Chicago Pipe Show - Show Us Your Pics!

[PipeIT]

Forgive me if someone already made a post like this, I didn’t see anything.

Please, everyone, show us some pics of the show, from your perspective!

Sheesh, I mean, didn’t anyone take any pics? LOL

Ok, I saw in the Battle of the Briar video, @alaskanpiper was there, any pics?

I also saw Dino @dino on Instagram, oooh, must of had some of that 70 year old Durbar.

Show us what ya got guys!

 

[alaskanpiper]

 

[PipeIT]

Wow, now that’s what I’m talking!

What’s the big block of?

Holy Crap, that long ass Cutty! LOL

Looks like you had a great time, thanks for sharing!

 

[alaskanpiper]

My wife washed my clothes from the pipe show this morning. When she pulled them out of the dryer, not only did my clothes still smell like smoke, all the other clothes did too

 

[alaskanpiper]

Wow, now that’s what I’m talking!

What’s the big block of?

Holy Crap, that long ass Cutty! LOL

Looks like you had a great time, thanks for sharing!

Part of Per Jensen’s next series for Sutliff. 9lbs of it

 

[daveinlax]

Looks like my kind of fun! I think I sat across a table from you one cold night in the tent! I remember the cap.
Neal snapped this picture of me doubled over with back pain from those chairs.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Looks like my kind of fun! I think I sat across a table from you one cold night in the tent! I remember the cap.
Neal snapped this picture of me doubled over with back pain from those chairs.
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Neal captured me as well, holding a Jared Coles mini peewit and smoking my new Bill Walther. Also leaning forward quite a bit due to the god awful, super flimsy, terrible chairs. Chairs aside, that tent needs nothing more than it needs a water source! Even just an igloo with a tap would be a godsend!

 

[SBC]

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Thanks for sharing! Lee and Jeremiah are both friends -- great seeing you with them.
Wish I'd made it. Hopefully next year.

 

[Papamique]

Even just an igloo with a tap would be a godsend!

Agreed %

 

[JackOrion]

My wife washed my clothes from the pipe show this morning. When she pulled them out of the dryer, not only did my clothes still smell like smoke, all the other clothes did too

I chuckle every time I see these hazy tent pics. I’ve yet to experience such a gathering. I’m not sure I could handle it.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I chuckle every time I see these hazy tent pics. I’ve yet to experience such a gathering. I’m not sure I could handle it.

Yeah, the gathering itself is a blast. So is the smoking tent, but three days of the tent is probably enough hahaha.

 

[craiginthecorn]

Also leaning forward quite a bit due to the god awful, super flimsy, terrible chairs. Chairs aside, that tent needs nothing more than it needs a water source! Even just an igloo with a tap would be a godsend!

Duly noted. We tried to do something about the chairs, mostly for safety reasons. Last year, two it three actually broke. A water cooler sounds like a good idea to me.

The bar had bottled water. Too bad that the hotel wouldn't setup the bar where they did last year connected to the tent. They said that they didn't want to subject their staff to smoke. Ironically, both times that I walked up to the bar, the bartender was outside smoking a cigarette.

 

[craiginthecorn]

I chuckle every time I see these hazy tent pics. I’ve yet to experience such a gathering. I’m not sure I could handle it.

There were moments when it was a bit thick, but that tent has a ventilation system that moves tremendous volumes of air. It was remarkably clear in there, considering how many smokers there were inside. I've been in cigar lounges many times where it was far worse.

 

[Papamique]

I chuckle every time I see these hazy tent pics. I’ve yet to experience such a gathering. I’m not sure I could handle it.

Evenings were the worse for me so I just enjoyed the smoking tent morning, noon, and afternoon until sunset. There was outside seating and I would just go in the tent for a bit and then sit outside for a bit. It really wasn’t that bad and was very enjoyable.

 

[jguss]

Duly noted. We tried to do something about the chairs, mostly for safety reasons. Last year, two it three actually broke. A water cooler sounds like a good idea to me.

The bar had bottled water. Too bad that the hotel wouldn't setup the bar where they did last year connected to the tent. They said that they didn't want to subject their staff to smoke. Ironically, both times that I walked up to the bar, the bartender was outside smoking a cigarette.

+1 on the water cooler.

Not only the bar but the little store next to the front desk had water bottles (and other beverages) in a refrigerator. I bought a bunch and brought them back to the tent.

As for the haze in the tent for some reason it never bothers me. Funny because I’m a light pipesmoker as a rule, just a few bowls each week.

 

[kcghost]

Shame these pictures generally lacked captions. If you didn't know who was in the pictures you'll never know.

 

[alaskanpiper]

+1 on the water cooler.

Not only the bar but the little store next to the front desk had water bottles (and other beverages) in a refrigerator. I bought a bunch and brought them back to the tent.

As for the haze in the tent for some reason it never bothers me. Funny because I’m a light pipesmoker as a rule, just a few bowls each week.

Yeah but the water bottles in that little store were like $6!!!!! And you had to take a walk and miss out on the fun! An igloo cooler with a tap would be an easy, simple fix.

 

[jguss]

Yeah but the water bottles in that little store were like $6!!!!!

They charged me two or three bucks a bottle. They must not have liked you very much. Do things like that happen to you often?

 

[alaskanpiper]

They charged me two or three bucks a bottle. They must not have liked you very much. Do things like that happen to you often?

At the little store by the front desk? Maybe I’m misremembering. Either way, point remains the same. Over four days that’s either a lot of trips to the room, or an estate pipe’s worth of coin!

 

[greeneyes]

I was standing nearby, eavesdropping for morsels of information, when Dr. Fred Hanna came running up from somewhere in the distance. He put his palms on the table and said something--and I'm paraphrasing here--that sounded like this:

[Hanna] The Texan said he could sell this tin for $1500! Are we sure we want to open it???
[....] It probably won't last another 70 years. We should open it! And besides, I never understood those guys all alone in their basements opening up fine tins just to post the pics on Instagram..

I managed to snap this photo before fleeing to a safe space.