Harris - Yep, I agree with you about Ryan. I had him make a set of pipes for my 20th wedding anniversary and could not have been more pleased with his work.
What is the Worst Pipe You've Owned?
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If anybody has a pipe that smokes so badly, they'd consider throwing it away, I'll pay shipping. I have a large multi-pipe holder that I'd love to fill with junk pipes to make a decorative wall display.
That's interesting to me. I have seen others say the same thing about folding and stuffing flakes in conical bowls. It has never made sense to me and never worked as well as folding and stuffing into a bowl with parallel walls. The trouble I have here is that I end up with a flake too compacted at the bottom of the bowl and too loosely packed at the top. This means that it is only packed optimally in the middle of the bowl and that means I only enjoy 1/3 of the smoke. This is avoided if I roll the flake into a ball and stuff it but I have never considered that "folding and stuffing".
Any flakes that go in my conical bowls get rubbed out for this reason.
Why is it you prefer to stuff them into conical bowls and how exactly do you go about it? I'm wondering if there is a logic that I have missed on this.
Jazz, you aren't alone in the issue you describe. If I fold and stuff in a conical bowl the first half of the bowl is ok, but once the ember smolders past the half way mark the flake expands and I end up having to dig around in there to loosen it up. This almost always ruins the dynamics and so I avoid conical bowls.
After folding, I pinch the folded end tightly and work my way with decreasing pressure up the folded flake. This makes the flake packed like the 3 step method before it is even dropped into the pipe.
Mike, I would love to see those 2 pipes Ryan made for you.
I have no issues folding and stuffing into any shaped bowl. I make sure the draw is open leaving room for expansion. I use some kindling for the top to get it going and then smoke away. I only fold and stuff my soft flakes like Capstan Blue Flake. Flakes from Samuel Gawith and my Butera Dark Stoved are too thick and dense for a good fold and stuff so I cube cut those.
I have no issues folding and stuffing into any shaped bowl. I make sure the draw is open leaving room for expansion. I use some kindling for the top to get it going and then smoke away. I only fold and stuff my soft flakes like Capstan Blue Flake. Flakes from Samuel Gawith and my Butera Dark Stoved are too thick and dense for a good fold and stuff so I cube cut those.
A GBD Oompaul Giant. The bowl would take a large packing, gurgle and generate a lot of heat. Just never got comfortable with it. I've since disposed of it, can't remember where/how, but it's possible a small family of chickadees is using it.
Ea Carey Magic Inch with their patented filter system and ventilators. What a hunk of junk. It is the only pipe I've ever thrown away.
The "magic inch" can be removed, once fitted with a proper stem some of them are quite nice. Have a Carey Calabash with Briar shank extension and brass spacer that had their awful system and cheap corresponding stem. Like they didn't grasp the disconnect of a nice piece of Briar matched to a disposable stem. The unfiltered Vulcanite stem it's been fitted with allows for actual smoking enjoyment.
You wouldn't happen to have a pic of that, would you? Is there a plant growing out of it? :puffpipe:
I have been gifted a few pipes which had poor draws (these were a mix of older Jums and Custom Bilts which I fixed with a drill bit). Also, I've been gifted two pipes which were poorly drilled off-centre and were very hard to reach a seasoned state (both of which were mid-range Peterson's of recent vintage). I am extremely careful about the pipes I buy for myself.
Boy, you nailed it. Not a horrible stummel, but mine was pretty beat up and not worth refitting with a new stem. The original plasticky vented stem was an abomination and I chalked up the ebay purchase as a total loss.
panamacharlie,
Those Freehands may blossom if you have the airway opened. They were notoriously under drilled.
Dan
Gabrieli Pipes
Those Freehands may blossom if you have the airway opened. They were notoriously under drilled.
Dan
Gabrieli Pipes
P and C is entirely wrong then. lol. The Ozark series of made of Birch. The cherry and maple designation refers to the finish put on the wood, not the wood the pipe is actually made from.
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