Cased Pipe Collection - Pic Heavy
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Thanks gang. I really enjoy them......enough, that I'm going to throw some of my Brit-Wood up on eBay......for more cased pipes. :mrgreen:
OK since its News Years Eve here are a few of my cased 'cutty' pipes which I am sure you have all seen before!
Tip of the iceberg old boy and before anyone asks yes I smoke everyone of those plus many more but they all look depressingly the same!! :rofl:
Haven't seen all of those before. In particular, the 12th from the left middle, going clockwise, seems like a recent addition......
I have even more of the damn things if you want to see more pipes that all look the same. I picked up some real super ones recently that I had re-stemmed by Rik at Briarville but my new years resolution is to slow down on buying these types of pipes as its getting ridiculous!
Ash, those are some rare, old and interesting looking pipes, I assume each of those pipes came with the fitted case shown (except as mentioned), but I wonder who makes them (the cases)? Is there anyone out there these days who can make a case like that for a pipe? That would be an interesting thing to try to learn to do.
I would assume one takes a mold of some kind of the pipe, then cuts it in half, splits it, etc., then lines/upholsters it; would be interesting to read someone's write up who has experience in how they are done.
I would assume one takes a mold of some kind of the pipe, then cuts it in half, splits it, etc., then lines/upholsters it; would be interesting to read someone's write up who has experience in how they are done.
Great collection. They look like violins in their cases. They have a definite upper class ring, but also suggest that for pipe smokers of modest means, good pipes were treasures to be cradled in luxury. It adds to the ritual of a smoke to take down the case and lift the pipe from its velvet confines.
Very nice collection. I've never seen the Colt in Meer, extra cool. I'm glad that they get smoked and don't just sit on a shelf.
Ashdigger, that's a mighty fine collection! I, too, love cased pipes. GBD seems to have been the first company to put a metal rondelle in stems of meerschaum pipes; only Golden Horn and CAO followed suit (not including SMS's internally-located stem logos).
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