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- Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:00 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Just started my first three pipes tonight.
- Replies: 10
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- Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:05 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Just started my first three pipes tonight.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1502
WOW what a great site. Thanx for pionting me that way. It appears that the corncob lookin one that I want to make is leaning closer towards the cherrywood style. But the peice of wood that I have choosen for that will not leave me enough room to sand in the shank. That is where I was considering epo...
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:29 am
- Forum: Processing
- Topic: Curing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4982
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:27 am
- Forum: General Tobacco Discussion
- Topic: coffee or tea
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6130
Ok new experience tonight. We ran out of coffee this morning so I made a batch of lipton green tea with twinnings lemon tea. Now I dont put much sugar in tea. maybe a little hone but seldom sugar. The little bit of honey I put in seemed to be highlighted when smoking some of my homegrown cased with ...
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:22 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Just started my first three pipes tonight.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1502
- Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:23 pm
- Forum: General Tobacco Discussion
- Topic: Homegrown and cured tobacco
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12846
- Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Just started my first three pipes tonight.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1502
Hi their. I am using blackwood on all three pipes. The corncob is going to be a smoooth finish. I will have to lathe a stem and epoxie it to the strummel. I hope I am using the right word there. I didnt know what it was called before. I may use a differrent wood for the stem but probably have to buy...
- Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Just started my first three pipes tonight.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1502
Just started my first three pipes tonight.
It is to my understanding that african blackwood is a good alternative to briar. Hoping this is true I went through a lot that I purchased off ebay. There was numorous sizes most of which I will be using for knife handles. I usualy find it easyer to work on three projects at a time as one tool is ch...
- Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:58 am
- Forum: Processing
- Topic: Curing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4982
I made the rhubarb wine myself. I am a closet hillbilly. I make my own beer, some wine from time to time and my own liquers. I have grown tobacco a few times but this was my best crop ever. I have also been on a forum called coffinnails and have found a wealth of info there. I will be doing many mor...
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:58 am
- Forum: Processing
- Topic: Curing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4982
Hi there. A little experiment I pulled off this fall. Out on the dry prairies we sometimes have a problem with grasshoppers and they like a little chew once in awhile. We were also facing our first frost in early sept and I didnt know how fros would treat teh plants. So I picked a bunch of the plant...
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:37 am
- Forum: General Tobacco Discussion
- Topic: Homegrown and cured tobacco
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12846
Hey Kurt< The plants dont mind partial shade. They wont grow as big and the leaves will be thinner. This was told to me by another fellow in the knifenetwork that this meathod is great for wrapping cigars. If you dont have an ideal location try 5 gallon pails. They are very hardy plants. Heck I have...
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:28 am
- Forum: General Tobacco Discussion
- Topic: Homegrown and cured tobacco
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12846
I am only speaking from a Canadian piont of view on this one. A couple years back I noticed the store bought ciggerette tobacco started to have a medicinal taste. and if left unattended would stop burning. HMMMM what kinda addative would they put into tobacco to stop it from free burning when surrou...
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:47 am
- Forum: General Tobacco Discussion
- Topic: Homegrown and cured tobacco
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12846
I have grown tobacco a few times. And this summer was my most successfull crop ever. What I have discovered is the plants lover very fertile siol, lots of water and other than that they are the toughest plant you could imigine. They will look almost dead and a little water and they perk right up as ...
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:04 am
- Forum: General Tobacco Discussion
- Topic: coffee or tea
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6130
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:49 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Greetings from Canada
- Replies: 1
- Views: 524
Greetings from Canada
I was introduced to this forum from the knifenetwork forum and have been thinking of hadycrafting a pipe or two of my own. I have decorated a few pipes in the past with a little woodcarving usualy to lighten them. I have been lurking awhile and enjoyed the alternative section and may be able to add ...