Broken Pipe: Dick "Chief Catoonah" Silverman

[ssjones]

DoverPipes posted this sad message from the Hudson Valley Pipe Club on the sad passing of Dick "Chief Catoonah" Silverman:


It is with great sadness that I and the "Hudson Valley Pipe Club", announce the passing of our friend and club sage, Dick "Chief Catoonah" Silverman.
For those of you who didn't know of Dick, he was the winner of the 2012 "Tobacco Throwdown" at the Chicago Pipe Show, with his sublime creation, "Princes Street Mixture".
Dick was well known within our hobby and ran a B&M Tobacco Shop for many years before going to an online only operation. Dick was always more than generous with those he knew and even those he just met. He was a "TRUE GENTLEMAN"!!!
Gentlemen, please raise a bowl this evening in honor of my friend, Dick "Chief Catoonah" Silverman!!!!
May he rest in peace.......

 

[peckinpahhombre]

This is horribly sad news. I dealt with Dick several times last year and I had an unbelievably pleasant experience. What a true gentleman Dick was. I am very sad about this. He sent me a sample of Princes Street Mixture and I liked it a lot. Kept meaning to order more. I hope that blend lives on in memory of Dick.

 

[cortezattic]

That's a big loss for the entire pipe smoking community. May he rest in peace.

 

[kashmir]

A very sad day indeed for the entire pipe smoking community. You will be missed. RIP Dick "Chief Catoonah" Silverman.

 

[flmason]

My condolences to his family and friends. I recently learned of his website but could not place an order since at the time it mentioned he was ill.
I hope a family member or friend will continue to serve the pipe community and honor his legacy and memory.

 

[tbradsim1]

Did not know you but Rest In Peace.

 

[rigmedic1]

I may not have known him, but I have often enjoyed his tobaccos. He will be missed.

 

[dread]

By all appearances he seemed like a great pipe man, may he rest in peace and his family and friends find comfort in his memory.

 

[voorhees]

Smoking in his honor now. My condolences.

 

[drwatson]

Had the pleasure of working with him a couple times. Rest in peace my friend

 

[stbruno70]

Rest in peace.

 

[jguss]

My brothers and I had the honor of working with Dick during the John Cotton Throwdown. That he was a talented and creative blender was no surprise; that's why he was invited to compete. More unexpected were his sense of humor, humility, willingness to do anything to help the contest be a success, and unfailing good nature.
Events like the Throwdown are mini crucibles whose stresses reveal character. The better I got to know Dick the clearer it became that he was a true gentlemen, and a man richly deserving of his victory and the recognition it brought. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family; may he rest in peace.

 

[dottiewarden]

Never had the pleasure of knowing him but I will raise a pipe in his honor.

 

[porshcigar]

Smoking some Princes Street Mixture, and remembering Dick Silverman. Rest In Peace.

 

[topd]

I never had the honer of meeting him but enjoy his Princes Street Mixture occasionally. May he Rest in Peace.

 

[ravkesef]

Dick was the consummate gentleman. May he rest in peace.

 

[admin]

RIP Dick.

 

[loneredtree]

I think that the John Cotton throw down was last year. 2013. The references on the net are wrong?
I will load a pipe in his memory.

 

[yazamitaz]

I never knew him but member lestrout let me sample some of his tobaccos at a Morley's Pipe Club meeting one night. Damn fine tobacco. I will smoke a bowl in his honor.

 

[jguss]

The Balkan Sobranie Throwdown was in 2011; the John Cotton Throwdown was in 2012. There was no Throwdown at the Show in 2013.