Do you have your Dad's favorite old pipe?

[pstlpkr]

Hey Guys,
I love all of these treasures that you everyone is posting. I think it's great!

I do have one wish, and that is to take it one step beyond Arthur's suggestion. I say smoke 'em. Keep 'em alive.
The stem in Dad's Old No Name was a bit loose, so I used the nail polish "trick". I was a little leery of doing that, but other methods just didn't seem to be effective.

I put a thin layer of Clear Nail Polish on the tenon and let it dry for 3 days before I inserted it. It seemed to be just fine. I smoked it later that day, and rather than take it apart warm (to clean it) I let it sit another day.

Well to make a long story a little longer... when I went to pull the stem, it was stuck, and I resorted to twisting it gently. Clockwise it was stuck hard. Counter clockwise (lefty loosey) it unscrewed!

Imagine my shock... It's an Adjustomatic!

This is great! I think an unfortunate result has .... to quote Bilbo Baggins: "All's well that ends better."
Sorry about the photo. I messed around with the aspects to reveal the threads a bit better.

 

[searock]

Yes, I do have my dad's favorite pipe. It's a meerschaum, egg shape with oval shank and rather short "real" amber stem. It has the case and, if I may say so, the nicest coloring I've ever seen on a meerschaum. The finish looks like glass and has no scratches. I've smoked it, but not in a long time. The pipe is so old and I think the amber has bacome bittle. Tiny slivers of amber came off in my mouth the last couple of times I smoked it, so now it's just a keeper.
And on a similar note... I also have a picture of one of my dad's pipes. It shows me at about age 3, standing there in my t-shirt and shorts with the pipe in my mouth. Looks like the might be a Peterson bent.

 

[menckenite]

Really nice topic Lawrence and I've enjoyed the pics and stories. Sadly, all my dad left to me in relation to tobacco was an empty pack of KOOL cigarettes.

 

[pstlpkr]

Hey Searock,

You could inquire about a "modern" replacement stem, so you can enjoy it.
Menkenite, I know there are many of us here who have no heirloom pipes. We're sharing.

 

[searock]

"Hey Searock,

You could inquire about a "modern" replacement stem, so you can enjoy it"
A reasonable idea, but I would hate to take the chance of breaking it... I have plenty of other pipes to smoke so I just keep it as a momento, but thanks for the suggestion.

 

[dudleydipstick]

Great heirloom, Lawrence. It's especially nice that so many memories are attached to it and it's still useful.
Even if no one else in your line ever smokes a pipe, it's still a good thing to be handed down.
I wish I knew what became of my dad's old pipes and my grandpa's...especially the Falcon my grandpa liked to smoke. (He was pretty much a cob man the rest of the time.)

 

[hobie1dog]

Tried out the old Bulldog last night and it( or maybe it was me ) had a gurgling problem.

 

[python]

This is a great thread. You guys are lucky to have old pipes from fathers and grandfathers.
My dad never smoked pipes, but my grandfather did. I have asked if anyone knows what happened to his pipes, but no one knows where they ended up. Probably in the garbage.

 

[hobie1dog]

I tried the Dr. Grabow Riviera last night and it too( or me ) has gurgling issues???????