First Pipe

[shakey53]

I know u all remember.On my 17 birthday,went to Sands Drug Store,bought a Graybow,with a free pouch of something,or maybe I bought the tobacco and got the pipe free,Anyway,it cost a whole dollar!(1970)

shakey

 

[excav8tor]

Methinks you won't get that deal these days... more's the pity.
Do you still have that pipe?
My first pipe was an Orlik 3/4 oz. Alas it has gone to the great briar forest in the sky.

 

[shakey53]

Still got it.

 

[excav8tor]

Good man, wish I still had mine. I was out in my boat last year and hit a big wave that knocked me off balance and my pipe took the brunt of it.

 

[pstlpkr]

Still have my "Royal Coachman", still smoking 1Q in it.

 

[unclearthur]

Haven't seen my old Dr Grabow in ages. I think it's still around . Think I got about the same deal pipe and free tobacco. That was in 69 .

 

[ohin3]

My first was an S&R "Yard Pipe" straight pot. It is a truely brilliant piece of briar in every way. Still have it but need to do some restoration this winter.

 

[puffpuff]

My first was a 30 dollar 'basket pipe'. It smoked well enough to convince me to buy a couple more... and that was before the PAD started....
I haven't smoked it for a few months now, because it's got 'loose stem syndrome'. I know from reading you guys that all I need is a bit of beeswax and it'll be right as rain, but since my other two pipes have been burning like champions, I haven't been highly motivated!
This thread is reminding me to get it back into the rotation!

 

[collindow]

Ah, my first pipe. Got it from my nearest B&M for 25 bucks. It's a no name pipe, stained red and is still actively in my rotation...but since it is only around a year old that isn't too special.

 

[collin]

A corncob from Ernie's Texaco across the street, filled with Middleton's Cherry Blend.
It was the summer of 1967 and I was 14 years old,....if I didn't puke, I was darned close to it.

 

[kcvet67]

My first pipe and with several others were "commandeered" in Viet Nam to smoke "other stuff". Fortunately, Iwan Ries was good about shipping to APO addresses.

 

[python]

You can read about my first pipe here:
My Christmas Pipe

 

[fred]

Good start! Good for you!

 

[winton]

My first pipe was a bent $8 basket pipe. Two days ago, after three smokes it cracked while trying to get a horrible smell out of it. If I had found this site earlier, I would have bought a starter kit with a decent pipe and tobacco.

Winton

 

[abecox]

How funny I just wrote a blog about it here!

 

[jimbo]

I had been a cigar fan for years when something came over me and I bought my first pipe at a Fedmart supermarket when I was in college (circa 1975). It was a Missouri Meerschaum cob that was of a higher quality than they make now. It had a decent hard plastic black saddle bit (wide) and it came in a decorated pasteboard box with a glassine window! I filled it mainly with Paladin BlackCherry (when I couldn't afford a decent cigar).
And I still have it. It's "retired" now. I have about 6 newer M-Ms in my smoking rack (with Walker "forever" stems that each cost more than all the cobs did).