Do you see that fine grain dark section grain in that pipe ? ... That's the part that gets hot on my Barontini like an open window ... stripped the varnish waiting for wax to arrive. In the meantime I just had a bowl of Old Toby and it didn't get as hot now that its stripped to bare briar.
Sutliff has the closest match. The topping is a little stronger than the original, but it's the same rum topping. It has Va. burley, light perique, light Latakia. Check P&C, Tobacco Pipes, Smoking Pipes, etc. to see who carries it.
You should have seen the pipe brand new. It was a Natural, and you can see how it has darkened over a couple of decades. I never cared for shiny pipes. I prefer the wood to breathe for a cooler smoke, and for the general aesthetic.
What make is that pipe? Love it!
Fellow cow farmer here. Cheers. That's some good lookin pasture there.Usual run about the stock this morning and smoking Stokkebye’s cube cut in a Charles Towne Cobbler.
We have daylight saving now, hate it with a passion and as a wise man once said to me “only a politician would think you can cut 2 inches off the top of a blanket and sow it onto the bottom of the blanket and think you have more blanket”…………..
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I do too but I sanded it to bare wood and it needs just a little something for some protection, No ? Not a lot but just a light coat maybe ? I'm thinking of my Connouisser pipe that is natural but has a light wax coat.
