A Better Pipe Smoking Community

Read the latest article on the Pipe Smokers Intelligencer web site at this location: http://pipesmokersintelligencer.org/journal/archives/748

I have posted a comment there, as well.

This afternoon I finished the cleanup process for 2 of the 4 estate I bought last Sunday.

The 1st one is a black, rusticated billiard with a long and very thin tapered stem.
It's and italian job, the label says "Capitol Bruyere" and "127 ITALY". I never heard about Capitol but the pipe looks to be very good, the rustication is not very deep but it is a professional job, very regular. It had a thick cake that I sanded almost to the bare wood. I really have to get a good reamer, sandpaper doesn't work well for the bottom cake.

Where have you been? You have been very quiet. So, you must prefer to read rather than write? That is ok, too. I want you to know that you are appreciated to whatever extent you are involved. Enjoy your birthday and have your favorite pipe full of your favorite tobacco on your special day.

Just like a bad case of some sort of fungus, I keep showing up now and then,

The world gets crazy, ya hang on for all you have, and when things settle down again, you try to get back to your roots.

To me, this place is my roots. I hope you all are well. I have a lot of perusing the sight to do.

I am well, the wife and kids are great.

I still smoke 2-3 bowl a day and am actively chasing Kaywoodies on eBay as well as a sweet Savinelli Dry System that is one fabulous smoke.

I will post pics soon as I am proud as heck of these beautiful pieces of briar.

Happy birthday Lars! Get well soon man, we miss you around here.

Kati's grandma is bringing the family back home from Indianapolis. I discovered too late that they were able to come home today or I'd be on my way up there to get them personally.

I want to thank all of you for your kindness throughout this ordeal. It has been a major encouragement.

Hey all. I have a pipe that I would like to re-stain, and am not all too sure of how to go about doing it. First off, what do you use to remove the existing stain? Do you sand it down to bare wood, or use a chemical remover?
Also, once I have applied the new stain, what should I seal it with?

Thanks for any input you can give.
:)

Happy Birthday Captain Bob! I will smoke CBB in your honor on your special day. Have a great Birthday.

Oliver is back in the hospital. He's not been improving, getting worse actually. We hope to have the issue solved very soon though. Will keep y'all posted.

Ciao!

I should say home mixing instead of blending, most of us don't have the means and knowledge to do real blending.
Because I'm mixing small quantities I and all the tobaccos have a similar cuts I used a small glass (looks like a tequila shot glass) and did the mixing by volume. I have a digital kitchen scale but it only measure grams, not 1/10's so, the error would be too big for this quantities.

- Capt. Bob's "Pot O' Gold" -
3 x Two Friends Heritage
2 x C&D Riverboat Gambler
1 x C&D Autumn Evening

- My Own "Chinese Morning 51" -