segunda-feira, 5 de outubro de 2015

Pipe Smokers Live Longer...


Few people know the real details about the differences between cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. Most are just bombarded by anti-smoking messages on a daily basis that lump ALL smoking into the same bucket. So allow me to provide you with a bit of information about those differences.
1.      The premium tobacco that is grown for cigars and for pipes is generally alkaline based. Because of this you don’t inhale pipe smoke or cigar smoke.
2.      Cigarettes are from a varietal of tobacco plant that is more acidic based — thus you can inhale it into your lungs where you absorb 100x the amount of nicotine than if you had just from keeping it in your mouth.
3.      If just 10% of cigarette smokers switched from smoking cigarettes to smoking a pipe or cigar you would double the amount of pipe and cigar smokers out there.
4.      Pipe and Cigar smokers taste the tobacco, like you would wine or coffee.
5.      While many point to the surgeon generals report from 1964 about how bad cigarettes are (and I agree, cigarettes are pretty bad, mostly for the chemicals) — many fail to look at what it says about pipe smokers.

“According to the Committee, cigar smoke has 4 times as much benz(a)pyrene as cigarette smoke, and pipe smoke ten times as much as cigarette smoke (p. 58). Yet, the Committee found pipe and cigar smoke to be pretty much innocent of causing lung cancer, and even concluded that pipe smokers live longer than non-smokers.

6. Because the amount of nicotine is so small for pipe smokers — you don’t see them (pipe smokers) becoming addicted to it or smoking a pipe. They smoke for the same reason someone may enjoy a glass of good wine.
7. But in talking about nicotine, lets discuss the benefits which again area always left out:
“Modern science tells us that nicotine is an alkaloid which produces certain physiological effects in humans and animals. Nicotine is found in tobacco plants, and to a lesser degree in tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes, and eggplant. The general effects of nicotine are biphasic: initially it is mentally invigorating, and then it leads to a relaxing effect. In small doses, nicotine increases alertness, concentration, and enhances mental performance. Today we know that nicotine protects against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and can help treat Tourette’s syndrome, ADHD, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and possibly rheumatoid arthritis and colorectal cancer. New discoveries are being made every year about the beneficial effects of nicotine, but these benefits are usually overshadowed in the public domain bySmokerism and anti-smoke hysteria. Fortunately, we know that “stress kills”, and the greatest benefit from luxury tobacco comes from its relaxing effects!”

8. e-Cigarettes and vapes is just another delivery method for large quantities of nicotine that keeps you more heavily addicted while it can help you quit cigarettes it does not stop the delivery of larger quantities of nicotine. Not only that, you’re vaping on chemicals (some may argue that its no worse than pipes or cigars). Premium tobacco is natural; or rather has less chemical additives than say cigarettes or e-Cigarettes. For more information refer to the premium tobacco process at tobacconist university.
9. Pipe smoking lends itself to slowing down one’s pace. Thus, if you’re a type-A personality that is one jelly dough-nut away from a heart-attack caused by stress, picking up a pipe might allow you to relax, slow down and reflect on what has you so wound up. In turn, helping you remove one of the main contributors to health problems — stress.
10. We live in an increasingly fast-paced society, so much so that we sometimes don’t stop and smell the flowers. There is ritual in pipe smoking that helps ground us, and slow us down to reflect on the day and the amount of change that has happened. Pipe smoking also helps us socialize with our friends and with strangers in ways that facebook and social media just can’t do.

segunda-feira, 4 de maio de 2015

MarTelo Squat-Rhodesian

C'est moi encore!

Conforme prometido, seguem 10 fotos da segunda pipa MarTelo que tive o privilégio de adquirir. Mais informações sobre o artesão Gustavo Cunha na última postagem (MarTelo Billiard).











Visite a página no Fcebook: Martelo-tobacco pipes

quarta-feira, 29 de abril de 2015

MarTelo Straight Billiard Cross-cut Cumberland


Bom dia/tarde/noite!

A espera acabou. É com muita alegria que recebi a notificação do término dessa belíssima peça feita sob encomenda pelo talentoso artesão brasileiro Custavo Cunha, que a cada dia cresce em admiração não apenas da parte dos confrades brasileiros, mas também estrangeiros, tendo esse ano começado a disponibilizar suas peças à venda no renomado smokingpipes.com
Abaixo das fotos, colocarei uma breve apresentação do artesão em inglês, assim como encontrei no Smoking Pipes.












"Gustavo Cunha of Martelo pipes was born and raised in Diamantina, an old colonial village in the Minas Gerais State of Brazil. He began his wood-working journey when he was but 15 years old, making traditional English bows and arrows from scratch. It wasn't until much later, however, that he began making pipes — fashioning his first creation from a preformed stummel and stem. After studying design and, more specifically, furniture design, his post-grad opportunities granted him access to better machinery and tools, and he gave it another try. Focusing on freehand designs, Gustavo crafted several briars for his close friends. 
It wasn't until he met with Tom Eltang in October of 2013 that he began to consider pipe making as a profession. He dove into the art 100%, purchasing all the equipment for his workshop and working full-time only a mere month after meeting with Tom. He also more recently spent some time with Chris Asteriou and Konstantinos Anastasopoulos honing his craft, and readily admits he was influenced greatly by the young Greeks' work. 
Today Gustavo creates each Martelo pipe with precision and care from his workshop in Belo Horizonte. His goal is to perpetuate the pipe smoking lifestyle, to offer a pipe with soul — a living object, a piece that brings happiness and calmness to his clients and friends."

A melhor notícia é que essa é uma das duas peças encomendadas. Posterei a próxima muito em breve.

terça-feira, 10 de fevereiro de 2015

DUNHILL * CUMBERLAND* 4103 GROUP 4 (1991)


Fico feliz em adicionar à galeria esse belíssimo Dunhill da série Cumberland, um grupo 4 (para o meu gosto o tamanho ideal), de paredes sólidas em um vermelho fechado e lindos veios que deram um padrão de rustificação lindo. Com a piteira original com o famoso pingo branco da marca. Foi muito bem limpo e sanitizado, prontíssimo para o uso, o que vou me encarregar de fazê-lo pessoalmente.
Abaixo algumas fotos em maior detalhe....








quinta-feira, 22 de janeiro de 2015

Preben Holm and Charatan's BEN WADE Golden Matt Danish hand made freehand pipe










Boa tarde, confrades! Já falei tanto aqui sobre a Ben Wade em seus anos dourados, que só me resta chamar atenção para esse cachimbo em si e não suas raizes. Que veios expressivos e chamativos! Mais um acerto do nosso mestre "grain chaser" Preben Holm. Me sinto honrado em contar com ele em meu armário e companhia.

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A great product of cooperation between Preben Holm and Charatan's! 

The pipe was made in 1970s when the great carver Preben Holm and Charatan's pipes company launched a project of freegand pipes. So era of Danish Ben Wade has started - a period of the most sophisticated, elegant and fantastic free form pipes!

The pipe markings are "Ben Wade \ GOLDEN MATT \ HAND MADE \ IN \ DENMARK". The length is 16.3 cm, bowl's hight is 6.0 cm. External dimensions of the bowl are 8.0 x 5.0 cm, internal diameter - 2.3 cm. The depth is 4.4 cm and this pipe weights 68 gr. Briar, acrylic stem. 

1980 Dunhill CUMBERLAND CLASSIC PANEL BILLIARD








Maravilhoso cachimbo que com certeza agrada aos olhos não apenas dos fãs dessa potência inglesa na fabricação de cachimbos que é a Dunhill. Formato panel billiard geométrico elegante e linda piteira da que caracteriza a série Cumberland. Minhas palavras não podem superar as fotos, então me calarei, deixando abaixo apenas a descrição em inglês e dimensões, como trazidas pelo leiloeiro:

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You are bidding on a PRISTINE and SUPER CLEAN 1980 DUNHILL CUMBERLAND CLASSIC PANEL BILLIARD shaped estate pipe.  This beauty is in EXCELLENT, VERY LIGHTLY ENJOYED condition, with a clean, crisp rim, crisp inner and outer edges, and a glassy, pristine original stem.  This pipe boasts a wonderful blast that feels as great as it looks, showing some gorgeous relief grain! It stands ready to serve another lifetime of service.  You're going to love this pipe when it shows up at your door!  
           
A GREAT FIND FOR DUNHILL FANS LOOKING FOR A VINTAGE PIPE IN FANTASTIC SHAPE!
    
  
This pipe also comes with a custom pipe sock to protect your investment.
        
     
Markings: On the bottom of the shank is stamped shape number 42241 next to DUNHILL CUMBERLAND over MADE IN over ENGLAND20.  All markings are very crisp.
    
     
Dimensions: 6-1/16” long, 1-3/4" tall, 1-3/16" wide, with a 13/16" chamber diameter.
  
WEIGHT: 29 grams
  
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segunda-feira, 10 de novembro de 2014

1980's Bjarne Danish Freehand

Bom dia, comunidade cachimbística do Brasil (e do mundo - de acordo com o rastreio de acessos por localidade do blog).
Com grande prazer e entusiasmo que vos apresento o mais novo membro do meu pipe rack.
Esse Bjarne cujo grande mentor nos entristeceu com seu falecimento em fevereiro do ano vigente. Sem mais delongas, vamos às fotos, que falam por si só e dispensam meus suspeitos comentários.














A mão que segura o Bajrne na foto acima não pertence a mim (tampouco pertence o Rolex que a adorna, infelizmente), mas sim ao simpático vendedor, que registrou o seguinte relato referente ao cachimbo em questão:


"...barely and carefully formerly enjoyed condition, smooth straight grain, "Bent Danish Freehand" shaped pipe, with an vulcanite integral base, and a yellow acrylic stem, that was crafted by Bjarne of Denmark, in the 1980's.

The overall balance feels perfect as does the hand feel. The draft is effortless. A pipe cleaner will pass to the bottom of the bowl with a "twist". The acrylic stem is cut nice and thin for comfort in the mouth.

Here are the dimensions: The overall length is about 6.20". The bowl height is 2.50" (at the high point at the back of the bowl). The bowl rim measures about 2.15" in diameter. The tobacco chamber is about 0.875" in diameter, and tapers down the bowl's 1.75" inner depth. Capacity is similar to that of a Group 5 to 6 size Dunhill pipe. The weight is 88 grams. "