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Post by stilllernin on Sept 4, 2018 14:59:09 GMT -5
It looks quite a bit different than the picture given previously, because it is different and plenty smoked from.
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Post by monbla256 on Sept 4, 2018 16:26:01 GMT -5
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 4, 2018 16:34:50 GMT -5
Are all chacoms pipes handmade?
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 4, 2018 16:46:19 GMT -5
Here's a true pic of my chacom along with the few pipes I've got from the "estate salesman" imgur.com/gallery/VbJ4aJWIt pretty evident which is the chacom. Nice pipes. |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 11, 2018 6:46:15 GMT -5
Chacom makes some nice pipe, show us yours, or comoys.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 11, 2018 6:48:57 GMT -5
My chacom was part of a bygone anniversary line but I'm interested in seeing anyone's french dame.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 11, 2018 6:57:51 GMT -5
Yo stil I was a fan of French pipes in general, and Chacoms in particular, even before they reintroduced themselves in the US market. I continue to be impressed with their quality and puffability. Highly under-rated for no good reason. hp les I agree they should be with the greats, and are for those in the know of their smoking properties. |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 11, 2018 7:10:15 GMT -5
This chacom is part of my same line, strange rustos, with swirled stems. Fine looking bunch, not a lot on them or said but I like mine, it screams french.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 11, 2018 7:17:49 GMT -5
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 16, 2018 9:33:04 GMT -5
Show of your chacom or comoy pipe newbies and vets alike.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 16, 2018 9:52:46 GMT -5
Seriously no one with a fine chacom or comoy pipe to strut, I find that hard to believe.
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 16, 2018 9:55:58 GMT -5
Not me, I'm afraid... Yet.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 16, 2018 9:58:21 GMT -5
Not me, I'm afraid... Yet. Of a superb smoke?, no but seriously they perform as good as they look and at a fair price. |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 16, 2018 10:20:42 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 16, 2018 10:56:31 GMT -5
The link didn't work... But it's OK. I'm not looking for a chacom.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 16, 2018 11:08:15 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 16, 2018 11:38:00 GMT -5
that's a mighty fine pipe. |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Sept 16, 2018 12:19:57 GMT -5
My chacom has the opposite effect it smokes like a cob at least so I've heard people say, no gurgle, never tried a cob though. Give that man a seegar, he nailed it |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 16, 2018 18:19:45 GMT -5
Are all chacoms pipes handmade? Virtually none of them are.
Chacom has been a "factory pipe" for as long as "factory pipes" have existed.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 16, 2018 18:28:16 GMT -5
St Claude has been making briar pipes since before there were briar pipes. I have never had a bad smoke from a pipe made in St. Claude.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 16, 2018 18:34:51 GMT -5
Are all chacoms pipes handmade? Virtually none of them are.
Chacom has been a "factory pipe" for as long as "factory pipes" have existed.
The system in St. Claude is different from other pipe factories. Even Peterson is barely recognizable as what we picture as a factory these days. It looks more like something from the 1800s. In St. Claude, there are multiple craft shops that do piece work for the pipe brand companies. Almost none are made completely "in house. Maybe the final finish and inspection. The entire town is made up of people who have been making pipes for generations. |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 16, 2018 22:09:15 GMT -5
Chacom seems to be in fit, form and Finish, varying greatly. But in quality and workmanship of briar used has to be up there with the finest. I like mine a great deal. And based on it's looks they care a great deal about presentation, I'd like to see bambooshank purchase a few just to expose their quality to the best majority of our humble forum.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 16, 2018 22:46:49 GMT -5
Virtually none of them are.
Chacom has been a "factory pipe" for as long as "factory pipes" have existed.
The system in St. Claude is different from other pipe factories. Even Peterson is barely recognizable as what we picture as a factory these days. It looks more like something from the 1800s. In St. Claude, there are multiple craft shops that do piece work for the pipe brand companies. Almost none are made completely "in house. Maybe the final finish and inspection. The entire town is made up of people who have been making pipes for generations. Peterson doesn't cut any wood in house themselves. Their stummels all come fully shaped from Italy or France. The classic French pipe makers work on the same model, just their stummels tend to come from France  |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 16, 2018 22:48:04 GMT -5
Chacom seems to be in fit, form and Finish, varying greatly. But in quality and workmanship of briar used has to be up there with the finest. I like mine a great deal. And based on it's looks they care a great deal about presentation, I'd like to see bambooshank purchase a few just to expose their quality to the best majority of our humble forum. We live in a golden age for pipemaking.
All of the lesser pipe factories, who couldn't deliver the finest product, were liquidated in the 1970s and 1980s. The survivors, today, are the best of the best.
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