown ups I knew who were pipe smokers in that he had more than one pipe for every day of the week. This was likely because the Hostermans were a prosperous family, mainly because Harry’s father, Harry, and his son Alva regularly wore out chainsaws.
My father had one chainsaw, that lasted him a lifetime. He milked cows 14 times a week, row cropped 370 acres, and grazed about 85. He bought all his firewood and fence posts from the Hostermans and if he had a need for boards they’d saw those two, using the custom sawmill another man named Carlson had set up in Spout Spring Hollow.
Last time I was home, I asked a young man who made his living with a chainsaw how long they lasted, and he said a good one might last a thousand hours, but he’d trade at about 300 to 500 while they were still worth something.
While we talked, he sat on his haunches just like the Hostermans did, in about the same spot, lighting cigarettes.
Why a sawer can squat like that, is obvious to anybody whose watched a man sawing in the big timber.
You can’t imagine hard work, until you’ve seen it. Squatting rests their backs.
What I think was the oldest, was the most expensive Yello Bole Imperial.
Then there is definitely a 7 pointed star Three Star Lee, with beautiful straight grain.
The last is the most used, a stamped star Lee so worn you can’t see even a ghost of a star.
Maybe the owner rotated between them, but I don’t think so. I prefer to think the owner retired the Yello Bole, then the 7 pointed star Lee, and finally the worn out Lee pot.
Harry was unique among the grown ups I knew who were pipe smokers in that he had more than one pipe for every day of the week. This was likely because the Hostermans were a prosperous family, mainly because Harry’s father, Harry, and his son Alva regularly wore out chainsaws.
My father had one chainsaw, that lasted him a lifetime. He milked cows 14 times a week, row cropped 370 acres, and grazed about 85. He bought all his firewood and fence posts from the Hostermans and if he had a need for boards they’d saw those two, using the custom sawmill another man named Carlson had set up in Spout Spring Hollow.
Last time I was home, I asked a young man who made his living with a chainsaw how long they lasted, and he said a good one might last a thousand hours, but he’d trade at about 300 to 500 while they were still worth something.
While we talked, he sat on his haunches just like the Hostermans did, in about the same spot, lighting cigarettes.
Why a sawer can squat like that, is obvious to anybody whose watched a man sawing in the big timber.
You can’t imagine hard work, until you’ve seen it. Squatting rests their backs.
That picture...I'm without words. But what a wonderful legacy.
I’m not familiar with ozone treatments.
The problem with repairing or messing with Lee pipes is I’m smoking a brand new old one that cost $29 yesterday
But here’s an article about natural briar pipes being porous that would have came as no surprise to Harry Hosterman.
natural virgin briar pipe – Peterson Pipe Notes
petersonpipenotes.org
Eventually something happens to a briar, after many thousands of smokes, to cause it to need tossed and replaced.
Lignins and extractives are what drives color change in wood over time.I’m not familiar with ozone treatments.
The problem with repairing or messing with Lee pipes is I’m smoking a brand new old one that cost $29 yesterday
But here’s an article about natural briar pipes being porous that would have came as no surprise to Harry Hosterman.
natural virgin briar pipe – Peterson Pipe Notes
Eventually something happens to a briar, after many thousands of smokes, to cause it to need tossed and replaced.
As for the article you cite, it makes for a fabulous bullshit story. Created to drive pipe sales.
My Morgan Bones pipes darken over time. Could they have been made with this mystical “Virgin Briar”?
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