19th century pipes

[Bassman65]

I’d love to try a clay pipe, but only smoke with filters.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

In what turned out to be a smart move, I tried to read “Moby Dick” in fourth grade, got sidetracked by my Grandpa’s paperback copy of “The Man With The Golden Gun” and never picked up Moby Dick again. LOL, don’t even like the movies about or related to the story. Gregory Peck (probably on purpose for a couple reasons) looks like he belongs in “The Ten Commandments”.

 

[mr_future]

The Moby Dick pipe has arrived. I had no idea it was so small!

 

[jguss]

What we’re blipping over here is the substantiated existence throughout Europe of wooden pipes a century before briar came into use. Ben Rapaport has just published a book (his tenth) on this neglected corner of pipe history. The edition is very limited; a small number will be at SP, a handful have been sold overseas, and the rest are being sold by the author. If anyone’s interested send me a PM for Ben’s contact information.

 

[Infantry23]

I had a similar experience with Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian. The movie is one of my all time favorites, so I thought I'd give the book a try this year. Oh man was it a slog. Dull as hell and way too wordy. The dude wrote like he just wanted to flaunt his knowledge of nautical terminology. I got more than halfway through and still couldn't smell a hint of a storyline. When I started to dread picking it up to read, I knew it was time to throw in the towel.

I got through it on audiobook. It was a bit tedious but I could drone out on those technical nautical bits

 

[mr_future]

What we’re blipping over here is the substantiated existence throughout Europe of wooden pipes a century before briar came into use. Ben Rapaport has just published a book (his tenth) on this neglected corner of pipe history. The edition is very limited; a small number will be at SP, a handful have been sold overseas, and the rest are being sold by the author. If anyone’s interested send me a PM for Ben’s contact information.

Do you know the title?

 

[jguss]

Do you know the title?

My understanding is that it’s:

THE WIDE WORLD OF WOOD TOBACCO PIPES

TWO CENTURIES OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND CREATIVITYI

I’m told only 125 copies were printed and maybe half are gone (that’s an educated guess). I just heard about it 3 days ago and ordered a copy. It’s pricey but I’m a pipe history geek so for me it’s a no-brainer.

 

[wyfbane]

The movie was a compendium of two books from the series. The author wrote for an audience folks who had interests in the Napoleonic wars, maritime history and such. The audience was/is vast. I've read the entire series, thoroughly enjoying the growth of the two protagonists from start to finish. O'Brian, in my opinion, clearly captured the age. Besides the conflicts at sea, there is the politics and more than a couple of love stories which provide a peek into the age.

I second this. I found O'Brien's books to be very engaging. The nautical bits were in depth, but I took a speed reading course in high school and sped through the longer bits.

This also helped me when reading Moby Dick. A great book, but it did drone on from time to time. It is a great time capsule for whaling and nautical history, though.