Tobacquisitions: January 2020

[Columbo]

Yep! Personally I’d leave the charring, or maybe go at it gently w q-tips and spit. On a Corello, just about anything you do to address it has the risk of making it look worse.


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+1.

Any attempt to lift that risks spreading it.

A little lip discoloration is part of the charm of a broken-in natural.

 

[Kentos]

Yep! Personally I’d leave the charring, or maybe go at it gently w q-tips and spit. On a Corello, just about anything you do to address it has the risk of making it look worse.


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+1.

Any attempt to lift that risks spreading it.

A little lip discoloration is part of the charm of a broken-in natural.

I like to live dangerously gents lol. Bradley from Stuff and Things used alcohol on his estate Corallo with pretty good results so I did the same. The lack of any stain or varnish on the thing seems to help with the cleaning process.

All the rubbing burnished the charred area a bit so I’ll leave well enough alone already. It’ll get all black on my first smoke anyways but it’s fun to clean up an estate

 

[Kentos]

Got my obsidian oil the other day. Also got some stuff from Vermont freehand and woodcraft that will go into some pipe repairs and modifications I think.

A stem funneling tool and two stem blanks (just in case I screw one up lol) from vermont freehand.
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Also a book on pipemaking. Then from woodcraft I grabbed a few pen blanks that might go into cob modifications or tampers. As well as some acrylic blanks that might be some small cob stems. Just tinkering trying to learn some of this as I can. Still in need of better lathe tools. The ones I currently have are very limiting.

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I need that funneling tool. I see them on PIMO but never get around to ordering.

 

[Hirsute]

I like to live dangerously gents lol. Bradley from Stuff and Things used alcohol on his estate Corallo with pretty good results so I did the same. The lack of any stain or varnish on the thing seems to help with the cleaning process.
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All the rubbing burnished the charred area a bit so I’ll leave well enough alone already. It’ll get all black on my first smoke anyways but it’s fun to clean up an estate

That turned out pretty nice!


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[Robini]

I like to live dangerously gents lol. Bradley from Stuff and Things used alcohol on his estate Corallo with pretty good results so I did the same. The lack of any stain or varnish on the thing seems to help with the cleaning process.
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All the rubbing burnished the charred area a bit so I’ll leave well enough alone already. It’ll get all black on my first smoke anyways but it’s fun to clean up an estate

I like your 562! That is my everyday knife. Awesome blade!!

 

[Champion of Capua]

Very happy with this pipe! It’s a little smaller than I remember the 150’s to be, but that’s ok as my other pipes are much to large to clinch. Can’t wait to fire this baby up tomorrow.

 

[Isaac]

 

[Champion of Capua]

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Good Lord that’s a lot of pipe cleaners!! You can use a couple of them to herd some of those cords behind your TV . I kid of course, I have the same damn cord problem

 

[Hirsute]

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The box! Good purchase. Going to use those...


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[sdimartino]

You guys are killing me with this thread. I used to be an avid pipe and cigar smoker but I had to give it up because my wife (she was my gf at the time) is allergic to tobacco smoke. I miss it so much.

 

[martym]

That’s love right there!!

 

[KWilliams40]

Ken Byron Ventures Full Metal Balkanist.

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

Great name!

 

[Kentos]

KBven says he has a hunnert pounds if his Jupiter Flake coming down the pike.

 

[Kilroy6644]

Picked these up at the grocery store today. I've been craving a cigar for a while, but I couldn't spare the cash to get my usual box of Red Lions or case of De Nobilis. These will tide me over for now.

 

[Champion of Capua]

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

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You've got quite the cellar for recently picking up this rabbit hole.

 

[Champion of Capua]

You've got quite the cellar for recently picking up this rabbit hole.

It’s this Godforsaken forum!!

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

It’s this Godforsaken forum!!

I wouldn't call us god forsaken. We are just Tobacco Acquisition Consultants. You'll thank us in 5 years when you have a nice pile of aged Escudo and VA flakes.

 

[Champion of Capua]

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