A Gentleman's Pipe is a Man's Pipe

[telescopes]

Jiminks Irish Pre Republic Peterson X155 got me to thinking about what is or is not a real man's pipe. I'm not talking about the Sea Captains big ole pipe or the lumberjacks Paul Bunyan. I'm referring this thread to the kind of pipe your grandfather or Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce would smoke. You know the pipe. Stately lines, secure in its own manhood, not too brash, but a simple elegance that brought out and reflected the inner refinement in the man. Yes, women smoke pipes and yes, lots of people associate masculinity with all sorts of things. That's not what this thread is about.

Well, you know the type of pipe about which I am referring.

Here's my example: Medico with silver overlay.

Okay, maybe it is pushing the limits.
Maybe this is a better example: A simple Savinelli 32 Bulldog with a saddle stem.

 

[Fiddlepiper]

I’m not sure I understand this topic.

 

[coming to_falling too]

I’m not sure I understand this topic.

I think he wants to see your manly pipe....

 

[jpberg]

Can’t talk right now, I’m gazing at my navel.

 

[telescopes]

I think he wants to see your manly pipe....

Yes, show us the pipe you use to smoke tobacco. One that best defines what someone might have seen 60-70 years ago.

 

[telescopes]

All other pipes would get this thread banned.

 

[brian64]

 

[workman]

That Savinelli is a Stanwell.
I think I get your point and I think my own aesthetics are along those same lines. Well not the Medico, but more generally speaking.
I'm too lazy to post a picture of anything.

 

[mikefu]

Nice Brian.
How about one of these?

 

[mso489]

I don't know about one pipe versus another as a masculinity gauge, which is probably in the mind of the pipe owner. But I do own two Stanwell 32 bulldogs, a smooth and a silke brune, which are durable good smokers.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I'm not sure what the thread is about either. But, these pipes came to mind...

 

[gamzultovah]

Simple elegance, this Ed Burak Stacked Egg...

 

[redz]

 

[OzPiper]

These date to Grandpa's era

 

[edger]

Traditional British pipes get my vote. This category covers quite a few shapes and finishes, and let's face it, the Brits fairly own the idea of gentlemanliness, at least for an old guy like me.

 

[sablebrush52]

Yes, show us the pipe you use to smoke tobacco. One that best defines what someone might have seen 60-70 years ago.

That's pretty much 90% of what I own.

 

[cigrmaster]

This is what I call a real pipe.
A 1966 Dunhill LB Billiard is as classic as you can get for my tastes.

 

[Merton]

Those two short straight billiards are truly great. Just the kind of shape i gravitate to and are not markedly different i concept from Castello 10, Radice short billiards and even the Peterson Short serie.s

 

[Fiddlepiper]

Erm this?


Or this?

I’m still confused.

 

[Chasing Embers]

what is or is not a real man's pipe

Stately lines, secure in its own manhood, not too brash, but a simple elegance that brought out and reflected the inner refinement in the man

You're asking a nonexistent concept of an inanimate object. A pipe is as gender neutral as a pencil or a hammer.

One that best defines what someone might have seen 60-70 years ago.

Other than freehands, pipe shapes are virtually the same as they were nearly a century ago.



As for the ladies, my wife prefers cobs but J. Everett made a Christmas pipe for her last year.