Paul Womancatcher-Mills
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Howdy all from the beautiful Cherokee Nation in the Ozark Foothills of NE Oklahoma!
First off, everyone laughs at my name. That's okay, I laugh too. "Womancatcher" is my matrilineal name. I live in a very rural and beautiful area of the CherokeeNation, but I am a member of the Choctaw Nation of OK.
I'm 56 years old, and in pretty rotten health - Non Alcoholic Liver Cirhhosis. I'm being worked-up for a transplant in 3-4 years. So, I can't work anymore and I live on disability. Still, I have a great life, a great wife of almost 38 years, and the greatest "best friend" on the planet. I love to work in my garden, fish, hunt a little, and tinker. Before I took ill, I earned a master's degree and had some great jobs. The best was my long apprenticeship with a fellow recently named Top Gunsmith in America! So, I worked as a 'smith for a long time in a high-volume, big city, shop. I sure miss the work - a lot of fun!!
The doctors won't allow me any vices including pipe smoking. They pounce if I am even 1lb. overweight. They won't let me eat anything fit to eat. I love beer, vino, tobacco - all of it. All prohibited. But, I do smoke a pipe and enjoy the hell out of it. Just not inclined to give it up. I smoked cigarettes and cigars for about 25 years. Then I had open- heart sugery and oddly, I never wanted a cigarette or cigar again. So pipe smoking is my only remaining vice. Hey, gotta have at least one, huh?
All my pipes are estate restorations. My best smoker is an old GBD. I have a small, Burberry bent pipe that is a good one too. Altogether, I guess I have about 7-or 8 pipes, but I smoke the GBD, Burberry and an old Petersen almost exclusively. I really want a new pipe, and I am looking at a particular Petersens pipe that I really like. Maybe I'll find the coin somewhere to buy it.I would really like to get 'hold of a little benchtop lathe and make my own pipes. Gunsmithing skills transfer pretty nicely to pipemaking I think. I hope to learn more about pipemaking from other members of BoB! If your are into this sort of thing, holler at me and let's talk.
There is no outlet for decent pipes or tobacco any closer to me than Tulsa, OK. Happily there is an excellent tobacconist there (Ted's Pipe Shoppe at Utica Square) and I buy all my tobacco from them. They have around 40 blends and I like all I have tried. Excellent stuff! Mark and Karen, the folks who run the store are really nice people. Try 'em out if you are in Tulsa. With this said, there is a tobacco co. in Argentina called Sentimiento Nacional and they offer a blend called "Choctaw". I'm very interested in it and 2-3 other blends they have. Anyone tried this stuff???
Well, I'll leave you with a "thanks for having me" and best wishes to all!
PAUL
First off, everyone laughs at my name. That's okay, I laugh too. "Womancatcher" is my matrilineal name. I live in a very rural and beautiful area of the CherokeeNation, but I am a member of the Choctaw Nation of OK.
I'm 56 years old, and in pretty rotten health - Non Alcoholic Liver Cirhhosis. I'm being worked-up for a transplant in 3-4 years. So, I can't work anymore and I live on disability. Still, I have a great life, a great wife of almost 38 years, and the greatest "best friend" on the planet. I love to work in my garden, fish, hunt a little, and tinker. Before I took ill, I earned a master's degree and had some great jobs. The best was my long apprenticeship with a fellow recently named Top Gunsmith in America! So, I worked as a 'smith for a long time in a high-volume, big city, shop. I sure miss the work - a lot of fun!!
The doctors won't allow me any vices including pipe smoking. They pounce if I am even 1lb. overweight. They won't let me eat anything fit to eat. I love beer, vino, tobacco - all of it. All prohibited. But, I do smoke a pipe and enjoy the hell out of it. Just not inclined to give it up. I smoked cigarettes and cigars for about 25 years. Then I had open- heart sugery and oddly, I never wanted a cigarette or cigar again. So pipe smoking is my only remaining vice. Hey, gotta have at least one, huh?
All my pipes are estate restorations. My best smoker is an old GBD. I have a small, Burberry bent pipe that is a good one too. Altogether, I guess I have about 7-or 8 pipes, but I smoke the GBD, Burberry and an old Petersen almost exclusively. I really want a new pipe, and I am looking at a particular Petersens pipe that I really like. Maybe I'll find the coin somewhere to buy it.I would really like to get 'hold of a little benchtop lathe and make my own pipes. Gunsmithing skills transfer pretty nicely to pipemaking I think. I hope to learn more about pipemaking from other members of BoB! If your are into this sort of thing, holler at me and let's talk.
There is no outlet for decent pipes or tobacco any closer to me than Tulsa, OK. Happily there is an excellent tobacconist there (Ted's Pipe Shoppe at Utica Square) and I buy all my tobacco from them. They have around 40 blends and I like all I have tried. Excellent stuff! Mark and Karen, the folks who run the store are really nice people. Try 'em out if you are in Tulsa. With this said, there is a tobacco co. in Argentina called Sentimiento Nacional and they offer a blend called "Choctaw". I'm very interested in it and 2-3 other blends they have. Anyone tried this stuff???
Well, I'll leave you with a "thanks for having me" and best wishes to all!
PAUL