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Connosseurs would shit
Me smoking my Captain Black
Smells like Christmas cake

This could be a contest...who can write the worst (or best) Kaiku about pipe smoking.
Haiku - a Japanese poem with three lines, 5-7-5 syllables, non-rhyming (I looked it up).

This is actually a slightly comical video, and it appears sped up. However, I wish my bandsaw cut like this. See 1 min 40 sec through about 2 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxkJWzQ5IQw&feature=related I have the 9" from Lowes, and that 3/8" blade sure swims when I try to cut ...

I would truly like to see Todd's custom tooling site. I'm sure it will be good, I mean, if he ever gets around to doing it. :? Meanwhile if you need a custom chuck, or an S&D chamber bit at reasonable prices check out Trent Rudat's web site: http://www.briarpipetooling.com/ Some examples: http:/...

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." - Charles Calob Colton hope Walle will remember that :) heheheheheheh... thanks for posting it :) I agree with you about Walle, most creative pipemaker around, and he continues to come up with new ideas, but I don't think your style is imitat...

I'm beginning to like your photo work better than you pipes. Really good compositions. Nice pipe too, of course, which helps. :) :cry: this means that my pipes are very very bad as photos are not that good as they look in real life... :( ... :) Maybe, my comment lost something in the translation. I...

Sounds a lot like Emperor Norton, though his particular beef was with rice. If you see what I'm talking about, there is no similarity to Norton, at least what I read about him...not a meglomania concept, but I don't really want to get too deep into this. It's is a mind-warping kind-of concept, and ...

Not altogether off the subject, but I have a problem. I hate mowing grass, and here's the solution, born and raised in Corsica (I swear it is true). I would like you all to meet... http://home.windstream.net/messm/Pipes/Brucie.jpg ......."BRUCIE"....... :lol: P.S. you started it, brucie.

<snip> ...Well, okay Rad, I don't mean to be sarcastic, but I guess all those cutters, master carvers, manufacturers, dealers, and I forgot collectors for the past 100 years who all swear by Corsican, all were a bunch of hustlers or fools, and I guess you, and a few others here are the only ones wh...

So,....you have no experience. Just what you've read on the net. Thought so. :wink: Now I'm gonna watch X-Files. Rad Well actually, I have had a few blocks of briar from 5 sources, and one was the Corsican in the nice picture at the beginning of this topic, remember? I guess it's short-term memory ...

Nice Art Work, Bruce (Above) I repeat. Think about it. And I repeat: You're believing what you want to believe, because you've read a bunch of marketing hype on the web. You have no idea what you're talking about. I have used and smoked briar from Greece, Algeria, Italy, France and Spain. I can dete...

Mike, I really don't want to insult you and it's really hard not to lambast you beyond reality, but for heaven's sake! You are simply becoming insufferable. I guess you are somewhat home bound and not able to speak with other people in person, but rely on the internet. Do you think we are blowing s...

Sliced turkey with a bit of salt and mayo on white bread sounds good. Um-um. :) The rest of it's too deep for me, but I do kind-of get it. :? Not as atmospheric, or dare I say mythical as Ting the Cook, but... How you use the tools affects their service life. Some steel will out-perform others, too....

Here's something you might want to keep in mind, Rad, and others. For decades, many cutters, master pipemakers, manufacturers, and dealers have touted Corsican Briar to be the finest. So, now, when a handfull of relatively new pipemakers on pipemakersforum are saying I'm a know-it-all, and I don't k...

and somewhere in there you started thinking you were the absolute authority. Gracious, Mike. Rad does not speak BS and I have the highest regard for his work ethic, approach artistically, business model and honesty. He's a straight shooter and you should listen. Regarding Poul, he's truly gifted, b...

Check out the Black and Red (series) Metal Lathes... http://www.siegind.com/ (Shanghai SIEG Machinery Co., Ltd )

Sounds a lot like Emperor Norton, though his particular beef was with rice. If you see what I'm talking about, there is no similarity to Norton, at least what I read about him...not a meglomania concept, but I don't really want to get too deep into this. It's is a mind-warping kind-of concept, and ...

:lol: :lol: I honestly don't know why you thought I was implying anything at all about you. I was simply saying that I won't use hype and bullshit to make my pipes "stand out" from other makers. It had nothing to do with you, except that you suggested that I should let some people's belie...

I think you got it backwards about the magic, and posibly, like you said to me, you should leave it alone. It could work for you. Sorry Mike, I'm not a used car salesman. I won't spout a lot of hype and bullshit. People buy my pipes, and they seem to like them for the most part. That's what works f...

...Little pipe makin' tip for the kiddies you betcha. :D Here's a tip for you from a second-generation master wood shop craftsman. Watch your fingers and thumbs when you're shaving off those little blocks on a table saw. Table saws weren't made for that. It can grab a little block and yank your han...

At the end of the day, pipes are valued because of workmanship and perfection. No one gives a shit where their briar comes from if it's flawless and the pipe smokes good. Good enough pipes sell themselves. No trick photos, no barker. This makes a lot of sense, but then everything is not based on se...