This is an old antique one I just purchased from an au in Nantucket. It hasn’t even arrived yet. There is a tambour door that rolls up from the bottom.
Are You Using Vintage Pipe Racks and Humidors?
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Love a nice decorative stand but i don’t think I’d steer away from what I do presently... I have a “Pipe Drawer” ...and in this drawer is your typical, every day kitchen, wooden Spoon, Fork and Knife insert.
I open the drawer, select a pipe and go.
It has the dual benefit of safe keeping and allows me to see the side profile of each pipe rather than look into blackened chambers.
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I open the drawer, select a pipe and go.
It has the dual benefit of safe keeping and allows me to see the side profile of each pipe rather than look into blackened chambers.
Follow me... for more crafty ideas. ??
YES! Genius.Love a nice decorative stand but i don’t think I’d steer away from what I do presently... I have a “Pipe Drawer” ...and in this drawer is your typical, every day kitchen, wooden Spoon, Fork and Knife insert.
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I open the drawer, select a pipe and go.
It has the dual benefit of safe keeping and allows me to see the side profile of each pipe rather than look into blackened chambers.
Follow me... for more crafty ideas. ??
I’ve been trying to think of neat, contained ways to store my pipes and I think you’ve just solved it for me. As much as I’d love an old cabinet for the aesthetic your way will work perfectly for my small but well formed pipe collection.
Thanks OP for bringing this up and thanks @Grangerous. ?
I have one vintage bought on Etsy (1950's Italian solid boxwood for 5 pipes), and one on the way from Spain (new) solid ebony and imbuia blur. 
I have four ceramic or stoneware tobacco humidors and one glass one that came with an 8-Pipe rack. Except for the small ceramic one my wife gave me for Christmas, I have replaced all the seals on the estate jars and they will all keep the tobacco moist and smokeable for six to eight weeks.
I use them for the blends I decide are going to be in my daily smoking rotation and not for long term storage or aging.
I use them for the blends I decide are going to be in my daily smoking rotation and not for long term storage or aging.
I find the same here. Like portion sizes at restaurants, pipe sizes have increased substantially since those racks were made. I spoke with a tobacconist the other day and he disagreed. I tepli “Seriously, you are saying the pipes of the 50s and 60s have the same bowl and stem sizes as today?“. To which he replied, “No, pipes today are much bigger!”
it is the nature of our society.
I have a rack humidor combo, but so far inly use the rack. It holds 12 pipes and looks to be from the 60s
But if the humidors have a good seal they are great for the blends you regularly smoke.
I have an older jar with a warped lid. I use that jar for tobacco that needs a bit of drying or I will be smoking right away. I can wet the stone under the lid and that does keep the tobacco moist for a while longer.
Umm, I don't use pipe racks, never have although some can be very attractive, such as this one is...so great find! That said, I know you don't have it in your possession yet, but aren't the pipes upside down in it? I mean, call me crazy, but it seems like they should go the other way...is this a Nantucket thing or something?
Me, too. Some have glass or wooden humidors attached, but wouldn't store tobacco in them.
I wish mine did but no luck. I've tried different homemade seals but none worked. I do put a few days worth in, especially if the tobacco needs to dry a little before smoking.
I agree. Pipes in a drawer. I get it. But, really, no, I don't get it. We go through this life but once. We average about 840 months. Keeping pipes in drawers? Why. When we depart this earth, someone else will simply toss the drawer and the pipes will go out the door. They need to breathe, be seen, and live in open spaces. Each one is a story and each story is a moment in a long string of moments that should count for something and not be packed away or hidden out of sight. Pipe racks and the old glass humidors, for me anyway, celebrate all that I am and all that came before me. The people who I care about most see these pipes when they see me. They smell these tobaccos when they visit with me in my office. Long after I am gone from this earth, people will remember at least three things; he lived, he was a friend, and he smoked a pipe. Yes, there are other things I would want to be remembered by, but I can live with those three.
Yes they do. Probably "artfully" arranged for the photographer.
It's aesthetics mostly, a pipe will air dry in any pose.
It's aesthetics mostly, a pipe will air dry in any pose.
I've used canning seals and they stretch out to fit the inside of the lid and create a seal that seems to work.
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