My son is an iron worker and I used his tie-wireI had the same problem with my clay. I used some wire and it cleared it.
Try using Falcon Pipe Cleaners. They are indispensable for some Meers. They are really thin.I’ve done my back and have been housebound all day. Tried to use the clay but it’s a poor repro and the draw is too tight because it won’t take a cleaner. Jamaican flake in bantam bulldog instead. Rum and grapefruit, at least it was, time for a refill View attachment 56382
That is a real beauty, man! I wish you'd start a thread with pics of all your Alden pipes.Getting ready to go shooting. Time to break in a couple of new firearms. Since I’ll have my pipe I’ll have drink some whiskey afterwards so the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is satisfied.
RLP-6 in a Ryan Alden Short Two Knuckle Sandblasted Billiard
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I’ll have to do that. I certainly have a few of them.That is a real beauty, man! I wish you'd start a thread with pics of all your Alden pipes.