my modest little collection

[jasongone]

i started smoking pipes about 8 years ago. started heavy, then tapered off for a few years while i was moving and travelling almost non-stop. recently fell back in love with the boys here to the extent that the cigarettes are thankfully 99% gone. they still happen when i need a real quick fix at the shop.

anyway here is my small collection as it stands right now.

the churchwarden at the top is a benton. going down in rows from the left; my corn cob, a nording ocaso, and a freehand my uncle gave me. he said he purchased it in the boston area in the late sixties. the pipe has absolutely no markings or name on it. great smoker with a deep bowl. the middle row is; an old stanwell 43. i found this old one and loved the shape. stem tip is broken and i hope to be getting a new stem for him soon. below that is the stanwell legend bulldog, stanwell majestic canadian, a leonessa, and a stnawell hans christian anderson. the last row ae my four workhorses. these are the guys that get taken to the shop and out and about with me most often. all were estates. a bulldog maked "coolmor", bradford rodesian, belmont whitehall author, and a dr gabrow starfire. the bradford, gabrow, and hans christian anderson are probably my favorites... this week.

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Very nice collection there. I especially like that Nording and the Stanwell hans chrisian anderson bottome middle.

 

[romeowood]

very nice little collection there! isn't the best part of your day looking at them and deciding who's going to be your dancing partner, and with which tobacco? :clap:

 

[bowhatchie]

Very nice! I especially admire that Stanwell "Dog" in the middle!1

 

[puffintuff]

Great collection you have there. I was thinking of picking up a Stanwell H.C.A.

myself.

 

[marmal4de]

That Stanwell Canadian is awesome! Great collection.

 

[johnnyrebel]

*Hopefully we'll see many more post, and more of those paintings.

 

[lonestar]

I especially like the freehand. Not only is it a great looking pipe, but a great story too. I've never inherited pipes from family, though my grandfather was a pipesmoker. He passed away before I was born, no telling what happened to his pipes by the time I picked up the habit myself.

Nice pipes.

 

[papipeguy]

Very nice grouping. They're all beauties.

 

[lonestar]

Just noticed the paintings in the background, and the one is a perfect image of the Leonessa. Are you a painter yourself, or did someone that you know paint those ?

 

[jasongone]

hey thanks guys.

the paintings in the back are portraits of my pipes that i started. i have those two finished and then two others started but i haven't had the time to work on them for the last week or so.

 

[colorduke]

Very nice collection,happy smoking.

 

[pstlpkr]

This is one of my favorite type of strings.

I love seeing one's loved ones so proudly displayed.
Very nice.

Thank you.

 

[lonestar]

Thats good work man. I like the backgrounds and colors, the detail is great, and of course the subject matter rocks. Been years since I've had time to do any type of drawing, no telling what I'd come up with these days..... maybe a pipe!

 

[yoru]

You have 5 truly beautiful (by my tastes anyway) pipes there, and the rest are attractive enough. Very nice indeed.

 

[menckenite]

Nice collection! I noticed the one, bottom second row in the middle, is the same pipe in your avatar and in the painting on the right. Tell me about that one, please.

 

[jcsoldit]

You referred to your collection as small, but I have to say what it lacks in size it makes up for in style and character.
Enjoy and thanks for sharing.

 

[wizbang]

That realy is a modest little collection. I love it! Thanks for sharing with us

 

[fred]

Very classy collection!

 

[ichbinmuede]

Absolutely love those two freehands on the left. Beautiful.

And y'know I may be crazy (well probably but that's neither here nor there) but that one with no name looks a lot like a Brigham to me. Are those three brass dots on the stem? One larger in the middle? A few Brigham's I own from that era have very faded and almost vanished stamps so it seems it was a common happening. Brigham had a sporadic presence in the states over the years.

Here's a link that'll show you a little info on their Norseman and Valhalla line (aren't those great names for a pipe line?). Just scroll down the page and you may just have got them identified.