My Top 3 Briar Pipes, What Are Yours?

[fishnbanjo]

Rainer Barbi

Anne Julie

Sixten Ivarsson

Of course I don't really have any bad smokers since they don't stay if they don't smoke well, these are excellent smokers no matter my choice of tobak.

 

[voorhees]

My squat Edward's bulldog.

My Savinelli Dry-System.

My Comoy Bent Billiard.

 

[cigrmaster]

I have about 23 pipes that I consider my top tier pipes and they all smoke fantastic but for the sake of this thread I will pick out three of them.
Rad Davis Billiard.

Brian Ruthenberg bent Apple.

Rad Davis Dublin.

 

[trailspike48]

Banjo, you have some beautiful pipes. For me choosing three is a bit of a challange, because I tend to love all my pipes. I have a few GBD's that are great values with a lot of bang for the buck, but these three are favorites in my rotation.
Bonaquisti, smokes cool regardless of technique.

Ser Jacopo, Large pipe over 90 grams and a two hour smoke when full.

Bertram DC, It was this one or my Radice and I like the small size and easy draw on this Bertram

 

[pruss]

Well my collection is small right now. Let's call it in progress. These are the only three that I have that are not in some way, shape, or form, being restored. Once I finish the Root Briar and Savinellie De Luxe restoration I imagine there will be a bit of a shuffle. But these three win for now.
FYI - I am still learning shapes, so please correct me if I've mis-stated below.
Top to bottom:
GBD Unique Handmade (France) - Partially rusticated bent apple. Estate buy.

Royal Danish (Denmark) - Sandblast 1/4 bent. Estate buy.

GBD New Standard Unique (London) - Smooth pick-axe. Estate buy.

Cheers,
-- Pat

 

[bigvan]

Scott Thile Blasted Egg

Charles Cole Blasted Egg

Joe Nelson "Old Nellie" Panel-dog

 

[fishnbanjo]

Man, there's some truly gorgeous stuff here, keep 'em coming!

 

[thesmokindragon]

I have so many greats, wonderful realm of pipe smoke'in, but

to name a few that I have smoked; Balkovec, Hackert, Tinsky, Cavicchi,

Ardor, Ser Jac, Radice, Boswell, Peterson, Stanwell, Savs...many

many more to try before my times up ;-)

 

[uberam3rica]

A Kaywoodie with two digit shape code

A Stanwell

A Nino Rossi hawkbill

 

[brdavidson]

pictures aren't working at the moment, but my top three are Phillip Trypis partially rusticsted poker, Lorenzetti large billiard and my Savinelli Tundra straight billiard

 

[allan]

You gentlemen have some gorgeous looking pipes.
Thanks for sharing

 

[kashmir]

My most beautiful pipe is a Comoy's Grand Slam #398 bought for $95 on eBay.

 

[uberam3rica]

@kashmir

That Comoy it beautiful!

 

[kashmir]

Thanks Uber. Lucky find. When it came in it was filthy and I had to do a complete restoration, including sanding, buffing and waxing. But it came out nice in the end. Inside the bowl tho, the previous owner put a wad of pipemud, which I think is hiding a knifed ream job. Every peacock has a few bad feathers. Cheers.

 

[numbersix]

Another good topic. Not an easy decision, I like all of my pipes, but all three below are my excellent smokers (yes, even my Pete) and the ones I reach for most often:
Dunhill 835 ODB F/T

Ferndown Bark Billiard

Peterson Rosslare Royal Irish 120

 

[numbersix]

Rainer Barbi

Beautiful pipe.

Rad Davis Billiard.

Stunning.

Joe Nelson "Old Nellie" Panel-dog

Gorgeous.

Comoy's Grand Slam #398 bought for $95

Wow - beautiful pipe and what a great price too.

 

[pitchfork]

Wowzers, Kashmir. That is some of the most stunning birds eye I've seen.

 

[fishnbanjo]

pruss,

A GBD was one of my first great smokers, it is still in rotation and I often use it to test tobak, yours are lovely.
bigvan,

Nice trifecta there for sure, stunners.
kashmir,

I could stare at that birdseye forever!
numbersix,

That Pete is to die for,lovely combination of form and beauty.
Keep 'em coming, this should be called the eye candy thread.

 

[pruss]

A GBD was one of my first great smokers, it is still in rotation and I often use it to test tobak, yours are lovely.

::
Thanks fishnbanjo. I quite like those pipes. The GBD apple is a deceptively big bowl. I love it for a long and deep smoke. That little Royal Danish, though, is the best smoker of the bunch. A beautiful draw, great with flake or with cut tobacco.
I am staggered by the beauty of that Comoy Grand Slam. To my eye, some of the nicest wood I've seen in a pipe. What a wonderful pipe.
-- Pat

 

[cigrmaster]

Great looking pipes guys keep em coming.
Kashmir, every time I see that Comoy I drool, that is some of the best looking birds eye I have ever seen on a pipe. It looks like a Saturn grade( I believe it is his top of the line) Eltang with that dark stain. Where is it that you live again? lol