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BOTL UPCOMING MAINTENANCE
Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over time BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.
Calabash I restored for a friend.
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Ducttapegonewild
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That is awesome!
When I see something like this, my biggest question is how in the heck did the maker drill it? How does one drill a 180° radius? Or is it drilled/backfilled?
Yup. A calabash pipe is made from a calabash gourd altho some make some from wood like mahogany. With a meershaum or porcelain bowl sometimes clay or briar. I think the later is because it's illegal to export block meershaum out of Turkey.
Ahh. That makes sense then.
So dope. Great companion for port wine and leather bound first editions on the veranda...
Ducttapegonewild
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Have to agree twice on that... Once with the acquisition, and second on the gourd.
Ha! Just seeing this now! Thanks Dave!
Hell yeah!
Alwayscwondered how a calabash would smoke, is it more likely to gurgle if wet and can u run a pipe cleaner through there at all?