Chris @Bama Samurai gives me more credit than I have yet earned. I'm developing my tastes, sampling the field like a new shaver trying gear for for the first time. Living near the area where a particular style of tobacco is grown and fermented I have access to Perique. It's commonly used as a condiment though some do enjoy it straight up. Without adding artificial flavorings it has a plum like flavor that suits my tastes. As to cigars, I've enjoyed someone else smoking them. Guess I haven't sampled the right ones to find what suits me. Now that I've moved away from my Marlboro habit, pipes have given me a variety of taste that satisfies a flibberdigibbet style and Vitamin N urge.
Reading about your wick in good shape reminded me of a recent conversation. In getting ready for the pipe apocalypse, I was recently in The Briary buying some extra flints, and asked Skip about wicks. He said in all his years as a tobacconist, he has yet to see a wick have to be replaced!
I think I agree with you on the Zippo brand fluid. I have used naphtha from the hardware store in the past, and couldn't tell any difference to an old Ronsonol bottle of fluid, or an older Zippo brand. I was convinced that Zippo and Ronsonol were no further refined than plain old naphtha. Now, the naphtha really doesn't bother me if I let the wick burn for 4 or 5 seconds. But I do now believe that Zippo brand is superior, and almost from the light doesn't have the odor some remember. I'm a fan of the Zippo with a pipe insert.
My current favorite tobacco, McClelland Blackwoods Flake in my favorite pipe, a Chacom Canadian, fired by my favorite lighter, my WWII commemorative Zippo with Zippo fluid! My coffee cup didn't make it into the pic by accident, it's fresh ground arabica medium roast coffee, in my favorite mug, a WWII commemorative mug from the WWII museum in New Orleans.
Solani Blend 656 aged burly flake, folded into the K&P 314. I turned the rubber bit around backwards for a better fit on the P Lip feature.
I'm very sure that your pipe is briar for two reasons 1) I'm fairly sure that Peterson didn't make system pipes in "lookalike" material, 2) the pipe's rustication just shouts "chasing sand pits in briar", witch basically all rustications are based on.
I have cleaned the stem out and have it all shiny. The bowl is soaking in Sea salt and alcohol. Now off to research tobaccos Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
I believe I have figured out the bowl shape. It is a Dublin I believe. As the bowl tapers down so does the bore. Basically keeping the same wall thickness. Does sound reasonable? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Not a traditional Dublin shape...Danish pipes are misfit shapes for the most part. See chart above for a more traditional Dublin. It's somewhere between Apple and Acorn
I think we should call it an AppleCorn! @twhite, I wouldn't get too hung up on what to call it, if it smokes well and you like it, just call it a good pipe.
Your chart doesn't have acorn. I have to admit that pipe is difficult to classify. The link below is the best general pipe shape guide I've run across so far. http://www.tobaccopipes.com/a-complete-guide-to-tobacco-pipe-shapes-almost/
Reiner Gold in a Castello this morning. I didn't feel like a Falcon this morning, the Castello has a much bigger bowl than my Falcon bowls and provided a nice, long smoke. I'll have to pick up a couple of the Hyperboles or Snifter bowls for the Falcons when I want them for a longer smoke. I have to say though, the smoking experience just seems a bit better with a nice briar.
Esoterica Peacehaven, a light straight Virginia in a Stefano Santambrogio. One of my very few Italian pipes. That's not by design, just the way it's worked out. Peacehaven, which came in a sealed 8oz. bag, is finally dried to the point of smoking easily. I resorted some time back to taking the entire lump (yes, lump - it was that wet) out if the jar, put in a shallow bowl, pulled the lump apart and let it sit out for several days. In the end, a very nice light tobacco when I want a break from the matured/stoved Virginias.
Its been a very long time since i posted here, but i received my grandfathers savanelli(?) pipe. Burl wood and hand made in italy. The only thing is its a straight bit and i want a bent bit. Is there a place i can order a bent bit from? Sent from my LG-K373 using Tapatalk
No, not that I know of. There are places you can send it and they will make a new stem, but it will probably cost over $25 plus shipping, etc.
Thats pretty expensive...shoot. Guess im just going to have to deal with clenching for a while Sent from my LG-K373 using Tapatalk
While at an antique store today I came across several mason jars of old, loose tobacco. They were sealed. Is it safe to smoke these? I ask more out of curiosity, they were asking a lot for them.
