Put a bright orange lanyard around it and wear it around your neck. Unless a bear yanks on it, it won't go anywhere. Not fashionable, but I think pipes went out of fashion some time ago.
Ideas for Hanging or Securing a Pipe Against Loss or Damage - During Outdoor Activities
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They'd float! Those darn things are hard to kill!Just take serval cobs. If one falls in... so what.
But, I think the question is how to attach a pipe to a lanyard? They aren't easy to put a carabiner through.
There's a simple knot that works for such. Kind of like tying a noose..
A solution would be to wrap a piece of soft-tempered leather round the stem and then attach the lanyard to that somehow. This would be a per-pipe unique fix, since stems come in all kinds of shapes and thicknesses.
Radice did this one, but I swear I’ve seen others.
Thank you for all your comments and suggestions.
Perhaps I should have explained myself better: My concern is smoking while performing a physical or complex task, when one could let go of the pipe, by accident or design, therefore damaging it or loosing it.
I'm thinking of something that can hold the pipe you're smoking if you let go of it. I understand this would seldom be necessary or useful, and is therefore irrelevant to most pipe smokers. Times when a pipe is dropped, by accident or on purpose, are of course rare.
Yet, I had a particular experience a couple weeks ago, while shore fishing Florida, when I could have temporarily ditched my pipe.
It was sunny but cool beach day, right to decompress with a pipe. Six hours without a single bite; yet, the weather, the seas, and the smoke where all great. Then suddenly, a large fish jumps violently out of the water, followed by my fishing rod falling over and dragging on the sand, as it was quickly being pulled into the sea. Damn.
Got up as fast as I could and ran, pipe in mouth, hands in the air, bouncing belly, screaming between my teeth for my kid to get to the rod. I got to it right at water's edge; panting heavily, with raging tobacco chimney burning inches from my face.
I had hooked a shark. To my dismay sand had gotten into the reel and it wouldn't move. So I'm desperately trying to land the fish, while adjusting line tension, trying to unlock the reel, and giving instructions to my son. All the while the pipe was out of control and spitting ash like an old locomotive.
After a five minutes fighting it the shark cut the line. When I got back to beach "base" I let down the now spent, undamaged, pipe. I fixed the reel and the terminal tackle, and an hour or so later, without the pipe in my mouth, I landed a beautiful back tip reef shark, which I promptly released back into the sea.
Smoking a pipe was justified and pleasurable, but when conditions suddenly changed I had no way to safely put it down. Having cords or a pipe hanging from my neck or vest could have perhaps caused its own complications, but I would have liked the option of temporarily ditching the pipe while I dealt with the problem.
Perhaps I should have explained myself better: My concern is smoking while performing a physical or complex task, when one could let go of the pipe, by accident or design, therefore damaging it or loosing it.
I'm thinking of something that can hold the pipe you're smoking if you let go of it. I understand this would seldom be necessary or useful, and is therefore irrelevant to most pipe smokers. Times when a pipe is dropped, by accident or on purpose, are of course rare.
Yet, I had a particular experience a couple weeks ago, while shore fishing Florida, when I could have temporarily ditched my pipe.
It was sunny but cool beach day, right to decompress with a pipe. Six hours without a single bite; yet, the weather, the seas, and the smoke where all great. Then suddenly, a large fish jumps violently out of the water, followed by my fishing rod falling over and dragging on the sand, as it was quickly being pulled into the sea. Damn.
Got up as fast as I could and ran, pipe in mouth, hands in the air, bouncing belly, screaming between my teeth for my kid to get to the rod. I got to it right at water's edge; panting heavily, with raging tobacco chimney burning inches from my face.
I had hooked a shark. To my dismay sand had gotten into the reel and it wouldn't move. So I'm desperately trying to land the fish, while adjusting line tension, trying to unlock the reel, and giving instructions to my son. All the while the pipe was out of control and spitting ash like an old locomotive.
After a five minutes fighting it the shark cut the line. When I got back to beach "base" I let down the now spent, undamaged, pipe. I fixed the reel and the terminal tackle, and an hour or so later, without the pipe in my mouth, I landed a beautiful back tip reef shark, which I promptly released back into the sea.
Smoking a pipe was justified and pleasurable, but when conditions suddenly changed I had no way to safely put it down. Having cords or a pipe hanging from my neck or vest could have perhaps caused its own complications, but I would have liked the option of temporarily ditching the pipe while I dealt with the problem.
A real pipe smoker wouldn’t have had a problem. Not being rude, but we do tend to obsess…
Sounds like you need a lanyard for the rod and reel, also.
Great story!
Great story!
It’s too bad we don’t have a jeweler on the board.Sounds like you need a lanyard for the rod and reel, also.
Great story!
I mean, a jeweler could solder an eye on a nickel or silver band….
Sure, or I can put a band with an eye hole on any pipe.
Piece of string or avalanche cord around your neck and around the pipe in a Prusik Knot or two half-hitches. Easy to remove if needed.
There are those small screw-in eyelets, but I don't think I could do that even to a beater pipe. Maybe a cob though, some have a wooden plug in the bottom.
Even a loop of fishing line around the tenon then pushed into the stem should hold. Tie the other end to your lucky fishing hat.
There are those small screw-in eyelets, but I don't think I could do that even to a beater pipe. Maybe a cob though, some have a wooden plug in the bottom.
Even a loop of fishing line around the tenon then pushed into the stem should hold. Tie the other end to your lucky fishing hat.
What do you use to glue them in? Coz I have a pipe here that's got a loose ferrule.
I don’t have to usually use glue. A compression fit is usually what I am going for. But, on some decorative bands, I will use Epoxy 330, mostly because it is heat and impact resistant, I can’t break it, but also I use it because it is a lapidary epoxy used for inartsia…. and I have it on hand.What do you use to glue them in? Coz I have a pipe here that's got a loose ferrule.
Oh, I would suggest a touch of E6000. You can find it at Walmart or craft stores. Great for bonding metals to other materials, and it’s not a hard set like two part epoxies. You won’t accidentally glue your hand to a workbench, ha ha. I’ve heard horror stories about epoxies, ha ha.What do you use to glue them in? Coz I have a pipe here that's got a loose ferrule.
Drawstring bag in a deep pocket, and don't take a 600 dollar Dunhill on the water. A nice Grabow is your friend if there's any danger of losing it!
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Not sure if anyone mentioned it yet, but J.M. Boswell of “Boswell’s Pipes” makes his affordable, handmade fishing pipes which are fashioned with a built-in lanyard. Very nice pipes.
I use Falcons when I'm out in the campo...tough as old boots and cheap, so no big loss if they get lost. The fancy briars stay in the house.
An old climbing mate of mine in Scotland once proudly showed off a lanyard he fashioned for his pipe...didn't last long as he got fed up with it getting in his way.
An old climbing mate of mine in Scotland once proudly showed off a lanyard he fashioned for his pipe...didn't last long as he got fed up with it getting in his way.
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