I have a friend with a rack of Winchesters behind glass. He's never put a round through a single one. That's his thing, he's a collector. I couldn't do it, but whatever floats the boat, I guess.I know someone who is a rabid anti-smoker, but he collects antique meerschaums. On the other hand I also know someone who collects early Colt .45s, but he has never shot anyone. It's a crazy world.
Yes, true. I’ve also met a kid in The Briary who was “on spectrum” whose parents bought him pipes. At the time he was maybe 12 years old, and he was a walking encyclopedia of everything about pipes and pipe companies, how they’re made. It was amazing how much that kid knew.
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As long as you're enjoying yourself, why the hell not!Ha ha ha.
No.
But thanks for asking.
You are probably all surprised I'm still lurking here. I've just run out of questions.
technically anything is collectable. But with pipes I think you're generally correct. A few brands and meers. Basically it's got to be of note and something that you can't really just get easily.I would think it's more common with meerschaum pipes, as most of them are carvings of a scene, portrait, animal, etc., and are easily recognizable as art to non-pipe smokers and pipe smokers alike. I'm aware that there are some people that just collect briar pipes, such as Dunhill. I don't know anyone, but the internet says it's true.
That's amazing, I'm glad his parents support his passion especially because he can eventually pursue a career in pipes. I wonder if he'll take up smoking when he's old enough.
Not smoking a meer would be madness to me, the patinas they develop are so gorgeous. Of course many people who don't smoke might have no idea they color with use, many probably assume they're bone or ivory. There are some massive meers that I can see not smoking because they're too big to wield and would take far too many smokes to adequately color.I would think it's more common with meerschaum pipes, as most of them are carvings of a scene, portrait, animal, etc., and are easily recognizable as art to non-pipe smokers and pipe smokers alike. I'm aware that there are some people that just collect briar pipes, such as Dunhill. I don't know anyone, but the internet says it's true.
This got most of its color in the first three months of smoking. Though looking back, I wish I'd have kept it unsmoked.
I think its going to look great when you get it colored. That is an amazing pipe.
Mostly colored now. Was surprised how quickly it did.
Being a collector of momento mori, the coloration obscures some of the detail of the carving. As much as I like watching a meerschaum color, that one is a bit of a regret. If Kenan ever puts out another like it, it'll be display only.
I just started collecting about a week or so ago. I’m in full agreement about pipes being like little works of art. I have a nice Estate Savinelli that is the gem of the collection.
This is insanity to meDayton Matlick: Lifelong Tobacco Man | Smokingpipes.com
Dayton Matlick: Lifelong Tobacco Man
"He loved pipes, and he put together an impressive collection, but he was not himself a smoker. The art, engineering, traditions, community, and culture of pipes were his attractions.
That's not to say that Dayton couldn't smoke a pipe. Intellectually, he knew the techniques of pipe smoking very well. Still, he smoked a pipe only once, sitting in my office sometime around 2010. He had meticulously accumulated a large collection of unsmoked artisan pipes, mainly Danish, and they were each spectacular, but for this smoking session, he chose a Dr. Grabow so he could keep his more valuable pieces pristine. I think that was because his primary interest in collecting was the artfulness of pipes.
He wanted me to observe and make sure he was doing everything correctly as he translated his wide theoretical knowledge into the act of smoking. He was perfect. He loaded and lit and tamped that bowl as if he'd been doing it for years and smoked it to the heel with only a rhetorical question or two. He said he enjoyed the experience, but that was his first and last bowl. It neither accelerated nor slowed his own collecting, and although he never became a smoker, he was definitely a pipe man."
