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   peace
   

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   Being new to pipe smoking (2 months), I don't have high quality pipe yet, but I thought I'd post a pic of what I have so far anyway....

   

   On the left are mine: The top one doesn't have a brand on it except that Italy is written on it. The first one I bought (on E-Bay), and is my favorite. I broke it in using Captain Black white, and even though I tried a few other blends (including a Solani and a Petersen), this pipe with the good ol' Cap'n is my favorite so far. The one in the middle is a cheap Chang Feng, feels like the stem will come off everytime I smoke it, but I do enjoy it nonetheless. The bottom one is my Meerschaum, which is now useless (see my other thread).

   On the right are my wife's: The top one is a Chang Feng like mine, different model but just as cheap, and the bottom one is the first one she purchased, a Meerschaum.

   We've ordered four more pipes on E-Bay we should get next week. Two corncobs and two other briars (Ukrainian author's). Can't wait to receive them...

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   Bob
   

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   Nice looking pipes Peace!

   It is very cool that your wife smokes and owns her own pipes.

   "When the Government Fears the People, There is Liberty;
   When the People Fear the Government, There is Tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

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   Yep. We're both cigarette smokers. A couple of months ago I told her I wanted to try pipe smoking to reduce and maybe quit cigarettes. She looked at me funny and dismissed it lol. When I received my first pipe and tried it, she wanted a taste just to try. She enjoyed it. Now she smokes a bowl almost every day.

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   Excellent! The first Pipes in any collection will always be special,
   because they were the first. I've still got the few that survived those
   early years of learning and they continue to provide good service. They
   have no artistic merit, are not made from components that are sought after,
   but they smoke well..., which is after all what it's all about. Good for
   you and The Bride!

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   I agree with fred, the first pipes will always be special, may you and the wife have many years happy smoking togeather

   Born Again Heathern

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   I have to echo everyone's sentiments.
   Those first pipes are always keepers.
   I still have mine after 36 years, and I still smoke them on occasion.

   
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   Peace, I really like the first briar and the two meers, sorry to hear about the bottom one though.

   and Juozapas, thanks for the chart I downloaded it to my computer.

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   I love bents and that first briar I really like. Good start.

   "If you can't send money, send tobacco." -George Washington to the Continental Congress, 1776

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   They may not be "high quality" as you say, but they look like fine pipes to me. The quality of a pipe, to me at least, isn't in the price paid but in how well it smokes.

   Cudos to your better half.

   Mason
   
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    BINGO!!!! pipetrucker

    If at first you don't succeed you are running about average.

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    Canadian shaped pipes have an oval shank.

    The differences between the Brandy and the Apple is more in the bowl shape than in the bend of the shank, the apple being more....apple shaped. ( sorry )

    Rhodesians always have round shanks.

    The differences look more subtle on this chart than they do in the flesh.

    "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." - Claire Wolfe

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    Liverpool = a Canadian, but with a round shank

    "A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth." - C.S. Lewis

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    Thanks for that chart, very helpful!

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    Billiards usually have a bowl that is as long as the shank, whereas a Canadian has a longer shank, comparatively, and oval. Yeah, these charts get you in the game, but the devil's in the details. Sometimes there are arguments, fights and bloodshed... okay, I'm exaggerating. But I'm sure that there have been wars started over less.

    For more information with photos, Greg Pease has a section of his site on pipe shapes.

    Simon

    EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to congratulate you on the fine pipes! Dang thread hijackers. We're a menace.

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    Nice pipes.

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    Lawrence
    

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    Hey Classic, truth is truth....

    Sometimes there are arguments, fights and bloodshed...

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    Looking good, hope you have success switching over to the pipes full time.

    Marry the right person, this one decision will determine 90% of your happiness.
    
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