Show Off Your Ferndown (or Les Woods) Pipes

[ssjones]

I don't think we have a show off thread dedicated to Ferndown pipes, so I'll kick it off. I have two on my rack:
3 Star Bark, my first Ferndown. This one is reserved for Sunday morning smokes.


2 Star Tudor Root Silver Spigot

 

[smokeybear]

Ive been trying to get one of these pipes for ages. always get outbid lol. Very nice Al

 

[numbersix]

Mine one and only is a Ferndown Bark Billiard with Silver Band
Excellent pipe - great smoker.

 

[tbradsim1]

NOS from Ezera, love it.

 

[tbradsim1]

My two best Pokers, Castello Great Line on left and Ferndown Smooth on right.

 

[pitchfork]

Beautiful pipes, gentlemen. How are the airways on Ferndown pipes? I've heard they are drilled somewhat less open than Ashtons, for example.
BTW, that's one snazzy poker, Bradley.

 

[lostandfound]

I like that billiard Number6

 

[ssjones]

Pitchfork: I find the draft hole and draw on my Ferndowns to be quite similar to my Upshalls. That bent Dublin passes a thin pipe cleaner but not a thick one. I don't like too wide an open draw (ie Castello) and learned not to pack them too tightly. I really like the way both of mine smoke and would love to add another. Perhaps it is because this brand uses oil-cured briar? Ferndowns are always quite large, again like Upshall in that respect (the Stars denote the size of the bowl, 3 star the largest)

 

[numbersix]

@lostandfound: thanks - I like it a lot too.

How are the airways on Ferndown pipes?

I don't have an Ashton, so I cannot say other than that mine offers quite an open draw. And the stem work is first-rate.

 

[pitchfork]

Al, Six,
Many thanks for the answers on airways and stemwork.

 

[Briar Boy]

Here's my first but definitely not my last, a Twin Stem 1 Star Bark Cherrywood Spigot...

 

[ssjones]

Wow, that silver spigot is amazing, I love those twin stem pipes.

 

[sergemoat]

Here's my Ferndown ** Bark, my 3p's pipe.

 

[eaglerico]

My First. I posted about it here.

 

[ssjones]

Nice Glen, I like that Reo finish and the panels and Cumberland.

 

[dixie]

My Ferndown Bark Canadian. One of my favorites!

 

[pitchfork]

Rectangular shank -- nice.

 

[smokeybear]

dixie that is a gorgeous Canadian love everything about it. it looks so sharp

 

[voorhees]

Lovely pipes gentleman..and Yes, that Canadian is awesome Dixie.

 

[dukdalf]

Having spent the last twelve years in hiding, waiting for the right moment is this rather illegal (non-stamped) canadian: