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wrapping the bowl

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:09 pm
by sethruiner
today i was wondering, has anybody wrapped their pipe in leather? also, why would they do that if they did? i feel like i've seen some or heard sombody talking about it but thought i'd ask the experts. just something on my mind today.

Re: wrapping the bowl

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:55 pm
by SchmidtN
Because their briar is ugly, they don't want to rusticate and they don't have a sandblast cabinet. Never done it myself.

Re: wrapping the bowl

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:05 pm
by Hudson
Quite an interesting little history to it:

http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Longchamp