Selling a tobacco pipe . . . on RFF? Yes or no.

[sf]

How about I get back to this after having asked the big cheeses.

I'll probably NOT sell here, out of respect. It only occured to me that there are many pipe smokers here, and this isn't as off topic, for that reason, as a toaster. Of course we all use toasters too. Or most of us.

I'm just tired - ignore me.

Late night selling spree. . .

 

[Rich Silfver]

Why ask the question in a forum instead of PM/email a moderator or Jorge?

 

[sf]

good point. . . sleepy brain, I guess

 

[martin-f5]

so this must be!

 

[bobofish]

I might be interested, especially if it's a freehand.

 

[sf]

Not a freehand, though still pretty cool. Literally.

It is a Kirsten Designer Meershaum - full bent.

Look them up on the web. The pipes are wonderful to smoke because they cool the smoke down greatly, and remove most of the moisture. No tongue bite! No bitterness, no gurgling, etc. Really nice for smoking aromatics with lots of moisture.

It's a $170 pipe. I've taken good care of it. One knick in the bowl. The bowl is well worn in - nice brown/gold glow coming through the meershaum from many bowls smoked. I cleaned it carefully after every smoke. Nice thing about these pipes, beside their skills with cleaning the smoke, is that you can wash them under water (take off the bowl first. . .) and they stay very clean.

NOTE also that this is not the model on their site - this one is a special issue, rare bowl shape, etc. It was offered to me through a local shop before it closed.

So, I have attached an image - taken with a horrible digicam in horrible lighting, but you get the idea.

$50. . . . .?

 

[martin-f5]

that sounds strange to me,
you can buy a used camera,
or a used car,
you even can get a used girl,
but a used pipe,
is that realy possible?

 

[RJBender]

that sounds strange to me,
you can buy a used camera,
or a used car,
you even can get a used girl,
but a used pipe,
is that realy possible?

Used girls? Where? 😕

R.J.

 

[bmattock]

that sounds strange to me,
you can buy a used camera,
or a used car,
you even can get a used girl,
but a used pipe,
is that realy possible?

They just replace the stem, which is designed to be replaced.

A good meerschaum or similar high-quality pipe can last generations, and with many, the older they get, the better they taste.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[clarence]

I see WTT: firearms for cameras postings on both p.net and here as well. Why not pipes?

Clarence

 

[back alley]

it's unusual but i think it's ok.

but no cheap cig ads ok?
🙂

joe

 

[bmattock]

I see WTT: firearms for cameras postings on both p.net and here as well. Why not pipes?

Clarence

Because shortly, someone who has an allergy to the very mention of the word 'gun' will speak up and demand that any such use of the word be removed from RFF before they faint dead away.

I'm serious. I had a photo of myself carrying a weapon when I was a young man in the military - I used it as an avatar here. You would not believe the people who objected in the strongest possible terms to the way I was 'glorifying the military' and 'advocating murder' and so on.

I barely get away with having a photo of myself with a cigarette in my mouth now, and that's only because I'm a former smoker. If I still smoked, you can bet a few of the self-righteous bluenoses here would be having fainting spells and stating that I was giving them cancer.

I wish I was joking. I'm only barely exaggerating. I love it here, and I like most of the people here. But I've never seen such a collection of people who mutually fear their own shadows and who believe that actually laying eyes on the photo of a gun will somehow cause them to be murdered by one.

So I understand the original question - can Shutterflower post an actual OT advertising for a tobacco pipe here, or will the anti-smoking forces fly into a tizzy, spin around, fall over, and foam at the mouth?

Just wait.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[jaapv]

Foam at the mouth? Depends on what you're smoking, man!

 

[kbg32]

I have a Castello. A beautiful pipe. Haven't smoked it in quite some time though.

 

[bmattock]

I have a Castello. A beautiful pipe. Haven't smoked it in quite some time though.

I gave up smoking a pipe years before I gave up smoking. For one thing, I did not realize that one needed quite so much accoutrement, such as a rack of pipes to properly rotate them. For another, as a cigarette smoker, I tended to inhale rather than just taste the smoke. And of course, being lazy didn't help.

But I still like pipe smoke, whereas cigarette smoke bothers me now that I am a former smoker.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[back alley]

i miss my cigars.

 

[bmattock]

i miss my cigars.

Was it just a cigar, Joe, or did it symbolize something else?

Just curious.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[RicardoD]

Bill,

In your Ode to the Gear-Head post I read how you mentioned you quit smoking, and then I wondered why your avatar features that cigarette dangling out of your mouth. ?

 

[bmattock]

Bill,

In your Ode to the Gear-Head post I read how you mentioned you quit smoking, and then I wondered why your avatar features that cigarette dangling out of your mouth. ?

Because it has only been two years since I quit smoking, and I haven't managed to take any decent photos of myself in that time. Besides, maybe I *like* to offend some of the easily-offended just a bit. The trick was to find the level of tweak I coudl get away with before they started actually complaining to Joe to make me stop. The camoflage was a no-go, the military uniform caused massive internal bleeding from the eyes, and the photo of me in a uniform holding a machine gun was right out. So I just kept stepping it back until I hit one that only makes them squeak from time to time.

I was going to make an avatar that showed me mooning the audience, but then MY eyes started bleeding. Sad, really.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[bobofish]

Be careful with the water in the meerschaum...it is after all just a form of chalk. Above all else, don't soak it in water and then smoke it. Bad bad bad. Oh the humanity!

And don't use alcohol based pipe cleaning liquids on meerschaums. They are extremely porous (that's why they smoke cool and dry) and will soak up the flavor. If you do have to clean a meerschaum with alcohol, do it with a good strong scotch that you like drinking, because your pipe will taste like that for a few weeks.

And Bill, you don't actually have to rotate pipes if you don't want to, or are too lazy. All you really need to do, provided it's a decent quality pipe, is make sure the briar is completely cool from your last smoke, and has been cleaned before your next smoke. Depending on your climate, 1-3 hours is enough. One way to get over the annoying hurdle of breaking in a nice new pipe is to smoke 3 times a day for 4-5 days, it allows you to start enjoying the pipe a lot sooner, and get over buyer's remorse more quickly. Clean your pipe not immediately, but very shortly after you dump the ash...make sure the briar is not shocked by cold after you have smoked it, but don't let the oils congeal and cool before you clean it.

The only really imperative reason to rotate pipes is to smoke different tobaccos...if you smoke one pipe with several tobaccos, every smoke will just taste like a mishmash of everything, a little bit like if you were to blend your favorite meal in a food processor.

And by the way, don't ever buy a pipe based on an idea that you will replace the stem. Unless it is a relatively low quality mass manufacture pipe, it can get tricky to replace those things properly. In addition to the usual agenda with the bowl, etc., make sure the stem has no cracks, fits firmly but not tightly, and has minimal tartar buildup. Resin, amber and SOME very high quality vulcanized rubbers can last a long time, plastic is usually a complete waste of time. However, plastic replacements are the most readily available, but if you've ever smoked one for a while, it isn't worth it.

And Shutterflower, sorry but I'll pass...I have a couple meerschaums, and that's enough. One of these days I'll get around to buying a nice Danish freehand, perhaps you'll be selling one here even.