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Post by olbluesmoke on Oct 31, 2023 22:42:06 GMT -5
Which is your favorite pipe and why? Thanks.
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Post by SailorBen on Nov 1, 2023 0:40:26 GMT -5
This one.  It's a hardwood of some kind made in Eastern Europe somewhere. My wife gave it to me years ago as a birthday gift. I like the size of the bowl, feel in the hand, bent shape, and decorative carving. Plus it's great to clench, fits in my waistcoat pocket, is light enough to take on a walk, and looks great on a shelf. But it's the sentimental aspect that makes it the one I reach for most often. For now, it's my dedicated VA pipe, but if I ever discover "my blend," it'll be dedicated to that. Which is your fav pipe, olbluesmoke? |
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Post by urbino on Nov 1, 2023 1:34:27 GMT -5
I couldn't pick out one pipe as my favorite. I think I have an identifiable set of favorites, but which one would be THE favorite would vary from one day to the next.
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Post by olbluesmoke on Nov 1, 2023 3:49:42 GMT -5
I couldn't pick out one pipe as my favorite. I think I have an identifiable set of favorites, but which one would be THE favorite would vary from one day to the next. I'd have to say the same thing about finding a favorite. |
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Post by olbluesmoke on Nov 1, 2023 3:50:10 GMT -5
This one. It's a hardwood of some kind made in Eastern Europe somewhere. My wife gave it to me years ago as a birthday gift. I like the size of the bowl, feel in the hand, bent shape, and decorative carving. Plus it's great to clench, fits in my waistcoat pocket, is light enough to take on a walk, and looks great on a shelf. But it's the sentimental aspect that makes it the one I reach for most often. For now, it's my dedicated VA pipe, but if I ever discover "my blend," it'll be dedicated to that. Which is your fav pipe, olbluesmoke? Absolutely beautiful pipe. |
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Post by coalsmoke on Nov 1, 2023 4:24:08 GMT -5
I couldn't pick out one pipe as my favorite. I think I have an identifiable set of favorites, but which one would be THE favorite would vary from one day to the next. Just about the same for me, too. Right now, I think that my current favorites are the BBB Two Star Special smooth billiard and the BBB Freestyle smooth bent pot. They are fine pipes, excellent smokers, and well crafted. |
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 1, 2023 9:16:09 GMT -5
My faves are my five Pete House and Pub pipes. The rest hardly ever get smoked anymore.
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Post by just ol ed on Nov 1, 2023 9:36:06 GMT -5
Gotta go along with a few others have mentioned, that being the one in my hand, mouth or in pipe rest. Do rotate all my 53 pipes, usually in groups of 5.
You ask good questions, we're here to help if/when you ask
Ed-near 83, at it a long time
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Post by Silver on Nov 1, 2023 10:12:30 GMT -5
No favorite here, either. I do smoke a cob daily, though.
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Post by urbino on Nov 1, 2023 15:16:37 GMT -5
Since picking a favorite is difficult, what if we shift Geoff's question a little? What's your favorite shape or type of pipe? What's your least favorite?
For me, the obvious answer for favorite is the prince, with billiard and apple following behind. My least favorite is probably the volcano. It just looks backwards to me; like somebody turned a pipe inside out. I'm also not usually a fan of paneled pipes.
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Post by johnlawitzke on Nov 1, 2023 17:36:32 GMT -5
It’s easier for me to say name a blend that I like and I’ll say which of my pipes is my favorite for smoking that blend. My favorite pipe shape should be obvious to anyone familiar with my collection: group 4 and smaller straight Billiard and Billiard-family followed by straight Apple. I’ve found that my sweet spot is a group 3 sized Canadian. However, I do have one pipe which is my hands down favorite to smoke. It’s a great smoking, great tasting pipe which prefers to smoke my favorite blend, Leo. It’s my Tom Eltang bamboo shank Billiard:  |
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Post by username on Nov 1, 2023 17:40:09 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 1, 2023 19:18:17 GMT -5
I have maybe a dozen favorites.
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Post by jeffd on Nov 2, 2023 16:19:01 GMT -5
I am back to my Savinelli 320s. The KS and the Hercules EX.
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Post by Gandalf on Nov 5, 2023 19:16:52 GMT -5
Hard to pick a favorite, but if I had to - it would be my grandpa's Custom-Bilt, just because it was my grandpa's - and because it's one of the best smoking pipes I have.
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Post by trailboss on Nov 5, 2023 19:45:47 GMT -5
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Post by JimK on Nov 6, 2023 10:53:37 GMT -5
Not a particular unit as such, but a general style of pipe; I seem to gravitate to bent billiards. They're good reading pipes.
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Post by chasingembers on Nov 12, 2023 4:57:21 GMT -5
No clear favorites. I just smoke one for a few weeks before putting in in a box of pipes and grabbing another.
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Post by rastewart on Nov 14, 2023 15:28:45 GMT -5
As it happens, I have it with me today, though I don't have a picture I can link to. It's a plain bent bulldog with no markings, undistinguished grain, and a few dings on the bowl and shank; it doesn't even have the traditional bead. But it's a nice convenient size for carrying and clenching and is a quite creditable smoker. It's sentiment that really makes it my favorite: it is one of the first three pipes I got (at a yard sale, no less) in college. That makes 52 years and counting that this little pipe has been with me.
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Post by Goldbrick on Nov 16, 2023 21:25:50 GMT -5
I have maybe a dozen favorites. as do I , I love my Savinellies, and within the Savinellies my four Estellas rank very high, and within the Estellas the 606 is my favorite...but then there are the Petes and the Camanettos , and Kaywoodie, and on and on... |
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Post by Goldbrick on Nov 16, 2023 21:56:52 GMT -5
As it happens, I have it with me today, though I don't have a picture I can link to. It's a plain bent bulldog with no markings, undistinguished grain, and a few dings on the bowl and shank; it doesn't even have the traditional bead. But it's a nice convenient size for carrying and clenching and is a quite creditable smoker. It's sentiment that really makes it my favorite: it is one of the first three pipes I got (at a yard sale, no less) in college. That makes 52 years and counting that this little pipe has been with me. Your post brings to mind a pair of Old Dominion pipes my wife picked up at a yard sale in 1980 for two bucks each. I had both restemed at the Tinder Box, and the stack billiard became my E.D.C. pipe, until it fell from my jacket pocket to the sidewalk, and snaped the tenon. I sent it off for a new tenon, and within days of it's return, I dropped it again and again, snapped the tenon...I threw the pipe in a drawer where it stayed for almost ten years, till I posted of my " hard luck pipe" on a forum. Anthony Cooke, a pipe repair wiz, and fellow forum member loved the story of that pipe and begged me to send it to him, as I did, thinking I'd end up with a new stem...instead, Anthony reworked the pipe from stem to stern. New stem, and tenon, new finish, new airway, and a contrast stain job that's really something special, and under that he reshaped the inner rim , and even picked out the old fills and reworked them leaving them almost invisible...and yes, it's high up on my list of favorites. |
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Post by coalsmoke on Nov 16, 2023 22:50:42 GMT -5
As it happens, I have it with me today, though I don't have a picture I can link to. It's a plain bent bulldog with no markings, undistinguished grain, and a few dings on the bowl and shank; it doesn't even have the traditional bead. But it's a nice convenient size for carrying and clenching and is a quite creditable smoker. It's sentiment that really makes it my favorite: it is one of the first three pipes I got (at a yard sale, no less) in college. That makes 52 years and counting that this little pipe has been with me. Your post brings to mind a pair of Old Dominion pipes my wife picked up at a yard sale in 1980 for two bucks each. I had both restemed at the Tinder Box, and the stack billiard became my E.D.C. pipe, until it fell from my jacket pocket to the sidewalk, and snaped the tenon. I sent it off for a new tenon, and within days of it's return, I dropped it again and again, snapped the tenon...I threw the pipe in a drawer where it stayed for almost ten years, till I posted of my " hard luck pipe" on a forum. Anthony Cooke, a pipe repair wiz, and fellow forum member loved the story of that pipe and begged me to send it to him, as I did, thinking I'd end up with a new stem...instead, Anthony reworked the pipe from stem to stern. New stem, and tenon, new finish, new airway, and a contrast stain job that's really something special, and under that he reshaped the inner rim , and even picked out the old fills and reworked them leaving them almost invisible...and yes, it's high up on my list of favorites. Whatever happened to Anthony, Herb? He used to have a website, but it's been gone for sometime. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Nov 17, 2023 9:49:32 GMT -5
Your post brings to mind a pair of Old Dominion pipes my wife picked up at a yard sale in 1980 for two bucks each. I had both restemed at the Tinder Box, and the stack billiard became my E.D.C. pipe, until it fell from my jacket pocket to the sidewalk, and snaped the tenon. I sent it off for a new tenon, and within days of it's return, I dropped it again and again, snapped the tenon...I threw the pipe in a drawer where it stayed for almost ten years, till I posted of my " hard luck pipe" on a forum. Anthony Cooke, a pipe repair wiz, and fellow forum member loved the story of that pipe and begged me to send it to him, as I did, thinking I'd end up with a new stem...instead, Anthony reworked the pipe from stem to stern. New stem, and tenon, new finish, new airway, and a contrast stain job that's really something special, and under that he reshaped the inner rim , and even picked out the old fills and reworked them leaving them almost invisible...and yes, it's high up on my list of favorites. Whatever happened to Anthony, Herb? He used to have a website, but it's been gone for sometime. I wish I knew, Russ...we used to exchange calls from time to time; we'd talk about his projects, our pipes and tobacco, or just life in general, and I felt like a good friendship was born, and then, poof, and he was gone. Now and then I give his number a try, but get nothing  . |
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Post by trailboss on Nov 17, 2023 22:18:28 GMT -5
Always a bummer when someone like that just up and disappears from the pipe community.
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Post by coalsmoke on Nov 17, 2023 22:31:32 GMT -5
Always a bummer when someone like that just up and disappears from the pipe community. He may have passed away, but I'm not entirely sure. |
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Post by urbino on Nov 17, 2023 22:56:06 GMT -5
Maybe he had to change his number for some reason.
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Post by trailboss on Nov 17, 2023 23:35:20 GMT -5
Maybe he had to change his number for some reason. If a person knows the town he lived in a lot of times a Google search will hit paydirt. |
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Post by Zach on Nov 17, 2023 23:44:41 GMT -5
Always a bummer when someone like that just up and disappears from the pipe community. He may have passed away, but I'm not entirely sure. We think that Anthony passed away. He had a rare form of cancer and was young, he wasn’t doing too well the last we heard from him around 2017. He restored and did beautiful work on my Merkur 2000 volcano. As many others have said here, I can’t pick a favorite pipe out of all that I have. I might have 30-40 favorites. I still tend to smoke cobs more than anything. |
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Post by Zach on Nov 17, 2023 23:49:44 GMT -5
This one. It's a hardwood of some kind made in Eastern Europe somewhere. My wife gave it to me years ago as a birthday gift. I like the size of the bowl, feel in the hand, bent shape, and decorative carving. Plus it's great to clench, fits in my waistcoat pocket, is light enough to take on a walk, and looks great on a shelf. But it's the sentimental aspect that makes it the one I reach for most often. For now, it's my dedicated VA pipe, but if I ever discover "my blend," it'll be dedicated to that. Which is your fav pipe, olbluesmoke ? A Ukrainian pipe made of pearwood. |
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