G.L. Pease's Take on Panel Pipes

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mingc

Lifer
Jun 20, 2019
4,258
12,602
The Big Rock Candy Mountains
OK, "Holiday Inn" is a movie with Bing.

I had a basket pipe that looked like that when I was starting out (sans pretty shiny band). Went out on the Oregon coast and tried to imitate a sea captain smoking in a gale. You'd think the rain would have doused it out but, no, the wind whipped up the ember so hot that I had a burn out. I panicked when I saw the flames coming out of the side of a panel and chucked it on to the sand. The next wave either buried it or carried it away; I don't remember. That was the last time I tried smoking outdoors on a windy day.

The pipe itself was gorgeous for a cheapie. I assume it was machine fraized and that Bing's was too.
 

elvishrunes

Can't Leave
Jun 19, 2017
386
751
After a quick search this is labeled as a panel pipe, although when I purchased it I had no idea what a panel is, just liked the look. It is a Neerup 6 sided take on a bent panel. It’s the pipe I’ve smoked for 90% of the time this year, for no other reason than it stands up, easy peasy.

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tfdickson

Lifer
May 15, 2014
2,375
47,938
East End of Long Island

lonestar

Lifer
Mar 22, 2011
2,854
163
Edgewood Texas
This one still haunts my dreams, and I've posted about it here a few times. This Musico was on my wishlist at sp, and someone bought before I could pull the trigger. I'm still waiting for one of you to fess up and then sell it to me.

Man I like that pipe ! Sometimes you mix and match ideas and they just work. Four Square bowl and a round shank with MILITARY MOUNT ! It's like two great tastes that taste great together. I think it's the Military Mount that really makes this work for me.
Good stuff all the way
 

anotherbob

Lifer
Mar 30, 2019
16,835
31,579
46
In the semi-rural NorthEastern USA
you know I agree with him on this they're the only shape I can see the proportions are off by a few millimeters. A billiard that isn't happening with. For me Panel pipes and Bulldogs are in the same boat. A shape I don't really like except when I do I really like it.
 

dunnyboy

Lifer
Jul 6, 2018
2,594
32,390
New York
I had an inexpensive Jeantet four square that I smoked so feverishly over four decades that it eventually died. (I take better care of my pipes these days.) Here's a four square Castello in sea rock for their 75th Anniversary series. All the pipes in that series were based on Castello's shape 33, a chubby Canadian. This paneled pipe has an oval stem and lacks the elegance of the British/French classic but still qualifies as a four square I think. IMG_7322.jpegIMG_7323.jpeg