Chasing Grain

[georged]

 

[steveg11]

Old Peterson straight grain.

 

[agnosticpipe]

I've never felt grain meant more than anything other than visual effect. Honestly I like Birds Eye or flame grain more than straight grain. Just my preference, that's all. Here's two examples of grain I like: the first is a Don Carlos with a nice flame grain and then there's an old Comoy's second with a Birds Eye grain.

 

[bootlegpipes]

I've never felt grain meant more than anything other than visual effect. Honestly I like Birds Eye or flame grain more than straight grain. Just my preference, that's all. Here's two examples of grain I like: the first is a Don Carlos with a nice flame grain and then there's an old Comoy's second with a Birds Eye grain.

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That lovat is something...

 

[bayareabriar]

I was trying to buy pipes based on grain only at one point, but I lost interest in just doing that.

 

[OzPiper]

I bought this in the mid-70s - just so different to anything I’d seen before.


Not a fan of the style anymore

 

[OzPiper]

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WOW ! Angel’s hair

 

[dottlejockey]

I have an unmarked Danish i picked up years ago that was quite inexpensive, but smokes straight VA like a dream. It's survived the few culling events that brought fresh change to the stable every so often. Still love the grain, the size, the hand-feel, etc.



And a Karl Erik that i somehow had at one time bought 2 of, later realizing this, i kept the one i liked best and let the other go.

 

[telescopes]

The Svenlars were pretty whacked out. I have a few Karl Eriks and others around. Maybe 10 altogether.

All this talk about Sven Lars got me to purchase one - a Very Large M Kabik for Tobak's E Grade Pre Sven Lar Estate Smoking Pipe. Should be here soon.

 

[ssjones]

I'm more of a Birds-eye guy but this James Upshall B grade is the top grain pipe in my collection

 

[sablebrush52]

Talk about chasing grain, this whole cubistic shape is all about chasing grain.

Grain all along the sides, and the top, bottom, and facets are all birdseye.

 

[OzPiper]

Some lovely examples of pipes with astonishing grain here.

@tfdickson has the most jaw-dropping collection of pipes with amazing grain (IMO)

 

[Pipeoff]

The grain that I like best is birdseye Seem harder to find than straight grain. Several in my collection have colored like a meer. Photo is what I refer to as quilted birdseye with cross grain on front of bowl.

 

[steveg11]

L'anatra two egg:

 

[sablebrush52]

The grain that I like best is birdseye Seem harder to find than straight grain. Several in my collection have colored like a meer. Photo is what I refer to as quilted birdseye with cross grain on front of bowl.

I like birdseye as well,

 

[Alejo R.]

Jeantet

Myself

 

[Alejo R.]

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Gorgeous

 

[Chalaw87]

I love this thread. Thanks for posting folks.

 

[Sobrbiker]

An unknown carver from the seventies. If anyone knows the stamping, I’d love to hear about it-all my research has been dead ends.

 

[Sigmund]

2 kai pipes and a birdseye. The birdseye Ser jacopo was an estate pipe I refinished and contrast stained.