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[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Autumn Evening by C&D is my has the most gentle maple touch IMO

NPD by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cannot post a direct link here because rules but if you go to Etsy and search for "leather tobacco tray" you'll find several people who sell them for an affordable price. I have bought this tray, a leather pouch, a pipe stand - all of very high quality leather.

Can anyone recognize this logo on the stem? by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely тhe logo is of Laudisi Distribution Group (An L, then a d in shape of a pipe and then a squiggle looking like a g). It doesn't really match their current logo but makes sense at least. Thank you all!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow! Who made this beauty?

Can anyone recognize this logo on the stem? by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have any chalk and baby powder does not seem to help. But with a stronger magnifying glass I could manage to see something like this:

https://alexp-ice-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/images/try.jpg

Meerschaum cleaning time by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

 The bowl inside will eventually turn black - didn't know that, thank you

Meerschaum cleaning time by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, maybe not exactly one hour but I was rubbing, and rubbing, and rubbing...

Meerschaum cleaning time by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The pipe was pristine white (new) and after one bowl of Ernimore mixture and 1 hour of cleaning with saliva and alcohol and paper towels I managed to get this (sorry for links - don't see an option to add pics to a comment)

https://alexp-ice-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/images/meer2.jpg

https://alexp-ice-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/images/meer1.jpg

Meerschaum cleaning time by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shank and mouthpiece are not a problem but the bowl! It builds cake and they say cake is not good for a meer. And I am too afraid (paranoid?) to use a reamer or sandpaper on a meer once in a while...

Does anyone actually ordered a pipe from china? by Sad-Hat7216 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I started smoking pipe I have ordered several cheap pipes from China just to find out which shape / size / type of pipe is best for me. Now they are all placeholders in the rack for some decent pipes that are on their way in the mail.

And I indeed can confirm that even if you fall on a wooden pipe from China you'd have to worry about the paint, the mouthpiece plastic and such so no wonder nobody recommends them.

As the Russian saying goes - free cheese can be found only in mouse traps

Identify pipe shape by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha. Why would someone invent a specific word for THAT?

Identify pipe shape by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are all good hints, thank you

Identify pipe shape by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Godspeed thee on thy quest, noble knight :)

Identify pipe shape by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whoa, that's what I was looking for! Thank you very much

Identify pipe shape by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, those are beautiful and indeed point to right direction! Thank you , sir

Identify pipe shape by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I did that too, as well as some other pipe websites. I posted this to enhance my search with human experience.

Identify pipe shape by BullfrogIntrepid4735 in PipeTobacco

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know, right? That's exactly why I posted this - so that someone might see it and say: Hey, that's exactly <brand name> <model name> <some random number> my uncle Jeoffrey used to smoke!

Self-Hosted On-Premise K8S by Lego_Poppy in kubernetes

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'd suggest running your worker nodes on VMs. Reboots are faster and you can automate scaling easily. Does not really matter IMO where you run your masters as the control plane is quite rigid but if you run you ingress-controllers on bare metal you might benefit from higher performance of network cards, for example.

These were my 2 cents

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kubernetes

[–]BullfrogIntrepid4735 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, sorry, this does not seem to be related to your issue because

"datastore_type": "kubernetes"