Danish PAD Strikes Again!

[sparrowhawk]

No sooner than I promise myself no more pipes for at least a couple of months when I see this little gem advertised on the front page of PM from Smoking Pipes. Beautiful cherry stained grain, and a great sitter of a poker, which I've never owned, and of course it smokes great. But at $55, how could I pass it up? Will this disorder ever end?

 

[sparrowhawk]

It's a Bjorne, somehow connected with the Johs line. I'm a little unclear if that means Johs produced it, or if the pipe was independently made by Bjorne. The stem has a curious symbol on it, not from any alphabet that I recognize. The details can be found here: http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/denmark/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=132690

 

[petes03]

That's a beauty, congrats!
P.S. The PAD monster never sleeps!

 

[sparrowhawk]

All this sympathy is SO helpful...

 

[mtnfolkmike]

very nice.. congrats.. that is a beauty of a pipe..

 

[cigrmaster]

Great looking free hand, I hope it smokes great for you. The PAD will never end so just embrace it and be happy with your disorder.

 

[sparrowhawk]

I didn't know this was a freehand--how were you able to tell? BTW, it has a great draw and smokes great; the upright sitting position is an added plus because my desks often looks like snowstorms of paper and it sticks out above them! :D

 

[rcstan]

Congrats! The strange symbol is the Bjarne "bj" logo, I presume it looks like this

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Congrats on another great pipe You deserve it, so enjoy the heck out of it.
that being said, this is my 999th post soooooooo..... :wink:

 

[guhrillastile]

Hurray. Need to expand the rack soon..

 

[sparrowhawk]

Thanks for the info about the pipe's logo. It's partially gone, so it looks even more like alien writing. I will need to find out about restoring these logos when possible later on.

 

[sparrowhawk]

Roth, the human encyclopedia on pipes and God knows what else, both are useful notes. I am still a little unclear as to the nature of what defines a freehand. I was under the impression that a freehand was any pipe created by a single individual, not a factory line item. You mention the Bjorne name is on factory pipes now: is the above pipe factory manufactured or by a single artisan?

 

[jservant98]

Beautiful looking pipe for sure! ::

 

[jah76]

That's a good looking pipe!
Yeah, PAD and Tad can't really be controlled, just directed or refocused.

 

[rcstan]

Bjarne pipes are factory made AFAIK.
A freehand pipe refers to its' shape ( not a traditional shape ).
An artisan pipe is one created by a single individual, from start to finish, usually in a small shop rather than mass-produced on an assembly line like factory pipes.