Thread: Pipe of the Day

Aloha gentlemen.

Thought you gents would get a kick out of my small but humble collection spanning 30 years. I started smoking a pipe in about 1982 (ish) in my early 20s. My Father and Grandfather smoked pipes and I followed suit right after college. Some of the pipes are from the 50s and 60s belonging to my Father and Grandfather, and I bought a few (and had one custom made) sometime in the mid 80s. Last bowl smoked for me was around 1991 ish.

The Corn Cobs are my Grandfather's. The large MacArthur model hung on his wall most of the time unless he brought it down for smoking. They are labeled 1956 and 1957. He labeled everything. The Opium pipe was bought for him as a souvenir by my Aunt when she was in China in the late 50s for some sort of international exchange teaching venue. The note in the bowl says "Opium Pipe bought in China at the Red China Border". She bought him that and a hand made Teak record cabinet that he used for his records and his smoking accessories. I have this cabinet in another room. It must have cost a fortune (even back then) to ship to America from China. It's quite large and heavy.

There is still tobacco in the humidor, although at this point it's 30 years old. I have actually kept up with keeping the humidor reasonbly well watered. Still, the tobacco has got to go soon. The midget pipes in the pipe ashtray have me puzzled. I have no idea where they came from. My guess is I bought them in the 80s but I have no recollection of that. They are much smaller in person than they look in the photo. They are truly midget pipes. And they look like I smoked them. But again, I have no recollection of this.

A lovely collection ZipZop.

Originally Posted by Thug

A lovely collection ZipZop.

Thank you, Tony. Small, but nice IMO. I have kept it in good shape since I stopped smoking pipe 25 years ago. That chest that everything sits on is full of other accessories like lighters and cigar accessories when I was into cigars in the 90s. The humidor that the corn cob pipes are sitting on has about 20 decent cigars in it. They are 15 years old but I have stayed on top of the humidor water, so they are still in great shape.

I commissioned a custom pipe (one of them in the rack) back in the 80s from my local pipe shop back then that was made to my specs and incorporates a replacable charcoal filter. I'll probably give that a whirl first when I get some Pipe tobacco later this week. I have a pouch of Borkum Riff coming soon and will look forward to my first pipe bowl in 25 years. BK was my standard commercial tobacco back then. I'm at the age now where a nice bowl and a delicious coffee (perhaps even Irish Coffee or Coffee with Bourbon) may be just the ticket after a hard week.

Mahalo!

-Zip

Today's, just finished, choice was some 2008 Maltese Falcon to which I added some Red Virginia Ribbon. My pipe was a Savinelli Autograph. I am happy to say I am still on cruise control as I type this. Enjoy the rest of your weekend Gentlemen.

Ashton SG also marked HT (hand turned) Tobacco was Dunhill Early Morning Pipe

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Ashton SG also marked HT (hand turned) Tobacco was Dunhill Early Morning Pipe

Really like the straightforward no muss no fuss design of that pipe Jimmy. Cheers man

What would be equivalent to my morning coffee(Not the creamer ha ha) with a Barracini Mini pot with McCllellends 2000 FMC . Small and no muss or fuss

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Got some WIP pics of the pipes I've ordered.








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Dunhill Nightcap! I just got this one today in the mail. A quick bowl with a dram of Laphroaig is a perfect end to the evening! I'm still a newby (retread) to a pipe, but this is just about perfect. The LOTH says it smells wonderful too.

@Thug

Looking forward to more pics