Disco-Era Pipes Were Actually a Thing

[georged]

Not talking mere gimmickry, here, but a design aesthetic that went with the times. Like Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and so forth. "Tastefully garish" is how I always thought of it.

Mid-late 1970's into the early '80's, every pipe shop had some examples of "Disco design" in their display cases. I remember the main shop I went to had dozens.

It was mostly the Danes who went for it, though Charatan made a few and Dunhill kind of did with some of their Collectors.

Preben Holm was probably the best known and most widely distributed brand associated with the style.

This one is a legit high grade straight grain sporting the full treatment. (It's huge, btw, almost a giant)

Enjoy

 

[bullet08]

I was thinking more like rhinestones and big leather wrap. That doesn't look too bad.

 

[AroEnglish]

I like it!

 

[gamzultovah]

This is about as Disco as a pipe ever got for me. The Pierre Cardin signature pipe.

There’s an unsmoked one for sale on eBay at the moment.

 

[PaulRVA]

I wouldn't say disco but it was definitely on the top 40 playlist at the same time. Ben Wade, Preben Holm,Nording, Dunhill, Design Berlin, Stanwell and many more
Were popular. I have some of each. Better times back when every mall had a brick and mortar store
Like Tinder Box or a local shop.

 

[shanez]

I have a Larsen pearl grade similar to that.

 

[irishearl]

Not talking mere gimmickry, here, but a design aesthetic that went with the times. Like Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and so forth. "Tastefully garish" is how I always thought of it.

Mid-late 1970's into the early '80's, every pipe shop had some examples of "Disco design" in their display cases. I remember the main shop I went to had dozens.

It was mostly the Danes who went for it, though Charatan made a few and Dunhill kind of did with some of their Collectors.

Preben Holm was probably the best known and most widely distributed brand associated with the style.

This one is a legit high grade straight grain sporting the full treatment. (It's huge, btw, almost a giant)

Enjoy


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Good example of what I mean when I say the Danish freehands of the 70's all seemed to have great grain. My best grained pipe is a 70's Ben Wade freehand.

 

[captainsousie]

I'd go more baroque or rococo than disco with the pipe in the OP.

 

[verporchting]

I was expecting a polyester wrapped meer with Boogie Nights printed on it.

 

[OzPiper]

The raison d’être was chasing the grain
And there were some spectacularly grained examples

There are lovers and haters of that style
I’m in the latter camp

 

[brian64]

 

[Zero]

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Man oh man, a perfect example of freehand shaping being dictated by grain chasing. The grain and contrast on that are outstanding. I don’t typically go in for freehand pipes especially when they are just freehand for freehands sake. But when they perfectly frame outstanding grain, that’s what the form is all about. Boogie Down!

 

[Sigmund]

Pretty pipes, I like them but somehow Disco doesnt come to mind.

 

[didimauw]

I don't stray far from "traditional" shaped pipes. But this one, is amazing. Absoultely gorgous! I'm assuming it's yours George?

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Quite literally the antithesis of my preferred style of pipe.
I've owned ONE such "Danish freehand", a 60s Stanwell. I think I kept it for a couple months before realizing it wasnt for me. This would have been in 2016.



I love going through my old orders on SPC.
On the same invoice as that Stanwell, I also purchased a humongous Ardor..

Ardor Fantasy

 

[Chasing Embers]

Nothing Disco about it. Disco just happened to pop up during the golden era of Danish freehand design.

 

[mso489]

I admit, I don't see much of a connection of the pipes and the disco culture. Pipes seem a different world from the glitzy nightlife full of kinetic dancers, strobe lights, and stimulants, but since I didn't make that scene, there may have been something I missed.

The pipes, however, are grand and stately, worthy of a renowned professor or a CEO of some kind.

 

[jaytex1969]

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Oooooo... I love dat pipe, yah. Groovy