Thread: Pipe of the Day

Some Old Joe Krantz in a JT Cooke blast, heading into work pretty quick.

ЪьCan you make some pics on the Mr Cooke blast - i know he make himself the stemms bars or acrylic plates - he also boil the briar to refine it again . Impresive dedication to his work

I will try get get a few today. It is an older one, had it about fifteen years. From when it was still JT & D Cooke Pipes (before his divorce). Not as deep of a blast as what he evolved to but still a very well done pipe. Learned about him before he was famous and actually sent him an old Ben Wade that he hand made a replacement stem and hand cut the Ben Wade symbol into the stem. Doubt he has made any replacement stems for a very long time, except for maybe very good customers on his own pipes.

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Women are selfish creatures Once a guy was asked from hih women - why you spend so many hours with his hunting dogs and why so litle time with her
The answer was - because my dogs are the only creatures that are faithfull to me and love me withowt demands , in this house
I think this can answer or cover the hole thing about the women .

Rudyard Kipling, author/poet said, "A women is only a women, but a good cigar is a smoke."

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). Verse: 1885–1918. 1922.

The Betrothed

“You must choose between me and your cigar.” Breach of Promise Case, circa, 1885

OPEN the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout,
For things are running crossways, and Maggie and I are out.

We quarrelled about Havanas—we fought o’er a good cheroot,
And I know she is exacting, and she says I am a brute.

Open the old cigar-box—let me consider a space; 5
In the soft blue veil of the vapour musing on Maggie’s face.

Maggie is pretty to look at—Maggie’s a loving lass,
But the prettiest cheeks must wrinkle, the truest of loves must pass.

There’s peace in a Laranaga, there’s calm in a Henry Clay;
But the best cigar in an hour is finished and thrown away— 10

Thrown away for another as perfect and ripe and brown—
But I could not throw away Maggie for fear o’ the talk o’ the town!

Maggie, my wife at fifty—grey and dour and old—
With never another Maggie to purchase for love or gold!

And the light of Days that have Been the dark of the Days that Are, 15
And Love’s torch stinking and stale, like the butt of a dead cigar—

The butt of a dead cigar you are bound to keep in your pocket—
With never a new one to light tho’ it’s charred and black to the socket!

Open the old cigar-box—let me consider a while.
Here is a mild Manilla—there is a wifely smile. 20

Which is the better portion—bondage bought with a ring,
Or a harem of dusky beauties fifty tied in a string?

Counsellors cunning and silent—comforters true and tried,
And never a one of the fifty to sneer at a rival bride?

Thought in the early morning, solace in time of woes, 25
Peace in the hush of the twilight, balm ere my eyelids close,

This will the fifty give me, asking nought in return,
With only a Suttee’s passion—to do their duty and burn.

This will the fifty give me. When they are spent and dead,
Five times other fifties shall be my servants instead. 30

The furrows of far-off Java, the isles of the Spanish Main,
When they hear my harem is empty will send me my brides again.

I will take no heed to their raiment, nor food for their mouths withal,
So long as the gulls are nesting, so long as the showers fall.

I will scent ’em with best vanilla, with tea will I temper their hides, 35
And the Moor and the Mormon shall envy who read of the tale of my brides.

For Maggie has written a letter to give me my choice between
The wee little whimpering Love and the great god Nick o’ Teen.

And I have been servant of Love for barely a twelvemonth clear,
But I have been Priest of Cabanas a matter of seven year; 40

And the gloom of my bachelor days is flecked with the cheery light
Of stumps that I burned to Friendship and Pleasure and Work and Fight.

And I turn my eyes to the future that Maggie and I must prove,
But the only light on the marshes is the Will-o’-the-Wisp of Love.

Will it see me safe through my journey or leave me bogged in the mire? 45
Since a puff of tobacco can cloud it, shall I follow the fitful fire?

Open the old cigar-box—let me consider anew—
Old friends, and who is Maggie that I should abandon you?

A million surplus Maggies are willing to bear the yoke;
And a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke. 50

Light me another Cuba—I hold to my first-sworn vows.
If Maggie will have no rival, I’ll have no Maggie for Spouse!

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Now they used to smoke a very tight holes pipes and they put them a condesator in the air chanels , as this provoke gurgling and insuficient air vlume
They smoke a lot harsher blends that those days present /exuse me for the english /

Very true. I've had a few oldies that I had to have the air channel opened up on. Matter of fact, old Castellos that I own have a large air channel in the wood, but a narrow channel in the stem. You can tell because a fat pipe cleaner will easily go into the wood, but no way into the acrylic stem. Only a thin cleaner will fit the stem. Castello changed that years ago and now both stem and shank are drilled larger. Definitely makes for a better smoking experience.

Originally Posted by apipeguy

I will try get get a few today. It is an older one, had it about fifteen years. From when it was still JT & D Cooke Pipes (before his divorce). Not as deep of a blast as what he evolved to but still a very well done pipe. Learned about him before he was famous and actually sent him an old Ben Wade that he hand made a replacement stem and hand cut the Ben Wade symbol into the stem. Doubt he has made any replacement stems for a very long time, except for maybe very good customers on his own pipes.

I had a friend, the late Jimmy Booth of NYC, who was really tight with Cooke. He got me 'in' and I was able to get some cool pipes from JT years ago. Regrettably I traded them for stuff I wanted more at the time. I still have a huge Savinelli 000 that I've been told was the first of that grade to reach these shores. It belonged to Jimmy Booth, and I got it from his estate. Has one of the old Cooke replacement stems where JT put his name around the tenon. Guy is a super pipe maker, and a nice fellow.

After work smoke, Dunhill Flake in all its sweet grassy goodness. Weapon of choice, a Savinelli La Pipa Private Label. Fold and stuff tonight and its a Good Smoke.

Sorry but life kind of got in the way yesterday, here's a couple photos.

Seems every day I look forward to a picture from Jimmy Had and Pipe guys awesome collections. In the meantime I smoke C&D Bayou Morning in a Rattray Kyloe Canadian. A stout Vaper that is really growing on me. Very satisfying.

A question for specially those U.S. senior pipe gentlemen.

Work mate of mine showed an old pipe he got from the house of his late father-in-law. Not bad condition but needs good cleaning. The stamp at the bottom of the shank said 'Rocky briar, G.L.' (or G.I.). 14K...(the rest was unreadable at the current state). No marks in stem. Sandblasted it was and the bowl had a such spiral running from the bottom to the top. Sorry couldn't take pics.

I'm not sure but i remember i've read or heard somewhere that Rocky Briars were made in USA. The pipe isn't for sale and i wouldn't be interested in buying it, just interested on history (if any).

Originally Posted by Sailor

A question for specially those U.S. senior pipe gentlemen.

Work mate of mine showed an old pipe he got from the house of his late father-in-law. Not bad condition but needs good cleaning. The stamp at the bottom of the shank said 'Rocky briar, G.L.' (or G.I.). 14K...(the rest was unreadable at the current state). No marks in stem. Sandblasted it was and the bowl had a such spiral running from the bottom to the top. Sorry couldn't take pics.

I'm not sure but i remember i've read or heard somewhere that Rocky Briars were made in USA. The pipe isn't for sale and i wouldn't be interested in buying it, just interested on history (if any).

Peterson had a finish they called 'rocky briar'. Not sure if that is what it is, but that was one of their models. Just did a search on the bay and there were pipes made by a company called Rocky Briar ;

Rocky Briar | eBay