Hello From My Little Tip of Tacoma

[T-townrestore]

Hi, I've been reading old forums that pop up from when I Google, and I figured since I read through them I might as well join. I was first introduced the pipe world from a friend back in Albuquerque around 2012(always loved the smell of pipes and cigars, pipes mainly) now nine years later I went full board on collecting and restoring pipes. I've learned so much this past year from the run of the mill drugstore pipe to the big time cadillac brands, and the does and don'ts for restoring the well loved pipes back to life.
Can't wait to learn even more. Thanks for having me.
-Chris

 

[Trainpipeman]

Welcome, T-townrestore. Enjoy your stay!

 

[anotherbob]

hi

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[chopper]

G'day and welcome from Oz.

 

[Tar Wheel]

Hello and welcome from North Carolina.

 

[peregrinus]

Hello and welcome T-town, from an undisclosed location 20 miles north of you.

 

[Jacob74]

 

[MarcosEZLN]

Hello from a couple hours north, Bellingham WA, and welcome to the forum.

 

[gentlemancob]

Welcome from Utah.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Hello and welcome from London

 

[falconsmoker]

Welcome to the forums!

 

[orlandofurioso]

Welcome from Nijmegen the Netherlands .
Have fun !

 

[jpmcwjr]

Welcome from the Central Coast of California!

 

[Daydreamer]

Hi, I've been reading old forums that pop up from when I Google, and I figured since I read through them I might as well join. I was first introduced the pipe world from a friend back in Albuquerque around 2012(always loved the smell of pipes and cigars, pipes mainly) now nine years later I went full board on collecting and restoring pipes. I've learned so much this past year from the run of the mill drugstore pipe to the big time cadillac brands, and the does and don'ts for restoring the well loved pipes back to life.
Can't wait to learn even more. Thanks for having me.
-Chris

Welcome to the forum.

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[jguss]

Welcome from a fellow Tacoman, now in New Jersey the last 23 years.

 

[mso489]

Welcome aboard from central North Carolina. I've never been to Tacoma, but my father was stationed there during WWII while skippering minesweepers before shipping out to the Philippines. I have an additional connection to Tacoma, since that is where my minesweeper, USS Galland MSO 489 was built, with a hull of mostly Washington spruce, to be non-magnetic. It was built in the 1950's. I served on it in 1969/70. And it was sold to the Taiwan navy in 1993. I think you'll enjoy Forums; you can always learn something.

 

[T-townrestore]

Oh wow, that’s some good history. I didn’t know they needed to be made of wood for that reason. All the old industrial water front is now a long walking and biking area with a mix of restaurants.

 

[jguss]

All the old industrial water front is now a long walking and biking area with a mix of restaurants.

When I was young Ruston Way was almost entirely undeveloped, with a couple of commercial buildings and a handful of restaurants: Top of the Ocean (long gone), the Harbor Lights, and one or two others. The whole shoreline from the smelter to Old Town was largely barren, but not in a pretty way. The remains of the burned out Dickman Mill lingered for years. Finally the city began permitting development in the 1980s and the last 40 years have seen explosive, and relatively intelligent, growth.