Recent content by Dudley Dipstick

I've got two IMP meers, one large and one medium, and they're both great. I bought mine from www.smokingpipes.com. Both pass a pipe cleaner easily and are fine smokers. One thing to keep in mind is that sizes run large. What's listed as a medium will have a chamber about the same size as a...

I have some Stonehaven about 3 years old that has taken on the same qualities you mention. It became very brittle, etc., but with rehydration smokes just fine. I also have some Sam Gawith Best Brown Flake that's about the same age, but still very pliable and not dry feeling at all. One big...

I own a Chacom Maya bent billiard that I'd describe as mediocre at best. On the upside, I learned that lucite is indeed harder than vulcanite. The stem feels as though it might chip a tooth. The day I got it in the mail, I was disappointed to see that it had a metal scoop in it. Thankfully it...

While my only meers are two IMPs, I can say I've been very pleased with them. What initially drew me to them were the more traditional shapes, since an ornate claw or laughing Bacchus just really isn't "me". They both started coloring much more quickly than I expected and only a few bowls, with...

Thanks for the nice welcome everyone!

New to the forum and compared to many old hands, barely broken in with pipe smoking. I discovered pipes and pipe tobaccos in 2006. My curiosity was piqued because by that time, I'd been smoking roll-your-own cigarettes for a few years and had realized that there is much more enjoyment from...