I've been dabbling in pipe smoking on and off since the early 1980s. The last year or so I have gotten back into pipes with great enthusiasm. Accumulating several pipes, racks, tobacco and the myriad of goodies that goes along with the hobby. The top and bottom shelves of the end table next to my chair quickly became over cluttered with all my stuff and really looked kind of junky. My wife suggested we hit up some of the local antique shops to see if we could find a nice cabinet to hold all my pipes and accessories. I was a little unsure at first because to me "antique" is often a word used to describe over priced old wood furniture that needs thousands of hours of restoration to be of any use. What the heck...I decided to give it a go and wifey and I spent a weekend browsing through the local shops. In the first few shops I did find a few old ashtrays and other old smoking doodads but no cabinet. We finally ended up at a place called Red's Antiques in the little town of Tilbury Ontario. Here we found a beautiful cabinet that didn't need any work...that's right...bring it home, dust it off and put all my stuff inside. Perfect!! Ole Red wanted $150 for the cabinet but my lovely wife would have none of that and handily talked him down to $120. Thank you dear. The cabinet really suits me and fits nicely in the room where I spend most of my time. The only thing I did was put a light inside to better show the treasures that now reside within.
The upper glass section stores all the pretty stuff. The drawer holds all kinds of accessories and cleaning supplies and there is plenty of room down below for tobacco storage. Perfect!
The upper glass section stores all the pretty stuff. The drawer holds all kinds of accessories and cleaning supplies and there is plenty of room down below for tobacco storage. Perfect!
