Hello from N California

[FishNChips]

Hello! Just joined the forum. I am a very casual pipe smoker with an interest in restoring older pipes and trying to grow my own pipe tobacco this next year. My friends and I enjoy a pipe around the campfire and during our 18th century re-enactments. I have a lot to learn but enjoy the knowledge on the site!

Thank You!

 

[Elric]

Welcome aboard from Mid-Michigan!

 

[Servant King]

Welcome to the forum, from Southern California.

 

[WVOldFart]

Hello and welcome from West Virginia.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Hello and welcome from London

 

[Etipton]

Welcome from East Tennessee

 

[Michigan_Bill]

Welcome from Michigan!

 

[FurCoat]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[STP]

Welcome

 

[MattRVA]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[Rustamgtx]

 

[mso489]

Welcome aboard from central North Carolina. I'm not a re-enactor, but we've had several members here who mentioned they are. I know you have to align the pipes carefully with the period being depicted. Candidate pipes that might be considered, appropriate to the historical time are clay pipes, Old Dominion corn cob pipes with reed stems recently purchased by Missouri Meerschaum and available from them, and Missouri Meerschaum hardwood pipes that may approximate the pipes of an earlier time. I saw a hardwood depicting the contents of a whaling ship sailor's sea chest, and it looked at home.

 

[spicy_boiii]

Welcome from the East Bay

 

[Cicerolepipero]

Welcome from the East Bay

same!

 

[Es0teric]

Welcome aboard from Michigan!

 

[FishNChips]

Thanks!

i have several 18th century style pipes already, a few clay pipes, a metal with reed stem, a clay with reed stem, and a few more “modern” burl pipes. I have one pressed meerschaum that needs a stem.

i hope to find a few more estate pipes around at sales and in the shops and restore them. I have a bunch of wood working and tools, and ordered a vintage kleen reem and butner to clean the bowls a bit easier. I love restoring antiques and old tools.

i have a nice garden and hope to play around with growing some Virginia next spring and trying some simple processing. I have always loved learning and trying new skills.

i appreciate the welcome!

 

[marc75]

Welcome from Mooresville NC

 

[Etipton]

Welcome from East Tennessee

 

[MtnGeo]

HI and welcome from No6 Colorado.

 

[kcghost]

Welcome from KC!!