The League of Pipe Smokers

[Danzo]

Hi folks

Given the interest expressed in this thread:

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50745

I'm very pleased to announce the formation of the League of Pipe Smokers.

:D

Membership of the League is simple. If you have previously smoked a pipe of tobacco, or would like to do so, then we will be your friends.

Anyone who posts a silly comment about other illegal uses of pipes will be banned.

;)

Danzo

[narsil]

Count me in :)

I suggest we commission a special room in the forum with oak paneling and overstuffed leather armchairs.

[Knife-Man]

I would very much like to join.

Can somebody recommend a pipe I'm likely to be able to find and a similar tobacco.

I do have a pipe shop near me. Named the pipe pub :D .

[imagedude]

I think it's time to replace my corncob pipe. Reccomend me a good fool-proof starter pipe.

[a6cjn]

I'd like to join please.

Is there a uniform or a 'swearing in' ceremony?

Chris :)

[a6cjn]

I think it's time to replace my corncob pipe. Reccomend me a good fool-proof starter pipe.

Try here (http://www.pazyryk.co.uk/Big_Ben_Pipes.html)

Chris :)

[JasonG]

Alrighty then. I just can't pass a good thing up! Great name! Now we need a logo.

[Sgian-Dubh]

can we have "virtual" pipes .... which we can "puff" on when we have a stressfull day at work ..... only reason I ask ... is SWMBO wont let a "foul ... stinking .... "satans chimney" near the house " ..... :O

not for love nor money .... so I guess its final ..:C

[Sterno]

I'm in!

I used to smoke pipe, half'n'half mixed with some rhum flavoured tobacco. Lovely, but a bit strong for my lungs. That was about 15 years ago.

Thinking a lot lately about getting some nice pipes and trying some new tobaccos.

Still seeking for that lovely smelling tobacco mix, which I could never figure out what it was...

Sterno

[tomtom]

I'm in! :)

[Danzo]

For me this will be at least initially a thread about what my father smoked, as that what I have learned from. He's still alive, in case anyone he knows is on here.

:rolleyes:

Firstly pipes need to be from Peterson:

http://www.peterson.ie/retailerdetails.asp?retailerID=137&country=Denmark&county=Jutland

Peterson are now in Ireland, but my (English) dad will insist that they were a Danish company. My now deceased pipesmoking Danish grandfather would insist that they were Danish originally.

In the same way that they would insist that the tobacco brand McBaren was Danish.

So, lets kick off the League with some controversy!

:D

Danzo

[ANDYLASER]

I'd like to join please.

Is there a 'swearing in' ceremony?

Chris :)

"get that *~@+%$ pipe lit!!!"

[Knife-Man]

"get that *~@+%$ pipe lit!!!"

:lol: :lol:

[ANDYLASER]

Back to the serious topic in hand. There is a splendid traditional tobacconists not too far from me. Lots of big jars full of wonderous aromas. You can but small "taster bags" of tobacco for £1. I rather like the cherry one smoked in a clay pipe.

[imagedude]

Can under 18s join if they eat liquorice pipes?

[lilzee]

i wish i could join but i'm to young to legaly smoke one here. :C:C

could i be a junior member or a future member or something??

if i get a pipe ima get one made with briar that looks like gandalfs in the movis.:D

[narsil]

I'd like to join please.

Is there a uniform or a 'swearing in' ceremony?

Chris :)

As mentioned in the other thread the uniform is a tweed jacket with leather elbow protectors and corduroy trousers, seniority is denoted by facial hair and the age of your tweed jacket.

[a6cjn]

As mentioned in the other thread the uniform is a tweed jacket with leather elbow protectors and corduroy trousers, seniority is denoted by facial hair and the age of your tweed jacket.

Looks like I've just been made President then :P


Chris :)

[tomtom]

if i get a pipe ima get one made with briar that looks like gandalfs in the movis.:D

They are called Church Warden Pipes. :)

[imagedude]

Who's going to make the first custom pipe smoker's knife and tamper?

[Danzo]

Is there a uniform or a 'swearing in' ceremony?

I'll work on a formal uniform (velvet dressing gowns, I imagine) for official meetups. Otherwise Narsil has it right.Tweed is what we are after. But I think the 'swearing in' can be dealt with fairly easily.

If you can tell a man with large moustache that you fancy half an ounce of Navy Shag without laughing, or getting taken back to the gents with a whimper, then I think you can join us,

;)

Danzo

[ANDYLASER]

http://static-a.arttoday.com/thw/thw14/AF/animations/fire/smoking/pipe_light/4947129.gif?pipe_light_sm_wm

[narsil]

I'll work on a formal uniform (velvet dressing gowns, I imagine) for official meetups. Otherwise Narsil has it right.Tweed is what we are after. But I think the 'swearing in' can be dealt with fairly easily.

If you can tell a man with large moustache that you fancy half an ounce of Navy Shag without laughing, or getting taken back to the gents with a whimper, then I think you can join us,

;)

Danzo

If you do this in Portsmouth you need to be really careful that you're in the right shop.

[tomtom]

Not really a logo but..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/tomwhite101/pipe.png

[Prophecy]

i wish i could join but i'm to young to legaly smoke one here. :C:C

Smoking is not cool. :yuck: Danzo does it!

[ANDYLASER]

i wish i could join but i'm to young to legaly smoke one here. :C:C

could i be a junior member


http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/tangenttoys_1967_862989

[MarcusV]

I smoked for 20 years. Stopped about 4 years ago. Had the Odd one now and then from about a year a go. My dad smoked a pipe. I used to "borrow" it when I was a teenager learning to smoke. Not tried it since. This may just be the excuse I was looking for ;)

And best of all we get to look for pipe knives!!! ( I have a couple ;))

[tomtom]

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/tangenttoys_1967_862989

Just remember not to inhale! :yuck:

[Danzo]

Smoking is not cool. :yuck: Danzo does it!

That is an excellent point, and made well.

This is not a thread for those men who are young, suggestible, weak willed, or who enjoy shopping for clothes.

I am not a role model. Nor any other sort of model.

I'm an overweight, middle aged bloke who rather likes the idea of getting people smoking pipes, mainly so that we can get together and smoke pipes in a group. Probably whilst drinking some beer. Actually rather a lot of beer. Preferably really nice beer made in a small brewery by a bloke called Big Dave who still listens to Saxon and thinks Samantha Fox is top totty.

;)

Danzo

[ANDYLASER]

Preferably really nice beer made in a small brewery by a bloke called Big Dave who still listens to Saxon and thinks Samantha Fox is top totty.

;)

Danzo

:D :D :D Rep you Sir!

[imagedude]

I'm an overweight, middle aged bloke who rather likes the idea of getting people smoking pipes, mainly so that we can get together in an enclosed space and smoke pipes in a group. Probably whilst drinking some beer. Actually rather a lot of beer. Preferably really nice beer made in a small brewery by a bloke called Big Dave who still listens to Saxon and thinks Samantha Fox is top totty.

;)

Danzo

;)

[a6cjn]

That is an excellent point, and made well.

This is not a thread for those men who are young, suggestible, weak willed, or who enjoy shopping for clothes.

I am not a role model. Nor any other sort of model.

I'm an overweight, middle aged bloke who rather likes the idea of getting people smoking pipes, mainly so that we can get together and smoke pipes in a group. Probably whilst drinking some beer. Actually rather a lot of beer. Preferably really nice beer made in a small brewery by a bloke called Big Dave who still listens to Saxon and thinks Samantha Fox is top totty.

;)

Danzo

A pipe and a pint of Bathams ...................bliss ;)


Chris :)

[Danzo]

;)

Dream on Bob. That one time in the lift is not going to be repeated. I hope your knees are better.

Danzo

[ANDYLASER]

This quote from Tai Goo on Knife Network made me smile.


Originally Posted by Misternatural?
I have some "tobacco wood", from this weird type of tobacco tree that grows wild out here.

It makes a great little pipe. It just gave me the nicotine rush of my life.

[Knife-Man]

Is it still legal to smoke in a enclosed space as long as it's a member's access only club?

[Danzo]

Is it still legal to smoke in a enclosed space as long as it's a member's access only club?

I think so.

Danzo

[narsil]

I think so.

Danzo

'fraid not :(

It was proposed but got cut from the legislation at a fairly late stage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4709258.stm

[Danzo]

'fraid not :(

It was proposed but got cut from the legislation at a fairly late stage.

Ah well. We'll just have to smoke our pipes in the carpark.

Or we could use something like this:


http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m17/hollyroot/P1010008-3.jpg



:D

Danzo

[lilzee]

im not smoking a YELLOW bubble pipe!!

i DEMAND a RED one!

hope you're not any sort of model danzo.

i'll probly have nightmares from imagining you in a speedo. :yikes: :yuck:

[anarion]

First of all I like to say Hi to everybody, this is my first post and what a great forum this is and it even got better with the pipe topic! I collect custom knives, but also high grade custom pipes by the like of Geiger, Eltang, paulo becker, Klein etc. As soon as a figure out how to show pics I'll post some.
Pipes and knives what a great combo!

[narsil]

Hey, that came out of your head, not mine. There's not even pictures of me in a wetsuit here.

Danzo

They're in the 'special' forum ;)

[lilzee]

remind me not to go there. :|

[Danzo]

First of all I like to say Hi to everybody, this is my first post and what a great forum this is and it even got better with the pipe topic! I collect custom knives, but also high grade custom pipes by the like of Geiger, Eltang, paulo becker, Klein etc. As soon as a figure out how to show pics I'll post some.
Pipes and knives what a great combo!

Show us your pipes sir!

I look forward to seeing them.

Post pics by hosting your own PC ones on a service such as www.photobucket.com Upload your pics to there, then just download them directly into your post here.

Danzo

[anarion]

Thanks for the tip, I'll try to do it over the weekend.
If you check Tom Eltang website you'll find a few pipes shaped like knives!
Nearly the best of both world ,they smoke but don't cut!!

[JasonG]

Here is one of mine. It was made by Kirk Bosi.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2314/2234081388_155f190db4_o.jpg

[Noddy]

Oh no! This is terrible - have you seen how many pipes there are out there??!!!

I think I like this one

http://www.meerschaum.com/images/rc755.jpg

they go brown over time, I remember from my Dad

but we have to get these too:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/1052/849333.JPG

[dkonopinski]

This is an interesting place about an hour from where I live. (Big county is Yorkshire.)

http://www.smoke.co.uk/

David

[dkonopinski]

Count me in :)

I suggest we commission a special room in the forum with oak paneling and overstuffed leather armchairs.

And a Colonel in the corner who died 2 years ago behind his FT and no one's noticed.:)

[dkonopinski]

Who's going to make the first custom pipe smoker's knife and tamper?

I have one by Rodgers. Works OK but it's nothing special.

[robtattoo]

Wow, this is really bringing back some great memories for me!
Me Dad smoked nothing but a pipe. His preference was for Whiskey ready rubbed, when he was flush & flake when brassic. He moved on to St Bruno/Condor mixed in his 50s, the same mix my Grandad (Dad's Dad) smoked.
Thankfully he gave up about 10 years ago (else he'd not be here now) but I can still smell that warm, comfortable, old-books-&-leather-smell whenever he puts on an old coat.
I tried a pipe for a couple of years, smoking some bizzarre Rum 'n' Plum concocton from the local 'baconist. I wasn't getting the soothing nicotine hit my body was ,stupidly, telling me I needed though & ended up back on the rollies. I jacked that in 3 weeks ago too, 'cos I'd like to experience being 40! :D I'm now on chewing tobacco/pouches & it's GREAT!! Getting to spit like a cowboy makes me feel like Clint Eastwood :D:D
That said though, I'm in! (If that's alright with everyone)

[wanderingblade]

I love the smell of a pipe, tried it a few times and liked it but now in an enforced state of tobbaccolessness. :(

May I suggest, as a suitable venue the Library of Arundel Castle. One of my favorite places to visit and an ideal venue for a gathering of likeminded gentlemen.

Couldn't find good pics, sorry - but you'll get the idea:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb269/Wanderingblade/1115798.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb269/Wanderingblade/untitled.jpg

(ignore the tourists!)
May I suggest a vital addition be a selection of fine malts cunningly enclosed inside a globe, positioned next to my high backed leather chair.

If you've not visited / seen Arundel Castle, this is what it looks like from the outside:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb269/Wanderingblade/400px-Arundel_Castle_-_west_facade_.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb269/Wanderingblade/arundel_castle2.jpg

[Edgehog]

Oh my,

My dad & grandad were pipesmokers over the drawing boards of Morris Motors during the war.

I must join in their honor, I've been hankering to get a pipe for a while now, this has sealed the decision.

Arundel Castle would be a marvellous venue, not entirely because it's not far from me. They also have some suitable cutlery on display.

Toodle-pip chaps.

[dkonopinski]

Unless we intend to be pipe collectors, like we are knife collectors, I see no purpose in meeting indoors. Personally, I have neither the desire nor the intention to become a pipe collector, however worthy such an activity may be. What's more, meeting up in a pub garden or countryside venue just to smoke and chew the fat doesn't work for me either.

Sorry. :)

My most enjoyable smokes are on my own, loafing about the harbour in a Cornish fishing village in February as soon as it's light while LOML is in the cottage doing whatever mysterious things women do before they can be seen in public. Lke clearing up the breakfast things:D

We rent the cottage for the Feb half-term holiday week every year, so from next Friday you'll all be spared my rubbish for a whole week.

David

[ANDYLASER]

im not smoking a YELLOW bubble pipe!!

i DEMAND a RED one!


If you insist. :D

http://www.playwritegroup.com/is.axd?path=//media/product/o/315/315-401_2.jpg&w=140&h=120

[MikeDB]

My current two favourites at the moment. A plain Parker from London & a handmade jobbie called Quail form Danish maker Eric Nording.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/MikeBuckley/DSCF2468.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/MikeBuckley/DSCF2467.jpg

They go well with the Duofolds & tweed.

Now if someone would be so kind as to summon my batman, I’ve a luncheon appointment with rather fine Claret.


Mike

[BorderReiver]

can we have "virtual" pipes .... which we can "puff" on when we have a stressfull day at work ..... only reason I ask ... is SWMBO wont let a "foul ... stinking .... "satans chimney" near the house " ..... :O

not for love nor money .... so I guess its final ..:C

It was for me.:C

Still want to join the League to recall happier,smellier times.:)

[Anarcus]

Is it still legal to smoke in a enclosed space as long as it's a member's access only club?


I think so.

Danzo


'fraid not :(

It was proposed but got cut from the legislation at a fairly late stage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4709258.stm



I believe there is a temporary extension to cover psychiatric facilities and prisons.

Should we all use japanese swords as pipe knives and cover the bases?:D

[eds]

Is it still legal to smoke in a enclosed space as long as it's a member's access only club?



Yes and I've got a little book of tickets for those that do. And another for those that drop litter/fag ends. Getting good at doing Cartman impressions now.

But in the privacy of ones home or a friends home go right ahead.


Do not smoke and new will but ther is something about pipes. Quite like the smell. Also reminds me of been a kid when my father smoked one - Condor and/or St Bruno ws his normal choise.

[Knife-Man]

Yes and I've got a little book of tickets for those that do. And another for those that drop litter/fag ends. Getting good at doing Cartman impressions now.

But in the privacy of ones home or a friends home go right ahead.


So is that a yes or a no ?

The stupid law is confusing enough as it is.

[eds]

it is illegal.

It is now illegal to smoke in any enclosed public space ie one where people are (other than homes). There are some exemptions, though these are mostly phased introduction - residents rooms in old folk homes, communal area for patients in mental health units.

The point been not to protect the smokers or even customers/visitor/patients - these by and large are there through their own choise but to protect workers who don't have the choise of not entering smoky rooms ie barstaff, cleaners.

Smoking shelter must have more than 50% of its surface open (excluding roof). Some bus shelters now illegal re: smoking law.

It is also illegal to smoke in any work vehicle that has multiple users and it is illegal to smoke in your own vehicle, on business use if there are other people in the car (deemed enclosed public space as used in a formal manner)- nothing stopping you kicking them out while you smoke I guess.

To behonest the councils that lumbered with enforcing the law normal pursue the premise owner rather than individuals unless the person is a persistant offender that has been warned.

Most will hit litterers with a Fixed Penalty Notice though - no need to litter what so ever.

The flip side of the smoking ban is a big increase in street littering.

[Danzo]

So is that a yes or a no ?

The stupid law is confusing enough as it is.

Be not confused about the law.

The landlord of a rural pub who likes middle aged pipe smoking customers will be sympathetic to our cause.

But I also have great sympathy with dkonopinski

One can be a member of the League in a purely solitary capacity.

It's about pipes, not people

;)

Danzo

[Knife-Man]

Thanks for explaining eds.

[Beachlover]

but we have to get these too:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/1052/849333.JPG

I can get lots of those :]

[lilzee]

I can get lots of those :]

legally?:D

[tomtom]

Yes and I've got a little book of tickets for those that do.

Just out of interest, what would said ticket cost me?

[eds]

varies from place to place.

For dropping litter in Bradford it will be £70 (fairly normal).

Smoking would be the same, plus prosecution for repeated failing to comply. Although it is normal the building/car owners that are taken to task.

[mic201m]

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[lilzee]

have the back more dull and the letters a little less pink and it'll look good.
:D

[imagedude]

Perhaps we should copy 'The Norfolk Pipe Club' and hold smoking competitions:

http://www.pipeclubofnorfolk.co.uk/

[lilzee]

here's my idea... not as well executed as others...
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/lilzee1/pipe.jpg
the left end was cut off a little.
but you get mypoint.

[DragonScale]

Count me in. Been a while since I got the pipe out but recent threads have got me considering searching it out again.

DS

[wanderingblade]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb269/Wanderingblade/pipe.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb269/Wanderingblade/d.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb269/Wanderingblade/tif.jpg

[ubermeister]

.....I am not a role model.....
;)

Danzo


I dunno Danzo, I reckon you'd roll quite well.

Ant (running for cover)

:D

[tomtom]

Does anyone know if the white spot was used by any pipe makers other than Dunhill? I have a pipe with a white spot but I don't think its a Dunhill, I am trying to work out where its from.

[anarion]

some of my pipes and knives247.photobucket.com/albums//gg126/anarion_photos/.

[Danzo]

Could this be Danzo's new "ciggi" line :popworm: :D



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2380/2236941123_5ab1afae42.jpg


I was expecting that to say "Danzo's Navy Shag"......

:rolleyes:

Danzo

[sc_barker]

I found a great new smiley for you guys.

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n103/sc_barker/sherlock.gif

[anarion]

second tryhttp://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg126/anarion_photos/IMG_0470.jpg

[a6cjn]

Most impressive
Is that a fire piston, just to the right of the kinives?

Chris :)

[lilzee]

Most impressive
Is that a fire piston, just to the right of the kinives?

Chris :)

oh so you know what a firepiston is too eh?

i like that long pipe.:D

[anarion]

Most impressive
Is that a fire piston, just to the right of the kinives?

Chris :)

No it's a pipe tamper made of brass and briarwood by savinelli
and thanks for the tip about posting pics:)

[Edgehog]

Well, in for a penny...


Just bought my first pipe, a Comoy's Collector Deluxe, I can't find a picture but it's a pretty little straight plain affair with a silver band on the stem.

Got a half oz of curly cut & am already looking forward to a nice ale & a cotemplative smoke after work.

[Blackshuck]

Are deerstalkers and mutton chop sideburns de-rigeur?

David

[Knife-Man]

anyone taking a pipe to leed's :D ?

[cosco]

This is so good idea, Danzo. Thank you for it. Must spread some rep though.
I wish I could join you more than virtually.

Well, I may be able to take a pic of all my pipes (about ten of them) with my tweed as background. :D

I feel like a member of this fine society already.

[xavierdoc]

oh so you know what a firepiston is too eh?

i like that long pipe.:D

That'd be a church warden. One of my favourites for seated smoking.

I bought one in Prague to celebrate engagement to SWMBO.

[lilzee]

hmm i just find long ones cooler looking. :D

[Franciscomv]

Wicked, knives and pipes at the same place. :D

I smoke both pipes and Cuban cigars, I've never been attracted to cigarettes. I guess I like the craftsmanship that goes into hand-rolling a good cigar or making a nice pipe. Plus I thoroughly enjoy the accesories (I even had a custom cigar cutter made).

[murphy]

I think we should make it a pipe and cheese club, just for Danzo. ;)

[Danzo]

I think we should make it a pipe and cheese club, just for Danzo. ;)

You think?

:noggin:

Danzo

[xavierdoc]

I think we should make it a pipe and cheese club, just for Danzo. ;)

I find the cheese very hard to light, and doesn't draw well through a Peterson lip.

[Edgehog]

I find the cheese very hard to light, and doesn't draw well through a Peterson lip.

...I'll never buy smoked cheese again.:C

[dkonopinski]

While in Dublin earlier this week I bought a Peterson in the Peterson of Dublin Shop. Nothing special or expensive, just a medium standard system model, but what an enjoyable experience. I haven't smoked it yet, but that's something to look forward to. My Joseph Rodgers pipesmoker's knife will be part of the event. David

[xavierdoc]

While in Dublin earlier this week I bought a Peterson in the Peterson of Dublin Shop. Nothing special or expensive, just a medium standard system model, but what an enjoyable experience. I haven't smoked it yet, but that's something to look forward to. My Joseph Rodgers pipesmoker's knife will be part of the event. David

I made a point of visiting the Peterson shop when on a course in Dublin. I only went in to look; came out with a new pipe! It remains my EDC of pipes!

Remember to run her in gently!

[xavierdoc]

I had to rearrange a room to accomodate a horse (rocking variety!) which gave me the opportunity to picture my pipes and pipe cabinet:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/pipesloaded.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/Pipes.jpg

I seem to remember a tobacco passaround on another forum (might even have been a non-internet based thingy/club.) This allowed members to share their smoking experiences and wax lyrical about it. I quite fancied the idea but never got involved.

I rarely smoke a pipe now; I only started as it was part of obligatory kit for a lads trip to LeMans (most of those who went still smoke a pipe!) A strangely satisfying way to pass time I don't have.

[dkonopinski]

Nice collection, Xav. I like the look of the little bent meerschaum. I had one many years ago and they smoke beautifully if properly cared for.:) David

[tomtom]

Time for a bump of this one I think..

I had two of my favourites out as an event this weekend required a rather distinguished 'look' and thought it a good opportunity to take a photo of them.

Here they are: The top one is a Hardcastle and the lower is a Dunhill.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/tomwhite101/DSC00474.jpg

[belabear]

i have about 30 or 40 pipes does that count? can i join the club, please (i´m afraid only through the net) :lol:

i even smoke when shooting my longbow http://www.kenttv.com/programmes.php?PID=1028&Title=Longbows

i`m the guy interviewed almost at the end... not the slightly older one at the end which is my friend ron palmer, a bowyer without peers.

or when i work on some new knife :D

but honestly i think the tabaccos you use in great britain stink..... i really prefer the vanilla scented ones....... sorry!

greetings from austria

belabear

[campinghiker]

I too a pipe smoker for a few years now, can I join?

[jungle_re]

My mersham clay pipe.

Sadly i no longer smoke this, had to give up as my asthma got worse but just the smell now is great. Everyone should have the chance to smoke a mersham clay so soooo smooth (chocloate frog springs to mind).
Now sadly just a desk ornament.

Would consider doing a passaround if enough people fancied trying it, a crime not to have a pot like this and not.http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh247/jungle_re/DSCF0823.jpg[/IMG]

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh247/jungle_re/DSCF0825.jpg[/IMG]

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh247/jungle_re/DSCF0824.jpg[/IMG]

Orginally bought (grand sum of 120 sniffters) to replace the No.1's whena friend found out that there was a old Queens reg (Military law thingy) that stated you could smoke a pipe on parade instead of carrying a weapon as long as it was kept constanly alight. Just had to buy the bigest one i could find.

Hooked far better than fags.

Let me know if anyone fancys a BB passaround pipe:D

[SICKBOY]

Been thinking about smoking a pipe for a while, now i can't/don't smoke at work (company van) smoking at homes an end of day (and weekend) treat :mad: And the good lady likes the smell of pipe tobacco so that'll help:)
Anyway anybody fancy recommending a 'man of the woods' style pipe for home and away (woods) use? Heading away for a few weeks but then i'll make a trip up to the big smokes remaining tabacconists for a look around and would like to roughly know what i want before i go :rolleyes:
Oh and great thread, just burnt my burgers reading it :C :D

[dkonopinski]

Nice calabash, jungle_re. I've never had the chance to smoke one but word is they're the ultimate.

David

[jungle_re]

They are soooo smooth, the offer of a passaround is still on but i guess no one fancied smoking a used pipe:rolleyes: Your welcome to have a lend, only gathering dust on my desk at the mo; adds an air of distinction to the computer:P

[SICKBOY]

Jungle-re I'd love to take you up on the offer but i'll not be around for a few weeks, maybe on return :)
Just found this http://www.geocities.com/pipetabor/calabash/e1/calabash_e1.html , so much work :O

[jungle_re]

Cool link, must admit id not come accross the term before. Yeah by all means. Do you think it worth starting a seperate thead? Doesnt seem much point if only the two of you would like to borrow it. It just a shame to see it sitting their as it really is a great smoke and if you have never tried this type then really worth the trial

[shay]

Danzo

I would like to join the Club I am a Peterson and Condor man, Despite the imortal words of Groucho..... I would'nt join any club that would have me as a member.

Shay:)

[SICKBOY]

Welcome to the forum shay:)

[xavierdoc]

Welcome, Shay. I'm with you on the Peterson thing.

[ColinJReed]

ah what a wonderful group. i, myself, am in no stretch of the imagination an expert pipe smoker, though i do enjoy a bowl of cavendish or black cherry from time to time. i would be honored to join such a club, were the members in any mood to accept me.

[Danzo]

All are welcome to join the LoPS!

:D

Danzo

[ColinJReed]

huzzah!

[two screws]

Just found this section of the forum

Not smoked my pipes for years, used to smoke all the time when fly fishing, great at keeping the midges away.

Will have to dig out my favourate and get some black cherry during the week, I can taste it now and the smell.........................:rolleyes: ;) :)

[wanderingblade]

The perfect eBay lot?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/18-pipes-inc-Falcon-Dr-Plump-Linberg-knives-bags_W0QQitemZ190234002978QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 190234002978&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

[SICKBOY]

Did you win? £29 for that lots a bargain :O

[NevadaBlue]

I would like to join the bunch in spirit, but I probably won't ever be able to visit... :) I'm from Nevada as you can see and am working in Nicaragua at present. I took up smoking to help me relax and enjoy the slow pace of things here. Translated, that means to lower my blood pressure 'cause this project will probably never get done. :D
I'm looking for a nice design for a pouch or sheath to carry one pipe, and the toys that go with it. Oh, I do have a neat little Sheffield pocket knife / tamper that I got off ebay. Most of my little collection is 'estate' pipes from ebay.

[thomas]

I would like to join the bunch in spirit, but I probably won't ever be able to visit... :) I'm from Nevada as you can see and am working in Nicaragua at present. I took up smoking to help me relax and enjoy the slow pace of things here. Translated, that means to lower my blood pressure 'cause this project will probably never get done. :D
I'm looking for a nice design for a pouch or sheath to carry one pipe, and the toys that go with it. Oh, I do have a neat little Sheffield pocket knife / tamper that I got off ebay. Most of my little collection is 'estate' pipes from ebay.

Smoking? Lower blood pressure?
Hmmmm....

:D

[thomas]

I would like to join the bunch in spirit, but I probably won't ever be able to visit... :) I'm from Nevada as you can see and am working in Nicaragua at present. I took up smoking to help me relax and enjoy the slow pace of things here. Translated, that means to lower my blood pressure 'cause this project will probably never get done. :D
I'm looking for a nice design for a pouch or sheath to carry one pipe, and the toys that go with it. Oh, I do have a neat little Sheffield pocket knife / tamper that I got off ebay. Most of my little collection is 'estate' pipes from ebay.

Since your in the US of A.
I highly recommend you give our resident god of leather a PM. (Helmar)
Do a search:)
There are others from the UK too.:)

[kniv-per]

can I join ..

Have been smoking pipe for many years .
My best friend is Tom Eltang of Eltang pipes ..
**
here's my favorite pipe ..
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2681195561_c96b00b504.jpg?v=0


**

my favorite tobaco is Red Orlik..
cheers folks
per ..........:)

[Danzo]

The League of Pipe Smokers is not a regional thing. It's not a national thing. It's not a joining thing. It's not even a smoking thing, to be honest.

It's more a state of mind. A spiritual thing, perhaps. An opportunity to take time out from the modern world.

If you like the idea of smoking a pipe, the soothing calmness it brings, the simple pleasures of owning hand carved pipes of wonderful woods, smokers knives with all their funny little tools, baccy pouches made from the scrotums of extinct animals, and fine hand rubbed tobacco sold from big jars by funny little men with tiny glasses on a string around their necks in odd little shops, as well as the association with leather elbow patches on an old tweed jacket, and the ability to design Spitfires simply by pointing at a blackboard with the stem of your pipe and say, 'Y'know Geoffrey, old chap, what if we sweep the wings back just there?' then you are already a member of the League of Pipe Smokers.

Danzo

[jungle_re]

I was lured in by the complimentary leather arm patches, tin of pomade and farah slacks

[kniv-per]

The League of Pipe Smokers is not a regional thing. It's not a national thing. It's not a joining thing. It's not even a smoking thing, to be honest.

It's more a state of mind. A spiritual thing, perhaps. An opportunity to take time out from the modern world.

If you like the idea of smoking a pipe, the soothing calmness it brings, the simple pleasures of owning hand carved pipes of wonderful woods, smokers knives with all their funny little tools, baccy pouches made from the scrotums of extinct animals, and fine hand rubbed tobacco sold from big jars by funny little men with tiny glasses on a string around their necks in odd little shops, as well as the association with leather elbow patches on an old tweed jacket, and the ability to design Spitfires simply by pointing at a blackboard with the stem of your pipe and say, 'Y'know Geoffrey, old chap, what if we sweep the wings back just there?' then you are already a member of the League of Pipe Smokers.

Danzo

ahhhaaaaaa.....
So that's what it is all about ..
thanks ... :P

what is this ? ...http://homepage.mac.com/eltang/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-11-10%2014.03.13%20-0800/Image-D3CF825E523611DA.jpg

...
..http://homepage.mac.com/eltang/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-11-10%2014.03.13%20-0800/Image-D3CFB6A1523611DA.jpg
....
YES a pipe ... made from bruyere - ivory and ebonite..
A famous danish designer lamp .. turned into a pipe ..

By Tom Eltang (http://www.eltang.com)
Per

[campinghiker]

It is nice to find fellow pipe smokers on here, can I join too? I have been a pipe smoker for a few years, I am a Peterson and Ashton, and a few Savenellis.

James

[two screws]

Just found this section of the forum

Not smoked my pipes for years, used to smoke all the time when fly fishing, great at keeping the midges away.

Will have to dig out my favourate and get some black cherry during the week, I can taste it now and the smell.........................:rolleyes: ;) :)



Would you believe it I have now found my best pipe at the bottom of an old Bradey fishing bag ,but cannot find a good tobacco shop for love nor money

Can anybody reccommend their favorate tobacco , I used to like black cherry, and a shop near Bolton or Bury in Lancashire

Thanks and can I also join the club

[alexG]

Ogdens best brown flake or MacBarens dark twist are my favourites but I rarely smoke my pipe these days . I smoke many roll-ups with liquorice papers , more or less a chain smoker actually . My favourite fag baccy is Javaanse Jongens 3/4 strength but usually have to settle for Samson :rolleyes: .

[Franciscomv]

I don't like aromatic blends, latakias are probably my favourite. I'm still experimenting and looking for the perfect tobacco (I took up pipe smoking only a year or so ago), but I know I definitely like strong tobaccos (the same happens with my Habanos).

I'm enjoying Germain's Special Latakia Flake and Rattray's Accountant mixture. I'm going tobacco and pipe shopping today. :)

[lilzee]

i made a crude pipe today. out of sweet birch. it was a crook in the tree and i cut it off with a chansaw, and then drilled it out. :D

i'll post some pics of it when i've prettyfied it.

[paul hardwick]

Take a look on ebay items i have put a link to a nice lot of pipes.
Paul.

[fisherman]

Not a regular smoker, but I love to take my pipe with me when I go shore fishing at night. The smoke warms me up nicely. I smoke mixture No. 79

[thomas]

I ran a pub for a guy, back in the day when you could smoke without being pointed at:D
And the pipe smokers always got one on the house from me, because i thought they were a dying breed.
Apparently they are not:D

Still though, for 60p for a grouse, i did buy a lot of drinks for old men who looked cool and had seen the world which i had not seen yet, so i dont regret it:D

[udamiano]

http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo233/udamiano/smolder.jpg

[Danzo]

http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo233/udamiano/smolder.jpg

Very good!

:biggthump

Danzo

[Polite_Yank]

My two favorites are at opposite ends of the $$ continuum and the status continuum - namely, a corncob and a meerschaum. Both smoke cool, for slightly different reasons. Corncobs are porous and "breathe," and if I remember correctly I think the clay from which the meerschaum is made does the same thing. I had not smoked in quite some time but recently got a craving for a nice bowl full, so I went out and bought an el cheapo pouch of something called Captain Black, which is aromatic. I also have one unique to my small collection, a porcelain Sasieni pipe made in London. It's supposed to be cool, but as I recall it was more strange than cool.

[shariyakugan]

I was under the impression smoking a pipe was less focussed on inhaling than smoking any other thing. Any of this true?

[Polite_Yank]

I was under the impression smoking a pipe was less focussed on inhaling than smoking any other thing. Any of this true?

I'd agree. I was taught smoking a pipe is about *puffing,* not inhaling. Many pipe tobaccos are way too harsh for inhaling comfortably, IMO, although I have tasted one (possibly two) smooth enough to inhale. Done properly, there is a long slow inhale and smooth slow exhale that has a smidgen in common with yoga breathing -- hence the associations of pipe smoking with attitudes of contemplation & contentment. My opinion only, YMMV.

Paul

[Edd-UK]

Love the smell of pipe tobacco :)

Brings back memories of my childhood

[matt]

I'm going to have to join your merry band i've got a peterson calabash on the way. I've missed it due to work and now have got to wait for the RM office :rolleyes:

[caskwith]

Hello chaps, Im not just a pipe smoker, but also a pipe maker! In fact pipe making is really my main hobby, knife making is a subject that provides an interesting distraction in both mental and physical terms. The knife i have made so far (just the one at the moment) was made using materials i use for pipe making, namely briar for the handle, along with copper and leather in a semi-scandinavian style. I hope to make more knives with this pipe related theme so i can possibly offer a variation on the pipe and tamper combo, instead the pipe and knife combo.

If anyone is interested in seeing some of my pipes, my website is www.askwithpipes.com

Cheers

[alexG]

Some beauties there , Chris . I love the Nosewarmer , bet the walls get pretty hot though ! :)

[caskwith]

Some beauties there , Chris . I love the Nosewarmer , bet the walls get pretty hot though ! :)

All depends on how hard you puff! :D

I knows its a contentious subject about wall thickness but i think that a hot bowl has a lot more to do with how hard you puff, and more importantly, the internal dimensions of the stem and shank. For example i have smoked very thick walled pipes (i wont specifiy brands) that are restricted in the airway, the bowls got hotter than hell and the smoke aswell. Opening the airway however solved much of the problem. And to counterpoint this i have also smoked paper thin walled pipes (Becker pipes are an example that comes to mind) and they have smoked almost cold. An interesting subject really and one that nobody seems to have done any in depth research so far.

[HPFlashman]

I have a couple of BBB`s 502 ??, a couple of old Lillehammers and some other somewere in the house, havent smoked a pipe in a long time, but being inspired to get them going again because of this thread.

My preferd tobaccos used to be Dunhills, Elisabethian mix (or something along those lines), early morning and night cap, not neccessarily in that order...

[kniv-per]

. . . . :tumbleweed2: . . . . :pokenest:
:biggthump
http://homepage.mac.com/eltang/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-11-10%2014.03.13%20-0800/Image-D3CF825E523611DA.jpg

.http://homepage.mac.com/eltang/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-11-10%2014.03.13%20-0800/Image-D3CFB6A1523611DA.jpg
per ....:rolleye11 .... maker: Tom Eltang (http://www.eltang.com) ...

[davymoore]

Hi Folks


I've decided (If I'm allowed) that I'd like to join your merry band.

I've smoked cigarettes for over thirty years and I'm fed up with them.
I'm fed up with the price increases (currently over 8 euro a pack) I'm fed up with standing outside my local pub in the rain and cold and I'm fed up of this smokers cough that takes me an hour to get rid of each and every bloody morning. (.... pause to light another) I'm fed up with being treated like a pariah by the media and I'm fed up ex smokers who love to brag about how easy it was to give up and how they never think about cigarettes any more.

But I love smoking, I'm not prepared to quit, I should but I'm not and that's that. So Ive decided to give pipe smoking a go (Properly). I tried a pipe for about a week in my twenties but I found that the time involved in preperation wasn't for me. I had a cheap pipe with even cheaper tobacco which burned my hands made me gag and in fact it didn't make me look any more windswept and interesting as I thought it might.

I'd like to pick your brains please ...

I've decided that a bent peterson pipe will be my first choice and that I should like to try some of this Black cherry flavoured tobacco. Am I making a good decision here ? ..... Ive been told that as someone who is giving up the cigarettes that it would be better to buy a really bad pipe and bad Tobacco to begin with then after two weeks move to a good pipe with good tobacco. This shift to a higher quality smoke is supposed to be so dramatic that the thoughts of cigarettes is illiminated for good. anyone ever heard of this method and does it could it work.

How many pipes will I need ? ... I've heard that a pipe should be allowed to rest for 24 hours after each smoke is this true? currently smoking 20 cigarretes a day I reckon I'm gonna need a whole lot of pipes.

What other stuff do I need ? I know I need a pipe and tobacco but arent there cleaners and special lighters and all sorts of tools etc. but as a beginner what would you reccomend.

I want to be able to smoke in public at my local pub etc. what tobaccos should I choose or avoid for that matter ?


I want to be able to put my pipe down while I'm building knives etc. which model peterson would suit ?

Is peterson even a good choice to begin with ?

November 15th is the day I plan to start smoking the pipe. so I've got two weeks to go and I'd like to do it right. Any suggestions or help to get started are most welcome and of course I humbly ask permission to join the ranks.

Davy

[caskwith]

A good place for someone starting out like yourself is a specific pipe smokers forum. There are quite a few out there but in my (bias) opinion i would recommend Smokers forums (http://www.smokersforums.co.uk) its a friendly and well moderated board of which i have been an active member for a couple of years now. It would also be nice to have some more knife related posts :D

[lilzee]

Hi Folks


I've decided (If I'm allowed) that I'd like to join your merry band.

I've smoked cigarettes for over thirty years and I'm fed up with them.
I'm fed up with the price increases (currently over 8 euro a pack) I'm fed up with standing outside my local pub in the rain and cold and I'm fed up of this smokers cough that takes me an hour to get rid of each and every bloody morning. (.... pause to light another) I'm fed up with being treated like a pariah by the media and I'm fed up ex smokers who love to brag about how easy it was to give up and how they never think about cigarettes any more.

But I love smoking, I'm not prepared to quit, I should but I'm not and that's that. So Ive decided to give pipe smoking a go (Properly). I tried a pipe for about a week in my twenties but I found that the time involved in preperation wasn't for me. I had a cheap pipe with even cheaper tobacco which burned my hands made me gag and in fact it didn't make me look any more windswept and interesting as I thought it might.

I'd like to pick your brains please ...

I've decided that a bent peterson pipe will be my first choice and that I should like to try some of this Black cherry flavoured tobacco. Am I making a good decision here ? ..... Ive been told that as someone who is giving up the cigarettes that it would be better to buy a really bad pipe and bad Tobacco to begin with then after two weeks move to a good pipe with good tobacco. This shift to a higher quality smoke is supposed to be so dramatic that the thoughts of cigarettes is illiminated for good. anyone ever heard of this method and does it could it work.

How many pipes will I need ? ... I've heard that a pipe should be allowed to rest for 24 hours after each smoke is this true? currently smoking 20 cigarretes a day I reckon I'm gonna need a whole lot of pipes.

What other stuff do I need ? I know I need a pipe and tobacco but arent there cleaners and special lighters and all sorts of tools etc. but as a beginner what would you reccomend.

I want to be able to smoke in public at my local pub etc. what tobaccos should I choose or avoid for that matter ?


I want to be able to put my pipe down while I'm building knives etc. which model peterson would suit ?

Is peterson even a good choice to begin with ?

November 15th is the day I plan to start smoking the pipe. so I've got two weeks to go and I'd like to do it right. Any suggestions or help to get started are most welcome and of course I humbly ask permission to join the ranks.

Davy

i don't smoke (yet) :rolleyes:

but my bro does a bit. i'm not sure what kind of pip he has, but he got it in ireland and it has a briar bowl and a nice longe stem.

and he smokes the black cherry kind (which iv'e tastedShhhh) and he seems to like it. :D

can't offer any more help than that.
kinda a coincidence, but the 15th is my birthday. ;)

[dkonopinski]

"Man is a pipe that life doth smoke
As saunters it the earth about;
And when 'tis wearied of the joke,
Death comes and knocks the ashes out."

Saul by Charles Heavysege (2 May 1816 – 14 July 1876)

Just found this in something I'm reading.

David

[sjw]

Hi i have a Peterson Army Mount 160 and enjoy Peterson Sweet Kilarney.

[macca]

I would feel honoured if you'd let me and my doctor plum join your merry band. Although not having smoked now for seven years due to asthma and now empheczema I still like to get it out of the draw and polish it. I don't quite know what it is about pipes but they just feel good in the hand and comforting too sometimes.:)

Mark

[SICKBOY]

Running an ounce of black cherry through the calabash this evening.
Very nice, not too sweet and smells fantastic on returning to the room. :googlefu:

[xavierdoc]

Hi Folks


I've decided (If I'm allowed) that I'd like to join your merry band.

I've smoked cigarettes for over thirty years and I'm fed up with them.
I'm fed up with the price increases (currently over 8 euro a pack) I'm fed up with standing outside my local pub in the rain and cold and I'm fed up of this smokers cough that takes me an hour to get rid of each and every bloody morning. (.... pause to light another) I'm fed up with being treated like a pariah by the media and I'm fed up ex smokers who love to brag about how easy it was to give up and how they never think about cigarettes any more.

But I love smoking, I'm not prepared to quit, I should but I'm not and that's that. So Ive decided to give pipe smoking a go (Properly). I tried a pipe for about a week in my twenties but I found that the time involved in preperation wasn't for me. I had a cheap pipe with even cheaper tobacco which burned my hands made me gag and in fact it didn't make me look any more windswept and interesting as I thought it might.

I'd like to pick your brains please ...

I've decided that a bent peterson pipe will be my first choice and that I should like to try some of this Black cherry flavoured tobacco. Am I making a good decision here ? ..... Ive been told that as someone who is giving up the cigarettes that it would be better to buy a really bad pipe and bad Tobacco to begin with then after two weeks move to a good pipe with good tobacco. This shift to a higher quality smoke is supposed to be so dramatic that the thoughts of cigarettes is illiminated for good. anyone ever heard of this method and does it could it work.

How many pipes will I need ? ... I've heard that a pipe should be allowed to rest for 24 hours after each smoke is this true? currently smoking 20 cigarretes a day I reckon I'm gonna need a whole lot of pipes.

What other stuff do I need ? I know I need a pipe and tobacco but arent there cleaners and special lighters and all sorts of tools etc. but as a beginner what would you reccomend.

I want to be able to smoke in public at my local pub etc. what tobaccos should I choose or avoid for that matter ?


I want to be able to put my pipe down while I'm building knives etc. which model peterson would suit ?

Is peterson even a good choice to begin with ?

November 15th is the day I plan to start smoking the pipe. so I've got two weeks to go and I'd like to do it right. Any suggestions or help to get started are most welcome and of course I humbly ask permission to join the ranks.

Davy

I see the date has passed, so maybe my advice is now redundant. If not, here's my two pence:

As a cig smoker, you may feel the desire to inhale; negating the "benefit" of switching to a pipe. Also, a pipe can be smoked for a long period (1 hour is not unusual for some of my larger bowls) but can't really be enjoyed as a quickie (like a ciggie.) You might find that your mouth gets sore if you plunge in with long and regular smokes.

New pipes need running-in (see the various internet guides) and should ideally be "rested", as you say. This gives you an excuse to buy lots of pipes and a pipe-rack to store/display them in. Pipes are best stored tilted with the stem upward.

Pipes do need cleaning; straightforward but don't dismantle a hot pipe. The build up of carbon needs to be kept in check with a simple and cheap (or elaborate and expensive) pipe tool or reamer. Some carbon is a necessity, hence the running-in. The pipe tool will usually incorporate a tamper, too.

There is a bit of nack to getting a good smoke out of a pipe -a bit like adjusting a carburettor or starting a fire! loading the bowl is the start of this process: loose at the bottom, tighter at the top (not full for run-in). When lighting a pipe with matches, let the phosphor burn off before lighting. With a lighter, be careful not to scorch the rim of the pipe. Technique is to do an initial scorching of the tobacco to build a layer of burning baccy and then tamp this while drawing, to create a "cake" (sometimes needs a second touch of the flame at this point).

Your choice of pipe is personal. I would recommend Peterson (how far are you from Dublin?) but they are quite pricey for a beginner who may not like it. I quite like the Peterson lip design. I think your idea of a bent pipe with flat base is a good one: bent allows hands free operation with easy mouth control (large straight pipes tend to get bitten on to stop them swinging around) and the flat base let's you put the pipe down. Peterson do a couple of models like this: from memory, one has the Silver collar, a cheaper option is nickel. I have the silver one and it is a favourite of mine.

Tobacco, again is personal thing. I have quite broad tastes. If you are trying to replicate cigarettes you might prefer a non-aromatic/non-flavoured 'baccy but who knows? Buy ready-rubbed at first and store it in a sealed tin (I find pouches never keep it as well, personall). Later you can experiment with flake, plug, rope, etc. The later two options have the added benefit of giving you an old-school excuse to use your pocket-knife!

To start out you need: a pipe (duh) with a not-too-large bowl, tobacco of your choice (why not buy a small quantity from tobacconist rather than a whole tin or bag of pre-packed), a simple pipe-tool (coule of quid), lighter or matches (special lighters are available, though not vital) pipe cleaners.

There's loads more but I'm sure there is better info on pipe websites and forums.

Enjoy.

"The pipe marks the point where the orang-utan ends and man begins" Ben Jonson.

[shariyakugan]

I have lit and succesfully smoked my first pipe today.
An Angelo pipe (cheap) with a small bowl filled with some Friesche Heeren Baai. As it is my first I have nothing to compare it to but it was pretty good.

[Harris hunter 7]

My old man used to smoke a pipe and his old man before him, i truly hate the smell of cigaretts but give me a pipe anyday that is a fantastic smell cigars smell great too think i will buy some baccy just for the the hell of it,

been years since i smelled that aroma.

[xavierdoc]

The three essentials of a Le Mans trip:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/CNV00001.jpg


Turbo pipe at the TT:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/CNV00018.jpg


Turbo pipe in action:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/CNV00019-1.jpg

Warning: Pipes make you look like a berk if you are under 60:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/CNV00021.jpg


The team t-shirt, promoting the dying art of pipe smoking:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/CNV00022-1.jpg


A Big Ben Wade in the second role of a pipe: pointing at things:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/CNV00025.jpg

Twin pipe:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/CNV00028-1.jpg

Back in blighty!

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/CNV00030-1.jpg

Sadly, the photographer missed me blowing the second ring through the first :D

Enjoy your pipes responsibly.

[caskwith]

Excellent pic there! Good to see someone spreading the joy of pipe smoking!

[shariyakugan]

Anyone here have some experience with boswell tobacco's?
I'm trying to get some blends but I live in the netherlands and customs would probably not let it trough. Any advice?

[knotter]

Thank God there are some more excentric people than knife makers "A pipe smoking knife maker" Sadly I fall into this catagory as well .Please can I be swarn in by Chief Blade Pipe ,do I get a badge:lol: I'm a Peterson man and proud of it

[SICKBOY]

Found myself on charing cross rd outside smith and sons yesterday and much to the good ladys displeasure ended up doing what i have been threatening to do since jungle re was good enough to give me a (long) lend of his calabash.
Well out i came with a parker bulldog and very nice it is too :D
Should help me chop the fags out of my day to day routine, think i'll end up doing a bowl a night instead of 10 or so marlboro full fats.
Picked up some vanilla supreme, not bad but not to sickgirls taste, says she prefers the smell od my normal fags :huh: So next time maybe something a bit more robust :rolleyes:

Anybody use the tinned flakes? off to norway for a week at the end of the month and think i'll try a tin, loads of info on how to use the stuff on the net so probably worth a try before i getstuck in my ways :oldman:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15287361@N04/3603191425/in/photostream/

[swanseajack]

Clay tavern pipe, brown flake and a bottle of some semi-real ale..........Ahhh!!
I agree with the statement "Anyone under 60 smoking a pipe looks a berk".
At least I'm not still on 30 B&H a day:C Just one or two bowls a week.:)

[Jeff143]

Had a go at making a churchwarden pipe once. Worked well but the stem was a bit fragile and broke a few weeks later. Now i used a pipe that my friend bought for my last birthday made from maple burl i think. I dont smoke often but when im out fishing early morning or at ngiht under the stars camping there is something truly magical about a pipe to me.

[caskwith]

Nice to see some more knife making pipe smokers out there. But what about another knifemaking pipe maker like me :D

[swanseajack]

Nice to see some more knife making pipe smokers out there. But what about another knifemaking pipe maker like me :D

I'm going to look a plonker here but...............
Your not Askwith? as in Askwith pipes, are you? Your quite famous:D
Nice to meet you

[campinghiker]

My favourite pipemaker is Ashton Taylor, love the smell of Ashton pipes when new :D ! How do I become a member of this wonderful league:) ?

James

[Danzo]

My favourite pipemaker is Ashton Taylor, love the smell of Ashton pipes when new :D ! How do I become a member of this wonderful league:) ?

James

Smoke a pipe!

:D

Danzo

[underground]

I'm well keen to try a pipe; the Poundland in Sheffield has some for (surprisngly) a Pound, but I can well imagine them to be rather rubbish.

However, a couple of things - I'm an ex fag smoker and don't want to start back on the rollies, and second can't even think about trying to justify the cost of e.g. peterson to SWMBO. I do want a go at it though, since I'd love an occasional puff (and like Clinton, not too much inhalation) when I'm relaxing or having a post caving pint.

Would it be a waste of a quid - and is there a better option?

What I really want to not do is become a several times a day pipe smoker - and I think (hope) that this may be a lot to do with technique?

Sorry for the daft questions.

[Danzo]

For a pound you might as well give it a go!

Danzo

[underground]

Went in today and there's none left!

[caskwith]

Went in today and there's none left!

I have one hanging around somewhere, my sis bought one as a joke, they are terrible pipes but you are welcome to have it if you like :D

[caskwith]

I'm going to look a plonker here but...............
Your not Askwith? as in Askwith pipes, are you? Your quite famous:D
Nice to meet you

:ashamed01 Guilty as charged I'm afraid.

[matt]

:ashamed01 Guilty as charged I'm afraid.

And lovely pipes they are too. Not at all biased because i own one ;)

[caskwith]

And lovely pipes they are too. Not at all biased because i own one ;)

About time for another isnt it :D

[Afromonk]

I've always wanted to smoke a pipe.
:(
Its something i've wanted to save for and really get into but have never got round to it.
Cigarettes were never for me and Cigars are ok for that occasional celebratory event but Pipes are were its at.
I live In/Near Solihull and in the town centre there is a Taboccionists called John Hollingsworth and i often pop in just to gaze at the pipes! :rolleyes:

I thought i would add that irrelevant info to this thread since it was in newposts! :P

[caskwith]

I've always wanted to smoke a pipe.
:(
Its something i've wanted to save for and really get into but have never got round to it.
Cigarettes were never for me and Cigars are ok for that occasional celebratory event but Pipes are were its at.
I live In/Near Solihull and in the town centre there is a Taboccionists called John Hollingsworth and i often pop in just to gaze at the pipes! :rolleyes:

I thought i would add that irrelevant info to this thread since it was in newposts! :P

There is also the John Hollingsworth Pipe Club! Im sure they would be happy to take on a new member ;) Just look out for some guys called Tim and Garry, you wont like them :D (Both good friends of mine, so that says it all really, lol)

[Afromonk]

Lol, i might try and join!
Could be fun :)

Could be interesting sitting outside the pub, group of 18 year olds, one with a pipe in hand :P

[Rogue]

As a youngster I always preferred a pipe or rollies over normal cigarettes. Being brought up in a house of chain-smokers, the pipe tobacco at least a slightly more pleasant smell :rolleyes:

I quit several years ago and, while I do not miss cigarettes at all, I do occasionally hanker after a few minutes with a pipe, a pint and a good book.

I'd like to join, though I may be limited to just the smoking jacket. Though who knows, if the opportunity presents :)

Hmm, what's the chance of an afternoon with a pipe rekindling those smoking urges? Fairly high, I'd reckon :C

Oh, and though it's a year too late, hello NevadaBlue! I recognise the name and avatar from another rather fascinating site that always makes for interesting reading!

[tomtom]

There is also the John Hollingsworth Pipe Club! Im sure they would be happy to take on a new member ;) Just look out for some guys called Tim and Garry, you wont like them :D (Both good friends of mine, so that says it all really, lol)

Is there anything like that locally? The Plymouth tobacconist isn't much to write home about, eh?

[Ropeman]

Membership of the League is simple. If you have previously smoked a pipe of tobacco, or would like to do so, then we will be your friends.


Oh Joy! I qualify. I used to cut a rather ridiculous figure as an eighteen year old pipe smoker. You just wouldn't believe the respect and acclaim it gives you :lol:

I do quite hanker after a pipe, just for the paraphenalia, despite giving up tobacco twelve years ago.

I've got the belly, the sartorial elegance and the extensive library with a rather nice decanter of port. I'll get a liquorice pipe.

[underground]

Well, I ended up being a tightwad and got a Medico pipe on the 'bay, but it seems OK - and I'm hoping to try it on me hols. I won't have a chance to procure any special tobacco before I go so it'll have to be stuff from a supermarket or newsagents...

Anyone have any opinions on Clan, St. Bruno, Gold Block etc. etc?

[tomtom]

Oh Joy! I qualify. I used to cut a rather ridiculous figure as an eighteen year old pipe smoker. You just wouldn't believe the respect and acclaim it gives you :lol:

I do quite hanker after a pipe, just for the paraphenalia, despite giving up tobacco twelve years ago.

I've got the belly, the sartorial elegance and the extensive library with a rather nice decanter of port. I'll get a liquorice pipe.

I found you a suitable alternative Ropey.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/tangenttoys_2064_3889644

:D

[PSY]

Hello chaps, Im not just a pipe smoker, but also a pipe maker! In fact pipe making is really my main hobby, knife making is a subject that provides an interesting distraction in both mental and physical terms. The knife i have made so far (just the one at the moment) was made using materials i use for pipe making, namely briar for the handle, along with copper and leather in a semi-scandinavian style. I hope to make more knives with this pipe related theme so i can possibly offer a variation on the pipe and tamper combo, instead the pipe and knife combo.

If anyone is interested in seeing some of my pipes, my website is www.askwithpipes.com

Cheers

I do not smoke but yesterday a friend suggested that we try and make our own pipes. A little web investigation later I am thinking it should have a lot of things in common with making a knife. It is fiddly, involves a blend of materials and working of wood in small dimensions as well as perhaps dying and giving it a good finish. It could be an interesting endeavour.

I have only found one tutorial at jerzeedevil (http://www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49499) and wonder if you please could direct me to some books, youtubes or webtutorials, maybe an essential book. I also wonder if there a good online shop for spare parts or some of the raw materials that you can direct me towards. Any help would be much appreciated.


Perhaps something a little more exclusive than this one :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXdD1a2sz6o

[underground]

Well. I just tried my Medico pipe with a bit of 'Bulwark Flake' as my first ever pipe smoke - not what I expected, and I think it was due to technique, as it seemed quite hot and dry, but without flavour (I was expecting lots of smoke and flavour, from the reviews) - but had to 'pull' hard to keep it burning, which is clearly not the idea. I'm going to rub it a lot more tomorrow to see if it helps....

[tburgess]

Try this one guys - http://www.pipecluboflondon.com/

I'm a member and it's a great club. They have a meeting once a month, sometimes involving pipe makers, baaci tastings etc. Journals twice a year.

Thoroughly recomended.

Cheers,

Trevor.

[xavierdoc]

Try this one guys - http://www.pipecluboflondon.com/

I'm a member and it's a great club. They have a meeting once a month, sometimes involving pipe makers, baaci tastings etc. Journals twice a year.

Thoroughly recomended.

Cheers,

Trevor.

I seem to remember you get a handsome and discreet pin-badge, too?!

[tburgess]

I seem to remember you get a handsome and discreet pin-badge, too?!

You do indeed Xav.

Cheers.

[underground]

Question about 'cake'. I just got a 2nd hand pipe (still not got 'into it' enough to justify a proper outlay) and this one is seemingly full of 'cake' - the mouth of the bowl looks to be bigger than thumb size, yet down to the bottom needs tip of little finger, if that gives idea of diameter. I just tried to ream a bit at the top, using a knife, and behind the lump of char that came away it was quite 'bubbly' looking. Just wondering if it would be best left alone, given that it looks like thick stuff (although at the bottom, I don't think it is - some rings are visible as if it's been done before) - so maybe a good reaming would make it more 'bowl like' instead of 'narrow tube like'.

Only cost me 7 quid including postage, it's a Dr. Plumb, so not exactly a world beater - but I'd like to at least try to make it work..... any advice gratefully received...

[dkonopinski]

Question about 'cake'. I just got a 2nd hand pipe (still not got 'into it' enough to justify a proper outlay) and this one is seemingly full of 'cake' - the mouth of the bowl looks to be bigger than thumb size, yet down to the bottom needs tip of little finger, if that gives idea of diameter. I just tried to ream a bit at the top, using a knife, and behind the lump of char that came away it was quite 'bubbly' looking. Just wondering if it would be best left alone, given that it looks like thick stuff (although at the bottom, I don't think it is - some rings are visible as if it's been done before) - so maybe a good reaming would make it more 'bowl like' instead of 'narrow tube like'.

Only cost me 7 quid including postage, it's a Dr. Plumb, so not exactly a world beater - but I'd like to at least try to make it work..... any advice gratefully received...

The ideal is just a thin layer lining the bowl as evenly as possible. The main reasons IMO being that improves the taste and dryness of the smoke as well as protects the briar. But, cake expands at high temps and if it's very thick it could split the bowl. This happened to me when smoking a neglected pipe outdoors in a brisk winter breeze.

David

[imagedude]

I purchased one of these for a tenner whilst in Poland. An excellent pipe for pointing or tapping a youth on the shoulder.

http://www.mrbrog.com.pl/graf/grusza/oferta1_3.jpg

[RassilonMonk]

Oooh, let me get my smoking jacket. :) I'll post some pics of my pipes when I get a chance...

I suppose I should pass this on to all the refined, pipe smoking chaps on here!

http://www.thechap.net/

;)

-Will

[xavierdoc]

Thanks, Will!

[RassilonMonk]

Xav,

no worries :) The Chap cracks me up, I love it!

-W.

[caskwith]

Good to see some activity on here :)

I am also a subscriber of the chap, and regular readers might have seen my name mentioned recently, and hopefully will be coming up more often in the near future.

[xavierdoc]

I forwarded the link to some like-minded fellows, one of whom tells me has now subscribed!

[wolf67]

How did i miss this thread!:huh:
I smoke a pipe regulary...i love that condor moment;)
Can i join the clan:D

[RassilonMonk]

See, some of us in the colonies are still cultured ;)

-W.

[xavierdoc]

How did i miss this thread!:huh:
I smoke a pipe regulary...i love that condor moment;)
Can i join the clan:D

So long as the "clan" thing was meant as a pun! Welcome :D

[wolf67]

So long as the "clan" thing was meant as a pun! Welcome :D

:D :D but of course xav!

[underground]

The ideal is just a thin layer lining the bowl as evenly as possible. The main reasons IMO being that improves the taste and dryness of the smoke as well as protects the briar. But, cake expands at high temps and if it's very thick it could split the bowl. This happened to me when smoking a neglected pipe outdoors in a brisk winter breeze.

David

Well it certainly hasn't hurt it! The difference with the Bulwark is amazing compared to the medico, which is sort of hot and tongue stinging and a night mare to keep lit. The dr plumb was quite cool, smooth and stayed lit with 'sips'. Nice! It also has a lovely curve and the finger crooks nicely round the back of the bowl - I was speaking to my mate last night and found myself pointing the stem at him quite instinctively! I almost wish it was in better nick!

I will probably try to thin it, but it would appear that a lot of the rim of the bowl might be made of cake or at least stuck to it and charred, as a bit came away when I had a broddle.

[Adz]

...for pointing or tapping a youth on the shoulder.

LOL - excellent!

I used to smoke one of these - which looks remarkably similar, stem length notwithstanding.

http://www.pipetobacco.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/cbsbnt.jpg

In a somewhat drunken fit of "I'm quitting this ghastly thing once and for all!" I rashly threw it into a furiously burning garden incinerator one evening. I do miss that pipe occasionally, although not the smoke so much these days.

It was great for fishing in the rain, where hand rolled cigarettes were the devils own nightmare.

[RassilonMonk]

I find a pipe much easier to hump down a river trip up here. I have been known to bring a 50 cigar waterproof case out on occasion but these days a pipe is much more Voyageur. ;)

One of my pipes is in the Garage workshop from when I was last working on my current knife project. I think I shall have to revisit it tomorrow :D

-W.

[SICKBOY]

Currently working through a tin of http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend_detail.cfm?ALPHA=R&TID=961 , not bad, just something about it i'm not happy with, reminds me too much of alfa alfa horse hay substitute, maybe a tad sweet? Going full strength next time, any ideas?

[Basjan]

Will my Byfords and Keysers make it with mixture of 4x Fox and 1x Rum & maple make it?
Can you smell the aroma?:rolleyes: :cop2:
Tis tobacco sir!!!:]

[xavierdoc]

Sounds delightful, Basjan. Welcome to LOPS!

[Basjan]

My spelling!SMOKE TOO MUCH!:S

[SICKBOY]

Think i've found the one for me, cellini reserve, very very nice, smells great before and during the smoke, fantastic taste and just a little hint of a bite to remind you it's bad for you :D No fags at work for over a week now, so it's doing its job :rolleyes:

[RIPRSE]

ha ha
i've been on about getting a pipe for years to my misses thinking she'd moan
but guess wot i got for christmas
my very first pipe
very happy bloke

[caskwith]

ha ha
i've been on about getting a pipe for years to my misses thinking she'd moan
but guess wot i got for christmas
my very first pipe
very happy bloke

Glad to hear it! Now you can get onto smokers forums :D

[tburgess]

There's a meeting of the Pipe Club of London, on Saturday, 18th January 2010 at;

The Thatchers Arms,
Great Warley,
Brentwood,
Essex, CM13 3HU.

You don't have to be a member to come along.

Cheers,

Trevor.

[Chris the Cat]

Need a pipe Cats!
( I was in the Norwegian Arctic recently,and all that was missing was a pipe!! )
Where/ how,do I start??
Chris.

[gregs656]

I really fancy a pipe. Don't know why! I'm an occasional cigar smoker when the moment is right, I quit cigs more or less when I left college - and I have owned a pipe for a short length of time and enjoyed it. Perhaps I will get another, I have always found smoking to be a good way to relax.

[caskwith]

Well i just returned from the Chicago pipe and tobacco, the biggest of its kind in the world. Sold a few pipes and made a few contacts, also made lots of new friends. Now just need to sell the rest of the pipes, anyone interested? lol

[Chris the Cat]

Where are your pipes on sale caskwith?
I would like to have a look!
Some nice,talented Cat over on BcUK is making me my first!!
Chris.

[caskwith]

Click the link on my signature, it will take you to my website where they are for sale :)


Where are your pipes on sale caskwith?
I would like to have a look!
Some nice,talented Cat over on BcUK is making me my first!!
Chris.

[stuey]

There are some lovely pipes on there Mr Askwith!!

Do your prices translate directly dollar to pound or does the current exchange rate apply?

Stu

[caskwith]

The current Paypal exchange rates apply. A large proportion of my business is American and European and they like to see prices in $'s so thats why I do it. It also keeps consistency when i go to shows or sell through retailers.


There are some lovely pipes on there Mr Askwith!!

Do your prices translate directly dollar to pound or does the current exchange rate apply?

Stu

[stuey]

The current Paypal exchange rates apply. A large proportion of my business is American and European and they like to see prices in $'s so thats why I do it. It also keeps consistency when i go to shows or sell through retailers.

Right you are... I may just go and have another look ;)

I love the nose warmers.... do they smoke on the hot side? Currently smoke a peterson 314 which is pleasantly cool.

[a6cjn]

There are some lovely pipes on there Mr Askwith!!

Stu

There certainly is.
For my sins, I have smoked a pipe for, well let's not dwell on that :oldman:
My first one was a pressie, a Parker and that really set the standard for all those that followed. Cheap pipes are just unpleasant, a mistake a lot of first timers make.
Must say though, I haven't used one the same class as yours Chris, p'raps one day.
Years ago I helped a guy to make a pipe, I mounted the briar block he had in a 4 jaw and did the initial drilling and turning. Never saw the finished pipe, I think he bought the mouthpiece/stem thingy.
I've often wondered how those mouth pieces were done, initially I thought they were injected moulded plastic but the horn and amber must be hand made somehow.
Anyway, lovely work

Chris :)

[caskwith]

Right you are... I may just go and have another look ;)

I love the nose warmers.... do they smoke on the hot side? Currently smoke a peterson 314 which is pleasantly cool.

Everyone who has bought one so far has said they smoke just as cool as a full sized pipe. I personally smoke a couple of them and notice no difference whatsoever.

[caskwith]

There certainly is.
For my sins, I have smoked a pipe for, well let's not dwell on that :oldman:
My first one was a pressie, a Parker and that really set the standard for all those that followed. Cheap pipes are just unpleasant, a mistake a lot of first timers make.
Must say though, I haven't used one the same class as yours Chris, p'raps one day.
Years ago I helped a guy to make a pipe, I mounted the briar block he had in a 4 jaw and did the initial drilling and turning. Never saw the finished pipe, I think he bought the mouthpiece/stem thingy.
I've often wondered how those mouth pieces were done, initially I thought they were injected moulded plastic but the horn and amber must be hand made somehow.
Anyway, lovely work

Chris :)

You can buy mouthpeices semi-formed in vulcanite or acrylic, they still require a fair ammount of work however. I myself cut my stems by hand from various materials, they start out as a peice of round rod, this is then fitted with a teflon tenon for easy removal and then all the shaping is done using files and sandpaper. Its more work than using a pre-form however the quality is superior and you are able to make a stem that suits the pipe much better than trying to modify a pre-formed shape.

[PSY]

I hereby apply for membership. at least 1/4 membership.:D
I am only half finished with my test pipebuild but figured I could give it a try as my tobacco arrived today. (Peterson Gold Blend, the can smells like a candy store at christmas).
I cant say I did well but ten matches got me through a 1/4 bowl, the pipe sounding like Darth Vader. I must confess I'd hoped for more of a taste and smell experience but I'm still just experimenting.

[caskwith]

I hereby apply for membership. at least 1/4 membership.:D
I am only half finished with my test pipebuild but figured I could give it a try as my tobacco arrived today. (Peterson Gold Blend, the can smells like a candy store at christmas).
I cant say I did well but ten matches got me through a 1/4 bowl, the pipe sounding like Darth Vader. I must confess I'd hoped for more of a taste and smell experience but I'm still just experimenting.

Read, practise, experiment and enjoy! There are no rules just do what makes you happy :)

[PSY]

Read, practise, experiment and enjoy! There are no rules just do what makes you happy :)

Cheers, that sums up all my reasons for trying it. I joined PSF BTW, but you may have known that :D

[caskwith]

Cheers, that sums up all my reasons for trying it. I joined PSF BTW, but you may have known that :D

I dont really visit PSF, I spend more time at Smokers Forums.

[PSY]

Looks like another good place to learn from. :)

ETA:
Here's the abomination BTW. Made from horse chestnut, but this pipelike object is just a test of my drilling setup. I'm quite happy with the joint between the prefab stem and the shank at least this far into the sanding process so next one will perhaps be from briar. I can see how one could be hooked on pipemaking and the many challenges therein. :)

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/almostdoneprofilers.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/jointrs.jpg

ETA: Fully completed
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/klara_crrs.jpg

[Danzo]

Ooh, that looks very nice!

Danzo

[PSY]

Not really, but if I can make one that works, then everybody can. Maybe we should do a buildalong. Do you think there'd be any interest here? Making a pipe is not very different form making a knife. In fact many of the people frequenting pipemaking forums are knifemakers as well.
I'll supply the stems for free.

[caskwith]

That is some nice work. Im glad to see you put the effort into things like the stem to shank transition, this is an important but often overlooked area.

I like your idea of a build-along, obviously I am not going to enter as i am just too amazing :P but if anyone needs any advice or help sourcing materials then i am happy to help out. I do make pre-drilled kits from time to time and id be happy to do a knock down price for BB members, especially if you are providing the stems which is an expensive part of the kit. or for thos that want to drill their own i can provide info on making your own drill bits etc.

Local members are as always welcome to visit the shop :)

I think this could be a great little project, maybe we could turn it into a competition or pass around aswell?

[PSY]

How kind of you and what a great offer from you. :)
I will provide the stems for free. I have quite a variety but since I do not have a large number of churchwardens, they are excluded from the offer.

[Danzo]

Sounds like a grand idea!

Danzo

[ANDYLASER]

Indeed it does. Ready to go stems and pre drilled kits would be excellent and allow us ham fisted types to (hopefully) knock something together.

[caskwith]

Well a block of briar is about £10 and drilling and fitting a stem plus postage etc would make it about £20 a kit (if Tosten is providing stems). i dont think thats too expensive do you?

[PSY]

Well a block of briar is about £10 and drilling and fitting a stem plus postage etc would make it about £20 a kit (if Torsten is providing stems). i dont think thats too expensive do you?

Which he is. :)
10£ sounds like a very descent price for a block of briar.
Shall we start a new thread in the members project section to see how many we can rally?

[sjw]

A really great idea I would love to have a go !!!

[ANDYLASER]

I think £20 is spot on.

[Chris the Cat]

Im in fellas!
C da C.

[rcs]

I'd love to have a go, more so now I've seen Stuey using his, he definitely looked more knowledgeable when he was pointing at stuff with it:D

cheers,
Rob

[caskwith]

Well if anyone wants to drill their own I am happy to sell them a block of briar for £10 plus postage at cost. If you want a Kit and Torsten is providing stems then ill do you a posted kit for £20. Might be nice to send Torsten a little beer (or tobacco lol) money to say thanks ;)

One idea I did have was if Torsten was to send me some pretty similar stems i'll drill all the kits almost exactly the same and then everyone starts off with the same blank canvas. Would be great then to see who comes up with the most interesting pipe. For those who need a little guidance we can have a running thread and im happy to offer advice.

oh and of course if anyone wants to come to mine for private tuition there will be a hefty fee to keep my mouth shut! :D

[stuey]

I'd love to have a go, more so now I've seen Stuey using his, he definitely looked more knowledgeable when he was pointing at stuff with it:D

cheers,
Rob

Now then... You cheeky young whipper snapper :D *points pipe in general direction* :D

I would like to have a go to actually.. Would love to make a nose warmer!

Churs Stu :)

[Basemetal]

You realise there's an age limit of 30 before you can be taken seriously with a pipe...? :oldman:

[PSY]

One idea I did have was if Torsten was to send me some pretty similar stems i'll drill all the kits almost exactly the same and then everyone starts off with the same blank canvas. Would be great then to see who comes up with the most interesting pipe....

I love that idea but will of course also offer a stem to those who are strongly nonconformists, and from what I've gathered a good few pipe smokers are. :D

[PSY]

The stems are moulded and have some flash, requiring some fine tuning. The ones I have sanded smelled likeburned rubber and they come from a professional pipe repairman so I would believe that he did not gather stems from to inferior quality. I have more but stashed in a place beyond photographcal reach.
here are some of them:


http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/1.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/2.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/3.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/4.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/5.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/6.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/7.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/8.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/9.jpg

[caskwith]

Id recommend everyone start with a number 22 and a straight drilled block if you are going to have them all the same. Plenty of meat on that stem to allow lots of different shapes. A smaller stem would leave you less choice.

[PSY]

I'll take better pictures of the ones that come in question, my garage is a dark place. I'll go check how many of those I have.

[PSY]

This is 22, but I only have 6 identical. they are of course up for grabs, but perhaps wont last for everybody.
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/have6.jpg
Of these I have a bunch:
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/filtersplenty.jpg

but they are filter ones:
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/filter.jpg

Perhaps these will suffice for everyone?
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/havesome20ishrs.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/some.jpg

[caskwith]

hmm that shape is a little limiting. kind of forces everyone to make an oval shank.

This site is a good resource for moutpeices, its where i used get mine from before i started hand cutting them. If there was enough interest i could buy them in and split the cost equally.

http://www.janzen-pfeifen.de/english/frameset.html

[PSY]

There are more of the thinner ones if they can be doen, even if they are harder to get right.

I appreciate the kind gesture Chris, but just to make it absolutely clear. I do not, repeat, DO NOT, want anything in return. The stems are on me. I got them for next to nothing from a friendly guy who wanted to give something back to pipemaking which has given him much pleasure over the years. This buildalong goes well with that I think. :)

[PSY]

This morning when I woke up - I did not expect to be considering to buy more pipe stems, but I'll join whichever way this turns. :D

[ANDYLASER]

I rather like the stem Torsten used on his pipe on post 221.

[PSY]

Maybe we should start a list and see how far those six #22 go. There are other similar ones in that same box, but in somewhat different lengths. I do not know how that will affect your work load in this project if there are some differences in measurements.
Of # 13 I have some 100. it is round 15mm in diameter with a tenon of 9mm diameter. it builds 50 mm to the length of the pipe. Paralell bit marked germany 024.

[PSY]

I rather like the stem Torsten used on his pipe on post 221.
I think that it is this one and there are some 20. They are for use with a 9 mm filter.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb16/psy_013/filtersplenty.jpg

[caskwith]

To me its doesnt really make much difference what kind of stem is used. :)

[ANDYLASER]

I assume they will work without a filter?

[PSY]

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I did not notice these pits with my bare eye. I do not know how much they can be a problem. I had a few on my pipelike object but put the stem in my pillar drill by the little thin part in the middle and turned it with a small file until it was smooth. :rolleye11
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