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What Makes A Pipe A Great Smoker?
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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 496709" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>Speaking as a puffer, not a carver -- my best smokers share some similarities: they have good, seasoned briar ... They feel light for their mass ... When empty, the draft hole offers a teeny bit of resistance, but no whistles and certainly not wide open ... The bowls are in the size three or four neighborhood ... The walls are on the thick side ... the chambers have vertical walls ... overall the pipes are slightly chunky ... The designs (whether artisan or factory produced) are functionally traditional. One of my most dependable smokers is a Pete second I bought new fifty years ago. It's a chunky billiard, remarkably light, with a number of pinhead flaws in the bowl which no one attempted to cover up, but otherwise the grain is decent. I long ago bit through the stem and cover the damage with a rubber bite dohicky. I'm sure if anyone found it on a tag sale they wouldn't offer more than $2. But it smokes dry, cool and tasty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 496709, member: 2318"] Speaking as a puffer, not a carver -- my best smokers share some similarities: they have good, seasoned briar ... They feel light for their mass ... When empty, the draft hole offers a teeny bit of resistance, but no whistles and certainly not wide open ... The bowls are in the size three or four neighborhood ... The walls are on the thick side ... the chambers have vertical walls ... overall the pipes are slightly chunky ... The designs (whether artisan or factory produced) are functionally traditional. One of my most dependable smokers is a Pete second I bought new fifty years ago. It's a chunky billiard, remarkably light, with a number of pinhead flaws in the bowl which no one attempted to cover up, but otherwise the grain is decent. I long ago bit through the stem and cover the damage with a rubber bite dohicky. I'm sure if anyone found it on a tag sale they wouldn't offer more than $2. But it smokes dry, cool and tasty. [/QUOTE]
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