Today, at the B&M I was talking with the store manager about one of the
old time Pipe smokers that comes in every week and a half for 8oz of one
of the shop Aromatics. He smokes a Billiard, with a good part of the plateau
cut away on one side, sporting a bit that doesn't quite fit entirely into the
shank. I commented that he will never buy a Pipe cleaner and likely dries out
the dottle to burn later on. He's one of the guys that considers a Pipe little
more than a tool, to be repaired when needed. While we were laughing, she
started talking about her great grandfather, who when he burned a hold in the
bottom of his Pipe, would drive wooden matches into the holes. The last Pipe
she saw of his had easily a dozen of these repairs. As we laughed, I told her
about the old Pipe smokers I saw in my youth, who liked the Kaywoodie because
they could take it apart during the smoke and blow the juices out of the stinger
in the bit. The topic of hardwood dowel inserts came up in the conversation,
when she told me about her Uncle, who didn't have anything around to repair
the burnt out bottom of his Pipe. His inspiration was to drive a copper penny
into the reamed out chamber bottom. Things were going well until, while working
on his car, he grabbed the Pipe by the bowl and quickly got a burned image of
Abe Lincoln on his palm.
I feel that there are more stories in this Forum Membership about these old time
Pipe guys that would repair Pipes until there was no option but to get another
one, or simply bought a card of Cobs, to keep themselves supplied between
trips to town. If you've got a story, let us hear about it.
old time Pipe smokers that comes in every week and a half for 8oz of one
of the shop Aromatics. He smokes a Billiard, with a good part of the plateau
cut away on one side, sporting a bit that doesn't quite fit entirely into the
shank. I commented that he will never buy a Pipe cleaner and likely dries out
the dottle to burn later on. He's one of the guys that considers a Pipe little
more than a tool, to be repaired when needed. While we were laughing, she
started talking about her great grandfather, who when he burned a hold in the
bottom of his Pipe, would drive wooden matches into the holes. The last Pipe
she saw of his had easily a dozen of these repairs. As we laughed, I told her
about the old Pipe smokers I saw in my youth, who liked the Kaywoodie because
they could take it apart during the smoke and blow the juices out of the stinger
in the bit. The topic of hardwood dowel inserts came up in the conversation,
when she told me about her Uncle, who didn't have anything around to repair
the burnt out bottom of his Pipe. His inspiration was to drive a copper penny
into the reamed out chamber bottom. Things were going well until, while working
on his car, he grabbed the Pipe by the bowl and quickly got a burned image of
Abe Lincoln on his palm.
I feel that there are more stories in this Forum Membership about these old time
Pipe guys that would repair Pipes until there was no option but to get another
one, or simply bought a card of Cobs, to keep themselves supplied between
trips to town. If you've got a story, let us hear about it.
