Again, the craftmanship is perfect but this is not a pipe, in my understanding, but a piece of wood that can be filled with tobacco and smoked. 
Todd, there's obviously a problem, or those guys at Wally Frank, Kaywoodie, etc. would not have come up with the chin rester. We just don't know about it.ToddJohnson wrote: It's an interesting concept, but I wonder if perhaps it's a solution for which there is no problem.
TJ
Nice.Walle wrote:When I was young and easy under the apple bounds
I spoke like you do now.
Your speech is full of jeer, fleer,
scoff and sneer.
But crest my years
may far away it be.
My hair and teeth have been competing for a while
in falling out.
Old fart I am.
And battered by insanity.
I neither sneer nor do I jeerWalle wrote:Oh boys!
When I was young and easy under the apple bounds
I spoke like you do now.
Your speech is full of jeer, fleer,
scoff and sneer.
But crest my years
may far away it be.
My hair and teeth have been competing for a while
in falling out.
Old fart I am.
And battered by insanity.
Quite frankly: The "Jackbone" is the best solution I know for people with an unsound dental situation. I was born right after the war and brought up with American achievements Germans were not used to such as Coke, donuts and chocolate-bars - yet in absence of a decent dental care, as it is common practice in the States. But I still like holding my pipe with my teeth. It works with "Jackbone". Bet your life.
Cheerio!
Roger
. At the same time, I'm still laughing my ass off. 
.... I thought it may be pretentious were I to employ iambic pentameter or write in elegiac verse, but I'm glad you like the pipes at least!Walle wrote:Todd,
thank God your pipes are so much better than your poems
I think you're crouching down behind that silly blue lobster of yours and selling yourself short. I've heard the whole "I'd rather make pipes than stems" thing before, but the stem and the "pipe" are one and the same. Or, as in this case, two separate and totally unrelated things. Even with the funky angles, that would be a beautifully designed pipe if the stem didn't look like it were thoughtlessly shoved in the pipe's a**.As to the “three-buck-stem”: Never would sacrifice so much gold for such a tiny thing made out of humble rubber! I get them by the kilogramm which makes it so much cheaper.
Giudici stems are great for simple classic pipes that don't require continuity of design between two elements. Unfortunately for you, you don't make pipes like that. And as far as Brad goes, yes, he's certainly an Old Fart, but I would never listen to him, he's a foreigner! Brad's (originally) from California, and if there's one thing I can't stand it's a Californian pipemaker! Okay, okay, maybe that isn't as bad as being a pipemaker from Alabama, or worse, Germany, but it's still pretty bad! Alright, is everyone offended? Have I left anyone out? No . . . ? Okay, good. I still like the pipe, Roger, even if you did try to screw it up with that cheap molded stem!I speculate it was Old Fart 2 (Brad) who shove you query this alleged Achilles´heel of mine. A most hopeless effort that is, I´m afraid - praising Giudici.
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