Diversity and Inclusion.

[newbroom]

One of the attractions to pipe smoking is the phenomenal variation available both in pipes and in tobacco. I never realized that Pipes and tobacco were such a worldwide and complex pastime.
We see blends made famous by blenders and by celebrities or just plain Old Joe Krantz by the hundreds or more.
We also see an unlimited variation in pipes with which to enjoy this tobacco. Some of the factories or carvers have become identified or lauded by one particular shape or feature.
When I think of Castello, for instance, my mind immediately pictures two things. That white bar on the stem, and a shap#55.
A Dunhill is probably the love or hate marque of pipes and I think of Shell briars, cuz I have one, and billiards because Dunhill to me was traditional.
Ropp made the Cherrywood.
The Greeks gave us Meerschaum.
The Danes gave us Freehands.
And, from Missouri, we get Corn Cobs!
We get Latakia from the Middle East.
We get all sorts of tobacco from all over the world, but most of it is from the USA in the form of burley or VA.

Can you relate to this concept of identification via point of origin?

 

[Professor Moriarty]

One of the attractions to pipe smoking is the phenomenal variation available both in pipes and in tobacco. I never realized that Pipes and tobacco were such a worldwide and complex pastime.
We see blends made famous by blenders and by celebrities or just plain Old Joe Krantz by the hundreds or more.
We also see an unlimited variation in pipes with which to enjoy this tobacco. Some of the factories or carvers have become identified or lauded by one particular shape or feature.
When I think of Castello, for instance, my mind immediately pictures two things. That white bar on the stem, and a shap#55.
A Dunhill is probably the love or hate marque of pipes and I think of Shell briars, cuz I have one, and billiards because Dunhill to me was traditional.
Ropp made the Cherrywood.
The Greeks gave us Meerschaum.
The Danes gave us Freehands.
And, from Missouri, we get Corn Cobs!
We get Latakia from the Middle East.
We get all sorts of tobacco from all over the world, but most of it is from the USA in the form of burley or VA.

Can you relate to this concept of identification via point of origin?

The Turks gave us meerschaum

 

[anotherbob]

Or another way to put it. One of the things that's lovely with pipes is that we have options and when you combine different pipes that have different qualities (including look and feel) and blends that range wildly that leaves a lot of options that are on a pretty wide spectrum. Yeah pipes are great.
Side note because of this site I can way more then I ever had any interest in doing so I can often name a pipe brand from seeing a pipe in a distance. Ironically this is why I don't knock Dunhill prices anymore. You know since I can now often tell it's one before I see the dot. Yes the lines are that distinct as well as the blasts.

 

[kcghost]

Well let's see.

Castello for is the #293 bent shape.
Dunhill is tradition. You can't hardly argue you that point with people buying Birth Year Dunhill's.
Ropp who cares??
Turks gave is Meerschaum.
Danes gave us Freehands and the Iversson Sisters.
Missouri gave us the meg-selling corn cobs which is the number 1 selling pipe brand in the U.S.
Latakia comes from the Middle East for now.
And do I ever hate burley.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Louisiana for perique.

 

[BingBong]

Africa for high quality Mali and Tanzania virginias, much loved of Samuel Gawith.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Well let's see.

Castello for is the #293 bent shape.
Dunhill is tradition. You can't hardly argue you that point with people buying Birth Year Dunhill's.
Ropp who cares??
Turks gave is Meerschaum.
Danes gave us Freehands and the Iversson Sisters.
Missouri gave us the meg-selling corn cobs which is the number 1 selling pipe brand in the U.S.
Latakia comes from the Middle East for now.
And do I ever hate burley.

I think this is the longest post I have ever seen you make!

 

[chilllucky]

And the least negative.

 

[brian64]

What happened to equity? I hope none of these pipe and tobacco people are earning a lot more than others.

And what's with those Greeks culturally appropriating meerschaum?

 

[BingBong]

What happened to equity? I hope none of these pipe and tobacco people are earning a lot more than others.

And what's with those Greeks culturally appropriating meerschaum?

Aha, a gag I dropped yonks ago: I was sitting on the front step, contentedly puffing on my pipe, Native American walks by and sneers at me "cultural appropriation!".

 

[Chasing Embers]

Native American walks by and sneers at me "cultural appropriation!"

Not one of us would do that. We might call you a pussy for not smoking rustica but definitely no negativity for smoking a pipe.

 

[brian64]

We might call you a pussy for not smoking rustica

I've had some Rustica for quite a while now, but haven't tried it yet.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I've had some Rustica for quite a while now, but haven't tried it yet.

It's an earthier Bold Kentucky.

 

[Non-Mentholated Black Man]

Diversity and Inclusion.​

Those two words have become anathema to myself and my family over the past decade; I literally hate/despise them, along with a few others that need not be mentioned.

 

[Non-Mentholated Black Man]

What happened to equity?

That is one of the others that I stated "need not be mentioned" in my ↑ previous post. ↑


For the record:
The word that most Americans would probably assume, is not among those that I literally hate/despise.
You know the one.
The verboten word that perfectly describes/suits the people from whose mouth(s) it continually flows,
while they incessantly profess to suffer near-mortal wounds from its very existence.

 

[dingdong]

i wonder if people are using Qat (used extensively, chewed, in Yaman) for a tobacco pipe?

Chewing Qat (aka "Getting High") In Yemen - Wandering Earl

Chewing qat in Yemen is an everyday activity and for travelers, there's little option but to join in and chew as well. And this is what happens...

www.wanderingearl.com

 

[newbroom]

What happened to equity?

I thought the thread would be banned for politicization, so I omitted equity as it would only be used to discuss personal responsibility, reparations for slavery, our practices of eminent domain, and taxes.

 

[vosBghos]

Ropp who cares??

Collectors of vintage Algerian Briar with Horn stems?

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yeah, this one's done.