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Settling in after a late lunch with some Frog Morton's Cellar in a small bowl Pete.

That is sooooooo cooooool, Oz. Well done! Yours, --DAL

<chuckle> Yep, makes sense to me. And I am much the same: I often have a pipe after dinner but it's the time of the day and not about flavors. Although my other half did make me think of something I didn't think of until last night. I have, on occasion combined a little consumption of...

Just finishing a bowl of GLP Chelsey Morning with an early afternoon cup o' Joe in an "almost" broken in, newish, Pete bulldog. I can't help but smile a little. Most pleasant.

Dear Siblings of the Briar, (Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this topic, but it seems to fit more in "techniques" than anywhere else.) In another post about non-alcoholic palate cleansers, the topic got me to thinking. Like many piper folk, I stick mostly to water. When it isn't...

Well, it's been one of those days. It's late and this is my first chance to sip some smoke. I didn't have dessert; so some 1Q in a relatively recently acquired estate Stanwell -- kind of a Dublin with a straight saddle. One that lends itself to a very shallow draw as is needed with a damp...

You do some very fine work there, Sir! I particularly like the hummingbird. Good luck on your commission. If possible, I'd sure enjoy seeing how the fireplace progresses. Yours, --DAL

Got it! Thanks, Adam.

I mentioned how therapeutic and nostalgic it felt to polish up my leather footwear to a good friend of mine. He's about 15 years my junior. (Saddly, he isn't a piper.) His reaction was one of amusement. When asked what tickled him about it, he replied it was how my having "Saturday chores"...

May I please, also, ask for a copy? Yours, --DAL

Davidoff's English Mix in a smooth straight Stanwell with a small bowl.

<he he he> Takes one to... :D Doing a bit of laundry tonight and noticed my ancient, metal toe, Red Wing work boots in the corner. It's not quite "polishing" but me thinks I'm gonna giv'em a once over. You know, on the theory that if you treat them right; the'll last forever. Yours, --DAL

Gents, you're making me feel better. I was feeling a bit like a dinosaur! :D

My favorite of them all was B.C. Followed very closely by The Wizzard of Id and Bloom County. But I must admit I had more laugh-out-loud moments from Herman than any other. Yours, --DAL

Today, I decided, would be a good day to deep-clean, de-oxidize, polish and shine some of the more neglected members of my rotation. As I'm workin' along, putting a bit of carnuba on a bowl that need just a touch of shine, I thought of being a kid and how Saturday mornings included "shoe...

Thanks, Wiz. Your sketch is very understandable. I just did the "knock" test on the wall where I might mount the rack and, of course, there is a stud in the way. It could still be done if I wanted to open up the wall a bit and put in a header (it's a load-bearing wall on a lower-level of the...

There's one that's worth mentioning because of the sheer weirdness of it. Davidoff English Mixture. The weirdness is that, despite the name, it isn't what anybody would likely describe as an English blend. So if you try it, you have to set aside any preconceptions. It's hard to say if you'd...

Thanks, all, for the thoughtful comments. After sleeping on it, I've started to refine the idea. I'm leaning towards a two-pronged approach -- a machinist's chest AND a wall-mount rack. It separates the concerns of 1) safe and dense storage of the lesser used or more fragile pipes; and, 2) the...

Cartaphilus: Very nice work! Elegant, even. May I ask how you cut the bowl rests? A router with some type of jig? 75 pipes in a very compact space. Most impressive. Yours, --DAL

Wiz: Brilliant. Instead of doors I'd make a shallow carcass that matches the outer dimensions of the carcass mounted on the wall. Perhaps the "outside" would have a stained-glass door insert in place of the back-panel of the wall mounted one, so the prettiest of my little pretties might show...