What is in your pipe?

Hawks

Sam's Flake in the cob, tonight.

d_blades

Half and Half, in a LHS Purex Superfine.

memento_mori

Good morning. Wilke SDPC mixture, otherwise known as Coronado, in the Cobb.

ShawnOL

@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
@ShawnOL curious…do you own a meerschaum? If not, it’s worth looking into. Because of the way they smoke, I’m being drawn to them more and more.

memento_mori

@ShawnOL hell yeah. Dragon claw is B!t€hen.

memento_mori

@ShawnOL just smoke it 😜. Can’t take it with you.

ShawnOL

@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
@ShawnOL hell yeah. Dragon claw is B!t€hen.

Thanks. @Yakster found it for me. I've already blemished it once. Maybe I should.

Yakster

I vote smoke it, my figural meer has been dropped several times, had it's stem broken at the tenon, and I cracked the shank putting in a stem with too large a tenon, but I just superglued the chip back and it still smokes fine and looks good.

Burley Flake #1 in my Davorin Rhodesian morta (bog oak).

ShawnOL

Do meers have screw in stems or normal mortise and tenons?

OmgFrigginMike

Five brothers in the cobb

memento_mori

Both. Be careful if it’s threaded. Can’t remember if is clockwise or counterclockwise to unscrew. @Stubble @Yakster @Amos_Umwhat @Rdp77 ???

Rdp77

I’ve got at least one that’s reverse threaded. When you go to remove it just be careful. It shouldn’t be too tight. You should be able to tell which way it goes fairly easily.

Yakster

Most modern meers have what they call push-pull tenons, they are a matched pair that screws into the shank and the stem and use a friction fit. When you attach or remove a stem, most of the time you want to twist in a clockwise direction. This is true even of a Briar because the shank of the stummel is drilled clockwise so you are twisting in the direction of the drilling which will be easier and not be prone to issues.

https://www.royalmeerschaumpipes.com/regular-stem-push-pull-fittings/

Make sure that the size of the fittings match, You can usually unscrew the push-pull fittings from the shank and the stem and replace both of them, many replacement stems come with the matched shank piece too.

Older pipes can come with bone tenons which thread into the shank or have tenons glued in.

Yakster

@Yakster said:
I vote smoke it, my figural meer has been dropped several times, had it's stem broken at the tenon, and I cracked the shank putting in a stem with too large a tenon, but I just superglued the chip back and it still smokes fine and looks good.

Burley Flake #1 in my Davorin Rhodesian morta (bog oak).

Followed with a bowl of 2017 Frog Morton from @84CJ7 in the same pipe and a fresh cup of coffee grown in Ethiopia.

Stubble

Trying out @ShawnOL Boston Banana Blend in a Neerup. Thanks Shawn!

ShawnOL

You're very welcome, my friend.

Finishing up last night's bowl of Man's Best Friend then a nap.

ShawnOL

Ps41.

dirtdude

PS306 for a day or two, have the Stanwell and cob ready

ShawnOL

Good morning gentlemen. Starting the day with some GH.

Edit:
Now some WCC Deluxe Crumb Cut.

memento_mori

Solani 633 in the Tristan.

memento_mori

Capstan Gold Navy Flake in the Tinsky.

ShawnOL

Rattray's Dark Fragrant from Jeff. Thanks, buddy.

Hawks

Accountability complete for my unit. Now Wessex Curly Block in my favorite cob with some bold coffee. 👍

I guess I can only attach files if they are not cropped... 🤷‍♂️

Yakster

I doubt that cropping has anything to do with it, it seems like a certain pattern within the image is causing the problem. I've tried cropped, not cropped, compressed, not compressed and haven't found a pattern.

Trying out HU Director's Cut in my J. Everett Boswellian tribute pipe. Director's Cut is lighter in flavor than I expected for the first part of the bowl but the flavor seems to be building now.

ShawnOL

WO Larsen Old Fashioned.

Rdp77

@Yakster said:
I doubt that cropping has anything to do with it, it seems like a certain pattern within the image is causing the problem. I've tried cropped, not cropped, compressed, not compressed and haven't found a pattern.

Trying out HU Director's Cut in my J. Everett Boswellian tribute pipe. Director's Cut is lighter in flavor than I expected for the first part of the bowl but the flavor seems to be building now.

That picture doesn’t look right. Photoshop?

OmgFrigginMike

A mix of whatever the locals peach is and five brothers.

Yakster

@Rdp77 said:

@Yakster said:
I doubt that cropping has anything to do with it, it seems like a certain pattern within the image is causing the problem. I've tried cropped, not cropped, compressed, not compressed and haven't found a pattern.

Trying out HU Director's Cut in my J. Everett Boswellian tribute pipe. Director's Cut is lighter in flavor than I expected for the first part of the bowl but the flavor seems to be building now.

That picture doesn’t look right. Photoshop?

Something with the editing made it look weird. Here's a less edited photo. Sometimes it's hard to judge a photo on the small screen of a phone.

Stubble

Frog Morton's Cellar in an Askwith.

memento_mori

@Stubble I’m a sucker for cool skull items. Steve where did you get that awesome skull tamper. I’ve been eyeing the Yanik meerschaum skull tampers… But I don’t wanna pay 50% tariffs.