Bought It To Be A Christmas Ornament

[Chasing Embers]

This unsmoked pipe showed up during SPC's VIP estate sale and since my kids have been harassing me for a personal ornament for the tree, this seemed applicable. It's listed dimensions made it seem small but having it in hand it truly is tiny. Unmentioned in SPC's description is that it is also a reverse calabash.

 

[shanez]

Decorative and functional. Are you going to smoke it before putting it on the tree?

 

[olkofri]

Christmas in July? ?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Decorative and functional. Are you going to smoke it before putting it on the tree?

Not sure. It's a bit tiny for me but when on the tree the chamber is getting filled with silver tinsel to simulate ash.

Christmas in July? ?

June! It looks like these chocolate roses my grandmother would make for Christmas and the similarity doomed the pipe to a holiday decoration.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Kind of a kewl looking pipe, I'd smoke it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Kind of a kewl looking pipe, I'd smoke it.

I'll probably break down and do it. I've only ever had a cob reverse calabash and never smoked a briar one.

 

[Ahi Ka]

the chamber is getting filled with silver tinsel to simulate ash.

for the holiday spirit why not use white tinsel? C’mon just this once.

 

[Chasing Embers]

for the holiday spirit why not use white tinsel? C’mon just this once.

Or maybe red for an ember look.

 

[Ahi Ka]

if it’s as tiny as you say it is, why not mount it to one of those large free standing nativity figures and make them a clencher

 

[Chasing Embers]

if it’s as tiny as you say it is, why not mount it to one of those large free standing nativity figures and make them a clencher

Then I'd be looking for another personal ornament.?

 

[Ahi Ka]

Then I'd be looking for another personal ornament.?

Uh-oh...PAD alert. Just when you thought you were out

 

[Chasing Embers]

Uh-oh...PAD alert. Just when you thought you were out

Nah, I still buy Bruce Weaver estates and a regular artisan. Still working on a seven day set of IMP rusticated meers, but no other briars than the two mentioned above. Cobs are out too.

 

[STP]

Definitely ornament approved? Kinda reminds me of Santa’s sleigh, but I’ve been seeing things lately?

 

[metarzan]

I like'em small. "If the bit fits, you must smokit"...

 

[LotusEater]

Kind of a kewl looking pipe, I'd smoke it.

Words to live by

 

[shanez]

Definitely ornament approved? Kinda reminds me of Santa’s sleigh, but I’ve been seeing things lately?

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I'd swear the upper left is the "Loch Ness" sleigh but it's facing backwards.

 

[mso489]

Nifty carving. I haven't seen anything quite like it, and it has that holiday spirit, kind of fanciful. I can see it on the tree with tinsel blend.

 

[kcghost]

It would make a nice Xmas ornament.

 

[anotherbob]

smoke it. It being a Christmas pipe I say go for the Christ Mass Cheer.

 

[jonasclark]

If I had that extremely cool-looking pipe, I'd smoke it just to see what a briar "reverse calabash" is like. I know how gourd calabashes smoke.