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- Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:11 pm
- Forum: Alternative Materials
- Topic: mesquite
- Replies: 13
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- Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:50 pm
- Forum: Alternative Materials
- Topic: mesquite
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4017
mesquite
Has anyone tried using mesquite for making pipes. If so how did it smoke? I think this will be the wood I use for my first attempt at pipe making. I also will be useing mostly hand tools. I'll use a copeing saw and hand drills files and sanding paper. What would be the best shape to try for the firs...
- Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:33 pm
- Forum: Restoration, Repair, and Maintenance
- Topic: quick question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2988
thanks for the encouragment after reading on various forums and learning techinques on smoking pipes tonight smoke was alot more pleasurable. I still plan on the cigar ash fix for my pipe. My uncle smoked a pipe for years he was a luetenant colonel in the air force and retired when I was a kid. He s...
- Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:40 pm
- Forum: Restoration, Repair, and Maintenance
- Topic: quick question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2988
I'm sorry when I said it doesn't smoke well the problem was all the unburned tobacco in the bowl. I didn't know if it was me or the pipe. Being a cigar smoker but always liking the thought and smell of pipes better I thought I would try to switch over but I don't know alot about pipes so i thought i...
- Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:14 am
- Forum: Restoration, Repair, and Maintenance
- Topic: quick question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2988
quick question
The one pipe I own does not smoke good and after reading on this site I think I've figured out why. The draw hole is about I'd say between a 1/8 to a 1/4 inch above the bottom of the bowl. I read something about using cigar ashes to repair a burnout bowl can I do the same to build up the bottom of t...