Drying a bit more certainly is simple and effective :) 💨

Oh no, you’re tempting me to buy a gourd calabash, aren’t you? 😂 I love the look and the concept of a true meer bowl gourd body calabash. I’ve had multiple gourds in my cart at Calabash Pipes World on eBay (a direct Turkish pipe maker). For now, I have a Peterson PSB Sherlock Holmes P-Lip calabash shaped pipe. But alas, it’s a standard briar smoker without a removable bowl and calabash chamber. :) I rarely smoke it, so I might sell it and hope it gets smoked by someone who loves newer Petersons. Thanks for asking!

It’s funny how I think we all go through a phase of tamping too much / hard early on. Maybe for a beginner, the pipe tool is in reach and seems helpful in the moment. Frustration leads to more tamping, and suddenly we have a compacted bowl of crushed dottle, no oxygen 😂 The coffee grinder definitely isn’t a necessity. If it broke tomorrow I might not buy another for tobacco. But it’s a fun way to experiment. :)

I should do that! I could make my own cigar leaf blend like Havana Dream! Thanks for the inspiration! 🔥 🔥 💨

I’m actually really excited to do this now 😂 I’m going to try chopping up one of those common Acid Krush blue cigarillos I have here. Maybe the infused cigars taste good too! 🔥

@@Blend-Belomorkanal let me know , how it goes 👍🏼

Some forum posts say cigar leaf is more of a condiment blend where I might try adding a small amount (often less than 1/3) to another blend. Fun stuff!

@@Blend-Belomorkanal 👏🏼👍🏼

Wow, an actual Andreas Bauer. I’ve seen a few estates of that make floating around online. I guess a legendary German maker is probably hard to find after turkey’s ban on exporting uncarved block. I’m sure you won’t forget to stick a fluffy pipe cleaner in the stem before you heat it so stop the airway from caving. (I forgot once 😂) Heat guns are so cheap, obviously multi purpose too. I re-bend and edit my stems all too often as you can see 😂 Thanks for stopping by!!

I wish I could find those bits comfortable. They work for so many people. I try them from time to time hoping I can find them tolerable. Thanks though! 🔥 💨

You definitely would know what a good restoration looks like! Us new guys need inspiration, you know! 😉 Thanks for stopping by!

You’re too kind. I just copy the real restoration experts.

Turns out it’s maybe too much fun! 😂 Thanks for stopping by!

It’s always a pleasure watching your videos too! 🔥 💨 Thanks for stopping by!

You’re the king of watching every video in the YTPC! 🔥 👑 Thank you brother!!

I end up buying these no-name cheap estates. Someday I should get an Altinay (or at least a Tekin) beautiful pipes It would be fun to try carving some briar mortises someday and just replace the cheap screw in ones I have. By then, I might have spent so much on tools I could have just bought an Altinay 😂

I’ve seen so many recommendations for the danger poker cob! For Dagner in general. They look great!

Without a doubt, your uncle had good taste! 🔥 💨

They really do have those sharp bits on the metal windscreens. You’d think there would be a market for premium non-snagging wind caps 🤔 maybe they just need to be made by someone?

Thank you! 🔥 💨

Thanks for stopping by! The Donegal Rocky 150 here was my first Peterson / “real” branded briar pipe too :) I think the QC complaints were significant to me at the time. I hadn’t done much tinkering with my pipes at the time. My 150 whistled loudly out the box. I fixed this many months later using the proper drill bit to remove a burr inside the airway. Still a qc concern, but manageable with a quick google search. I sold it recently, because I’ve become addicted to profusely editing stem buttons to fit my strange demands for a prominent button. The default stems on 99% of pipes are so uncomfortable in comparison that I’m not sure I want to buy any non-estate pipes wish torn up stems any time soon lol I bought a Peterson 999 bent Rhodesian estate from SP that I returned. The drill was very much skewed to the left and far too low. I made a financial loss in the return shipping cost lol. But I guess their leniency in returns makes up due this qc issue somewhat. eBay purchases and other stores often have no such lenience SmokingPipes often does not disclose important flaws with their estates I’ve noticed. Perhaps they know many people don’t notice or care about such flaws. Also, detecting such flaws might be hard for them. Maybe having a too high standard will render them limited in offerings? Laudisi, the parent company of SP I think, is the primary US distributor of Peterson these days I think. So lower qc in SP may translate to Peterson qc dips too. A Johs bent Dublin estate I bought with very straight grain from SP had a mortise significantly “out of round”. So much so that the stem squeaked as the tenon would mush about and slip if you put a small amount of pressure on it. I found later that this is often common for these freehand style pipes that are often drilled multiple times as the carver is prioritizing grain direction. Nording freehands often get these complaints for poor mortise/tenon fits. It appears to me that the brand simply de-prioritizes the mortise precision over grain. And, there probably are enough a buyers who can’t tell or care little about this aspect. So, should SP have rejected this estate Johs? Maybe? Perhaps I care little about this rather minor flaw that will probably have no effect on the smoke (especially for a relatively cheap $80 briar). Today, I might just use a bit of epoxy and careful drilling/filing to fix the issue, if I was in love with the grain etc.

@@Blend-Belomorkanal I've come back to the hobby after a hiatus of roughly six years and have been enjoying it so much. Four months or or so I've been at it and suffer from both PAD and TAD. :) You are man who appreciates detail, and I respect that. I myself am picky with stem bits, and have recently discovered that I prefer ones that are wide, flat, and relatively thin. Softy bits are a must for me, and a thinner bit allows me to use them without things feeling too cumbersome. Anyway, thanks for the response, my friend. I just subbed and look forward to seeing more of your content!

@@zachyweezer the PAD and TAD are very relatable! 😂 I think it’s nice being aware of stem preferences. I just wish it was easier to see and feel a stem shopping online 😂 I guess nothing is as good as a brick and mortar for feeling a stem.

@@Blend-Belomorkanal Having a good brick and mortar is a real luxury. My new Peterson smokes wonderfully, although had I seen it in person first, I likely wouldn't have bought it. The truth is that I didn't really expect it to pass a pipe cleaner (it doesnt). That doesn't seem to be a priority at the Peterson factory, even with their non-systems. What upset me is the drilling in the mortise is off-centered. Not a huge deal, but it's unfortunate. Again, it smokes well. The draw is perfect and everything stays dry.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy smokes! 😊 💨

I can relate to you wanting to use filters on VAPer blends! 😂 I find that the Denicool crystals / Nording keystones might seem to help alleviate the sourness toward the end of the bowl with perique blends, where I often simply dump out significant amounts of tobacco with the dottle due to the sourness. Thank you for stopping by and also shouting out my little channel! Maybe I’ll try my hand at making a pipe stand! I’m not sure I’ll find a 100 year old pellet shot into the tree I’m cutting though! 🌳 😉

@@Blend-Belomorkanal we were certainly lucky with that liking getting to know ya

I’m glad if you liked it! :) I can see why bands are usually a rather thin silver, other than material cost concerns. I think the additional weight is noticeable. I just hope it doesn’t look like a bejeweled rhinestone pipe to me at some point 😂

Thank you so much for the kind words!! Im guessing there is good in the simplicity of smoking a pipe just as it is. I have this tiny estate Stanwell that I think I’ll leave unchanged. It’s still such a great clench to me :)

Thank you for accompanying me this smoke! 😊 💨

Thanks for asking! I’m not sure if KZbin allows for links. I’m @tabak.belomorkanal on insta instagram.com/tabak.belomorkanal?igshid=NGVhN2U2NjQ0Yg==

Aah, you’re the one other person in the world with such preferences for the chopstick-width stem 😂 I love the stummels on all these cool artisan smokers I see on Instagram, but they always flare out to these elephant width stems that I’m certain would drive me to abandon every one of these otherwise great pipes. I guess the struggle is real 😂

I agree a ton with the comfier aspect! I try to get square and oval lighters to fit in my hand comfortably, but I can’t seem to get it as comfy as a cylindrical Clipper. It’s very counterintuitive to me. 🤔

Thank you for the encouragement! YTPC definitely has lots of different ways of thinking, smoking, living, etc. And you’re a great example of how welcoming it is! 😊

The wonders (and not-so-wonders) of Google 😂 I’m not sure google is the best for things like “how to live the good life” or “how do I make that lentil soup you used to make for me when I was little?” But then there are these really welcoming communities like this one! 😊 My dad never smoked a pipe until I got him one recently. Neither did my grandparents or anyone else in the family, even friends. But luckily, you guys are here to help! 😊