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01-05-2009, 05:54 PM #1
Pipes: what is your favourite?
I'm a very amateur pipe smoker myself... though I've been at it for 8 years now despite the "on and off" character of my pipe smoking.
I have 3 pipes at the moment: a bent biliard with no name brand, though it's a briar pipe, and a billiard Chacom that is my pride and joy. I also bought - today, infact - a new pipe: a very small billiard Peterson. I guess this is a clear enough statement in what concerns my tastes...
So I'd like to know - for the sake of conversation - what are your particular tastes. What do you look for in a pipe? What are your favorite models and brands and sizes?...
Thanks!
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01-05-2009, 06:00 PM #2
I have many pipes in many sizes and shapes... my latest addition is a nice meerschaum churchwarden I got for xmas. very cool smoke.
eta: I have aspirations of owning a true african calabash someday.Last edited by jockeys; 01-05-2009 at 10:05 PM.
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01-05-2009, 06:18 PM #3
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Thanked: 5I really enjoy my vintage savinelli bing, as well as a couple of petersons that are more recent. I just wish I got to use them a bit more.
Since having kids (2 yrs now) my acute PAD has been replaced with RAD, it seems a bit healthier in the long run, but i still enjoy the process of pipe smoking when i get a chance.
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01-05-2009, 07:05 PM #4
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Thanked: 6I have quite a few pipes but by far my favorite is a large bent brandy made by Rad Davis. Anyone that really loves pipes should check out his website. Fabulous work at an affordable price (relative term of course). Rad is rapidly gaining notoriety and his pipes are really getting attention. If at all interested I would get him to make one while they are still affordable.
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01-06-2009, 04:47 AM #5
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01-06-2009, 05:11 AM #6
I like Castello lovats with long shanks and Canadians with long oval shanks. Pokers and billiards too. Usually Ashtons or Dunhills with those.
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01-06-2009, 05:44 AM #7
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Thanked: 150The true African Calabash is made from a gord with a Meerschaum bowl insert. There is an open air space between the bottom of the Meerschaum bowl (in the gord) which cools the smoke. It is supposed to give a very cool smoke. I have never had one, because I have other things I would rather drop $150+, but if and when I come into extra money, and I have no major other need/desire, I would get one.
See here: Calabash Pipes
Matt
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01-06-2009, 02:15 PM #8
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01-06-2009, 02:36 PM #9
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Thanked: 335Dunhill and Stanwell. For shape I prefer a bent and am a sucker for Oompauls. Oh, and cob pipes for some of the sweeter tobaccos such as Mac Baren Mixture. Briar pipes need a latakia blend for my taste buds.
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01-05-2009, 07:37 PM #10
Hey, so you bought it How is it? How's the bowl? The lip? Have you smoked it already?
To me, a pipe must be: handmade, have no bowl coating and have a smoke channel from chamber to lip that is at least 4 mm in diameter. Most pipes dont meet these criteria, so I do not even consider them. The ones that I do consider I look at in terms of shape, grain, weight and size (in this order). I rarely buy pipes over 50 grams, I like classical shapes (billiard, apple, Rhodesian, Lovat, bulldog, Dublin, etc.). Favorite makers include, but are not limited to, Brian Ruthenberg, Rad Davis (excellent value for money indeed), Cornelius Mänz, Jack Hiowell, Peter Heeschen, David Enrique, Will Purdy, Alexey Florov and Viktor Yashtilov.