Learn to light your pipe. And try not let smoke drift near your face. But sometimes, it can't be helped. Learn to spit and shine the ream.
How to Keep Pipe Rim from Darkening?
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I'm actually interested, I thought it may be a geographic or generation specific colloquialism.
Another vote here for spit and paper towel. Works great. Someone here recommended Ever Clear. Seems like alcohol is a good way to mess up the finish. Bad idea to use solvents. Saliva has enzymes that help to gently remove grime. Art restorers even use it on old oil paintings to remove gunk.
Article from SP.
Article from SP.
Ah, missed it when I started skimming after I got bored halfway down the page.
They’re all a hassle, Sig…
You know what you get when a Blonde stands on her head?
A Brunette with bad breath.
Yep, don’t need four stomachs to have a wide ranging vocabulary.
Admittedly, mine has regressed along with seemingly most of the world’s the past few decades. My wife can attest that many high school kids can’t tell time from the face of a clock - fact.
Read a standard mass market novel from the early to mid-20th century - or any “weightier” one and that will get you to recall words you used to know and shouldn’t be forgetting. “Ruminate” is hardly a rare or challenging word, lol, and fortunately the good counselor has a fine sense of humor.
I need to get back into crosswords!
And, lol, I learned early on with my first attempt at lighting my first pipe that the rim can be darkened in an instant - just adds character.
@chasingembers
I guess then it's perhaps regional. I know you are widely read and well educated, so I was surprised you hadn't run across it in a non-bovine context.
I guess then it's perhaps regional. I know you are widely read and well educated, so I was surprised you hadn't run across it in a non-bovine context.
Patina is where it's at. Guns, knives, pipes. Gives them an anthropomorphic cast, and removes an odd sterility that I find in "new" things. I care about the rim of a pipe about as much as I care about an endangered species of weevil going extinct, or as much as anyone cares about what I care about.
Foul mood this morning, or whatever the hell time it is.
Foul mood this morning, or whatever the hell time it is.
I'm not sure what region it would be, I'm familiar with the word but digging through the memory seems to make me think I've read it more than heard it.....?
Note the usage over time. Is the recent rise attributable in whole or in part to a certain member on this forum? I assume it's the former.
Sometimes situational - if my wife says “ruminate” and I’m there in nine, she’s sound asleep.
I use the Everclear if the rim has a build-up of char, at this point the finish is already messed up. If the rim is only darkened as in the OP, spit would be a very good choice. But spit will not remove heavy char (easily anyway).
You just described my second wife
I guess it depends on how heavy we're talking, but elbow grease and spit will work on just about anything if you keep at it. (Or a blade or sandpaper or micromesh pads on thick cake—staying just shy of the wood, of course, if it's the rim we're talking about.) I just spit on a rag, rub with a twisting motion, and repeat until there's no more goo on the rim. Leaves the finish nicely intact.
We've each got what works for us, but I never put alcohol anywhere on the outside of a stummel. Only on the inside. YMMV
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