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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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A little nosewarmer
« on: July 07, 2013, 10:58:39 pm »
I needed to shake the rust off of my pipe making skills for (hopefully) an upcoming trade on a different forum, so I threw this together in about an hour.  I blew out of 5 or 6 stems due to my boring wire being too stiff and the twigs too green, but I was able to salvage a short section to use for now.



It was a great way to Zen my way through the disappointment of my Arborist connection cutting my fresh white ash into firewood in a moment of forgetfullness.
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Re: A little nosewarmer
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2013, 06:58:33 am »
Yeah it just scorches my taters when they do that. Very cool pipe by the way. What size hole do you put in the stem? Ron
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Re: A little nosewarmer
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2013, 08:47:16 am »
Cool,man ought to be able to enjoy a good smoke from that. :)
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: A little nosewarmer
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2013, 09:21:45 am »
Quote from: cracker on July 08, 2013, 06:58:33 am
Yeah it just scorches my taters when they do that. Very cool pipe by the way. What size hole do you put in the stem? Ron
Thank you!
I think it's ~3/32".  I definitely need to get some new wire though, something more malleable.

Pappy, I'm waiting for a day off that SWMBO is working so I can break it in without disturbing the family dynamic :)

I can't get too mad at him, since he's my old man and let me live through 18 :)
It was a really rough work day for him, climbing saturated trees between lines of thunderheads.  Can't blame him for his priorities.
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Re: A little nosewarmer
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2013, 11:45:13 pm »
I am getting a fondness for these simpler pipes like this one.  Also doesn't hurt as much to misplace one, not like the hurt I felt when I recently misplaced a nice custom Meerschaum.   >:(

I also found that if you rub the end of the stem with beeswax the pipe smokes just a bit nicer!
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: A little nosewarmer
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2013, 09:10:49 am »
Things I noticed on the first smoke:
1. It whistles when I smoke it too fast/hot.  Both a blessing and a curse.  I will need to try with a longer stem to see if that's the issue or the smoke hole.
2. I was taken by surprise when it smoked down to ash.  Nice dry smoke and no relights.
3. The mouthpiece needs a finish.  JW, you're right, beeswax woul be perfect, or Carnauba for the classic shiny look.


My condolences on the missing meerschaum :(  that has to hurt
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Re: A little nosewarmer
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2013, 09:30:12 am »
Did you coat the inside of the bowl with something if so what was it ?
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Offline Olanigw (Pekane)

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Re: A little nosewarmer
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2013, 09:32:32 am »
Quote from: cracker on July 09, 2013, 09:30:12 am
Did you coat the inside of the bowl with something if so what was it ?
Just a thin coat of raw honey.
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