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  1. PiperCalvinist

    Smoking to the Bottom of the Bowl.

    I’ve been experimenting with one of those little brass screens in the bottom of my cobs. That seems to help protect it from burning the bottom and potentially messing up the draw hole in the stem.
  2. PiperCalvinist

    Ghosting Paranoia

    Well, I just smoked some PS24 in it and it was awesome! I don't know if it was the tobacco, the pipe, or both? - but it was the best smoke I've had to-date!
  3. PiperCalvinist

    Ghosting Paranoia

    That’s what I want to hear! 😃
  4. PiperCalvinist

    Ghosting Paranoia

    I just got my first Peterson pipe! 🥳🎉. It’s the first pipe I’ve spent over $100 on, but now I’m met with what I was not anticipating - ghosting paranoia. Well, that’s exaggerating a bit, but I couldn’t wait to get this thing and smoke it, and then once I got it the thought came “Now what do I...
  5. PiperCalvinist

    Got a New Pipe Yesterday!

    Yeah, that’s cool! I really like how it darkens after each smoke and creates a unique look.
  6. PiperCalvinist

    How Much is Too Much?

    1) 20 minutes! 👀. Wow. Are you smoking a small bowl? I understand the concern. I have the same, but not necessarily for health reasons, but for control reasons. I personally don’t want anything controlling me, even things that I enjoy. So some days I smoke 1 bowl, some days 2 bowls, but I...
  7. PiperCalvinist

    Filters and Pipe Cleaners

    Me too! I’ve only used the Savinelli balsa filters and they have kept me from tongue bite and from any wet gurgling. The only pipe I’ve experienced gurgling from is my only non-filtered pipe, and I’ve experienced it every time I’ve used it. So the balsa has effectively dealt well with wet...
  8. PiperCalvinist

    1st Month of My Pipe Smoking Journey

    I thought about trying one of those old boy lighters, but WOW $$$! I’d rather spend $100 on a new pipe and learn how to better cope with the wind. I do like using matches. There just seems to be something nostalgic about it. Just not always the most convenient method.
  9. PiperCalvinist

    1st Month of My Pipe Smoking Journey

    [wasn't sure if this belonged here or in general discussion? Since I'm rather new, I picked here] At the beginning of March I would have never dreamed of smoking a pipe. I never even thought about smoking, let alone a pipe. But by the end of the month (March 31st) suddenly I was smoking a...
  10. PiperCalvinist

    Greetings from SoCal!

    Welcome from Texas! I’m only a month into my pipe journey, so my recommendations don’t carry much weight. But I’ve learned this so far - The Country Squire knows what they are doing when it comes to tobacco blends. I’m pretty sure they sell all their tobacco in bulk, so you can get 1oz samples.
  11. PiperCalvinist

    Thoughts on a Second Pipe

    I didn’t know that. I’ll have to inquire. Not planning to be a collector or smoker of expensive pipes by any stretch, but I did just buy my first Peterson. I really just want to eventually have a Peterson and Savinelli and churchwarden. I don’t smoke everyday, at least not at this point...
  12. PiperCalvinist

    Thoughts on a Second Pipe

    Yes, that’s darkened up quite a bit! I like their pipes, however, I wish they had filtered versions like Rossi does. However, I’ll likely get another one down the road as their cost is very appealing.
  13. PiperCalvinist

    Smoking to the Bottom of the Bowl.

    Thank you, because that’s what I do and I was beginning to think maybe I’m doing something wrong. Seems to me - in my very short experience- it has more to do with the tobacco and the pipe than it does the method of packing.
  14. PiperCalvinist

    I Love Smoking a Pipe

    Wow, a piper and a writer! Nice! “even the fussing over storage” lol I’m the same way. Funny stuff. I still haven’t figured out what I’m going to do with the 17 blends I have already purchased in less than a month of smoking - PERIOD, let alone a pipe?!?! If I could’ve seen into the...
  15. PiperCalvinist

    Peterson 221 vs 230?

    I I pulled the trigger and purchased the 221. It’s lighter and has a bigger bowl. Thank you all for the input! I’ll post a photo when it arrives.
  16. PiperCalvinist

    Peterson 221 vs 230?

    Do both of them work well as clenchers?
  17. PiperCalvinist

    Peterson 221 vs 230?

    I’m looking at the Derry rusticated. I think those look pretty cool!
  18. PiperCalvinist

    Peterson 221 vs 230?

    No offense taken. I didn’t even get the joke, because until now I didn’t know there was a shape 9. 😂
  19. PiperCalvinist

    Peterson 221 vs 230?

    I can see the dimensional differences between these two pipe shapes - that look very similar, but what are the practical differences? I'm planning to buy one of them - just not certain which one? I'd love to hear from some Peterson users as to why they would choose one over the other. Thank...