In Search of Pipe Dreams By Rick Newcombe

[Mike N]

I loved Rick Newcombe’s two books, In Search of Pipe Dreams and Still Searching For Pipe Dreams. Both are artfully written and help explain the allure of pipe collecting.

Does anyone have any other books on our hobby to recommend? Thanks.

 

[daveinlax]

The audio version on Rick’s book has a lot of additional commentary on the hobby and is a relaxing listen.
Fred Hanna’s book The Perfect Smoke is a good one.
Richard Hacker’s The Ultimate Pipe Book was my entry to the hobby in the early 80’s.
The Pipe Smokers Ephemeris Books 1&2 are the history of the hobby as we knew it.

 

[georged]

Does anyone have any other books on our hobby to recommend? Thanks.

Not a book, but I guarantee you'll enjoy it:

Father the Flame

A film about pipes. A film about people.

www.fathertheflame.com

 

[Flatfish]

I've read the first book.

 

[JoburgB2]

Not a book, but I guarantee you'll enjoy it:

Father the Flame

A film about pipes. A film about people.

www.fathertheflame.com

I’m intrigued with this film, Father The Flame. It is on Amazon Prime Video or whatever they call it. But unfortunately it is not available for showing in this region (the UK).

 

[huntertrw]

"The Book of Pipes & Tobacco" by Carl Ehwa, Jr." Also "The Pipe" by Georges Herment.

Mr. Ehwa was the husband of Mary McNiel of the McClelland Tobacco Company. Here is a link to a pipesmagazine.com thread, dated March 11, 2018, by Forum member renfield which recounts the history of that company, per Mrs. McNiel..

 

[huntertrw]

Regarding my post above, I should add that the history also includes what happened to Mr. Ehwa, Jr., a sad, sad story.

 

[Elric]

I read those books many years ago. The only thing I remember is "For Gods sake, open the airway of your pipes! All of them! Now!"

 

[AroEnglish]

I’m intrigued with this film, Father The Flame. It is on Amazon Prime Video or whatever they call it. But unfortunately it is not available for showing in this region (the UK).

I'm not sure if this is also region specific but it lists some places to watch it with ads:

Father the Flame streaming: where to watch online?

Is Father the Flame streaming? Find out where to watch online amongst 45+ services including Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video.

www.justwatch.com

 

[spike]

Regarding my post above, I should add that the history also includes what happened to Mr. Ehwa, Jr., a sad, sad story.

The Ehwa book has been out of print for decades; but I found a copy on Amazon, also decades ago, when Amazon focused on books. It is indeed a good read.

 

[jbfrady]

I loved Rick Newcombe’s two books, In Search of Pipe Dreams and Still Searching For Pipe Dreams. Both are artfully written and help explain the allure of pipe collecting.

Does anyone have any other books on our hobby to recommend? Thanks.

Iain Gately’s history of tobacco, in my opinion, is entirely unsurpassed.

 

[dottlejockey]

I've read "In Search Of Pipe Dreams" years ago as well as a few others that are still on the shelf, namely:

"The Illustrated History of the Pipe," by Alexis Liebaert and Alain Maya
"The Pipe Smoker's Tobacco Book," by Robert F. Winans
"The Ultimate Pipe Book," by Richrd Carleton Hacker
"The Pipe," by Georges Herment

Good reads...

 

[spike]

I would also recommend Weber’s Guide to Pipes and Pipe Smoking and Gary Schrier’s Confessions of a Pipeman. The latter is quirky, but informative and entertaining.

 

[Elric]

I found the old list I made a couple years ago. Hopefully there is some useful nuggets in the mess.

https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/books-about-pipes.97014/post-36768911

 

[Mike N]

Rick Newcombe was a guest this evening on Simon-LCS Briars’ YouTube channel. Pretty interesting. Here is a link to Rick’s Wikipedia page. Interesting career.

Richard S. Newcombe - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[camaguey]

Your better bet is to ask to Ben Rapaport. He may tell you specifically what you want to know about a book in our hobby.

 

[/Adam\]

If you Google ”In search of pipe dreams“ You’ll get a few options to buy the book on Amazon. I just looked myself. After you tap the link to Amazon and are on the page to buy the book you can scroll down to see all the recommendations that Amazon gives you. I’m not sure if you’d find interest in any of these books but the list is quite extensive.

 

[Mike N]

I bought this new book on Canadian pipe makers/smokers after the author appeared on Brian Levine’s recent podcast. I always wanted to visit Blatter & Blatter and purchase a B&B and Julius Vesz pipe.