Oldest Pipe You Smoke

[lawdawg]

Sablebrush, that pipe is beautiful! Owning a quality pre-1900 pipe is definitely in my plans. I would love to smoke a piece of history ::

 

[philobeddoe]

Tuold, that's cool, our pipes are old cousins. A pipe is like a little time machine, every time I light up a bowl in my old C.P.F. I think about all of the men who must have enjoyed that same chunk of briar for over 100 years.

 

[dmcmtk]

This old Peterson's from the early teens (1910-15/16),

 

[noquarter]

I have a dozen Custom-Bilts on my rotation. I guess they're at least 70 years old.

The Sterling capped Barling is pretty awesome.

 

[jpmcwjr]

dmc-
Gorgeous pipe and photos. Did you take them? If so, you ought to put up a tutorial!

 

[fnord]

I'm in awe.
I still smoke my first pipe purchased: a middle of the road, circa 1973 GBD model - but I do appreciate the respect shown for these old soldiers.
Sallow, your Pete makes my knees weak. (I'm a sucker for a well made billiard or Canadian.) Yet, I feel the same way about your Vintage Pete bent stem, Jpmcwjr.
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and these pix.
Fnord

 

[dmcmtk]

Gorgeous pipe and photos. Did you take them? If so, you ought to put up a tutorial!

Photos by Dean Wakeman,
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/petersons-dublin-amp-london

 

[ssjones]

@DMcmtk: That Peterson is incredible - did you ever ask Mark Irwin for any history on that shape?

 

[pagan]

Another photo of my BBB Own Make (TOP) with my GBD Extra Dry (MIDDLE) I could date the GBD before the BBB cause Xtras haven't been made since the 1930's, but neither of them care, they smoke great for me

That's a 1989 ASPC (Rollar) on the bottom

 

[fordm60]

All beautiful Pipes. Sable that Barling is exquisite!!
My oldest pipe is a 1905 Cutty I was able to purchase from Condorlover1!! I smoke it almost daily and find it to be a very good smoker. I love to think of the things it has seen over the years. When it was made many ships still used sails, two World wars....it blows my mind a little! I will post a picture later today.

 

[jvnshr]

1882? Even my grandfather wasn't born back then, amazing.

 

[onestrangeone]

I have a Comoy's Bulldog that I believe was made sometime between 1945-55. That's as close as I've been able to date it.

 

[jerwynn]

The oldest pipe I have, family lore puts it mid-19th century... I'm not precisely sure... is this baby:

It's a bit too fragile to smoke though... it's one of the very few things I consider an actual heirloom here.
I have fantasies of some day owning a 1956 birth year Dunhill... maybe even in its original case! Pipedreams!

 

[irishearl]

Pitchfork, unable to post a pic due to technical incompetence. But some Salmon & Gluckstein trivia-due to the ubiquity of that tobacconist chain a century ago, Sherlock Holmes was noted in a tale or 2 as doing his shopping @ a S&G shop.

 

[blueeyedogre]

I've got a tiny CPF Oompaul from around 1905 that is a great flake pipe.

 

[prairiedruid]

I smoke a beautiful antique 2015 Diplomat Cob which is my oldest pipe.

 

[iamn8]

On special occasions I smoke my earliest pipe which is from the Anthropocene epoch, carved by a Michael Parks.

 

[tbradsim1]

1943,ODA DUNHILL A ROOT BRIAR BILLARD,my Birth Year'

 

[iamn8]

Wow you found a '43 ODA root?!?!

 

[tbradsim1]

Nate snagged it off SPC one Thursday morning , was nervous while doing the transaction figuring it would go fast. Been looking for a long time.