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If you'd asked me before a Church Council Meeting last night, I'd have said 3. A donated older generic (prob) French straight billiard stamped "Bruyere Garantie", which happens to take a 9mm filter (my preferred filter). A Savinelli half bent apple, again 9mm filter. And a Peterson Second St Paddy's Day 2019 bent, 9mm, not System.
But lo! At the meeting, the Chair of my Church Council presented me with 5 of his pipes which he hasn't smoked since 1990 ish, about the same time that I gave up smoking. They will need a really good clean (must google how to restore a pipe which has been gathering dust for 30 years, esp Peterson mounts.) I'll post pics on the magazine's Facebook page. Which reminds me to ask, what's the relationship between this site and a FB page of the same name, and how do posters decide which one to post on?
Hi Richard,
Good to hear that you have a few more pipes for your rotation.
I've found Rebornpipes (Pastor Steve Laug) to be a valuable motherload of detailed information on cleaning, restoring and resurrecting pipes. Even a ham-fisted klutz like me has been encouraged to dabble in estate pipes after reading Steve's
blogs.
Good to hear that you have a few more pipes for your rotation.
I've found Rebornpipes (Pastor Steve Laug) to be a valuable motherload of detailed information on cleaning, restoring and resurrecting pipes. Even a ham-fisted klutz like me has been encouraged to dabble in estate pipes after reading Steve's
blogs.
Thankyou for that, OzPiper, I'll look Rebornpipes up. And here are last night's acquisitions.
This is the largest bowl, and a shape which I like. But it's got a weird screwed filter thingy which I can't get off. It might not even be meant to come off. So it will be impossible to clean the stem.
This is the largest bowl, and a shape which I like. But it's got a weird screwed filter thingy which I can't get off. It might not even be meant to come off. So it will be impossible to clean the stem.
Finally, and this will be my first clean and smoke, a Dutch Amphora. I can't get a decent focus on the crest, but it's unmistakeable. It takes a 9mm filter. The stem has what looks like a sliding airflow adjustor?
That metal device is called a stinger(a condensation device).
Some are push-pull inserts that may be stuck because of solidified tars and gunk, in which case a hot water soak or some isopropyl alcohol (>70%) in the airway may loosen it. If not, try putting the stem in the freezer for 20-30mins.
Some stingers are threaded in, and will need careful unscrewing. Some may be fixed "permanently" - in which case, clean as best you can and smoke with the stinger in.
I've had a few that required a lot of patient (and not so patient) wriggling and jiggling before they would dislodge
Some are push-pull inserts that may be stuck because of solidified tars and gunk, in which case a hot water soak or some isopropyl alcohol (>70%) in the airway may loosen it. If not, try putting the stem in the freezer for 20-30mins.
Some stingers are threaded in, and will need careful unscrewing. Some may be fixed "permanently" - in which case, clean as best you can and smoke with the stinger in.
I've had a few that required a lot of patient (and not so patient) wriggling and jiggling before they would dislodge
Looks like it may be an African (Tanganyikan) meerschaum
African meerschaum. The outside will scrub up well with some soap and a toothbrush - gently, and not too wet, as meerschaum is porous and too much water will soften it.
Ah right, you already found it [I think it's the one]
Just noticed that Dr Pat Irish Mixture and Log Cabin have both been discontinued.
Looks like Imperial Tobacco Australia has shut shop.
Smoking 70% Butternut Burley, 30% Peterson My Mixture 965 (my own blend, yeah, I know it’s sacrilegious) in my newly acquired and cleaned Amphora 1980s pipe with a 9mm filter. Heaven. I don’t usually do refills, might tonight.
Sounds nice. Might try that myself.
Butternut Burley is one of my favourite aromatics. [And fortunate to have a couple of pounds of it in my 'cellar']
Sacrilegious? Hell no!
Smoke what you like. Like what you smoke. Nice score on the pipes.
Back in the day many European tobacconists would make a bulk order of assorted pipes from mainly French pipe makers but also German. These were marked Bruyere Garantie.
A 100+yo German tobacconist closed a few years ago and their old stock was being sold on fleabay.
They must have had thousands of NOS [new old stock] pipes going back to the turn of the century.
I bought quite a few including piped marked Bruyere Garantie. Good smokers.
Regarding Dr Pat Irish Mixture; my 4th grade teacher occasionally smoked a bowl of Dr Pat in the classroom during lunch. The room smelled heavenly upon our return.
The blend must have changed over the years because it smelled different forty years later.
For those who are looking for a blend with a similar topping, Orlik Racing Green has an almost identical tin note as DPIM and it's a better smoke IMO.
It uses different leaf and due to the different cut, is easier to pack 'just right'.
ORG is what I call a semi-aro where one can still taste tobacco. It's one of those blends that I'd be content to smoke all day.
The blend must have changed over the years because it smelled different forty years later.
For those who are looking for a blend with a similar topping, Orlik Racing Green has an almost identical tin note as DPIM and it's a better smoke IMO.
It uses different leaf and due to the different cut, is easier to pack 'just right'.
ORG is what I call a semi-aro where one can still taste tobacco. It's one of those blends that I'd be content to smoke all day.
Oooh, I've just ascended to the giddy rank of Junior Member! Thankyou Mods ?
Richard,
Congratulations on your elevated status. ?
C
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