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I won this pipe today and it completes a circle of Cannoy pipes for me.
Walt Cannoy has an interesting history as a carver. You can read it here: http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Cannoy
I bought my first Cannoy pipe off ebay a long time ago...I suspect 2002-2003 or so but I don't remember, anyhoo... it was a beautifully styled Danish freehand and it smoked like a dream. If I ever had to travel it was always one of my pipe choices to go along with me.
It is resting at the bottom of White Iron Lake near Ely, MN. :crying: It is a sordid tale of tragic miscalculation, greed, international duplicity ( a Canadian was involved ) and a fishing boat.
I always vowed to get another, but like many of my vows I never pursued it with much seriousness. Cannoy pipes are as scarce as hen's teeth, too. Walt never made a lot of pipes and those that are out in circulation don't change hands very often. He also had a bad run of health/marriage issues which further limited his production.
Here is what is left of his website; http://www.cannoypipes.com/
Today I got my second chance.
Look like a beauty. 8)
I won this pipe today and it completes a circle of Cannoy pipes for me.
Walt Cannoy has an interesting history as a carver. You can read it here: http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Cannoy
I bought my first Cannoy pipe off ebay a long time ago...I suspect 2002-2003 or so but I don't remember, anyhoo... it was a beautifully styled Danish freehand and it smoked like a dream. If I ever had to travel it was always one of my pipe choices to go along with me.
It is resting at the bottom of White Iron Lake near Ely, MN. :crying: It is a sordid tale of tragic miscalculation, greed, international duplicity ( a Canadian was involved ) and a fishing boat.
I always vowed to get another, but like many of my vows I never pursued it with much seriousness. Cannoy pipes are as scarce as hen's teeth, too. Walt never made a lot of pipes and those that are out in circulation don't change hands very often. He also had a bad run of health/marriage issues which further limited his production.
Here is what is left of his website; http://www.cannoypipes.com/
Today I got my second chance.
Look like a beauty. 8)