Abused Work Pipes!

[OneGoodBulldog]

I may have "enhanced" the rim profile with a torch but the patina is coming along nicely. I've been using this at work and truth be told I would be devastated if it broke or got lost. Kinda defeating the purpose of a work pipe but this cob has grown on me.

Anyways, let's see your work pipes!

Also, I just finished giving this cob a shot of pipe mud. Been working up the bottom of the chamber bit by bit, smoke by smoke. If push comes to shove I got some leftover briar bits to make a plug.

Cheers.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Anyways, let's see your work pipes!

From drugstore to artisan, all of my pipes go to work with me.

 

[olkofri]

No smoking at work for me. But all of my pipes, from lowly cobs to elaborate dinosaur Meerschaum get to ride with me in my car.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

All of my cobs see time in the workshop when I’m working on knives.

 

[bayareabriar]

The heal of my Champ Denmark is almost broken through from dropping it so many times.

 

[mikethompson]

A good work pipe with plenty of patina and character has a certain beauty of its own.

 

[kurtbob]

Here is what I got.

 

[mso489]

A well-used, well maintained pipe is a thing of beauty, whether a cob or an artisan or factory briar, Meerschaum, clay, or Morta, etc. Wear and patina make a pipe a personal work of art.

 

[warren]

If I'm doing physical labor, cobs and briars. If working at the computer, meers exclusively. I smoke whenever I'm sentient.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Here's a S. Bang billiard that was abused in a previous life, you can still see the misshaped rim from the burn but I've restored it to a solid workhorse smoker! (The original stem was still pretty decent so it wasn't a huge project).

 

[FurCoat]

I use this pipe when I'm at the office. The bowl is small and affords me a 15 to 20 minute smoke. Perfect for after lunch.These pipes were seven day seconds I got years ago. I use these doing yard work or working on cars. A lot of abuse on these. I take care of these pipes the same as I do my best pipes. They are work horses and deserve no less.