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1/11/2025 12:42:07 AM EDT
He's a gunsmith who specialized in old style black powder firearms and milsurps from WWI and WWII...so he's used to working with wood. Also a retired Master Carpenter, among a whole host of construction accolades.
What i didn't know is, WAAAAY back in the day, he made pipes. His family had little money, so when his Dad needed a new pipe, well, he made him one. He fund out I smoke a pipe, and I got this picture in the email.

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That isn't a crack on that stem - he carved out two halves of the stem and glued them together, so I am guessing that is just a dark line at the join. Neither stem is removable, old school.
What do you recommend I do first, assuming wash them out to get rid of any leftover sawdust, etc. I've never had a brand new handmade pipe, so curious what you guys would do, as goofy as that may sound.
1/11/2025 1:13:07 AM EDT
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Amazing..!!!


https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/how-clean-tobacco-pipe-after-smoking-session

There's a pipe cleaning solution that you can buy,
and pipe cleaners. Watch the video above and enjoy!
A socialist may indeed be academically superior.
And yet, they are most certainly emotionally retarded.

Public education is the opiate of the masses.

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