Lee Van Cleef Pipes

[runscott]

Has anyone else gone down this rabbit hole? Please show them.

I got real lucky finding the meer, the only flaw being that it has an amber stem instead of the Bakelite, so the color is off. It's 1910-20, so my thinking that the mottled bowl was a 1960's trick is apparently incorrect. The rim was a mess, but black beneath the gunk - I lost a little of the fluming when restoring and decided not to 're-color'.

Surprisingly, the Wellington has been the most difficult to find - his stummel seemed to be between the shape of a Peterson 301 and 309, which I think this one is. But I have not been able to find the flat ferrule AND the correct stummel shape. This is a 1930's/'40s pipe - not sure when WDC went to the flattened ferrule.

 

[ray47]

Love my Lee Van Cleef pipe from Altinok. This is the exact pipe I bought.

 

[Servant King]

Very cool stuff! Now all you need is Klaus Kinski's shoulder hunched back to strike a match on, and enjoy!

 

[AJL67]

Some interesting stuff here, also one of his pipes was a Wellington, it seems likely and from what people in the know have said the pipes he smoked in movies were his own pipes and not the fake "stunt" pipes that many actors smoked.

Lee Van Cleef – Peterson Pipe Notes

petersonpipenotes.org

 

[telescopes]

I've had mine for a while. I decided to go with Peterson 309 which is the shape on my mind that guarantees the closest look to the g,b,&u.

 

[runscott]

Some interesting stuff here, also one of his pipes was a Wellington, it seems likely and from what people in the know have said the pipes he smoked in movies were his own pipes and not the fake "stunt" pipes that many actors smoked.

Lee Van Cleef – Peterson Pipe Notes

petersonpipenotes.org

Don't you love the pipe Giacomo Penzo made for Mark? I contacted him (Penzo) to commission a pipe, and he said...he doesn't do commissions A very sad piping moment for me.

 

[brian64]

Very cool stuff! Now all you need is Klaus Kinski's shoulder hunched back to strike a match on, and enjoy!

If you want to commit suicide do it in the general discussion forum.

EDIT: it's amazing how much a good character actor can add to a movie...FAFDM just wouldn't have been the same without the hunchback. He had a few of the most memorable lines.

Well, if it isn't the smoker.

10 minutes you'll be smokin' in hell!

 

[Servant King]

If you want to commit suicide do it in the general discussion forum.

It's common knowledge that all LVC pipes include a complimentary pocket Derringer with several rounds of ammo.

Edit: Tough part is being within range (about three inches) of your opponent at the moment of truth...

 

[brian64]

It's common knowledge that all LVC pipes include a complimentary pocket Derringer with several rounds of ammo.

Yes, he also had one of the most memorable deaths in the movie...and that's saying a lot...there were plenty to choose from.

 

[Grangerous]

Let’s ask, Lee.

“I usually smoke just after I eat. Why don’t you come back in about ten minutes.”

“In ten minutes you’ll be smoking in hell.”

 

[kcghost]

LVC was a great actor. He was a character actor but he was a classic one.

 

[renfield]

This train'll stop at Tucumcari...

 

[telescopes]

If you can make it to Tucumcari, you can make it to Amarillo.

I love Tucumcari. As the signs say, "Make it Tucumcari, Tonight"

 

[AJL67]

If you want to commit suicide do it in the general discussion forum.

EDIT: it's amazing how much a good character actor can add to a movie...FAFDM just wouldn't have been the same without the hunchback. He had a few of the most memorable lines.

Well, if it isn't the smoker.

10 minutes you'll be smokin' in hell!

Remember me amigo?

Uh uh ..

A classic scene and i shutter to think there are those that don't know it so ...

 

[K.E. Powell]

"How's your digestion now?"

 

[runscott]

If you can make it to Tucumcari, you can make it to Amarillo.

...by morning.

 

[rossmycroftholmes]

From Jayeshta Meerschaum.

 

[runscott]

Here's one advertised on ebay as a 'Lee Van Cleef' pipe. I'm not as imaginative as the seller, but if they sell at the $125 asking price, I guess it was a great idea.

LEE VAN CLEEF Half Bent Meerschaum Pipe, Unsmoked Pipe, Block Meerschaum | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/144490950996

 

[TheWhale13]

Here's one advertised on ebay as a 'Lee Van Cleef' pipe. I'm not as imaginative as the seller, but if they sell at the $125 asking price, I guess it was a great idea.

LEE VAN CLEEF Half Bent Meerschaum Pipe, Unsmoked Pipe, Block Meerschaum | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/144490950996

An incredibly ugly pipe.

 

[telescopes]

An incredibly ugly pipe.

That's not a Lee Van Cleef..

This is a Lee Van Cleef...