Thread: Pipe of the Day

Originally Posted by apipeguy

Cleaning a couple guns, a Baer and a Wilson that were shot during the week. A Castello Castello with Old Joe Krantz.

Les Baer.......Wilson Combat..... Nice choices! Like the old timey Smith and Wesson aluminum handled screwdriver too

Originally Posted by EMC45

Les Baer.......Wilson Combat..... Nice choices! Like the old timey Smith and Wesson aluminum handled screwdriver too

Surprised anyone noticed that, I think I've had it since about 1978. I like having it on my bench just because it's been with me so long.

I have one too. I like it for taking the grip screw out.

My new Peterson.

Originally Posted by Thug

My new Peterson.

Those pipes look lovely and some have beautiful birdseye in the grain. I don't want to sound like a curmudgeon but please be careful how you break in the pipe do it gently I have had two Petersons with burnt out draft holes and it happened rather quickly. I may just not be luck or it might be the drilling or briar or me smoking them like an animal but better be safe than sorry. i have only had this happen to me with those pipes and it was the same spot so maybe force yourself to smoke cool tobaccos for break in, orientals are recommended as they cake rapidly and of course mind the heat and smoke slowly. Something I admit am not always too good at doing. Beauty of pipe good luck with it.

Originally Posted by Razorfaust

Those pipes look lovely and some have beautiful birdseye in the grain. I don't want to sound like a curmudgeon but please be careful how you break in the pipe do it gently I have had two Petersons with burnt out draft holes and it happened rather quickly. I may just not be luck or it might be the drilling or briar or me smoking them like an animal but better be safe than sorry. i have only had this happen to me with those pipes and it was the same spot so maybe force yourself to smoke cool tobaccos for break in, orientals are recommended as they cake rapidly and of course mind the heat and smoke slowly. Something I admit am not always too good at doing. Beauty of pipe good luck with it.

Thanks for the word of warning.

Originally Posted by Razorfaust

So I picked up this beauty during my little trip to Sarasota Florida couple of days ago. A local pipe maker named Randy Wiley

Randy Wiley, there is a name that goes way back. I've had a couple of his pipes over the years and wish I'd have kept them. A world class pipe maker but doesn't charge an arm and a leg.

Well he's still making them and he ain't getting any younger hehe. Most of his models new run between 150 and 200. The guy at the shop had a wall of em right next to the ferdowns. It almost killed me not to buy a ferndown silver spigot Rhodesian but I'm glad I resisted and bought something local.

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Originally Posted by Razorfaust

Well he's still making them and he ain't getting any younger hehe. Most of his models new run between 150 and 200. The guy at the shop had a wall of em right next to the ferdowns. It almost killed me not to buy a ferndown silver spigot Rhodesian but I'm glad I resisted and bought something local.

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He used to be in Tampa, has he moved to Sarasota?

No he's in Tampa for me that's local lol

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