From the Floor of the Chicago Pipe Show 2012 (many pix)

[bigvan]

I snapped some pix of the great stuff that I saw. Enjoy!
This bamboo shanked pipe by Alex Florov went for five figures (according to rumor)

More by Alex Florov

Ashton

Baldo Baldi

Just PART of Cornell & Diehl's display

Castellos

Dr. Bob

Duca

So many Dunhills

A great Dunhill boxed set

Two More Dunhill boxed sets

EJH Pipes

Enricoro Pipes

Ernie Markle

The biggest pipe around

Grant Batson

Harkam

John Crosby

Lots of Mac Baren to sample

Dave Neeb Pipes

Close up of a nice blasted volcano by Dave Neeb

Northern Briars

Old Nellie Pipes

Perry White Pipes

This is a neat idea... the pipe is by Peter Matzhold and it's attached to a wood plate, so it mimics the logo of smokingpipes.com

Pete Prevost is a new carver out of Memphis.

An amazing blast by Pete Prevost

Only a few Quad City Pipes left (I got one!)

Rad Davis

Radice

Adam Remington

Adam Remington

Russ Cook

Here are the pipes Brian Ruthenberg came with

Here's what Brian had left on Sunday morning

S.E. Thile (after I bought one!)

Kevin and Max Engle of Pipes2Smoke.com

Something for you Meerschaum fans

Another great young carver Steve Liskey

Master blender Steven Books

Teipen Pipe

Thomas James Pipes

Closeup of a HUGE egg by Thomas James

The great Todd Johnson

Simeon Turner

Close up of some amazing grain by Simeon Turner

Tyler Lane

 

[crpntr1]

Wow... 8O

 

[lordnoble]

Thanks for the pics! I wish I could've gone!
-Jason

 

[terry]

Nice Photos...thanks for sharing!!

 

[kyletheaviator]

I...AM...SO...JEALOUS!!!!! I wish I could have been there! Thank you for allowing me to momentarily enjoy it all vicariously through you!

 

[sergemoat]

Great photos. I really dig that nautilus shell Radice pipe.

 

[photoman13]

Dang! Missed out big time!

 

[cajunguy]

I'm drooling at the pictures. I really wish I could have been there. Going to try like hell to make it next year.

 

[ssjones]

Feels like I was there,what a plethora of treasures!

 

[frennchy11]

Awesome. Thanks for the pics! I really need to make it to one of these conventions!

 

[cortezattic]

Thanks so much for all the time and effort you put into taking these pix and posting them for all of us to enjoy. :clap:

 

[philobeddoe]

Thanks for taking so many pics I was unable to attend, so I really appreciate you posting those pics.

 

[barkar]

Thanks for all the pic's. It's really nice to see the displays.

 

[briarbird]

Greatly appreciate those pics! I will have to try to make it to the show next year. Anyone know anything about the Columbus Ohio show? I've never been...

 

[frennchy11]

@briarbird You're going to have to have your own table if you do go to one of these events!

 

[lonestar]

I'm glad you remembered to take pictures :D I have one fuzzy picture of Kevin speaking in the smoking tent

It was great to hang with you for a few days brother. Funny thing is, me and Bigvan went to lunch at Portillos on Wednesday and finally figured out who each other was while waiting for the food.

For all you guys who wish you were there, stop wishing and GO !

I was at the Resort from Tuesday night until Monday morning and I can promise you Bigvans pics show NOTHING of what you guys are really missing. Days and days of smoking pipes and cigars and drinking beer and hanging out with the coolest bunch of folks on the planet. Its like hanging out with every Rock Star you've ever heard, I couldn't even post how many legendary Pipe Masters I got to meet and talk to last week. From Lars Ivarsson, Kei Gotoh, Manduela, Rad Davis, Todd Johnson, Paolo Becker, Adam Remington, the name dropping could turn into a paragraph pretty quick :D

If you want to sum it all up in a catchy slogan, I'd just call it "Man Week".

Be there next year, and check in on Wednesday !

 

[ocpsdan]

Thanks for the post! I forgot to take any pictures at the show, never got to do any of the things I PLANNED to do; got so caught up in the show I lost track of all time!

 

[bigvan]

And yes, I DID manage to eat EVERY meal at Portillo's!!

 

[captainbob]

Got "grounded" by "Mother Nature". Bad weather kept my plane in the hangar all weekend! Should have just taken the drive! Sorry I missed it. Thanks for sharing.

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[brian64]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for all the pics. Some truly amazing looking pipes there.