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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 4, 2018 16:42:00 GMT -5
Regarding a nearly 50-year-old Falcon straight stem... I've recently replaced the bowl, have not smoked it yet, keep it scrupulously clean and still, there is a pleasant *ghosting* in the stem itself. Thoughts?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2018 16:57:26 GMT -5
Have you tried green alcohol? Not the menthol, the one with spearmint. It's the same as pipe sweetener
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 4, 2018 17:09:18 GMT -5
Have you tried green alcohol? Not the menthol, the one with spearmint. It's the same as pipe sweetener ...no, but, as I say, it's a pleasant ghost... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2018 17:26:09 GMT -5
Have you tried green alcohol? Not the menthol, the one with spearmint. It's the same as pipe sweetener ...no, but, as I say, it's a pleasant ghost... So, you're happy with the ghost? |
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 4, 2018 17:27:12 GMT -5
...no, but, as I say, it's a pleasant ghost... So, you're happy with the ghost? ...I am... didn't think aluminum was capable of ghosting... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2018 17:27:45 GMT -5
simple Drama, it is telling you it wants to smoke aromatics.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2018 17:33:26 GMT -5
So, you're happy with the ghost? ...I am... didn't think aluminum was capable of ghosting... My thoughts are that the inside tubing has micro abrasions/scratches caused in the manufacturing of the tube, thus, allowing tars to latch onto. If this is resulting in a "pleasant ghosting," I say enjoy the ghost! |
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 4, 2018 17:36:02 GMT -5
...I am... didn't think aluminum was capable of ghosting... My thoughts are that the inside tubing has micro abrasions/scratches caused in the manufacturing of the tube, thus, allowing tars to latch onto. If this is resulting in a "pleasant ghosting," I say enjoy the ghost! ...logical, considering the age of the thing... |
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Post by Matthew on Apr 4, 2018 17:48:41 GMT -5
My thoughts are that the inside tubing has micro abrasions/scratches caused in the manufacturing of the tube, thus, allowing tars to latch onto. If this is resulting in a "pleasant ghosting," I say enjoy the ghost! ...logical, considering the age of the thing... Of course my way of looking at it is that no matter how pleasant the "Ghosting" may, it is still build up from a previous smoker.Tars and moisture from some one I don't know well enough to be sharing with.Of course if your fine with it,that's all that matters. Keep in mind,when I clean my own pipes,I take them to bare wood.I have to break in my whole lot about once a year. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2018 17:50:41 GMT -5
you could always give it a bath in the dishwasher.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2018 18:41:32 GMT -5
you could always give it a bath in the dishwasher. Theres an idea  |
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Post by crapgame on Apr 4, 2018 22:13:17 GMT -5
maybe have an exorcism if the ghosting was evil..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 0:51:10 GMT -5
you could always give it a bath in the dishwasher. Theres an idea No, it's not. Trust me  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 5, 2018 3:00:18 GMT -5
If it's aluminium, could it be put in a tub of boiling water / alcohol mixture for a few minutes before rinsing?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 10:35:02 GMT -5
Theres an idea No, it's not. Trust me Oh I hear ya david I believe I had finished the 8th grade and Summer was here. Dad, mom, and I traveled from Wisconsin down to Pryor, Oklahoma to visit my aunt and uncle for a couple of weeks. Since the end of WWII, dad was a Granger guy till his passing. I remember a good number of his pipes that he always gave attention to, had a decent crust build-up inside the bowl. He always said this gave him a good smoke (and since Granger was his one and only pipe tobacco, you could say it was a "Granger crust"). One day, we all went fishing at Grand Lake for Crappie, while aunt Dorothy and mom stayed at home. I remember we had a pretty decent day of catching Crappie and a few channel cats, but mainly it was wonderful just sitting inside the boathouse with my uncle and dad while enjoying the day. On our return home, we'd brought back with us cleaned and fillet fish, and were in a pretty good mood. My aunt had some news for her brother (dad), that she had taken all of his pipes that he'd left at home that morning, scrubbed them down with soap and water, and took a pad to that nasty crust build-up inside those pipes. She told him that it was on there real good too, but she got it all off. There were some colorful words uttered out in the kitchen that early evening, with dad basically telling his sister thank you, but to never touch his pipes again. Others within the family unit had to quietly advise aunt Dorothy out in the back yard, regarding pipes and crust build-up, and pipes being kind of a personal property thing and so forth. But, its nothing that a good fish dinner and berry cobbler pie couldn't cure later on that evening. Its one of those family stories that were discussed for many years thereafter while both parties were still on planet Earth  |
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Post by gav on Apr 5, 2018 11:17:07 GMT -5
Casper, the friendly ghost,
The friendliest ghost you know.
Though grown-ups might
Look at him with fright,
The children all love him so.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 5, 2018 11:23:25 GMT -5
No, it's not. Trust me Oh I hear ya david I believe I had finished the 8th grade and Summer was here. Dad, mom, and I traveled from Wisconsin down to Pryor, Oklahoma to visit my aunt and uncle for a couple of weeks. Since the end of WWII, dad was a Granger guy till his passing. I remember a good number of his pipes that he always gave attention to, had a decent crust build-up inside the bowl. He always said this gave him a good smoke (and since Granger was his one and only pipe tobacco, you could say it was a "Granger crust"). One day, we all went fishing at Grand Lake for Crappie, while aunt Dorothy and mom stayed at home. I remember we had a pretty decent day of catching Crappie and a few channel cats, but mainly it was wonderful just sitting inside the boathouse with my uncle and dad while enjoying the day. On our return home, we'd brought back with us cleaned and fillet fish, and were in a pretty good mood. My aunt had some news for her brother (dad), that she had taken all of his pipes that he'd left at home that morning, scrubbed them down with soap and water, and took a pad to that nasty crust build-up inside those pipes. She told him that it was on there real good too, but she got it all off. There were some colorful words uttered out in the kitchen that early evening, with dad basically telling his sister thank you, but to never touch his pipes again. Others within the family unit had to quietly advise aunt Dorothy out in the back yard, regarding pipes and crust build-up, and pipes being kind of a personal property thing and so forth. But, its nothing that a good fish dinner and berry cobbler pie couldn't cure later on that evening. Its one of those family stories that were discussed for many years thereafter while both parties were still on planet Earth Reminds me of the time that, as a young teen, I cleaned my mom's, grandmother's and great grandmother's cast iron skillet down to the shiny metal. I sure learned that lesson. 55 years later I am still getting it broken in. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 12:19:55 GMT -5
Oh I hear ya david I believe I had finished the 8th grade and Summer was here. Dad, mom, and I traveled from Wisconsin down to Pryor, Oklahoma to visit my aunt and uncle for a couple of weeks. Since the end of WWII, dad was a Granger guy till his passing. I remember a good number of his pipes that he always gave attention to, had a decent crust build-up inside the bowl. He always said this gave him a good smoke (and since Granger was his one and only pipe tobacco, you could say it was a "Granger crust"). One day, we all went fishing at Grand Lake for Crappie, while aunt Dorothy and mom stayed at home. I remember we had a pretty decent day of catching Crappie and a few channel cats, but mainly it was wonderful just sitting inside the boathouse with my uncle and dad while enjoying the day. On our return home, we'd brought back with us cleaned and fillet fish, and were in a pretty good mood. My aunt had some news for her brother (dad), that she had taken all of his pipes that he'd left at home that morning, scrubbed them down with soap and water, and took a pad to that nasty crust build-up inside those pipes. She told him that it was on there real good too, but she got it all off. There were some colorful words uttered out in the kitchen that early evening, with dad basically telling his sister thank you, but to never touch his pipes again. Others within the family unit had to quietly advise aunt Dorothy out in the back yard, regarding pipes and crust build-up, and pipes being kind of a personal property thing and so forth. But, its nothing that a good fish dinner and berry cobbler pie couldn't cure later on that evening. Its one of those family stories that were discussed for many years thereafter while both parties were still on planet Earth Exactly Ron. Sometimes those good intensions don't always work out for the best |
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Post by seagullplayer on Apr 6, 2018 5:35:33 GMT -5
I'm reminded of the green blob in ghost busters.
He didn't seem all that unfriendly, but he still looked like a floating ball of snot...
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Post by Dramatwist on Apr 6, 2018 10:39:16 GMT -5
No, it's not. Trust me Oh I hear ya david I believe I had finished the 8th grade and Summer was here. Dad, mom, and I traveled from Wisconsin down to Pryor, Oklahoma to visit my aunt and uncle for a couple of weeks. Since the end of WWII, dad was a Granger guy till his passing. I remember a good number of his pipes that he always gave attention to, had a decent crust build-up inside the bowl. He always said this gave him a good smoke (and since Granger was his one and only pipe tobacco, you could say it was a "Granger crust"). One day, we all went fishing at Grand Lake for Crappie, while aunt Dorothy and mom stayed at home. I remember we had a pretty decent day of catching Crappie and a few channel cats, but mainly it was wonderful just sitting inside the boathouse with my uncle and dad while enjoying the day. On our return home, we'd brought back with us cleaned and fillet fish, and were in a pretty good mood. My aunt had some news for her brother (dad), that she had taken all of his pipes that he'd left at home that morning, scrubbed them down with soap and water, and took a pad to that nasty crust build-up inside those pipes. She told him that it was on there real good too, but she got it all off. There were some colorful words uttered out in the kitchen that early evening, with dad basically telling his sister thank you, but to never touch his pipes again. Others within the family unit had to quietly advise aunt Dorothy out in the back yard, regarding pipes and crust build-up, and pipes being kind of a personal property thing and so forth. But, its nothing that a good fish dinner and berry cobbler pie couldn't cure later on that evening. Its one of those family stories that were discussed for many years thereafter while both parties were still on planet Earth ...great piece, Mark, thanks... |
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