Recent content by uncleshakey

I would not recommend putting anything stronger than alcohol on any pipe. Just use a reamer and then when you get it showing wood in spots quit or get some large bore shotgun brushes. The finish is good for alcohol and 0000 steel wool removal. On dents after you are done get it wet and take a...

RIDING MOWER !!!!!

About the Dr Grabow. Use isopropyl alcohol and 0000 steel wool to remove the finish from the bowl. I never refinish after that. You will still have the same color and the oils from your hand will even help the patina. As far as the stem goes, use some kind of polishing product from your...

Thank you. I sit with three of them every morning I'm off work. I sip my baccy and they chase squirrels and what ever. Then they come back to just hang out. Can't get much better than that.

I have read posts about people misting tobaccos with a flavoring. What is it and where do you get it. I have some Smokers Pride Black Cavendish and just a little more vanilla flavoring would make it just right.

Yes it is definitely in the stem. I took it apart and drew on the stem and got the gurgle. Never had the gurgle problem in the stem before. It has always been in the shank or the bottom of a dirty bowl.

Velveteagle, I did two tours in VN with the 101st Airborne in Recon. Like you, I find the remote areas very relaxing. I have lived in the woods, in the jungle and by a lake. The early morning, a good pipe and tobacco and what ever drink the day calls for. It just don't get any better...

I have 3 Kwoodie Yaghts 3 and 4 hole. Also a 135 3 hole. They all smoke great. I also have a Kaywookie Magnum 1. It has a gurgle problem. I took it apart and the gurgle is in the stem on this one. Does anyone know a remedy? I am convinced that Kaywoodies are great smokers. If I can solve...

I have a 3 or 4 inch buffing wheel in my drill press. I set it to the lowest speed and use jeweler's rouge. I get a beautiful controlled shine.