Show Me Pipe Rack / Storage Options

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

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very nice!

 

[gkunkel]

I make my own pipe racks.

 

[Homer]

I keep my pipes in a wooden wine box. I like to keep them in a closed dark place, fist because I don't care much for cold pipe smell ... and second because, in my experience, vulcanite does not turn green/yellow if kept away from light.

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That`s something I could also Do. Looks great.

 

[ssjones]

I picked up this four-drawer "Batchelors Chest" this weekend. It will be refinished in mahogany satin and I'm sourcing drawer liner material. It will become my new pipe cabinet, to replace my current oak bow-front cabinet. It will hold about 55 pipes, which is perfect.

We're downsizing soon and I need a solution that has a smaller foot print and can be more easily moved. Stay tuned.

 

[obc83]

I am into collecting these little metal racks from 1960s, I think made in JapanView attachment 194553

Those are cool. First time I've thought "I want that" in this thread. Besides all the pipes.

 

[Cyxelsid]

What great post! I only have a few pipes in my arsenal, but I have already suffered from one drop and break. I am definitely looking for an alternative storage situation and these are some great ideas.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

What great post! I only have a few pipes in my arsenal, but I have already suffered from one drop and break. I am definitely looking for an alternative storage situation and these are some great ideas.

Once you get a rack, you will have the desire to fill it. And then you will want just one more pipe ... so it goes.

 

[username]

 

[Frog Snacks]

Nothing fancy, wooden boxes made from pallet wood.

 

[Mike N]

Here are a few in my collection.

 

[orlandofurioso]

 

[Humblepipe]

I picked up this four-drawer "Batchelors Chest" this weekend. It will be refinished in mahogany satin and I'm sourcing drawer liner material. It will become my new pipe cabinet, to replace my current oak bow-front cabinet. It will hold about 55 pipes, which is perfect.

View attachment 246492We're downsizing soon and I need a solution that has a smaller foot print and can be more easily moved. Stay tuned.

Al, please post the outcome. I like where this is going... Empty-nesters here and not a ton of space. I have posted my converted suitcase previously, but I have added a number of very old, odd shaped and somewhat fragile pipes (amber stems, etc.) to my collection which will not fit into the suitcase

 

[JEdwards]

I picked up a leather hanger on Etsy a few months ago. That inside a spare filing cabinet gets the job done for me. Utilitarian if not particularly decorative.

 

[PaulRVA]

Couldn't find what I wanted so built my own. Now finishing its twin.

 

[obc83]

I picked up a leather hanger on Etsy a few months ago. That inside a spare filing cabinet gets the job done for me. Utilitarian if not particularly decorative.

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I saw those recently. Eventually I'm going to copy the one with the storage pockets.

 

[Tom-202]

I commissioned a sixteen pipe rack by JIEZAWOODstudio in China. I had to wait a little bit because he needed to photograph it for his Etsy shop (my rack is the one used for his photos of the sixteen pipe rack with tin storage below) and am very happy with it. Its width better accommodates my wider pipes than my twenty-four or thirty-six Decatur racks, which are narrow (they’re from a different era when pipes tended to be smaller). My biggest complaint about the Decatur racks is that any lower rows that have holes for stems can mostly only fit straight pipes. These options can cost hundreds, but, bargains can be found.

These days, I’ve switched to just getting ProSource 18 sunglasses boxes, which can be used to display or close up and pack pipes. The limitation is the size of the compartment when it comes to the the length and width of the pipe. For medium and small pipes, they’re great. Amazon has these for twenty bucks a pop.

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That’s a great system.

 

[gamzultovah]

I’m kind of reckless and old school. An Ox Cart table:

European Arts & Crafts wall racks and American Arts & Crafts (Mission) pipe stand:


A turn of last century English pipe cabinet (for my Falcons which I haven’t gotten up on the wall yet):

A picture for context (sorry, the apartment is a little messy):

And, of course, the artwork:

 

[Humblepipe]

I’m kind of reckless and old school. An Ox Cart table:
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European Arts & Crafts wall racks and American Arts & Crafts (Mission) pipe stand:
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A turn of last century English pipe cabinet (for my Falcons which I haven’t gotten up on the wall yet):
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A picture for context (sorry, the apartment is a little messy):
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And, of course, the artwork:
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This does not look messy to me. Nicely done. Those pipes look on the magnum side.

 

[gamzultovah]

This does not look messy to me. Nicely done. Those pipes look on the magnum side.

Thank you very much. I would say none of my pipes would be considered magnum size. Group 6 at best (chamber-wise). Now the heaviest pipe I have is almost 5 oz. It’s on the left side of the ox cart table and easy to spot. Definitely not a clencher. Thanks again.

 

[AroEnglish]

I’m kind of reckless and old school. An Ox Cart table:
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European Arts & Crafts wall racks and American Arts & Crafts (Mission) pipe stand:
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A turn of last century English pipe cabinet (for my Falcons which I haven’t gotten up on the wall yet):
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A picture for context (sorry, the apartment is a little messy):
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And, of course, the artwork:
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What a wonderful space. I can imagine how calming it would be to sit there.