I Invented a New Style of Pipe...

[Bwana Kiko]

... well, maybe I'm taking more credit than I deserve with that claim.

I found a Kiko Caveman with no stem, cleaned more carbon out of it than a 40 year old toaster, and then took an old churchwarden stem that I had from an East-European pipe which I re-bored it and boiled until I could get just the bends I wanted.

And voila: The Cavewarden.

What do you think? Does this qualify as a new pipe style?


It smokes great, and carries character all the way from its 60's era chunk of Amboseli meerschaum right to the end of its Transylvanian button.

Here's a Pic from my Kiko Caveman collection for perspective.

 

[Sig]

I have seen SIMILAR looking pipes, but yours are different and creative.
Heck, you may be the next big thing!!!

 

[kcghost]

Well, you have certainly attached a churchwarden stem to it, but there is more to creating a new pipe shape than that. I could just as easily stick a churchwarden stem on a Julius Vesz raindrop and called it a "rain warden".

 

[Ahi Ka]

Well, you have certainly attached a churchwarden stem to it, but there is more to creating a new pipe shape than that. I could just as easily stick a churchwarden stem on a Julius Vesz raindrop and called it a "rain warden".

Do it!

 

[sablebrush52]

... well, maybe I'm taking more credit than I deserve with that claim.

I found a Kiko Caveman with no stem, cleaned more carbon out of it than a 40 year old toaster, and then took an old churchwarden stem that I had from an East-European pipe which I re-bored it and boiled until I could get just the bends I wanted.

And voila: The Cavewarden.

What do you think? Does this qualify as a new pipe style?
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It smokes great, and carries character all the way from its 60's era chunk of Amboseli meerschaum right to the end of its Transylvanian button.

Here's a Pic from my Kiko Caveman collection for perspective.
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I like the flow of the stem. The result is a sophisticated version of a Chadwick.

 

[mortonbriar]

Did you climb on the roof for the photo shoot?

I like it with the long stem...sure, claim it!

 

[BingBong]

If it smokes good, winner!

 

[dottlejockey]

She has nice curves.

 

[Bwana Kiko]

Do it!

I agree. I'd like to see that -- that could be really cool.

I would also contend that most innovations are not entirely new concepts, but the combination of existing ideas in creative ways.

 

[Bwana Kiko]

I like the flow of the stem. The result is a sophisticated version of a Chadwick.

Indeed! Check this one out:

The "Tommyhawk"

 

[Bwana Kiko]

Did you climb on the roof for the photo shoot?

I like it with the long stem...sure, claim it!

All my smoking happens on my balcony overlooking the mango trees and Lake Victoria. I live in Uganda.

 

[simong]

If Idi Amin smoked a pipe…….

 

[mortonbriar]

@Bwana Kiko yes, the balcony makes more sense than the roof ha!

Must be nice to have fresh mangoes, we can grow ALMOST anything down here in New Zealand, but not mango.

 

[Bwana Kiko]

Must be nice to have fresh mangoes, we can grow ALMOST anything down here in New Zealand, but not mango.

Sadly, due to elevation, it's only mango trees. We never get mangoes from them.

 

[Pooh-Bah]

Grug think in order be worthy "cavewarden" name, pipe need sturdy enough to hit enemy tribe on head, not break.
Protect cave, long stem give more reach than normal pipe.

 

[danimalia]

I don't know if it would be a new style, because I don't think it would be that easy to replicate, but it is certainly badass!

 

[blueeyedogre]

Kind of the look of a curved duke. I like it!

 

[Bwana Kiko]

Kind of the look of a curved duke. I like it!

Yeah, I can see that!