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Post by stilllernin on Sept 1, 2018 16:27:39 GMT -5
Just a thread to tell us a bit about your preferred pipe and what make it so? A story that clues us in on what makes it special, a specific maker? And maybe a pic I d like to see it if possible.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 1, 2018 16:52:12 GMT -5
Or two
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Sept 1, 2018 17:19:44 GMT -5
My Savinelli 111 Erica Fiamme. The dots you see are not fill but flash from the camera  |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Sept 1, 2018 17:20:42 GMT -5
My Savinelli 111 Erica Fiamme. The dots you see are not fill but flash from the camera. The guy I bought it from said there was a flaw but neither he or I can find it. |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 1, 2018 17:46:39 GMT -5
Fine piece of briar and the shines up there with the best, the only flaw is him getting rid of it😅
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Post by monbla256 on Sept 1, 2018 17:48:33 GMT -5
Sorry no pics but my favorite pipe that I've smoked the heck out of since I bought it back in 1971. It's my Edward's 720-L bent bulldog. It was my first Edward's and I was hooked on their pipes since.  |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 1, 2018 18:12:25 GMT -5
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Post by herbinedave on Sept 1, 2018 18:46:30 GMT -5
An old bent dublin Burak. He sold it to me over the phone years ago!
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Post by crapgame on Sept 1, 2018 18:52:27 GMT -5
My first pipe..it recently had a restore done to it.. i have a Kirk Bosi Bent Apple that is a sweet pipe indeed.. that was a club pipe from a forum long since gone.... .. my cobs get the most work.. I have a pipe that a friend made for me from a cherry branch that turned out great..his first pipe ever. but here is the most precious pipe i own..the pipe that introduced me to the wonderful world of pipe smoking!!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Sept 1, 2018 19:17:35 GMT -5
 Probably my birthday pipe that was gifted to me by my "brother" in London several years back. A bent Dublin straight grain with plateau rim. |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 1, 2018 19:24:00 GMT -5
He'll of a gotta nice pipes keep an coming! And good stories too!
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Post by slowroll on Sept 1, 2018 19:28:49 GMT -5
I have 2 that are the best by a nose . The first one i bought 50 years ago, a Jarl, and the first one I made. Just turned out they are great smokers as well.   |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 19:32:30 GMT -5
Usually the one I’m smoking 👍. I got rid of ALL my poor smoking pipes. I will NOT smoke a pipe unless it’s a great to outstanding smoker. So, I have to many I REALLY enjoy!!!
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Sept 1, 2018 19:33:36 GMT -5
I have 2 that are the best by a nose . The first one i bought 50 years ago, a Jarl, and the first one I made. Just turned out they are great smokers as well. very nice you're lucky to have such wonderful pipes |
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Post by dave g on Sept 1, 2018 20:47:27 GMT -5
It’s hard to pick just one favorite. I certainly have my favorite go-to pipes that always deliver a great smoke. The Stanwell 08 Army Mount shapes are some of my best burners.  upload an image |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 21:05:10 GMT -5
It would have to be one of my;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 1, 2018 22:25:24 GMT -5
Wisenheimer checking in....  |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 1, 2018 22:32:46 GMT -5
Tithe whichevever one I'm smoking has a nice ring to it but I've got certain pipes that bring a smile to my hand as I'm holding them,2,separate but equal.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 1, 2018 22:35:56 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Sept 1, 2018 22:41:22 GMT -5
Tithe whichevever one I'm smoking has a nice ring to it but I've got certain pipes that bring a smile to my hand as I'm holding them,2,separate but equal. I hear you... but I herded out any dogs that I had, life is too short. I can take a Devil Anse for one type of smoke, a Bulldog for another, but if I have the time and am caught up in the festivities of Christmas, my old Austro Hungarian lap pipe fits the bill. I can have a sublime experience in any of the settings... kinda lucky that way I reckon. |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 1, 2018 23:41:31 GMT -5
Tithe whichevever one I'm smoking has a nice ring to it but I've got certain pipes that bring a smile to my hand as I'm holding them,2,separate but equal. I hear you... but I herded out any dogs that I had, life is too short. I can take a Devil Anse for one type of smoke, a Bulldog for another, but if I have the time and am caught up in the festivities of Christmas, my old Austro Hungarian lap pipe fits the bill. I can have a sublime experience in any of the settings... kinda lucky that way I reckon. Pipeing is a thing of excess a blessing in itself it allows one to have more if only periodically,i too think it is somthing of luck. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Sept 1, 2018 23:59:01 GMT -5
An old, well used, Willmer bent apple. The button is cracked, and the stem is pretty chewed. The bowl rim is burned up. BUT, it smokes anything I throw at it superbly. Doesn't matter what type of blend.  |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 2, 2018 0:03:03 GMT -5
A well seasoned bowl smokes best, I've both heard and experienced it.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 2, 2018 0:04:36 GMT -5
Briar seems to look more marbled with age anyhow.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 1:04:44 GMT -5
Unfinished Savinelli 320 KS for me, no pics required. It's the best smoking pipe I've ever owned. After years of searching, I knew it was the pipe for me and the catalyst for cutting my briar collection in half. They're affordable, mechanically sound, easy to maintain and bomb proof on the travel away from home. My preferred Virginia based tobaccos sing in them.
This having been stated, I still prefer Burley in a cob, MM Country Gent or General. Lats smoke best for me in a meer of which Baki and IMP are my favorites.
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 2, 2018 4:46:19 GMT -5
My favourite pipe is my first 'proper' pipe. It's my rusticated mm Legend. My first pipe (after the basket pipe which never worked for me) There's a smidge of sentimental value in this. First proper, learner pipe. Pipe purchased in my 40th year, great smoker...  |
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 2, 2018 5:20:11 GMT -5
Fine looking pipes, and solid proof a pipe can last a lifetime.
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Post by Wolfman on Sept 2, 2018 6:20:52 GMT -5
Those are some great looking pipes folks. I don’t necessarily have a favorite. Three of my pipes are sentimental to me, because they were my dad’s. This is a Dunhill amber root (3208) bent rhodesian with a repair band and cumberland stem. I recently had it restored.  The other two are a rusticated Urbino bent apple with an acrylic stem, and a Savinelli Oscar prince with a repair band and lucite stem. The Urbino smokes best, but other two smoke well too. I’ll post pictures later. . . I thought I had pictures of them on my phone. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Sept 2, 2018 6:54:36 GMT -5
I, too, have done what Paddy did to his Legend....came out looking like the twin to his. Makes it much more "my" pipe than before. I really like the black look as the plastic stem has turned black from smoking even though I clean it out every time with whiskey. Thinking about painting the other Legends that I have just for the H*** of it. Doesn't seem to affect the breath-ability of the pipe any and looks so much better than they grubby (from use with not so clean hands) use.
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 2, 2018 7:07:31 GMT -5
I, too, have done what Paddy did to his Legend....came out looking like the twin to his. Makes it much more "my" pipe than before. I really like the black look as the plastic stem has turned black from smoking even though I clean it out every time with whiskey. Thinking about painting the other Legends that I have just for the H*** of it. Doesn't seem to affect the breath-ability of the pipe any and looks so much better than they grubby (from use with not so clean hands) use. It works well, doesn't it? At least I'm happy with it. |
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