Intriguing European Pipe Market Finds

[Dshift]

There are a lot pipes in my corner of the world , which intrigue for one reason or another, sometimes even I don't know what the reason is, but I just can't help it. Most of the pipes I try to keep or pass on to friends as gifts or trades, but they are just too many...
Also several people wrote me asking to see my personal collection.
I love sharing my passion for pipes, so instead of flooding the forum with obnoxious threads about this pipe or the other, I decided to compile everything into one thread for anyone interested to follow along.
I will try to post one to two pipes a day with a few words about them. These pipes will only be pipes that are or were in my possession at some point. Not all of them will be crazy or expensive for that matter but they all felt special to me in some way.

 

[Dshift]

#1
Dr Plumb Perfect Pipe
This is probably the luckiest pipe out there - it had so many issues that it was passed to me as trash that I was supposed to use for spare parts or just throw away.
Thankfully I didn't do any of those things, instead I decided to put in some hours of charity work and although never finished the restoration completely, it was enough for this little guy to be able to find a new home and someone who still to this day gets joy from smoking it. I gotta love a happy ending...

 

[Dshift]

#2
Rattray's Copper
This was the second pipe I have ever owned and if you are a beginner reading this looking for a good afordable new factory pipe, trust me and get yourself one of these. It looks great in my opinion with a really nice blast, nice stain and a beautiful copper ring, it also smoked superbly, no matter what tobacco I put in it, or how wrong my smoking and packing technique was at that time. It was half the price of my first pipe a 150euro savinelli and it was at leas twice as good.

 

[Dshift]

#3
Stanwell Gilt - Edged 84
Even though I have over 40 Stanwell restorations under my belt, I never really felt the need to keep one of them, at least until a couple days when I finish one a next pipe #4. I still haven't decided yet, but I am very tempted...

 

[Dshift]

#4
Stanwell Brass Band 64
And this the second Stanwell, that is constantly trying to seduce me...

 

[Dshift]

#5
M.G.M Rock 1912
This stunning pipe falls under a category, dreadful to me - pipes, I really wanted to keep, but was broke at the time and had to sell... From my research I found out that it was made by Gasparinni and it is up to this day the only poker that I liked. Such a pity, that it had to go...

 

[Dshift]

#6
Anton Manger Free Hand
I add this pipe only because of a comment a German collector and good friend of mine made about Mr Manger recently after he saw a lot of pipes sent to me for restoration:

Aproximate translation - God, what a stoned carpenter...
To be honest, I actually like this specific pipe...

 

[Dshift]

#7
Kiko Caveman Meerschaum
A pipe that puzzles and confuses people all the time, including me quite early in my pipe restoration "career". You will find it listed on eBay as a "broken" pipe; as someone's uncles unfinished project pipe; as a legendary meerschaum pipe carver's first unfinished pipe he started carving at the age of 4... people's imagination also plays a role in their pricing too - I have seen it listed on eBay starting from 5 euros and up to 1500 eur (if I find the screenshot I will add it here)

 

[sablebrush52]

One of my favorite blends is Huber Virginia Golden Flake. Nice to see a pipe from their shop!

 

[Dshift]

One of my favorite blends is Huber Virginia Golden Flake. Nice to see a pipe from their shop!

One of my favourite tobaccos too and there will quite a few Huber pipes in this thread

 

[sablebrush52]

One of my favorite blends is Huber Virginia Golden Flake. Nice to see a pipe from their shop!

 

[bootlegpipes]

We need one Dshift thread to rule them all so I don't miss any of your sweet posts/finds.

 

[Dshift]

We need one Dshift thread to rule them all so I don't miss any of your sweet posts/finds.

That was the idea but more for personal archive with short notes in case I forget something.

 

[bootlegpipes]

That was the idea but more for personal archive with short notes in case I forget something.

Make it happen!

 

[Dshift]

Ok before I continue with today's pipes, I need to show one of my favourite pipe stands. Also some of the pipes I will be showing are part of my private collection but I haven't had the time to restore them yet. This way I will finally deal with the problem of me forgetting to take before photos...

 

[jpberg]

#1
Dr Plumb Perfect Pipe
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Thankfully I didn't do any of those things, instead I decided to put in some hours of charity work and although never finished the restoration completely, it was enough for this little guy to be able to find a new home and someone who still to this day gets joy from smoking it. I gotta love a happy ending...
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@ssjones

 

[Dshift]

#8
Dunhill Bruyere 3108 Silver Spigot from 1988
This stunning pipe also marks the beginning of my birth year pipe collection. at first I didn't get the whole birth year thing, but now I do - it's a bit like the zodiac signs, if you believe in that crap, you are born at a specific time and you are basically stuck with whatever fate has decided for you.

 

[Dshift]

I will be showing are part of my private collection but I haven't had the time to restore them yet. This way I will finally deal with the problem of me forgetting to take before photos...

Just as a reference these are all of the pipes for now, which are officially part of my private collection, but are not restored yet

 

[Dshift]

#9
Peterson Huber München POY 1988
Ok back to birth year pipes... I got extremely lucky and although it took me months until I found my first one, as soon as I got it, I found two more that I really liked- this stunning Pete being the second pipe.

 

[Dshift]

#10
Ashton Sovereign XXX Silver Band from 1988
What a pipe to have as a birth year... I can't wait to restore it and smoke a bowl in it.