Thread: My Pipes

While I had my camera out and the lights on, I thought I'd snap some shots of my pipes too. I'm quite partial to Karl Erik's, the first four are by him.

The first (two pics) is a grade 0 (from the numerical grading which went from 0-5 with 0 being the best) sitter that is carved asymmetrically in order to fin into the right hand. The grain is nothing all that special, but she's a "sitter" (sits up on her own), and I quite like that.

The second (two pics) is a grade B (from AAA to C with AAA being the best) with some nice grain to her. There are a few rusticated spots that I don't care for, but on the whole, I like her a lot.

The third (one pic) is an ungraded Karl Erik (newest production I think) with some nice grain - looks windswept.

The forth is a grade 2 with mostly straight grain. I thought she was a sitter based on pics, but it turns out she's not. I'm still very happy with her; I like the odd shape.

The fifth (two pics) is a Chacom sitter. This was the good pipe that I bought. I like that she's a sitter, but I'm not wild about her being so straight.

Fooled me! I was expecting to see some deliriously mint Wosty's, which I am a bit short on these days. Nice pipes, though-beautiful wood. Do you tamp them with the Belgian combination stone pictured? Sure and that would smooth out the smoke!

I do have a wosty up for sale, but these are indeed smoking pipes. That slurry is actually a Charnly Forest/Dragon's tongue, just there to help them stand up.

Nice looking pipes.
As soon as I saw the first one, I was thinking Elephant Man.

Great looking pipes! It makes me want to take up my Sunday evening smoking again.

Here my humble collection of pipes.

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those are beautiful...i prefer a longer pipe...i have one made of white ash...it was given to me as a novelty but then i used it and love smoking from time to time...i was at a pow-wow last year and got some great tribal made Kinick Kinick...afteri ussed it a few times it worked great....very relaxing and manly just like shaving with a straight a ritual!
wulfgar

Very nice collection, Alex. I'd like to get myself a Churchwarden one of these days.

I must ask, is it the Swedish pipemaker Karl Erik? I read about him in the local newspaper not long ago, a true artisan!

Sorry my bad, it was Bo Nordh I was thinking about!