So this might be a very dumb question and may get a few laughs but here goes. I have collected a half dozen or so estate pipes over the last year or so and I have found that most of the boles have different smells. Which I assume is the difference tobaccos smoked in the pipes. I was just wondering if any of the long time pipe smokers and pipe collectors can tell by the smell of the pipe bowl what tobacco the previous owner smoked? I'm sure that there is a lot of variables because a lot of the members of this forum smoke alot of different types of tobaccos in your pipes. I would think your average pipe smoker from thirty to fifty years ago would have smoke the same blend or what was available at the time.
This might be a newbie dumb question
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I find the question to be quite reasonable, however only in cases where the pipe was used exclusively for one particular codger blend, another codger familiar with the blend could make a pretty educated guess. It would still be a guess though. Good luck on your mission.
I myself would just clean them up and get to smoking my favorite blends in them!
I myself would just clean them up and get to smoking my favorite blends in them!
i've only noticed a couple of estate pipes had a strong cinnamon smell.
But I don't buy estate pipes anymore. I'd rather just buy a pipe that I call mine and create it as mine. I don't like the idea of some other person sucking on my pipes. So I buy only my pipes.
EDIT: I bought a falcon estate pipe a few months ago and I can only say; OMFG I nearly threw it way. Not because it smelled bad or anything, but because it was so horribly caked up in the stem. I cleaned so much shit out of that stem that i nearly emptied my stomach. The thing is now clean as hell but for the love ukalksdfas. I'll never, ever, ever buy another estate pipe from another human being ever again lol. Those humans are foul beasts.
Glad others buy estate pipes though because I've gotten my money back on some of my pipes and made profits on some of my pipes which allowed me to buy more 'me' pipes. lol.
But I don't buy estate pipes anymore. I'd rather just buy a pipe that I call mine and create it as mine. I don't like the idea of some other person sucking on my pipes. So I buy only my pipes.
EDIT: I bought a falcon estate pipe a few months ago and I can only say; OMFG I nearly threw it way. Not because it smelled bad or anything, but because it was so horribly caked up in the stem. I cleaned so much shit out of that stem that i nearly emptied my stomach. The thing is now clean as hell but for the love ukalksdfas. I'll never, ever, ever buy another estate pipe from another human being ever again lol. Those humans are foul beasts.
Glad others buy estate pipes though because I've gotten my money back on some of my pipes and made profits on some of my pipes which allowed me to buy more 'me' pipes. lol.
I think @dottiewarden said it best
consider sending them off for a proper cleaning if you cant do it yourself
http://www.stemandbriar.com/resotration
consider sending them off for a proper cleaning if you cant do it yourself
http://www.stemandbriar.com/resotration
I've received several estates with the same ghost in them. I'm sure it's some old, unknown to me codger blend.
The best I've ever been able to tell is if the pipe had aromatic or non-aromatic tobacco in it. Most of the estates I've gotten on ebay or from antique stores are so old they really have had no odor at all. The ones I've bought from Smokingpipes.com have always come to me in virtually brand new condition.
I had an old estate pipe, one of my firsts, that smelled like 1792 Flake. My first estate pipe was obviously a Lakeland blend pipe as it had a soapy/floral type smell. I salt treated both of those pipes twice and still couldn't get rid of that smell/taste when I smoked it, so I sold them on ebay noting such on both.
I also would say no and add this. I have a bunch of pipes. And I know what I smoke. But if I put a pipe on the shelf for awhile and then were to pick it up and smell the bowl I probably still couldn't tell you what was smoked in it unless it was a strong aromatic.
"I had an old estate pipe, one of my firsts, that smelled like 1792 Flake."
I think most estate pipes stink of 1792 Flake :D
Regards,
Jay.
I think most estate pipes stink of 1792 Flake :D
Regards,
Jay.
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