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Let’s start at the beginning- the real beginning. I’ve liked briar smoking pipes since I was a kid- and not necessarily to smoke either; but to possess and to work with (or fool with). I was twelve when I went to a nearby drug store and spied something special- two packs of Holiday pipe tobacco and a briar pipe, all for 79 cents. I had to have that pipe, and so I bought the package. I smoked the pipe of course, but didn’t like it much. Taste was rather rough. And I really didn’t like the shiny surface of that pipe. So grabbed some sandpaper and took that shine right off. Looked much better then- but not good enough. After all it was a pipe, and to my twelve year old mind pipes should look old. So I went back to work with various tools and made that pipe look- different. Not at all satisfied with my workmanship I went out and bought another pipe- this time without the tobacco. Didn’t even smoke this one before I started in changing its appearance. And I think I did a damn good job. Made that pipe look as if it had gone through all sorts of catastrophes and come out sort of all right. I was pleased. | Let’s start at the beginning- the real beginning. I’ve liked briar smoking pipes since I was a kid- and not necessarily to smoke either; but to possess and to work with (or fool with). I was twelve when I went to a nearby drug store and spied something special- two packs of Holiday pipe tobacco and a briar pipe, all for 79 cents. I had to have that pipe, and so I bought the package. I smoked the pipe of course, but didn’t like it much. Taste was rather rough. And I really didn’t like the shiny surface of that pipe. So grabbed some sandpaper and took that shine right off. Looked much better then- but not good enough. After all it was a pipe, and to my twelve year old mind pipes should look old. So I went back to work with various tools and made that pipe look- different. Not at all satisfied with my workmanship I went out and bought another pipe- this time without the tobacco. Didn’t even smoke this one before I started in changing its appearance. And I think I did a damn good job. Made that pipe look as if it had gone through all sorts of catastrophes and come out sort of all right. I was pleased. | ||