RockyMountainBriar Master

Oops! The bottom was apparently really, really thin…my tamper went through the bottom😖 Oh well, I guess I should have “bottomed” it with pipe-mud like I have done with all of my other cobs. I thought… (View Post)

@KA9FFJ, you gave me inspiration🙂. I loaded this “micro” cob with some C&D “Espresso” to see how long it smokes. I should have loaded some SG “Black XX”, but I didn’t want to “corrupt” my house. … (View Post)

All better with a new briar plug. Now I have to give it another go. The heel is right where is should be now. Better than new in more ways than one👍🏻. (View Post)

@Whoispra If you have to stain/re-stain, Fiebings Leather Dye works great, it is alcohol based. Everclear works well to clean internals, be careful with acrylic, nylon, Bakelite, Redmanol, stems and … (View Post)

@Whoispra With my first few forays into refurbs, I did polish with white compound before I got carnauba and it shines pretty good. Hard Carnauba really makes them shine after a good carnauba wax and … (View Post)