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I like to sometimes take the smoke from my mouth and exhale it out my nose - not on every puff but frequently - as it adds to the flavor. I contend that the smoke is going from my mouth, into my nasopharynx, then out my nose, while my wife says I must be inhaling the smoke into my lungs then out...

With any other type of wood, be it walnut, pine, maple, when I think of "grain" I think of the lines created by the annual growth rings. With Briar, the "grain" I think I am seeing are the vascular channels that run through the burl. On my smooth pipes I can clearly see this grain, and I can see...

I buy my tobacco in a 12 ounce bag, and my humidor holds about half of it. That 6 ounces lasts me, I bet, 2 months, smoking maybe 5-6 bowls a week. What should I do with the other 6 ounces in the meantime? Right now I have it in the original bag, closed as airtight as I can, in the freezer. Is...

Reading an older post about Petersons on this forum, and at least one person made the above comment in the title of this post. I have a few Petes, some high end and some lower end like Arans. Can't honestly say I see much in the way of fill in the lower end pipes, but then again maybe I don't...

And what a beaut. He promises to do all he can to make his pipe the best smoker you own, and so far I have to agree. I have Petersons, and a few Italians. I like the size, weight, vulcanite bits, and classic good looks of the Petes, but the open draw of the Italians. I don't so much like the...

thanks to the tutorial Kyle provided, I can now post a picture of my modest collection left column, from top to bottom -Pete billiard with case, hallmarked 1907 -Pete Sport billiard, hallmark 1914 -Pete Silver Supreme billiard -two Pete tankards, churchwarden and 1/8 bent bottom middle -...

Just bought a new Aran XL02, and I would swear the stem is acrylic - shiney, hard, smooth, looks like my Italian pipes. I thought peterson used vulcanite - have they changed??

I am really jonesing for one of these, but I have not so much as seen one in person. Both have silver bands on both the mortise and the tenon, but I do not know if they function the same or if the silver is purely cosmetic on the Royal. Does anyone have any closeup pictures of the mortise/tenon...

Long time pipe smoker, but I have only recently started reading books and forums on the subject to educate myself. Now I find myself getting more confused than educated. I keep reading about the elusive "first" - some books say one in 50 bags of briar blocks will yield a true first, others say 5...

How do Olive wood and Morta compare to Briar as far as smoking qualities, such as adding any odd flavoring to the smoke, and also as far as durability - resistance to burnthrough or charring, resistance to breakage from dropping and the like? thank you, Paul

Just bought a Peterson 999 silver supreme - beautiful pipe but it has the toughest draw of any pipe I have owned - like sucking on a straw in a thick milkshake. With the curved stem and P-lip end, how in the world can I drill this open? Seems like I need a set of flexible files - does such a...

First post, about my first red stained pipe. I just bought a Peterson Sherlock Holmes Squire, with the bowl dyed a light red. I have only smoked it a few times, but so far each time I do the pipecleaners I use before, during, and after smoking come out completely stained red. I assume this is...