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  1. JM

    What Are You Reading?

    I've been off work and the family didn't want to do anything so I've been reading, smoking, drinking, sleeping and even working out for the last two weeks. There was another book I read but I forget the title.
  2. JM

    What Are You Reading?

    The last week I've read Blood Grove by Bledsoe, Luther's Commentary on Galatians and his work on Christian Liberty, I'm not a Serial Killer by Wells, Confessions of an Opium Eater by De Quincey and I'm now working on The Trial of Job by Durand.
  3. JM

    How old were you when you started?

    I'm 34 and started about 6 months ago.
  4. JM

    What drew you to pipes?

    A friend of mine smoked a pipe and a fella online sent me a couple of pipes and tobacco after discussing theology...I forget how it came up. I didn't plan on smoking it but as someone else said above, I was born a century too late and pipes have an old world appeal. I had the pipes and tobacco...
  5. JM

    What Are You Reading?

    After America was a good read but Steyn's latest book, I can't remember the title, doesn't read as well. Right now I'm read Christianity and Liberalism by Machen and The Life and Diary of David Brainerd with notes by Edwards.
  6. JM

    E-Readers

    I did search on Gutenberg for tobacco and found a bunch of free reading material. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/
  7. JM

    Smoking as a Fine Art

    http://feileadhmor.wordpress.com/ ...it was mentioned on a YouTube vid. by A.A. Milne My first introduction to Lady Nicotine was at the innocent age of eight, when, finding a small piece of somebody else’s tobacco lying unclaimed on the ground, I decided to experiment with it. Numerous...
  8. JM

    Restoring Shine

    Does an S.O.S. pad count as steel wool?
  9. JM

    Restoring Shine

    I have an estate pipe that has a brown stem. The stem turned a chocolate brown after the alcohol soak and cleaning so now I'd like to restore some of the shine to it. The brown doesn't look bad but the more I use the more I'd like to restore it to the original state. <iframe width="560"...
  10. JM

    Whistle and Gurgling

    I smoked it again and the problem continued so in frustration I tamped it down tight and the it stopped. I could smoke without sound, puff in peace and relax.
  11. JM

    What are you listening to?

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  12. JM

    Missouri Meerschaum

    It's listed as "cherry" but I've read that it is probably poplar. The stain is cherry and maple.
  13. JM

    Missouri Meerschaum

    A friend sent me an MM hardwood pipe...looking forward to it.
  14. JM

    Favorite Book?

    Besides the Bible...just one? Can't do it...Anna Karenina, Christian in Complete Armour, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Shogun, too many to list.
  15. JM

    What are you listening to?

    I like a lot of music but lately I've been listening to Bing Crosby, not his Christmas album, his Irish tunes. They go very well with a pipe and some brandy. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5C3UHiD29BI" frameborder="0" loading="lazy"...
  16. JM

    Missouri Meerschaum

    I'll read tilt's articles latter, thanks.
  17. JM

    Missouri Meerschaum

    I've been smoking for a short time and have tried some lower end briar basket pipes and have to say my Missouri Meerschaum cob smokes the best. Good draw, it's a little hot so I smoke slower, but the best I have. Anyone else feel the same about the cob? :star:
  18. JM

    Whistle and Gurgling

    GOT IT! It had a small section of it plug so I cleaned it up, should be good to go now, thanks folks. I don't think the baccy was too moist but I'll leave a bowl full out and try it again latter, perhaps tomorrow after church. :star:
  19. JM

    Whistle and Gurgling

    Can I remove the stinger? I tried when I first got it but it seemed really secure, I was afraid of breaking it.
  20. JM

    Whistle and Gurgling

    The estate pipe I recently cleaned up makes a light whistle but more often a gurgling sound when I draw. How to I quiet this thing down? It has a stinger if that matters, I thought I cleaned it well enough but maybe I didn't.
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