Essential or Not: What's Missing In Your Pipe Gear?

[dog_park_piper]

Oh yeah! I listed the things I had earlier and I forgot something important. I have a nice Zippo lighter to light the pipes. I suppose a soft flame of some sort would be a necessity.

I use two zippos daily. One normal and one with the pipe insert.

 

[bullet08]

What about a tactical pipe pistol?

That would be nice, but might be an over reaction. Too much chance of burn out in the chamber.

 

[Egg Shen]

Not embarrassing at all. Why pay a premium for a commissioned pipe when there are so many great factory pipes? Castellos are "factory pipes" and you can't do better than that.

Even for artisan pipes I’m content to pick from their offerings that they’ve already made. I’m a man of fairly particular taste, but not so particular that I need to spec every detail. If I cared that much I’d probably be making pipes myself.

 

[dog_park_piper]

I DON'T want a fancy tamper that costs as much as a decent pipe.

 

[Searock Fan]

I DON'T want a fancy tamper that costs as much as a decent pipe.

I've got over a dozen "fancy tampers" setting in a drawer. On my computer desk, where I do almost all my smoking, is a simple Czech tool.

 

[crashthegrey]

A pipe roll is great. I used a zippered rice bag for so long and did not realize how nice individual sections could be.

 

[dog_park_piper]

A tobacco press.

 

[Peterson314]

A pipe roll is great. I used a zippered rice bag for so long and did not realize how nice individual sections could be.

I would like to add a pipe roll to my collection, but I don't exactly have a go-to travel blend. Or travel pipe for that matter.

 

[username]

A pocket jar,

 

[Chasing Embers]

I have no commissioned pipes. Kind of embarrassing after all I have spent on factory pipes.

PM sent.

 

[autumnfog]

I've got over a dozen "fancy tampers" setting in a drawer. On my computer desk, where I do almost all my smoking, is a simple Czech tool.

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I prefer them too. Handy and utilitarian.

 

[crashthegrey]

I would like to add a pipe roll to my collection, but I don't exactly have a go-to travel blend. Or travel pipe for that matter.

I use whatever pipe I want and whatever I am smoking.

 

[Peterson314]

I use whatever pipe I want and whatever I am smoking.

LOL. I can't ever decide, so I usually bring about four pipes and a dozen jars. Plenty of room in the truck.

 

[tirefire]

A pipe rack/stand on my desk . . . Heck, I've got some pipes on a pegboard over the bench in the garage but have a cut-up egg carton for pipes on my desk . . . cheap SOB! ;-D

 

[AroEnglish]

have a cut-up egg carton for pipes on my desk . . . smart SOB! ;-D

FTFY

That just means more money for pipes and tobacco!

 

[dog_park_piper]

I need to find a tobacco pipe made of cast iron

 

[PaulDM]

A nice leather pipe roll would be nice. But can't justify it. My pipe and pipe accessory purchases (and tobacco purchases) have come to an end.

 

[huckleberry]

I'd like a leather tobacco tray. I just have never found a piece of leather when I thought about it, and my paper plates work so good.

 

[proteus]

A smoking room. Pipes and tobaccos displayed like liquor behind a bar. Chairs and tables in a lounge atmosphere. Yeah exactly like the Owl Shop in New Haven. That's what I need. Definitely. And then I'm rudely awakened from my fantasy...back to reality.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

They're just a branded, repurposed triagular scraper.

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Yep they are made by Ramelsen, all you need to do is blunt the point and hone them on flat Arkansas stone. You can get em for about $12. They go by a few different names, hollow ground scraper, tri-blade, burnisher, deburring scraper.