Started with this rack on an old smoking stand, eventually moved to this old oak, bow front cabinet. I had around 100 pipes in there, but since dialed it back to about 50-couple.
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My wife got me a handmade, wall-mounted pipe cabinet a few years ago. All of my briar and meerschaum pipes are on the rack while my cobs occupy the lower shelf.
That's very nice and the table surface looks beautiful! I see one problem though, happily I think can easily be fixed: That bottle of JD is too small!
Thanks Scott! The small bottle of JD is only used as pipe sweeter and cleaner. Rest assured that it’s larger cousin resides about 12 feet away in a kitchen cabinet.
I had an old TV cabinet that fit perfectly in the coat closet. Added racks and a fun coke machine themed display. Works great.
nice set up for sure I Like it.
Thats actually a very sweet setup! The glasstop reminds me of something I would expect to see from Doc on Gunsmoke. Perhaps on his desk. LOL
Most of what’s in heavy rotation or on display goes in this cabinet. This is an old photo, it’s gotten a little more crowded in there lately.
My goal is to have my pipes on a rack of some type. Over many years as my collection has slowly grown, I had to buy “another“ small pipe rack. Then I decided to have a friend of mine build me a pipe rack to hold all my pipes. So I have a wonderful wall hanging pipe rack that holds 21 pipes and has a small storage area below.
However, I bought more pipes. So then I had to re-employ the small pipe racks again. I actually have a pipe arriving today sometime from eBay. It will take up the last spot on my table pipe rack. I am sitting at 50 pipes total. And have promised myself I will buy no more pipe racks! So, I guess I’m not going to buy any more pipes right,
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Main pipe rack.
shelves with small racks and supplies. I've got a bunch pipes out on my work bench for cleaning- the empty slots.
And the last pipe rack I bought this summer.
However, I bought more pipes. So then I had to re-employ the small pipe racks again. I actually have a pipe arriving today sometime from eBay. It will take up the last spot on my table pipe rack. I am sitting at 50 pipes total. And have promised myself I will buy no more pipe racks! So, I guess I’m not going to buy any more pipes right,
.Main pipe rack.
shelves with small racks and supplies. I've got a bunch pipes out on my work bench for cleaning- the empty slots.
And the last pipe rack I bought this summer.
My basic rack is part of an old wooden dish dryer. I also use stamp stands.
Hmm…. my storage method….. hmm, well:
I have a circular pipe rack with a glass tobacco humidor in the center…. all the pipe slots are filled with SOME of my pipes. I have a drawer in a table near “my chair” that has a bunch of popes inside. I have a couple of drawers in the kitchen that my wife lets me store some stuff…. several pipes are there amongst other things. In my den, at my desk, a couple of drawers have several pipes. Out in the garage I have several pipes sitting around in a cabinet near my workbench. I have pipes in various coat pockets and sport coat pockets. I have pipes laying around on counters and other flat surfaces around the house (unless my wife stuffs them somewhere else while straightening up the house). And I have a couple in my truck, including a few in my tool box and at least one in my tackle box.
So, in thinking about my storage “method”…. I would guess, my method is mostly about convenience and easy access.
I have a circular pipe rack with a glass tobacco humidor in the center…. all the pipe slots are filled with SOME of my pipes. I have a drawer in a table near “my chair” that has a bunch of popes inside. I have a couple of drawers in the kitchen that my wife lets me store some stuff…. several pipes are there amongst other things. In my den, at my desk, a couple of drawers have several pipes. Out in the garage I have several pipes sitting around in a cabinet near my workbench. I have pipes in various coat pockets and sport coat pockets. I have pipes laying around on counters and other flat surfaces around the house (unless my wife stuffs them somewhere else while straightening up the house). And I have a couple in my truck, including a few in my tool box and at least one in my tackle box.
So, in thinking about my storage “method”…. I would guess, my method is mostly about convenience and easy access.
I recently upgraded from cigar box to pipe cabinet. It has more tchotchkes than pipes but hey, there's plenty of room to improve. I especially like that new working area I can "fold out". Plenty of room to spread out anything.
And it offers a lot of room for other stuff. When it's time for sleep I just close the damn thing, content that everything will be ready for me once I wake up. I just gotta open it and a world of pleasure awaits me.
And it offers a lot of room for other stuff. When it's time for sleep I just close the damn thing, content that everything will be ready for me once I wake up. I just gotta open it and a world of pleasure awaits me.
When I smoked cigarettes I noticed the stale smoke odour every morning when I went into my loungeroom and whenever I arrived home. Yucky.
Since switching to a pipe over twelve years ago, I can honestly say that I've not ever smelt any stale tobacco odour.
Not that I smoke while driving that often [I don't clench] but I never smell stale smoke there either.
As most of us know, smoke just one cigarette in a car and the stale smell is obvious for a long time afterwards.
My storage method for the pipes in my rotation; although I have plenty of racks, most of my pipes sit in a large bowl next to my laptop where I do most of my smoking and another pile on a table next to my lounge chair.
There's a couple of pipes in my car in case I forget to bring one with me.
You must have a real sensitive nose TT because although the bowl of pipes is sitting right next to me, I never notice any odour from them.
I don’t ever smell my pipes either but some others have. I think that’s their problem but my wife says I need to try and be nicer to people.
Not the best picture but it shows my Savinelli pipe cabinet (hanging on the wall) and three of my pipe racks on the table below it.
That is some wild grain on that cabinet! Beautiful. What are the brass? buttons on the side?