I haven't decided what to call it yet. Any ideas?Quote:
Originally Posted by GWBowman
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I haven't decided what to call it yet. Any ideas?Quote:
Originally Posted by GWBowman
Old Dark Fired in a 1970s GBD Prehistoric Rhodesian 9438 with a perspex stem.
Did you make that? If so that's a cool looking "Bruck Ball" you're smoking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
Meanwhile, smoking some Stokkebye's cube cut burley, which I just got in the mail, in one of these:
http://img.pipesandcigars.com/p/500/pm/p/pm-p174950.png
which I also just got in the mail :)
Very good. How about "wrecking ball?"Quote:
Originally Posted by GWBowman
yes, I made it myself from scratch, except the stem which is a MM replacement stem. The bowl is a 3" sphere of birch and the shank is a birch dowel thru which I drilled a hole. The bowl ID is 3/4" and is about 2" deep - enough for an all-afternoon smoke :)
I initially wanted to make a pipe out of a pool ball, like the 8 ball, but discovered to my dismay that they don't make pool balls out of wood anymore. So I got some birch balls instead. This one's just a proof of concept - I may try to make some more customized ones in the future.
How does it smoke? Pretty well IIDSSM. I had to pre-char the inner bowl with a blowtorch to get rid of the nasty woody taste, but since then it's been fine.
Getting ready to smoke some GL Pease Navigator in a smooth Brewster billiard. This tobacco was graciously sent to me by @mooster . I just found out his last name is the same as my wife's maiden name. To quote the great philosopher Steven Wright, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it."
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About half way through this bowl of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.
F&K Lancer Slice in a BBB lovat
H&H Anniversary Kake in a straight John Bessai poker.
Sutliff Breckinridge in a smooth medium bend post-WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Killarney 9BC with a sterling silver band.