***What Are You Smoking, March 2021?***

[telescopes]

Virginia Slices in the CAO Meerschaum from the late 80s. Never dropped, still smoking.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Wilke Beta Test #2PC in the second pipe I ever bought, a 1974 three quarter bend black groove carved Dr. Grabow Omega military mount with a nickel band and a black vulcanite stem with a p-lip. Lunch is next!

 

[edger]

Good questions. The pumice (made by Bondex) I purchased from an Ace Hardware store for using with shellac doing French polish work. By adding oil you make it easier to apply. I use a piece of leather to apply and work the paste into the stem. It removes light oxidation like you get when you water clean your stems. It does oil the vulcanite, but then I follow-up with a buffing wheel on my lathe using green, red, and white compound. After the white buff polish I rub in a little Almond or Walnut oil with my finger and back in the rack it goes. For stubborn oxidation I use a felt wheel impregnated with the oil/pumice paste. You have to be careful with the hard felt wheel - just a light touch. If the felt wheel doesn't get it its sandpaper time. I will use 1000 - 1500 grit, then pumice/oil paste followed by buffing. There is a lighter grade of pumice called Rottenstone and I've mixed it with oil too and used it. It doesn't cut as fast. View attachment 70756

Apparently the buffing wheel, which I don't have, creates the final shine. No wheel in my future as cellaring takes precedence. Thanks very much for the info!

 

[cshubhra]

Gawith Hoggarth and Company Sweet Coconut Twist in an AKB Meerschaum Lattice Volcano ?

 

[dcon]

Edward G. Robinson Blend in the Muhsin volcano.

 

[Winterreise]

Black Irish X G&H into a meer , first time i was not sure about this blend now i crave it mmmm burn steak.

 

[coming to_falling too]

Orlik Golden Sliced in a '94 Georg Jensen Jul billiard

 

[Trainpipeman]

Good afternoon All
A bowl of 1792 Flake in a Peterson Donegal. Leaderfoot Viaduct in the background beside the former Roman Camp of Trimontium.
Happy smokes.
Ettrick puffer View attachment 70744

That is a beautiful viaduct. It would make for a nice preserved railway line.

 

[edger]

More Bayou Morning in a blasted Savinelli Punto Oro Mister G 806 lovat or Canadian. Iced coffee. Getting ready to run some errands.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Pipe is a Dunhill County Group 3

 

[Birddog66]

Just a warning to be careful with buffing wheels. A friend, when told I was cleaning up some pipes, said “I’ll have that shining in a couple of minutes”. What I didn’t know was that the buffing wheel was on a Dremel. Fortunately I came over halfway through the job or I wouldn’t have had much stem left. That said I kinda liked the effect his botched buff produced, even though he made a few gullies.
That’s the good side.

 

[ashdigger]

Newminster 400 in a Pre-Republic Peterson.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am now smoking D&R Ryback in a smooth straight late 1970s Charatan Special 4148DC Reg. No. 203573 pot with a black double comfort vulcanite stem. Time to do another set of walking reps on this cloudy, chilly day.

 

[Birddog66]

Been enjoying some Marlin Flake, Jamaican Flake and Royal Yacht in the Yello Bole (I wouldn’t mind being on a yacht in Jamaica fishing for Marlin) and the same in the break-in’s. The Yello Bole was only $15 which I think is a bargain after trying it, the shipping actually cost more than the pipe.
Does anyone know if the stingers in these old ones unscrews or if they’re glued into the stem? Mine isn’t budging and I don’t wanna break it.

 

[JimInks]

Newminster 400 in a Pre-Republic Peterson.

View attachment 70764

Awesome pipe, buddy. What year was it made?

 

[ashdigger]

Just a warning to be careful with buffing wheels. A friend, when told I was cleaning up some pipes, said “I’ll have that shining in a couple of minutes”. What I didn’t know was that the buffing wheel was on a Dremel. Fortunately I came over halfway through the job or I wouldn’t have had much stem left. That said I kinda liked the effect his botched buff produced, even though he made a few gullies. View attachment 70763
That’s the good side.

Oh damn! A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I purchased a beat up, thrashed and hammered Kaywoodie for a practice restoration dummy.

I used a Dremel because it was all I had. I turned that hunk of junk into a smaller, even more hunk of junk. It was an eye opener.

Flash forward to today, even though I own a nice buffing rig, I hand polish all of my stems. Oh, that Kaywoodie died a horrible death when the stummel was launched across the room by a horrible buffing accident.

 

[ashdigger]

Awesome pipe, buddy. What year was it made?

During the 1930’s

 

[cigrmaster]

2013 Brigham Klondike Gold in a Jack Howell Billiard.

 

[bullet08]

965 in Peterson POTY 2019 999. GEC74. Dried little less today. Been drying the tobacco to crisp lately, and thought English/ Balkan blends were little harsh. The harshness was gone, but it seems like the sweetness is less.

 

[dcon]

GH Bob’s Chocolate Flake in an AKB Lattice Cherrywood Meerschaum carved by Tekin.