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Re: This Pipe Life Website & Forum Closure
Speaking of breathing……
<<The breath method for pipe smoking, or breath smoking, involves keeping the pipe in your mouth while breathing exclusively through your nose, taking a slow, gentle draw every few breaths. Smoke is drawn into the mouth, not inhaled, then slowly exhaled through the stem or retrohaled out the nose. This technique, sometimes called massaging the smoke, helps regulate temperature and moisture, allowing for a cooler, more flavorful experience and enhancing appreciation of tobacco's nuances, especially with aromatics or flakes.>>
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motie2
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Re: What are you guys smoking right Now?
Great looking lovat @RockyMountainBriar
Also, I bet that poker smokes
Pretty good as well @motie2
Nice pipes!
Also, I bet that poker smokes
Pretty good as well @motie2
Nice pipes!
KA9FFJ
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Re: What are you guys smoking right Now?
@KA9FFJ
That Carey poker came in a non glossy, off-putting light color stain (?) with occasional almost pinkish highlights. Thanks to what I learned on this forum, I sought out Fiebing’s dyes. The pipe is now one of my top five pipes in my rotation.
That Carey poker came in a non glossy, off-putting light color stain (?) with occasional almost pinkish highlights. Thanks to what I learned on this forum, I sought out Fiebing’s dyes. The pipe is now one of my top five pipes in my rotation.
motie2
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Re: Pipe refinishing
Now to address the crack inside the bowl.
I'm going to give you a recipe I've used for over 6 years and it has never failed.
I can take no credit since I found it on YouTube from a pipe smoker that, if I recall accurately, is/was a chemist.
Anyway, it's rated food grade and safe.
Here it is.
INSIDE BOWL CRACK REPAIR RECIPE:
Plaster of Paris - 2 gr.
Table salt - 2 gr.
Activated charcoal - 2.4 gr.
And yes, plaster of Paris is nontoxic and safe when used in this recipe.
Directions:
Using a popsicle stick or simile, dry mix the ingredients.
Carefully add water while mixing until it reaches the consistency of thick honey. Place pipe cleaner through the shank to block the draw hole at the bottom of the bowl.
Using the popsicle stick, apply the recipe to completely cover the inside of the bowl, especially making sure you press firmly into the bowl crack to insure a complete fill.
Dampen your little finger and lightly smooth the bowl as evenly as you can.
Don't worry about small ridges. They can be smooth sanded once dried.
Allow at least 24 hrs before attempting to sand and use.
I usually allow 3 days to insure a total curing of the bowl coating.
Here's a prep pic:
I'm going to give you a recipe I've used for over 6 years and it has never failed.
I can take no credit since I found it on YouTube from a pipe smoker that, if I recall accurately, is/was a chemist.
Anyway, it's rated food grade and safe.
Here it is.
INSIDE BOWL CRACK REPAIR RECIPE:
Plaster of Paris - 2 gr.
Table salt - 2 gr.
Activated charcoal - 2.4 gr.
And yes, plaster of Paris is nontoxic and safe when used in this recipe.
Directions:
Using a popsicle stick or simile, dry mix the ingredients.
Carefully add water while mixing until it reaches the consistency of thick honey. Place pipe cleaner through the shank to block the draw hole at the bottom of the bowl.
Using the popsicle stick, apply the recipe to completely cover the inside of the bowl, especially making sure you press firmly into the bowl crack to insure a complete fill.
Dampen your little finger and lightly smooth the bowl as evenly as you can.
Don't worry about small ridges. They can be smooth sanded once dried.
Allow at least 24 hrs before attempting to sand and use.
I usually allow 3 days to insure a total curing of the bowl coating.
Here's a prep pic:
KA9FFJ
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