Pipes ...

urbino

madurofan

madurofan

urbino:

The Captain's Delight sounds like it's Cavendish-heavy.

I believe you are correct its nearly all cavendish and some hints of Virginia if I remember correctly.

urbino

madurofan

Its doing the trick so far. So I know you said all this talk had you interested in breaking out a pipe again. Did you do it?

urbino

madurofan

urbino

madurofan

I say large but the one I'm eyeballing right now is 3 pipes. I'm starting small. I don't think I could make any real money at it but I think there is a possibility for me to break even at and enjoy restoring some pipes, so I'm going to take a shot at it.

urbino

Go for it. Once upon a time, I thought I'd try my hand at making pipes, but never got around to it.

madurofan

My B&M sells a block of briar pre drilled with a stem and everything. All you have to do break out the dremel. If you get the itch again lemme know.

dutyje

My grandfather used to whittle his own pipes. I wonder if my mom kept any of those.

madurofan

dutyje:

My grandfather used to whittle his own pipes. I wonder if my mom kept any of those.

Wow whittling briar is quite a task. I hope she did. I'd love to help restore them if so

dutyje

If my mom doesn't have them, my little brother might have them. If that's the case, who knows what's been smoked in them. Or, they may have been passed to my uncle, who is a big pipe smoker as well. If that's the case, they'll be exceptionally well maintained, and located in Alliance, OH (not too far from Akron, wink wink).

madurofan

Regardless, lemme know, I'm curious as to the condition they're in now. I'm seconds away from winning a few estate pipes on eBay right now.

urbino

Wadja get, wadja get?

madurofan

rusirius

j0z3r

rusirius:

I've never really understood what is "gained" by waiting till the last second...

Some people have a tendency to really, really want to win, regardless of the price, so occasionally, and by occasionally I mean frequently, bidding wars will ensue. So by not bidding until the last 10-15 seconds, you avoid the people who have to win no matter the cost.

madurofan

dutyje

dutyje

madurofan

urbino

There used to be sites dedicated to just estate pipes, maddy. Dunno if they're still around.

rusirius

madurofan:

here I think I've won bc with 10 seconds to go its mine with plenty of wiggle room then boom it ended and they won.

Now that point I can see... But there's an easy solution... Don't check the auction until AFTER it's over... Then you'll never know at WHICH point you lost, and it'll have the added bonus of not letting you get swept up in that "Ohh, I really want this, what's a few more dollars to outbid him" ordeal that Joe was talking about...

madurofan

madurofan

j0z3r:

rusirius:

I've never really understood what is "gained" by waiting till the last second...

Some people have a tendency to really, really want to win, regardless of the price, so occasionally, and by occasionally I mean frequently, bidding wars will ensue. So by not bidding until the last 10-15 seconds, you avoid the people who have to win no matter the cost.

I do get this point of view, I have seen those bidding wars where people end up paying way more than the item is worth. I was on the selling end of one of those one time. I almost felt bad.

j0z3r

madurofan:

j0z3r:

rusirius:

I've never really understood what is "gained" by waiting till the last second...

Some people have a tendency to really, really want to win, regardless of the price, so occasionally, and by occasionally I mean frequently, bidding wars will ensue. So by not bidding until the last 10-15 seconds, you avoid the people who have to win no matter the cost.

I do get this point of view, I have seen those bidding wars where people end up paying way more than the item is worth. I was on the selling end of one of those one time. I almost felt bad.

I've been on the selling end too with one of those. I felt bad enough that I gave him free shipping.

urbino

Communist.

rusirius