***What Are You Smoking, November 2022?***

[UB 40]

Good morning all and happy Monday. Public holiday here today so I’m going to take it just chill for the day, might wander over to the beach and see what’s happening there but I’ll wait a while because we have a pretty solid sea fog rolling in at the moment. Smoking some Cabbies mix in a Castello #33 with a yeti full of coffee whilst I contemplate getting a commission pipe made
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Are there a few pipe makers around in Tasmania?

 

[bullet08]

St. Espresso in Peterson SH Baskerville natural finish P-lip. Lovely Sunday smoke. Too much fuel in the Zippo. Almost burn my favorite t.

 

[JimInks]

About a quarter of a bowl left of year 2013 Esoterica Tilbury in a smooth medium bend 1999 Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Milverton with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[FurCoat]

SWR in a Grand Duke

 

[ashdigger]

Capstan Blue in an 1896 BBB restored by Ryan Alden

 

[OSOBUCO]

Good morning all and happy Monday. Public holiday here today so I’m going to take it just chill for the day, might wander over to the beach and see what’s happening there but I’ll wait a while because we have a pretty solid sea fog rolling in at the moment. Smoking some Cabbies mix in a Castello #33 with a yeti full of coffee whilst I contemplate getting a commission pipe made
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Lovely. Spring for you. This is my backyard

 

[VDL_Piper]

Are there a few pipe makers around in Tasmania?

UB, none that I’m aware of but I’m looking into what I need to maybe make a bowl or two but lots more study needed on my behalf. The only pipe maker that exists in Australia is Jeremiah of Bull Frog Pipes and he is based just outside Melbourne in Victoria and makes some very nice and quite unique pipes, well worth a look on instagram or fb if you’re interested.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Lovely. Spring for you. This is my backyard
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I have been watching closely as you guys slip into winter Osobuco, stunning view but oh my it looks cold

 

[UB 40]

I have been watching closely as you guys slip into winter Osobuco, stunning view but oh my it looks cold

I think it is cold.

 

[mbmoehl]

All my respect for you using still a tri-x-pan in analogue manner. But why did you choose the vignette thing, dropped down - I suppose- in a later stage of digital processing of the negative slide.

As far as I remember this certain pentax lens hadn’t a built in (faulty) effect like that and was as clear as other lenses of the days of 24x36 mm Photography?

Thank you. The strange vignette you see is from a cheap quick way to preview a negative. I hold cell camera over a loupe on top of the neg, then invert the image in Lightroom, so the ring is just the bottom edge of the loupe. I don't have a good way to scan negatives at home and since I just developed the film last night, I haven't had the chance to drop them off at a lab to be scanned. Normally I would just use the cell pics to figure out which frames I'd want to print in my dark room, but since a lot of friends like to use my images for social media, I'll have them scanned. I should get into the habit of making contact sheets, but scanning is just easier.

 

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking first release Watch City Rhythm & Blues in a black sandblasted straight 1998 XXX Ashton Pebble Grain lovat with a black acrylic saddle stem.

 

[UB 40]

UB, none that I’m aware of but I’m looking into what I need to maybe make a bowl or two but lots more study needed on my behalf. The only pipe maker that exists in Australia is Jeremiah of Bull Frog Pipes and he is based just outside Melbourne in Victoria and makes some very nice and quite unique pipes, well worth a look on instagram or fb if you’re interested.

It takes some time to get into the fundamentals of pipe making, and some tools. A drill press is the most important for me to get the drilling right. Then you need a drill with rounded corners of 18 to 20 mm diameter, one for the draught hole about 3 to 4 mm and maybe a tapered one from 3 to 4 to drill into a rod of ebonite or acrylic stem. And fitting drill sizes to drill holes for a mortise to fit a ready made tenon to be glued in.

The rest of giving the wood and stem some shape you can do on a sanding disc, with files of different sizes the pieces clamped in a vice, sandpaper.

I think you can use the tools on the farm as well, besides from those special drill bits. And maybe some buffing wheels for the handhold drill with polish. And more than a few hours of time.

But thanks for information on where to get a nice australian pipe.

 

[FurCoat]

War Horse Bar in a clay

 

[onestrangeone]

Bayou Morning in a Radice Hawkbill

 

[Backwoods Briar]

A large bones tankard, full of KBV butterfluff. Grabbing an Ipa

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking first release Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem.

 

[UB 40]

Thank you. The strange vignette you see is from a cheap quick way to preview a negative. I hold cell camera over a loupe on top of the neg, then invert the image in Lightroom, so the ring is just the bottom edge of the loupe. I don't have a good way to scan negatives at home and since I just developed the film last night, I haven't had the chance to drop them off at a lab to be scanned. Normally I would just use the cell pics to figure out which frames I'd want to print in my dark room, but since a lot of friends like to use my images for social media, I'll have them scanned. I should get into the habit of making contact sheets, but scanning is just easier.
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Now I got it. It alludes a bit to the old school kind of Black and white Photography.

Yes contact sheets would be nice, but if you’re going to scan the negative anyways it doesn’t make sense. There must be some good film scanners around eBay, for cheap.

I skipped my darkroom in 2005. Sold all the stuff to a friend. He uses it until today for his huge 4x5inch B&W filmsheets and bigger formats in a Sinar.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

This pic has my vote for the November Pipe Picture of the Month (which should be a thing)!

I always thought a member spotlight of the month would be neat. A couple photos of their pipes and set up (maybe the usual smoking area) and some interview questions.

For example: does @JimInks marinate his chicken legs or use a sauce? Is it the drum or a tomahawk with the thigh?

Does @cosmicfolklore accessorize his own pipes? If so, what is his preferred look?

Just some thoughts.

 

[das3353]

PS LBF in a Castello Sea Rock

 

[tenton]

Astleys 55 in a Yorgos Mitakidis Cutty. This guy sure knows how to drill an airway.