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  1. AlanJohn

    Inhaling.

    Been having a discussion about inhaling tobacco while smoking a pipe. I maintain that if you exhale through the nose, then you are inhaling,and it is best not to. I'd like opinions please.
  2. AlanJohn

    New bowl for the calabash.

    calabash new bowl. by velocipede228822, on Flickr I made this beech bowl for my calabash to replace the broken meerschaum. Did make one form available wood earlier on, but that has burned out now.
  3. AlanJohn

    First attempt at making a poker pipe.

    first stage. by velocipede228822, on Flickr This has to be sanded and polished and will be left in the normal colour of beech.
  4. AlanJohn

    First attempts at hand made pipes.

    newest pipe. by velocipede228822, on Flickr This is my first pipe.Beech. new pipe mahog' by velocipede228822, on Flickr 2nd attempt. Mahogany. Pipe B1 by velocipede228822, on Flickr My third. Beech, Stained.
  5. AlanJohn

    New pipe aquistion.

    This is a pipe I made recently, trying my hand at making pipes, a learning process. Lates pipe. by velocipede228822, on Flickr
  6. AlanJohn

    A new aquisition.

    Meerschum pipe wth Amber stem. by velocipede228822, on Flickr I picked up a bargain today at an antique shop, a meerschaum pipe with an amber stem and gold band in its own case, like new, unused.
  7. AlanJohn

    Calabash repair.

    I recently had an estate calabash, that had a damaged meershaum insert, to I rurned one out of wood. calabash 2 by velocipede228822, on Flickr This is it before it was reapaired. calabash by velocipede228822, on Flickr This is it after reapair. 002 by velocipede228822, on Flickr Me...
  8. AlanJohn

    Pipe repair

    pipe stem2 by velocipede228822, on Flickr I recently had this meerchaum head on ebay and turned a bodd to to take a stem, one of three I had bought no ebay, It is only a soft wood one, but will make a better boddy when I get some hard wood or lucite blocks. pipe stem by velocipede228822, on...
  9. AlanJohn

    Pipe rest.

    piperest by velocipede228822, on Flickr Here is a double pipe rest I had on ebay this week. pipe rest pipes by velocipede228822, on Flickr Here it is with two estate pipes I had also on ebay.
  10. AlanJohn

    Pipe Rack/Blackfores Bear.

    Piperest blackforest by velocipede228822, on Flickr This is a German Black forest bear pipe rack given to me by a friend today. I love it.
  11. AlanJohn

    How do I loosen this?

    pipe rocket by velocipede228822, on Flickr I had this pipe through the post today, bought on ebay. It has written on it, Rocket-Nylon- France. As you can see it is similar to a Falcon. But I can't shift the bowl from the stem. It obviously has to be removed to clean the bottom part, but how...
  12. AlanJohn

    Another pipe rack.

    pipe rack 5 by velocipede228822, on Flickr Yet again, another pipe rack.
  13. AlanJohn

    Another pipe rack.

    piperack4 by velocipede228822, on Flickr
  14. AlanJohn

    New pipe rack

    Another pipe rack I made.
  15. AlanJohn

    Tightening a loose stem?

    Any tips out there on how to tighten up a loose stem? The nearest I've got to doing it, is to wrap a small amount of celotape around it, but it you need to pull the stem out to run a pipecleaner through it, you have to put on more tape.
  16. AlanJohn

    New old guy from Wales.

    Hi. I am new to the forum. I come from Wales and live in Wales. Find this a really interesting site, enjoying being here.
  17. AlanJohn

    Herbal mixture.

    Don't laugh you guys, remember, tobacco is a herb too. But I have made up a mixture made from a pack of Greengo, with the additiion of some herbal Cherry Shisha. The Shisha needs to be dried out for a couple of days,as it is sticky and messy and won't light, then mix 50gms to 50 grams of...
  18. AlanJohn

    A pipe rack I made recently.

    piperack3 by velocipede228822, on Flickr A pipe rack I made recently, displaying some of my pipes.
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