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Post by turbocat on Feb 23, 2024 16:41:11 GMT -5
I’ve thought about your question a bit and I can’t really come up with a definitive answer. On one hand, some of my favorite pipes are unsmoked and may never be smoked by me. On the other, ones I smoke that are favorites occur to me as a group, one isn’t more of a favorite than another. I just can’t wrap my head around just one I would label “the best” without some qualification as to value, smoking quality, artistry, history, etc. none check all of those boxes completely. In fact as far as favorites I use, I tend to only rank them by smoking quality and how much I enjoy looking at them and holding them while I smoke them.
It could just be that I have too many pipes. There was a time when I only had one nice pipe and some cobs when I could have answered your question.
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 17:12:05 GMT -5
Same. Like it says in the little info box on the left of my comments, it’s too soon to tell. It may very well always be too soon. I have a handful I know will always give me a good smoke, feel good in the hand, and are comfy to clench.
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Post by Silver on Feb 23, 2024 17:18:42 GMT -5
I haven't got a favorite, either. Lots of decent pipes, some smoke better than others, while some look better than others. That also goes for the pipes I made and even my corncobs.
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 17:33:13 GMT -5
Ha! We could be a little more cooperative, I guess. Some faves that come to mind:
Dunhill 3101
Comoy's prince
Bentley prince
Dunhill birth year apple
Golden Arrow (Comoy's) billiard
Ashton bent brandy
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Post by turbocat on Feb 23, 2024 17:44:50 GMT -5
Wasn't happy with my post so I deleted it. I hope you don’t think I was trying to be evasive or critical in my comment, I really wasn’t trying to be. Maybe I didn’t really understand your question or maybe time and experience has just changed the way l look at some topics. I’m glad that you consistently ask the questions you do and post the topics you do. It’s refreshing to see actual discussion about pipes and tobaccos on this pipe and tobacco forum! 😃 |
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Post by olbluesmoke on Feb 23, 2024 17:45:13 GMT -5
Poor question on my part, so I deleted it.
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Post by Silver on Feb 23, 2024 17:47:50 GMT -5
Poor question on my part, so I deleted it. It was a great question. Just not easy to answer. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 18:10:06 GMT -5
I agree with Turbo and Silver. Keep asking!
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Post by john on Feb 23, 2024 18:37:55 GMT -5
What 😦 there was a question?? Seriously though, I agree with Ted and Pete. I don’t have any one favorite pipe that ticks all the boxes, but shape and finish kind of bring me to a selection when I make the choice to smoke it. Does any of that make sense?
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 19:44:28 GMT -5
What 😦 there was a question?? Seriously though, I agree with Ted and Pete. I don’t have any one favorite pipe that ticks all the boxes, but shape and finish kind of bring me to a selection when I make the choice to smoke it. Does any of that make sense? The question, more or less, was what's your favorite pipe to smoke? |
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Post by NJDan on Feb 23, 2024 19:57:16 GMT -5
Since the original post is lost, I’d be interested in a different spin on it. Do you folks prefer shapes that adhere to the classics, or freehand and organic shapes?
For myself, I’m a traditional kinda smoker.
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 20:10:36 GMT -5
I'm definitely a traditional shapes guy. I've got a freehand or 3, but my collection is dominated by the classics.
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 20:44:44 GMT -5
I'm definitely a traditional shapes guy. I've got a freehand or 3, but my collection is dominated by the classics. A check of ye olde spreadsheet says I've got 19 apples, call it 40 billiards (chimneys, Canadians, Liverpools, etc.), 10 Dublins, 7 pots, and 9 princes (yeah, I thought I had more of those, too). That's by far the bulk of the collection. |
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Post by NJDan on Feb 23, 2024 20:47:14 GMT -5
I'm definitely a traditional shapes guy. I've got a freehand or 3, but my collection is dominated by the classics. A check of ye olde spreadsheet says I've got 19 apples, call it 40 billiards (chimneys, Canadians, Liverpools, etc.), 10 Dublins, 7 pots, and 9 princes (yeah, I thought I had more of those, too). That's by far the bulk of the collection. I’ll bet half of ‘dem apples are princes  |
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Post by william on Feb 23, 2024 20:47:29 GMT -5
I have always admired those who can color within the lines and do it well. I always imagined a "freehand" was the answer to an inferior hunk of briar.
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Post by william on Feb 23, 2024 20:58:39 GMT -5
This has always been the pipe against which all others were judged. It is a Willmer AA straight grain that I bought in the 1980s. I think the thick walls of the pipe help make for a cool smoke, but I'm not sure about that. I really wish I knew why it smokes so well.  |
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Post by turbocat on Feb 23, 2024 21:02:31 GMT -5
A check of ye olde spreadsheet says I've got 19 apples, call it 40 billiards (chimneys, Canadians, Liverpools, etc.), 10 Dublins, 7 pots, and 9 princes (yeah, I thought I had more of those, too). That's by far the bulk of the collection. I’ll bet half of ‘dem apples are princes 😂😂😂👍 |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 23, 2024 21:14:11 GMT -5
In my minds eye, it is about the history...I have some pipes that were produced later that are incredible smokers, but there is something about Pipes from the 1800's... they have a story to tell, I wish that I could get them to share their stories. 1850 or so...   May 18 1864...  Chales Maas 1895 or so.  |
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Post by Silver on Feb 23, 2024 21:14:55 GMT -5
I’ll bet half of ‘dem apples are princes 😂😂😂👍 Or are his princes really bent apples? |
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 21:19:05 GMT -5
Or are his princes really bent apples? You guise! |
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Post by NJDan on Feb 23, 2024 21:30:30 GMT -5
In my minds eye, it is about the history...I have some pipes that were produced later that are incredible smokers, but there is something about a Pipes from the 1800's...they have a story to tell, I wish that I could get them to share their stories. 1850 or so... May 18 1864... “History” draws me to this hobby; my family’s history especially. From my grandpa that smoked a corn cob out in Keokuk Iowa to my father with his Borkum Riff. My dad always smoked traditional shapes. I’d follow him into old pipe shops in the malls around here, and admire the pipes and loved when he’d smoke an old clay tavern pipe he picked up on a family trip up to Plymouth. when I picked up the pipe the old man had been resting for 5 years. I opened a tin and smelled it, and he was around. but my tastes are different than his, and we have the internet and…we’ll times are different now |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 23, 2024 21:34:11 GMT -5
I hear you...I wish I had gotten one of my Grandpa Trujillo's pipes upon his passing...they would have been Medico or Grabow, but I wish I had a few.
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Post by NJDan on Feb 23, 2024 22:00:51 GMT -5
I hear you...I wish I had gotten one of my Grandpa Trujillo's pipes upon his passing...they would have been Medico or Grabow, but I wish I had a few. One of the great regrets of my life is that I didn’t secure my dad’s old collection. Mostly Grabow’s, but who knows? |
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Post by Silver on Feb 23, 2024 22:15:33 GMT -5
Some favorites of mine are traditional and a few are freehands. I only have to choose what gets smoked next.
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 22:40:31 GMT -5
Some favorites of mine are traditional and a few are freehands. I only have to choose what gets smoked next. I thought you were mainly a freehand man. |
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Post by Silver on Feb 23, 2024 22:47:23 GMT -5
Some favorites of mine are traditional and a few are freehands. I only have to choose what gets smoked next. I thought you were mainly a freehand man. Not counting the ones from my workshop, I only have eight freehands. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 23, 2024 23:05:49 GMT -5
I thought you were mainly a freehand man. Not counting the ones from my workshop, I only have eight freehands. Huh. I just remember you talking about how much you liked Ben Wades and a few other Danish freehanders. Am I making that up? |
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Post by Silver on Feb 23, 2024 23:06:50 GMT -5
I thought you were mainly a freehand man. Not counting the ones from my workshop, I only have eight freehands. You might think that because of all the freehands I've made over the past few years. I have eight of those out on display and several others that are candidates for some rethinking or the firepit. Several others were gifts. |
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Post by Silver on Feb 23, 2024 23:09:00 GMT -5
Not counting the ones from my workshop, I only have eight freehands. Huh. I just remember you talking about how much you liked Ben Wades and a few other Danish freehanders. Am I making that up? I have a couple Wades and a Soren that I really like. |
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Post by zambini on Feb 24, 2024 10:04:25 GMT -5
I'm getting to a point where I pick a pipe based on the tobacco to be smoked; it mostly comes down to the tobacco's cut and expected length of smoke but sometimes it just feels like a certain tobacco goes with a certain pipe.
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