Like Warren, if there were to be a “grail” pipe for me, it would be one from someone I admire. It could be a pipe owned and used by Twain, or Steinbeck, or Einstein, or a few others.
What is your "Grail" pipe??
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What a beauty!Here's mine. I bought it at Foyt's pipe shop in Austin, TX in 1971. Cost $35 back then. She has been smoked constantly for over 50 years, so now the stamping on the bottom is worn. It says "Castello Sea Rock Briar" then "SC" and the reg. number. Can't make out anything else.
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An Italian friend who has a HUGE collection of Danish pipes showed me a pic of his 5 or 6 Swans.
None were as nice as this Sven. Even he admitted as much.
This one has a flowing organic line to die for.
Sven nailed this one IMO
Jack Howell Daney Apple
Or
The jack howell bent brandy Harris would post in the WAYS thread. The Howell stuff was the first artisan pipe that I saw that made me say "Maybe these guys collecting pricier pipes are on to something."
Or
The jack howell bent brandy Harris would post in the WAYS thread. The Howell stuff was the first artisan pipe that I saw that made me say "Maybe these guys collecting pricier pipes are on to something."
Scroll down a few posts, and there's a batch of pics of a pipe that I repaired for a guy in New York City a while back.
If I won the Powerball it's the one I'd go after first. Keep making an offer until he'd let it go.
Why? The older I get the more I like big pipes, and this one is the best combination of size and shape I've ever seen. A magnum, but so well cut and proportioned that unless there's something next to it for scale it looks normal-sized.
If I won the Powerball it's the one I'd go after first. Keep making an offer until he'd let it go.
Why? The older I get the more I like big pipes, and this one is the best combination of size and shape I've ever seen. A magnum, but so well cut and proportioned that unless there's something next to it for scale it looks normal-sized.
One day I'd like to get a Sven Swan.................
A few years ago I stumbled on a similar model, the "Duck". I just love everything about it.
Photos are courtesy of Anthony Cook. The pipe just needed a "refresh". Here's a before picture:
A few years ago I stumbled on a similar model, the "Duck". I just love everything about it.
Photos are courtesy of Anthony Cook. The pipe just needed a "refresh". Here's a before picture:
One of my grail pipes is @ashdigger
Egg meer - the one that is literally an egg shaped stummel with a straight ebonite stem or a really nice hawksbill. I haven’t seen another like ashdiggers and as yet I haven’t been able to bring myself to spend the $300 plus for the kind of hawkbill I’d like.
Egg meer - the one that is literally an egg shaped stummel with a straight ebonite stem or a really nice hawksbill. I haven’t seen another like ashdiggers and as yet I haven’t been able to bring myself to spend the $300 plus for the kind of hawkbill I’d like.
I have four pipes on my list, all Dunhill shape 3109 in the following finishes:
Amber Root
County
Ruby Bark
Russet
Amber Root
County
Ruby Bark
Russet
Alas, reliable sources tell me that he sleeps surrounded by a squad of Ninja-class bodyguard women who look like fashion models.
Well, talk about a difficult question. Ruling out all the legends, I'd say a Doug Finley prince.
Keep an eye on:
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They're in Ireland, so one could show up there. I've seen other Ireland Club pipes there, but not an anse yet.
At one time I was considering buying a pair of pretty expensive pipes. I never did. Why? Because I decided they aren’t the holy grail nor are any. A pipe is a utilitarian item for me. Plus I get to look at all the fancy pipes on this forum and I enjoy them that way. Still haven’t seen one that I “must possess”.
Although those pumpkin pipes that Chasing Embers owns are cool and I’d buy one if they were available.
Although those pumpkin pipes that Chasing Embers owns are cool and I’d buy one if they were available.
No. Those ones with pumpkins carved into the bowl. I forget who makes them.
Oh sorry I could have sworn that was you. My mistake.Not me, got nothing like that.