I also have been buying a few pipes off Ebay on a limited budget. Some have been the "basket" variety pipes and a few that are nicer such as a couple by Lorenzo. The "basket" pipes have been hit and miss at best. A couple of them smoke OK and some of them are best used as paper weights. Lately I...
Black Russian in my self made DS Chubby nose warmer. Since this was a first smoke for this pipe, it started out irratic for the first ten minutes. The next 35 minutes were a pleasure. No relights until the end of the bowl.
This is a pipe I made yesterday. It has a 3/4" bowl x 1.5" deep, Length is 5"
This Pipe I made a couple weeks ago. 3/4" bowl x 1" deep, 5.75" length. Goof Ball seemed an appropriate name for this one.
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All are from scratch. My dad and I bought a bunch of blocks and stems from PIMO in about 1977. I get a block out of the stash once in a while and make a pipe.
I did make my first one from a kit, that I gave my dad. It was a sad attempt at best, but he kept it and smoked it a few times.