pipe rest

[gloucesterman]

I store my pipes in two wooden medicine cabinets I repurposed into pipe cabinets. They're inexpensive and hold 36 pipes each. They are mounted on the wall next my desk. If there is any smell I can't tell because that's where I sit and smoke in the evening. The desk and racks are in a room that serves as my sanctuary. It contains my books, music, a comfortable chair and my lap top, everything I need for a quiet evening.

 

[spartanfan]

I found an old walnut pipe 5 pipe rack with the humidor on the back that I converted over into a cigar humidor. I find that if I keep the pipes clean there is not really an offensive smell. If they go to long with out being cleaned - the stem more and shank not really the bowl, that the smell can get a little sharp.

 

[ccdeere]

I keep mine in a pipe rack (which is now full and in need of a partner) on a bookshelf in my hallway. I don't smoke inside, but my lady friend has made some comments about the smoky smell of the pipes....she will be missed (jk).

 

[mcitinner1]

To even suggest that a bunch of pipes would "smell up" a room is an affront to all here.... :roll:

 

[brudnod]

I have a corner of the garage where I do my pipe cleaning and restoring. All pipes go from my smoking screened-in-porch (no smoking indoors) to the garage to rest for a day, get cleaned up (pipe cleaners with Baccardi 151 rum, wipe the bowl and polish as needed) and ONLY THEN can they come indoors to sit in my home office in open-air pipe racks. My wife does not complain about any "scent" in the office so they pass the test!

 

[okiescout]

Cigrmaster, that is one gorgeous cabinet. The briar is awesome.
My new cabinet just arrived from makewine8qlg on e-bay yesterday. I am very excited about getting home and removing it from the crate. It is no where close to the same grade of wood but reasonably priced for my bank account. A solid burl cabinet must have set you back. I am going to port the sides and top of mine though, as you described on yours, it makes sense.
Sagebrush52 was explaining oxidation on stems in light the other day. Yet another factor I had not considered. I may look into a film for the doors that can filter sunlight. They may still oxidize due to exposure to the open air. Still it will get well over half of my humble collection put away and yet easily accessible to smoke.

 

[maxx]

I've got ten pipes. Six of them will fit in an old pipe rack I bought on eBay (it's made for Billiards) and the other four are laying in a 7x6 inch box I found at work that was for some kind of Apple product. On my side table, I've got one of those plastic trays like the top of a TV tray for your plate and glass. This has my ashtray etc on it, and the raised rim allows me to rest a pipe on it. So typically there's three or four pipes on that. I smoke quite a bit when I'm home, so everything is always out, ready for choosing.

 

[seacaptain]

I keep mine in a rack on a bookcase shelf in my (home) office.

 

[saltedplug]

I store my pipes according to grade:
A TV tray sits at my side with ~15 jars of the tobacco I'm smoking. On the same tray nearest me are 10 cobs with bowl to stem, etc.

Between them and the border on the other side of these jars are:
a no man's land of cheap briars piled with some care, for the purposes of maximum piling, ~15 cheap briars.

In their socks on another table, resting safely, are my high-grades, including a Betram Safferling freehand that is too free for me but which nonetheless has fantastic grain that I don't smoke.
The only person who ever claimed he could smell my resting pipes was my father, a confirmed anti once he stopped smoking cigarettes. These pipes were in their socks inside a thick plastic bag in a room he didn't use but past which he walked fairly frequently. It may or may not have been his subjective perception.

 

[zekest]

I use an egg carton made fancy with multi colored sharpies.