My most favorite pipe of the year

[kenbarnes]

Ingo Garbe is my most favorite pipemaker. I think the classic shape of this one is absolutely gorgeous. If I had the money, I would fly to where the pipe is, inspect it more closely and buy it. Approx $1500 is a steal for this one (in my opinion)

For those people who want to see the other sides of the pipe, here is the link

https://www.tecon-gmbh.de/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=112&products_id=9692

 

[kenbarnes]

I don't know how to enlarge the photo. can anyone help?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Here ya go. :wink:

 

[Chasing Embers]

That is a very fine piece of craftsmanship!

 

[kenbarnes]

Thanks for enlarging it chasingmembers
It looks better every time I look at it!

 

[pagan]

Nice work, I especially like the finish

 

[johnnyiii]

AWSOME grain!!! Move the decimal point over one to the LEFT and I'll take it. ::

 

[kenbarnes]

Nice work, I especially like the finish

Yes, I love the finish. It is like the top coat of a Charatan Distinction. The Distinction had a background spirit stain of black, burnt into the grain and then stripped off, leaving a darker grained background (to bring out the grain as it where). This one has no real back ground stain as the grain is already there and there are hopefully no sandspots to hide. I will be showing Barry Jones the photo of this pipe soon - I love to watch his body language when I show him stuff like this!

 

[tbradsim1]

That is a beautiful pipe, I have 3 Garbes, this one is my pretty girl.

 

[jpmcwjr]

And here's another view. Incredible grain.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

That's about as straight as straight grain gets.. marvelous.

 

[davet]

Incredible grain.

+1, beautiful

 

[pagan]

This pipe was gifted to me by @shikano53, Chris made it himself and did a great job, great smoker and it has a place of honor in my rotation

 

[kenbarnes]

this one is my pretty girl

What a lovely shape. Ingo Garbe's styling especially around the 'kneck' of the bowl is what I love best about his pipes. Lovely pouch as well!

 

[voorhees]

That is a fantastic pipe Ken. The straight grain is so fine.

 

[mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast]

That's a fine looking pipe Ken. Brad, your girl is most certainly pretty as well. Both are very nice looking pipes. There was a gentleman at one of the Columbus shows who had an entire table of Garbe pipes. There must have been 50 of them? He told me he was the foremost collector of Garbe pipes in the world. I have no idea what his name was, but he knew his stuff and I believed him. It was quite a site seeing all those pipes laid out next to each other. I would like to someday own one myself.

 

[mso489]

These pipes begin with the knowhow of finding briar with this level of grain. Then you have to have the mastery to fully develop that in the finishing. For me, it would be a little heart breaking to smoke such a pipe, for fear of charring the brim or nicking the stem, but it would be a thrill. Like I'm not sure if I'd want to take a spin in a Bugatti.

 

[newbroom]

I too enjoy the natural beauty of wood grain in all its various alignments. Bringing out the grain sometimes means applying a dye to the softer parts, I think, first, that brings out its contrast to that which is impervious.

That's not always how its done, I'm sure, but seems sometimes it is.

Here's another from the same website and the first I found. I'd call this one as nice grain, too.

 

[stickframer]

For me, it would be a little heart breaking to smoke such a pipe, for fear of charring the brim or nicking the stem, but it would be a thrill.

I agree with mso, at least mostly. I have seen some drop dead gorgeous pipes lately and it struck me that it would be very difficult to build up the nerve to smoke any of em. Some pipes, to me, are right on the line between function and art, where others are wholly on the 'art' side of the spectrum. Not to say they wouldn't smoke beautifully, but they deserve to be preserved and displayed like any other medium of fine art. At least that's my feeling today.

 

[kenbarnes]

Wow, I did not see this one on the site. This one has some seriously tight and wonderful grain. The birdseye top of this one is breathtakingly STUNNING.