I Was Weak, I Had to Have One Of Fishbanjo's Pipes!

[sandollars]

My S. Bang showed up today. Thanks fishbanjo for having such great taste. This pipe is in good hands.

I didn't know him but Rest in Peace, brother....

 

[mtwaller]

I didn’t get to know him, but I’m happy seeing that his pipes are finding loving homes. Exactly what I’d want with my collection.

 

[bnichols23]

So I‘ll commit myself to that mistake. I won the auction of one of his Castellos. I feel very honoured to be it‘s new owner and one can be assured that I‘ll keep it smokey.

-laugh- Yeah, I think you outbid me on that one.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I want to nab one of Sante's pipes as well, but have yet to see one that is both in my price range and tickles my fancy. Fish had a lot of awesome pipes, but he sure had some eclectic taste as well. There are some funky ones up right now. And that halibut shaped Scottie commission he had was just plain weird.

 

[burleyboy]

-laugh- Yeah, I think you outbid me on that one.

If it was the Epoca, than I must say, I did. Though I‘m a bit astounded, that it did not get way higher than my winning bid...

 

[shanez]

I've got a couple now and just when I think "that's it, no more" I find myself bidding on another.

 

[sandollars]

Based on the depth of his collection, they will be selling them off for many, many months and metering the flow just to avoid glutting the market for high end handmades.

 

[AE4HZ]

My purchase from the Sante collection. Cleaned and bowl filled with H&H Black House.



Cool thing upon receiving the pipe...it was gifted to him as there was a note in the box. I won't give the name on the note, but I wonder if it was a forum member. I'm always curious about the history of such things.

John

 

[burleyboy]

The one I won arrived yesterday and I am almost finished cleaning it. One fact that surprised me (not in a negative way), is, that the chamber was heavily caked and that the pipe obviously had been used a lot. I had always thought that the huge amount of pipes Fishnbanjo had, would not have allowed him to smoke a particular pipe very often. Obviously this thought was a fallacy.

Currently I am thinking about which blend to smoke in this pipe. I tend to cracking open a tin of Dunhill flake.

 

[bnichols23]

I had one bid on but got sniped while I was at the hockey game last night. Out of spite I dropped coins on a Winslow Crown Viking. With any luck it'll be here by Xmas. But yeah, I'm still going to keep an eye on banjo's stuff.

 

[mso489]

It's good to have pipes that have a connection to good pipe people, present and gone. These pipes carry some stories of life.