It Just Looked Like a "Me" Pipe

[fMf Piper]

Beautiful pipe, and definitely the largest I have seen so far. Congratulations on your trade.

 

[anotherbob]

That's the beauty, no money changed hands it was a trade. I'm cheap, no way am I paying $700 for a pipe anymore.

I've never seen a briar pipe that seemed worth 700 to me. At least not when there are gorgeous pipes under three hundred. Now Meers I've seen some of those at 700 and thought what a deal.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Why not?

I've got several look at only pieces.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Now Meers I've seen some of those at 700 and thought what a deal.

Never paid more than $280 for a meerschaum.

 

[Chasing Embers]

definitely the largest I have seen so far

I like the big pipes because they're easier for my battered hands to hold. Definitely some giants in my collection.

 

[fMf Piper]

like the big pipes because they're easier for my battered hands to hold. Definitely some giants in my collection.

Wow. Absolutely beautiful - I especially like the skull. Thanks for sharing.

 

[augiebd]

Definitely had your name all over this one! Congratulations!

 

[Chasing Embers]

I just remembered I've got a bunch of C&D Father the Flame from 2017 in my closet. If I decide to smoke it, that may be its blend.

 

[filmguerilla]

I always think that authors (like a 320) look like "me" but the only pipe I ever get compliments along the lines of "that pipe fits you" is a Ser Jacopo Calabash that I break out once in a while. Go figure.

 

[Chasing Embers]

that pipe fits you

Most here just know that I have a soft spot for giant pipes.

 

[Chasing Embers]

The trade hasn't even been completed yet, and the pipe just gets better. I just realized it was made the year I graduated high school.

 

[FHlight]

Such a huge pipe is beyond my control.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Such a huge pipe is beyond my control.

It's about my average size for pipes.

 

[ADKPiper]

Very nice.
I love my Nording freehands.

 

[Chasing Embers]

After a long estate appraisal process, it arrived.



Slightly smaller than expected.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Yeehaw!

 

[Doctor Chopper]

I live about 12 hours away from Van Erck in Michigan. Some day I hope to visit the shop if possible. If I bought a similar pipe, I could likely smoke it all the way home without a refill!

 

[snagstangl]

Throwing it away when you get tired of it?

 

[Chasing Embers]

I live about 12 hours away from Van Erck in Michigan. Some day I hope to visit the shop if possible. If I bought a similar pipe, I could likely smoke it all the way home without a refill!

Primarily a tribute purchase for the person (Von Erck) that was instrumental in getting my late friend and favorite pipe maker Bruce Weaver into carving, it is probably going to be a display only piece but definitely my size of pipe.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Throwing it away when you get tired of it?

It's connected to Bruce, so worth more than thousands of Dunhills. Though not acquired to smoke, it'll be with me until death. Were that not the case, only badly drilled pipes or ones with chambers of less than a 2 inch depth have been thrown out.