Chicago Pipe Show 2018 - Official Picture Thread

[brian64]

A bit later, the Paulson pipe seeing it's first smoke.

Holy crap...a 12 year old carved that...and it's his first pipe?
Looks like he learned well and quickly.

 

[ukbob]

Nice pictures.

 

[npod]

The Lars Ivarsson pipe donated by his daughter, Nanna, went for $23,000 at silent auction.

 

[stflorian]

Thats incredible...

 

[ssjones]

Great job with the pictures! Wow, the opportunity to see those Lars pipes was a once in a lifetime experience.
Did anyone do the Peterson discussion hosted by Mark Irwin?

 

[unkleyoda]

Did anyone do the Peterson discussion hosted by Mark Irwin?

I did.
It was great, very informative. I was a bit hot in the room and I was pretty well in my cups, but It was great.

 

[artificialme]

Very nice anse pipe. Not to mention it was made by 12 Y.O :puffpipe:

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Thank you.

 

[sablebrush52]

Thanks for the great pictures! Sounds like you all had a terrific time! I hope to go next year.

 

[undecagon]

<p>I got a nice 3 pipe rack w/ 3 estate pipes set in the silent auction but can not find it!!! I think I left it on the table

 

[jamban]

Thank you all for the photos! It is much appreciated for us who can't make it there...

 

[kcghost]

Wow,what tremendous pictures. I would have liked to have gone to the Mark Irwin talk. He really knows Peterson pipes.

 

[unkleyoda]

My friend Brad showing his wares. He's been making pipes for about a year. He was very uneasy about showing his pipes to people, but got some great feedback. (Brad is the guy in the plaid shirt)

Brad's first 'sold' pipe, to a happy customer.

The pipes Brad made for me as a gift for taking him to the pipe show. The left one is a briar billiard he freehanded, ebonite cumberland stem. The middle one is a cherrywood, made from a tree in his yard that fell. The right one is a white oak that fell in his yard, also has a churchwarden stem. (not pictures is a brother to the cherrywood, in a volcano shape)

 

[spartan99]

Question: SPC Plum Pudding won the Chicago Bowl award for English flakes. Does anyone know what the other two blends were? I asked around, but no one knew.
It was a great show. I see that I met hoosierpipeguy without realizing it. We had a nice conversation.
When McClelland closed up I remarked that I would have liked to have tried Grey Havens but never got around to it. By serendipity, Iwan Ries still had a number of tins on Sunday, so I picked up a few. They also had a decent amount of Dunhill Dark Flake. I picked up some C&D and D&R blends I've been meaning to try or increase my stock of. Naturally, I also came back with a healthy amount of samples.
I bought an Alan Brothers pipe. They're very personable guys, they make beautiful pipes, and they do a very nice job with presentation.

 

[winton]

SPC Plum Pudding won the Chicago Bowl. The other two blends were PS Luxury Navy Flake and Drunken Squire by C&D. The voting was very close.

 

[mikethompson]

Looks like a great show - thanks for posting those pictures! Some very nice pipes and people all in the same place!
To the Canadians in the thread, can you imagine such a show here?

 

[spartan99]

SPC Plum Pudding won the Chicago Bowl. The other two blends were PS Luxury Navy Flake and Drunken Squire by C&D. The voting was very close.

Thanks, Winton. Is Drunken Squire a yet to be released blend? I don't see any mention of it on tobaccoreviews.com or C&D's website.

 

[briarblues]

Good Day All;
Chicago Pipe Show - Castello Dealers pre show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2uBLJ61fOA
Note the 2 seven days sets, which if I am correct are headed to SPC. Also note the 2 three pipe sets.
Enjoy
Michael J. Glukler

 

[scotties22]

I had a wonderful show! Heath (Crappy Pipes) had a great 1st show as a vendor. I'm sure there's a few people who picked up Crappy Pipes floating around this place,
I'm already looking forward to next year.

 

[stflorian]

So many great pics and stories. Looking forward to making it there someday.
Spartan, how do you like the Alan Bros pipe? I have one on its way to me currently. Should arrive Thursday.