Chronicling an AliExpress Pipe and Purchase for Science
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I'm not sure if this will be as good as Breaking Bad! However, thank you for your interest in this living historical document which I am sure will be used by generations of historians in the future.
@mikethompson isn't the suspense killing you? How are you coping? Have you worn a path to the mailbox checking and rechecking it multiple times in a day? I'd be sick with suspense.
Cosmic, I'm not constantly checking the mailbox, but I am going through the very awkward and complicated login process on aliexpress to get updates.
I am using this time to ready my mind, spirit, and body for what will undoubtedly be a transformative experience. That I, a simple schmuck from Ontario, would be able to purchase a hand made artisanal pipe for the price of a morning coffee, well it beggars belief.
What have I done to deserve such an opportunity?
In any event, I'm sure the pipe will be the centerpiece of my collection and will be passed down to my children, and to their children, and so forth anon.
Thanks! It seems every wood listed there has some toxicity, including rosewood, maple and cherry. Briar is not listed, whether because it has no toxins, or the root isn't considered a "wood".Wood Allergies and Toxicity | The Wood Database
www.wood-database.com
The reason I asked is that rosewood in pipes is not that rare.
Rosewood is notorious as a nasty irritant among luthiers.
I’m going to have bought and received two Chacom pipes from al pascia in Italy in the time it took this pipe-shaped thing to drift its way across the Mariana Trench. But I will concede, there is neither intrigue nor mystery in my acquisitions.
Update:
I was wondering what blends would pair well with this pipe, so I asked the seller
I was wondering what blends would pair well with this pipe, so I asked the seller
I agree with Al. Order some filamentous tobacco.
Then wear this as a smoking jacket...a perfect match.
Then wear this as a smoking jacket...a perfect match.
I should order some and send it off to @jiminks for review.
Noooo! We don't need any filamentous broken pipe announcement for Jiminks!
I can see the thread now:
RIP JimInks, death by filamentous tobacco
In other news, mikethompson has been run off the board
Now the time has come to say thank you Mike! for going to extraordinary length to research a yet unknown spezies of the tobacco pipe family. You work alone and without any sponsor at your own expense nevertheless your statements and published documents indicate the high scientific standards (state of the art) you're using backstage. I'm pretty sure, after you finished your great work including various smoking tests series, the pipemaker will gratefully introduce a signature model stamped with your name. If we are lucky this will happen as quickly as your first Asian specimen will reach your door.
Keep it up!
Keep it up!
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