Group 1, Very Small Bowls, What Are They For?

[fitzy]

MSO you'll have to give us a report once you've smoked the pipe a few times.

 

[mso489]

fitzy, fishnbanjo, I'll report back once I fully explore this new Group 1 dimension in pipes. Thanks!

 

[fitzy]

I was looking at the stats of one that was sold on smokingpipes.com. I can't get over the weight. It's only 14 grams plus from what I can tell on other sites the prices are inexpensive. Under 70 on most.
I'm going to have to pick one up myself.

 

[fishnbanjo]

Here are some of my favorite sub Group 1, group 1, 1/2 (meaning group 1 bordering on 2)

Top:
Boswell Churchwarden less than a group 1
Left Side:
Comoy Blue Riband Billiard
Tim West Freehand Panel with Plateau Top
Dunhill Shell Quaint Cutty
Dunhill Shell from 1917 with real Ivory Spot
Right Side:
Sixten Ivarsson Craggy Apple with Bamboo Shank if I ream the cake it will probably conform to a 2 but I keep it dime thin all the time so it's a 1/2
Peterson pre-Republic Shamrock Billiard bordering on a 2
Anne Julie almost a Dublin Apple
Michael Lindner Bulldog 1/2
Bottom:
Benner Freehand

 

[mso489]

They are all so nicely proportioned, they could be any size pipes. Great collection.

This also revises my perspective on a local pipe carver's selection. I have always

looked past his small pipes, not knowing how they were used. Next time I visit him,

probably at the TAPS pipe show in April, I will have another look at those.

 

[mso489]

My Group 1 pipe, a Peterson yacht/zulu rusticated Belgique, has shipped! I ordered it earlier today.

This was from Iwan Ries, online, and it is still on offer for $58.40. I have found other Peterson

Group 1's, but all have been priced higher, and none have the yacht/zulu shape, which I favor.

Fitz, you might take a look at this one. Also at Iwan Ries, in the Group 2 category, there are some

Ewa's for $35 and change, which look like good French pipes. Iwan Ries is careful about its

inventory. I don't expect to buy a new Peterson pipe at this price, even a Group 1, again.

 

[sallow]

Fishnbanjo - do you have any other pictures of the panel? That looks like a nice pipe. What is the length of that pipe?

 

[sfsteves]

mso489 asks:

"Very small bowls, what are they for?"

Very small smokes.
I thought of this tongue-in-cheek answer days ago and resisted the temptation to give it ... finally gave in to temptation.

 

[philip]

Leprechauns like them.

 

[mso489]

sfsteves, I like it! That's about my calculation before I launched this thread. I felt like a Group 1 must be for a one-minute

smoke. I know, the leprechauns do like them. Leave one around, and you might get a little pot of gold.

 

[fishnbanjo]

Pipe is 5 1/2" long, bowl height is 1 1/2", depth is 1 1/8", width of bowl is 5/8" here are some alternate photos with a tapered 6 1/2" pipe cleaner for reference. You should get some sense of size of the other pipes from this as well.

sallow said

Fishnbanjo - do you have any other pictures of the panel? That looks like a nice pipe. What is the length of that pipe?

 

[sallow]

Thanks for the pics - that is a looker, nice grain too. It is about the dimensions of my Willmer, maybe a bit longer. I like the plateau top, a much underused feature in my opinion.

 

[blueeyedogre]

I'm in the middle of moving from cigarettes to pipe full time and when I'm really wanting a cigarette sometimes as a fall back I turn to my Savinelli Menuto. Very small pipe and bowl with the ability to add a RYO filter in the stem. I'll load a bowl of pure virgina shag flavoured with a little Mac Baren Vanilla Cream and smoke it like a cigarette (I.E. Inhaling) and it curbs the urges. A bigger bowlpipe would tear my lungs up and the Minuto is a perfect pocket pipe.

 

[cigrmaster]

I have never been a fan of small pipes as they just look to small in my hand and face. I go for group 4-5 sized pipes and like being able to smoke for a couple of hours at a time. I also look at the prices of a group 1 or 2 and think to myself that is not a lot of briar for the money.

 

[av8scuba]

I use one at work. I sometimes can sneak 15 minutes for a break. It's just the right size, and often generates comments from non-smokers to its uniqueness.

 

[brudnic1]

I use a small bowl when I smoke a tobacco with a heavy nic hit like Tambolaka.

 

[mso489]

brudnic1, who makes (or sells) Tambolaka? It might be something to try in the aforementioned Group 1 when it arrives.

 

[buzkirk]

My Group 1, is the brother to Fishnbanjo's Tim West Sidewalker
Tim West Sidewalker panel with plateau top.

1 inch depth, 3/4 wide bowl


Tom

 

[philip]

... who makes (or sells) Tambolaka?

4Noggins sells it.

 

[foggymountain]

For a last quick smoke before bed.