Open Thread (pipe forum)

[Nutiket_32]

So I got to thinking earlier, "You know what," says I, "There is probably a lot of people out there like you that stay mainly in the pipe forum. Probably some newer guys like you were (and still are) that mainly just read threads and learn from the older members without being able to contribute a whole lot or post and be seen." Then I remembered an open discussion thread I saw on another forum. A subforum of that (just like the pipe forum is to CS as a whole) had many people that stayed in it only. Their thread basically served as a lounge area for the people with in that group. When the thread filled up, they just started a new one. I think it would be cool if we had one here. Just a nice little place to talk about whatever comes up, pipe related or not. It would also be a good chance for some of the lurkers to come out of hiding and get to know everyone, and us know them.

What do you think?

IHT - had to add the (pipe forum) portion to the title before we got strays in here talking about "cello on or off".

[IHT]

kind of like a "pipe banter thread"? i think i had a whopping 1 post in all those "banter" threads in the everything but area, even when i had to read it as the moderator...

that's cool with me, unless all the fuggin post whores from the rest of the board show up, then i'll have issues with it. fly-by, smart-ass, 1 liners that add nothing to the conversation are not what i'm (and i'm sure most of you) are here for.

with that:
i started a blog today, had been meaning to for over a year, just never sat down to do it. i have 1 test post, and that's it. i have no clue why i made it, and i don't know if i'll tell anyone the address... who knows.

[Nutiket_32]

you can always just post the highlights here for our entertainment pleasure....or send the actual link, ill proofread it and have fun pointing out all the typos, even if I have to have my brother (wants to be a linguist) find obscure grammar rules. But yeah I dont want this thread to just be a way to meaninglessly boost post counts, but a place for the pipe crowd to get to know each other without the formality of an "introduce yourself here" thread


also, whats the blog about?

[IHT]

blog, it's about whatever, anything, everything...

cool...

on the drive home, i was mentally beating myself up for STILL NOT sending my tim west in to have the stem repaired... that was one excellent smoking pipe.

my sons left eye, he's been picking at where he scratched it, so now it may be getting infected... it's less than 1/4" from the corner of his eye... his lower eyelid is getting puffy and he's bitching about it... but won't leave it alone.

since i was gone for 2 months, i couldn't keep up with the fertilizing of my yard, so i was out pulling some weeds after work today -- found hornets in the superhuge sandbox i made for my son. i was also out there leveling out the sand, pulling the odd weed here and there, getting ready to put the "blow up" pool back out there now that we're home... they put it up when i was gone, but it wasn't level... so, it spilled over and cause a lot of sand runoff in the yard... women never listen and don't understand "the yard" to some men.

that's it for now, time to smoke some red ribbon '96.

[Nutiket_32]

my eye lid itself got infected, its a bitch, hurts to close your eye. we havent had much rain so my yard is a nice shade of brown.


Now im watching blood diamond.

[smokeyscotch]

Originally Posted by Nutiket_32

my eye lid itself got infected, its a bitch, hurts to close your eye. we havent had much rain so my yard is a nice shade of brown.


Now im watching blood diamond.

is it a good movie? I have been trying to find Black Snake Moan. It looks like it will be good. Samuel L sings some Blues in it.

A side note. I have really been down about my estate pipes. None really have that smoke I hope to find. If you were going to go get a new pipe, and had to stay within $50-60, what would you pick out or look for? It just seems no matter how I pack, some of them have a whistle to them, or weird draw. My cobs smoke better than a few of the estates, but I want a good briar experience too. Not sure how I got on that. just been down about it.

[IHT]

Originally Posted by smokeyscotch

A side note. I have really been down about my estate pipes. None really have that smoke I hope to find. If you were going to go get a new pipe, and had to stay within $50-60, what would you pick out or look for? It just seems no matter how I pack, some of them have a whistle to them, or weird draw. My cobs smoke better than a few of the estates, but I want a good briar experience too. Not sure how I got on that. just been down about it.

i think we PM'ed about this right before you went on that estate spending spree. there's a reason those are so cheap. a whistle is not a good thing. i was surprised at how well the cob i was sent (by kheffelf) smoked. there are some brands that i'd trust in the 50-60 range, unfortunately you had a bad experience with the Tsuge. i'd still recommend a decent Savinelli, big ben, sasieni 4 dot, bjarne, nording has a couple that price range...

[kheffelf]

Originally Posted by smokeyscotch

is it a good movie? I have been trying to find Black Snake Moan. It looks like it will be good. Samuel L sings some Blues in it.

A side note. I have really been down about my estate pipes. None really have that smoke I hope to find. If you were going to go get a new pipe, and had to stay within $50-60, what would you pick out or look for? It just seems no matter how I pack, some of them have a whistle to them, or weird draw. My cobs smoke better than a few of the estates, but I want a good briar experience too. Not sure how I got on that. just been down about it.

For the pipe in the 50 to 60 range I would either go with a Boswell or a Stanwell. I have both but I prefer my boswells over my Stanwell. There is actually a really cool Boswell estate Blowfish at premierpipes.
http://www.premierpipes.com/PremiumEstate.htm
They use to sell new Boswells and now they don't but usually have good prices on estate Boswells now.

[Nutiket_32]

its an awesome movie, one of my favorites. haven't seen black snake moan.

The next/first pipe i spend 50-60 bucks on will probably be either a peterson 80s or a estate from frenchy. he has an estate saseini 4 dot ill buy if he still has it in a month.

[kheffelf]

Originally Posted by Nutiket_32

The next/first pipe i spend 50-60 bucks on will probably be either a peterson 80s or a estate from frenchy. he has an estate saseini 4 dot ill buy if he still has it in a month.

If you want a good deal on a Sasieni pipe, check out at iwan ries.
http://www.iwanries.com/Sasieni_C272.cfm

[Nutiket_32]

Originally Posted by kheffelf

If you want a good deal on a Sasieni pipe, check out at iwan ries.
http://www.iwanries.com/Sasieni_C272.cfm

thanks for the link

also, anyone know when we are going to start talking about the next few months TOM (or do we already have one for august?) we going to do a theme or just see if one develops like last time?

[IHT]

Originally Posted by kheffelf

If you want a good deal on a Sasieni pipe, check out at iwan ries.
http://www.iwanries.com/Sasieni_C272.cfm

i've got this one, smokes great, just a shallow bowl. i got mine used for $20 on ebay.

these bjarnes look good, too.
http://www.iwanries.com/Bjarne_C113.cfm

[IHT]

Originally Posted by Nutiket_32

thanks for the link

also, anyone know when we are going to start talking about the next few months TOM (or do we already have one for august?) we going to do a theme or just see if one develops like last time?

i was about to PM kyle about that, since i seem to be the only one doing reviews (hint-hint).

[kheffelf]

Originally Posted by IHT

i was about to PM kyle about that, since i seem to be the only one doing reviews (hint-hint).

I will wait for the pm then, but I am going to do my review here shortly, I have only smoked one bowl so far. Will probably put a review up in the next week.

[Nutiket_32]

Originally Posted by IHT

i've got this one, smokes great, just a shallow bowl. i got mine used for $20 on ebay.

these bjarnes look good, too.
http://www.iwanries.com/Bjarne_C113.cfm

that was actually the one i like best, frenchy has one similar to it but not as cheap