Hello there, all. I'm Rob, or Mr. Penguin, if you prefer. As an aspiring novelist in one of my more pompous moments, I bought the cheapest pipe I liked at the local tobacco shop. It was a $20 pipe with a dark red bowl and black stem, and it sat unused on the shelf through my late twenties.
I've recently quit cigarettes, and found the pipe helpful, even if it is "cheating," in a way. To that end, I've endeavored to find out more about smoking a pipe, and have spent a fair amount of time learning about cleaning and cake and dottle and bubbling and...you get the idea. At any rate, I came across this forum in researching what dottle is supposed to look like, and decided to poke my head in and see what's what.
As for what type of pipe I have, it's very much the shape of the ones in the logo for this forum, but for the life of me I can't remember the brand or what the style was called. If my phone could do it, I'd take pictures, but alas, no such luck. I keep my phone as stupid as possible on principle, since I don't have an extra $800 laying around for one of those cyborgs that'll kill us all when it becomes self-aware. Please note my tongue planted firmly in my cheek.
Outside of smoking a pipe, I enjoy reading (mostly science fiction, urban fantasy, and some classics), writing, gaming, drinking (cocktails, mostly), music, movies, and other artistic expressions. I also occasionally delude myself into believing I can cook, and have accidentally made a dish or two I haven't actively hated.
I've recently quit cigarettes, and found the pipe helpful, even if it is "cheating," in a way. To that end, I've endeavored to find out more about smoking a pipe, and have spent a fair amount of time learning about cleaning and cake and dottle and bubbling and...you get the idea. At any rate, I came across this forum in researching what dottle is supposed to look like, and decided to poke my head in and see what's what.
As for what type of pipe I have, it's very much the shape of the ones in the logo for this forum, but for the life of me I can't remember the brand or what the style was called. If my phone could do it, I'd take pictures, but alas, no such luck. I keep my phone as stupid as possible on principle, since I don't have an extra $800 laying around for one of those cyborgs that'll kill us all when it becomes self-aware. Please note my tongue planted firmly in my cheek.
Outside of smoking a pipe, I enjoy reading (mostly science fiction, urban fantasy, and some classics), writing, gaming, drinking (cocktails, mostly), music, movies, and other artistic expressions. I also occasionally delude myself into believing I can cook, and have accidentally made a dish or two I haven't actively hated.