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by redraider#1
Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:11 pm
Forum: Alternative Materials
Topic: mesquite
Replies: 13
Views: 4017

Come on tell me what kind of grills y'all have. If anyone say brinkman or of the same type then you ought to be ashamed to call that BBQ. Everybody knows that BBQ is done over time with mesquite and cold beer and with a homemade grill with a firebox.
by redraider#1
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...
by redraider#1
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...
by redraider#1
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...
by redraider#1
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...