I surrender... I'm buying a pipe

[Argonaut]

Ooh, that's nice... do you have more smokey stuff in the drawers and cabinets below? I see stuff like this, and people's extensive shave dens and I think "nah, the future is changeable." Probably not though, this is just another goal... I wonder if the wife would mind me getting something like this for my briar, the burnt out corn cob, and the pouches of Captain Black and Carter Hall? It's like getting the baby's room set up before he's born! :)

Also- Dogs playing Poker... nice touch!!

Thanks! And yes, they are loaded, even more so now. These pics are from last fall.

[CptBlueBear]

Also- Dogs playing Poker... nice touch!!

It's a classic that just screams "class"

I've not bought any furniture yet, but I am negotiating with a mate's misses to make me a humidor-come-smoking cabinet. The problem is that every we start talking and drawing it gets bigger. Presently the design is about 60cm x 80cm x 40cm but if we keep going I'm sure it will be the size of Mr Allen's cabinet in no time.

[mdunn]

oh man - thats what my future will be like.

ive one pipe in the hand, and another already in the mail!!


Had my first few bowls, went well... but the bloody thing keeps going out!

[haiku44]

Had my first few bowls, went well... but the bloody thing keeps going out!

You'll get the hang of it sooner or later. You doing a charring light?

[CptBlueBear]

oh man - thats what my future will be like.

ive one pipe in the hand, and another already in the mail!!


Had my first few bowls, went well... but the bloody thing keeps going out!

Heh, heh, I have high hopes of getting my hands on an estate Stanwell this week (the seller wants too much money, but I can pick it up and save the postage which makes it a reasonable deal*)

Keeping it alight it a skill that needs to be learnt by experience, I'm afraid. For me the key was packing and drying. Got those two right and the rest fell into place. My other tips is not to "chase" the smoke by puffing too fast and hard. It's as bad as bloody martial arts breathing exercises trying to do the opposite of what you want to!

* This kind of thinking is a danger sign!

[Badger & Bengall]

Leigh! Late, but appreciated!

So import of tobacco of a couple of tins won't attract crazy customs fees?

Ahh, didn't know that. Kildare 999 looks pretty spiffy... Thoughts?

Anywhere local you know of (I'm planning an attack on sol levy and bogarts) I can go to check out the gear in the flesh?

It's cheaper to order online and get slugged with duty than to pay that duty PLUS retail.

The 999 looks good to me. The only negative about my 80S is that it doesn't sit in a pipe rest very well because of the shape. The 999 has a similar shape without the difficulty.

You'll get the hang of it sooner or later. You doing a charring light?

Indeed, I couldn't get the bowl to stay lit until I learned that. The first light is to char the tobacco so it curls up a bit and moves around a bit. Then tamp it back down lightly and light again.

It also depends on how you pack the bowl. I use three layers; one third lightly packed (just so it doesn't fall out), the second third slightly tighter (but not tight) and on the last third I try to pack more tobacco in the bowl than possible (a bit tighter again). My methods aren't perfect but they get me a consistently good burn.

Now if I could borrow a meme from alex2363...