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tslex

tslex

Lifer
Jun 23, 2011
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For me, it's a 1960 (my birth year) Dunhill bent bulldog. (Not the tall one; the classic shape.)
This shape: Dunhill bent bulldog
Finish not important, but blast would be the uber-whale.
What's yours?

 
baronsamedi

baronsamedi

Lifer
May 4, 2011
5,688
6
Dallas
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hunter

hunter

Starting to Get Obsessed
Sep 9, 2012
121
0
Canada
Basically your Moby Dick, the one that you get close to but never able to get your hands on. I currently don't have one but I do have one for a bar, I've nearly been able to get a globe bar a few times but never able to seal the deal.

 
pstlpkr

pstlpkr

Lifer
Dec 14, 2009
9,694
31
Birmingham, AL
A "White Whale" (reference Moby Dick by Herman Melville) is someone's obsession with something that can only be achieved at the cost of their own life, downfall, or destruction.

:puffy:

 
vinvin

vinvin

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 1, 2012
197
0
Ah, I figured it was a Moby Dick Reference... but I have never encountered it put that way haha. Thanks for the info guys! :D

 
lifeon2

lifeon2

Part of the Furniture Now
Jan 19, 2012
625
12
denver co
One of the pipes from MMs worlds fair display I just cant seem to find a pic of the exact one right now.

 
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piperphil

Lurker
Jun 11, 2012
24
0
My white whale would have to be this cavalier-volcano with antler from creative briar

http://www.creativebriarpipes.com/available-pipes/pipe-12015/

Love volcanoes and cavaliers and contrasts so this is like a wet dream for me.

 
lordofthepiperings

lordofthepiperings

Lifer
May 3, 2010
6,513
1,781
Las Vegas, NV
My white whale pipe would have to be a collection actually. The Peterson Return of Sherlock Holmes set. I'm wanting to buy the entire set all at once with the pipe rack, but I can't seem to save up the money for it.

 
crk69

crk69

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 30, 2012
751
1
I would have to say one of Yanik's large meerschaum skull in hand...

 
lasttango

lasttango

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 29, 2012
875
18
Wilmington, De / Ithaca, NY
I haven't been a pipe smoker long enough to have a true white whale... but at the moment, it would be very much like this one here posted recently by dochudson:
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It's a Dunhill Shell Group 4... around $400

 
hfearly

hfearly

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 11, 2012
822
2
Canada
The Howell Clam in cast bronze sandblast. Love on first sight and most beautiful piece I've ever seen.
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tslex

tslex

Lifer
Jun 23, 2011
1,482
15
Nifty responses, fellows.
Keep them coming.
I'd submit that to be a "white whale," the pipe must not only be finest quality or expensive or even your perfect person taste, but also in some way difficult to obtain: such as a very particular estate like I've defined, or a war era Dunhill (see Neill's nifty post: A Wartime Treasure), or any Poul Ilsted pipe (as I understand he'll only sell you a pipe if he likes you).

 
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