Thread: Pipe of the Day

smoking my homemade pipe and some northwoods

My new TRG with some Escudo Navy De Luxe
This is a great little pipe lots of straight grain with a beautiful cumberland stem!!

Good morning friends.
First pipe today:
Meerschaum with Indigo.
The coffee-mug I got from the retired LPD-Chief... thanks Chuck!

somkin my mario grandi poker and some lanes Q1

Hey guys,as I was sitting here smoking on my peterson 317 ,I came across this The Song of the Pipe


When the night air is shading ’round you,
And the lake is lying still;
When you hear the evening tuning,
Of the lonely whippoorwill;
When the woods are big and silent,
And the world seems all at rest;
And the cheerful fire is blazing,
Then your good old pipe is best.
When you are tired out from tramping,
Through the winding forest ways;
And you’ve had your trout and coffee,
And you dream of future days;
When you sit close to the fire,
Then the time is surely ripe;
With the owl’s bark resounding,
To fill up the good old pipe.
When the dreary rain is falling,
And the world is wet and gray;
When the loon’s long, dismal holler,
Rolls out clear and dies away;
When the woods are all adripping,
From the alder to the oak;
Then just lay back in your chair,
And hit good old pipe, and smoke.
-Earle P. Stafford

Read more: The King of Pipes: The Meerschaum | The Art of Manliness

Thank you Nightblade. Read the poem and meerschaum article start to finish even though I'd read them before. I hope the others enjoy them as much. This thread is wonderful! Again, thanks for sharing.

oldschooltools,
what about this nice new avatar???

Thomas,

Thank you for noticing. That's me in an M60A1 "Patton". Many years ago...1976? In Hohenfels, Deutschland. I will PM you with my Flickr photostream link. There are a few tank pics there including a T-55, BMP, Leopard, Centurian and others. You, of all those here, might enjoy them most.

Calabresi, Shortcut to Mushrooms & late morning espresso. Almost time for second breakfast

My front porch:-) Hey Nosewarmer how many feet did you get?