Recent content by EricTKT

Thanks a lot guys! Especially kaitlyn3837. I have been able to touch base with some of my customers and there seems to be some interest, so I will be making larger strides to get this pipe club off the ground. I will keep the brotherhood apprised of my progress, and, who knows, maybe the Texas...

I live in Lubbock, Texas, and there is no pipe club to speak of anywhere in the Texas Panhandle. I've somewhat recently started working as the store manager of a cigar shop here, and have gotten the idea to start up a pipe club of my own. If anyone has experience starting a club from scratch...

This is great insight gentleman! Thanks for the input, I went ahead and lit up a bowl of the "new/fresh" Dunhill Nightcap, and while it did have a bit of bite on the tongue it wasn't as bad as many blends I've had that contained Perique. So maybe it's just blends that are heavy on it.

I have a couple of stone pipes that have no maker's marks on them, and I have a buddy that is interested in buying one and I need help, brothers! Coming up on three years ago I bought a soapstone pipe from a gentleman at the Greater Kansas City Pipe & Tobacco show and I cannot seem to find his...

After having had a good deal of perique over the years, I've come to the conclusion that it is one of those tobaccos that, for me, hurts to smoke. Then I had a thought, a few years ago, I was at the GKC Pipe Show and someone opened a tin or 40 or so year old Dunhill Nightcap. I don't remember...

I've had a Zippo that I use all the time for my pipe. I left the Zippo pipe insert in it for a good while. The only thing I ever noticed was a faint taste as I drew the flame in to light up, but if was gone as soon as the flame was gone. I eventually got tired of the fuel loss and decided to...

So I have been working for a car rental company for the past 7 months, but this past weekend I was offered a job with a local cigar shop to be the store manager at their location in Lubbock TX. Any of you gentleman call the Texas panhandle their home?

So, I recently got a job where I have to wear slacks, dress shirt and tie. Now, I have worn hats for as long as I can honestly remember, but I am not aloud to wear them in this new job. That being said, come winter time, I have been told that I can wear a nice/dressy hat when I have to go...

I have only just recently begun using stache wax on a regular basis due to a career change, and I'm using Dandy Candy Mustache Trainer. However, I will agree with Jesse that the Fisticuffs is weak on hold, but will keep the strays at bay. While I have not used the Firehouse Wax myself, Jesse...

I will post pictures soon hopefully, but I have a few that I trade off with. I predominantly use three different ones; two I made myself out of zebra wood and rosewood, and I bought the third from Anthony Harris who made it out of rosewood as well, though his is much thinner and overall much better.

Hear, Hear!!!

Turned out well! Nicely done!

I love it! I studied glass in college, and this was a shape that I made several times. Since then, I have started playing around with a wood lathe that I inherited, but I've only had the material and time to mess around with making pipe tampers. Did you put something inside it to hold the water...

Very nice! The birdseye on the rim is very stunning indeed.

Absolutely a beautiful pipe, sir! All of the elements seem to work together very well aesthetically speaking, I can only imagine that it smokes as well as it looks. Well done