How Many of You Like Silver Trim on Pipes?

[instymp]

Yes, it dresses em up.

Bling. (With taste)

 

[irishearl]

1 of the reasons I'm a Peterson fan is their liberal use of silver ferrules. Not fond of gold, however. Even 3 of my 5 Nording pipes have silver ferrules.

 

[btp79]

Honestly I prefer the look of silver over gold when it comes to accenting pipes. I have a few of each, but the silver tends to stand out where the gold kind of looks washed out against the briar.

 

[timelord]

I've got a couple of silver ferrule and silver spigot Petersons. Also two with silver rim and wind caps. No gold, several nickel army mounts and one copper army mount. That said, most of my pipes don't have metal bands.

 

[renfield]

I like it on briars, but not as much on meers.
The contrast between the warm organic character of wood and the metallic precision of sterling is appealing. I also love the hallmarks.

 

[cigrmaster]

orley, thanks. I was going to have Rad make me more with the gold but then he retired on me.

 

[sablebrush52]

 

[seanv]

I love it. I have quite a few silver and nickel bands.

 

[ssjones]

That Barling's of Jesse's is a show-stopper!
I want to say that I'm not a huge fan, but in looking at my collection I have several.
Love this slim silver ring on a Ferndown.

1950 GBD 9242

1939 GBD

1938 GBD

James Upshall B

James Upshall P with custom Tobacco leaf ring

M. Kyriazanos

Peterson 999 Sterling

Peterson B5 Supreme 1998 - 14k ring (a fat band would look too flashy, love this slim profile)

Peterson XL90 Supreme 1998 (this one is in Mark's Peterson book)

 

[weezell]

Silver

Gold

I like it... :D

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

A little late getting home from work tonight, but here's some of my silver like I mentioned above. Mostly Peterson.
Peterson Dublin & London 106

Peterson Rosslare Royal Irish 106

Peterson Grafton 106

Peterson Silver Spigot XL90

Peterson Pipe Of The Year 2013

Peterson Silver Spigot B42

Peterson Sherlock Holmes/Hudson

Peterson Pipe Of The Year 2019

Ser Jacopo Delecta Albus et Niger ( I really love the silver on this one)

 

[paulfg]

S Bang black Blast

 

[mikethompson]

Wow there are some stunning pipes in this thread.

 

[Briar Baron]

The one on the right has silver, it is a Viprati 2008 POY

 

[ssjones]

That S Bang Blast - Wow @Paulfg!
Looks like Pete's winning the day for volume.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

What a beauties, Folks,I must assume over the years You had spent some significant amount of $$ on your 'hobby, but so did I

 

[unkleyoda]

I'm a Peterson fan, argo, I like silver on pipes.

 

[cigrmaster]

jesse decides we are nothing but pikers and pulls out the museum piece he has. That pipe has the best silver work I have ever ween.

 

[mso489]

If I remember correctly, Les Wood, the carver of Ferndown pipes, started with Dunhill (or was promoted into it) doing metal work, so I think most Ferndown pipes have silver bands. I think he has scaled back on his volume of pipes, but I think he is still at it, and the estates are still around.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Conservative and elegant.The Peterson spigots are about as fancy as I go,if that.