I'm interested to see my brothers and sisters most cherished pipe they own. It should be the ONE pipe that you would grab if you were never to return home.
Show Us Your Most Prized Pipe!
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This is a difficult conundrum; I'd get around it by grabbing my pipe drawer which holds my 21 favourite in use pipes!
I like all of those pipes so much that my 'favourite' is whichever one I am smoking
Which, right now is .... this bad boy tanshell ---->
I like all of those pipes so much that my 'favourite' is whichever one I am smoking
Which, right now is .... this bad boy tanshell ---->
The one in my hand at the time I was forced from my home I suppose, I' guessing something terrible has occurred so I really doubt smoking tools would be on my mind.
PS: I should point out, I suppose, that I'm really not good at "what if" games. Not enough imagination I suppose.
PS: I should point out, I suppose, that I'm really not good at "what if" games. Not enough imagination I suppose.
Which one of your children do you love the most?
^^^^^ This
Much as I love my pipes, there are other things much more important in a crisis.
Also standing there looking at the collection and trying to decide is not a good use of valuable time
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My Peterson 309
It’s been with me since 1990 and traveled with me to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Honduras, Haiti, Korea, Bali, Canada, Bahamas, Mexico and 39 States. She’s survived 2 marriages, a career, kids, grandkids, loss of parents, 2 branches of service and numerous other events.
It’s not worth much to anyone else but to me it’s extremely valuable.
It’s been with me since 1990 and traveled with me to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Honduras, Haiti, Korea, Bali, Canada, Bahamas, Mexico and 39 States. She’s survived 2 marriages, a career, kids, grandkids, loss of parents, 2 branches of service and numerous other events.
It’s not worth much to anyone else but to me it’s extremely valuable.
Nothing jumps out immediately but I think if I were to take time and lay them out in front of me I'd probably find the one (or 10).
Yeah, that makes sense that that would be the one. That a lot of life you've lived with that pipe in your possession.
I keep my pipes in a shoe box so I could grab the whole thing if I had to evacuate but my main concern in an emergency would be family members, financial papers, wallet, car keys etc like a normal sane person, not pipes. But assuming not an emergency situation and to try to answer the question reasonably, my most cherished (however you define that) pipe is my irreplaceable Erica (Peterson second) XXL handmade because it just the best smoking pipe I own and my Peterson straight billiard meerschaum which has been appropriated by family as a remembrance of a great grandmother who spent summers on the Isle of Mann as a child. While I like my other pipes very much they are just pipes and don't have any sentimental attachment. None of them do but the above two would be missed more than not.
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My Paronelli author with dark gray beaded finish. It is the easiest and best smoking pipe I own.
My dad always said, “the one furthest from home.”
That's pretty deep when you mull it over. I like it, words to live by for a father.
any pipe. my concern would be getting tobacco.
Similar to what PaulRVA said above, I purchased this Dunhill Cumberland in the late 80's when I was just out of high school and it traveled with me many places around the world with the Army and on my person in general. I've given it some extended breaks while at home, but every time I go somewhere it ends up in my pouch.
This is a question I have wrestled with for decades.
OK ! I’ll play
First this pair of Barling motor domes
Or this Barling Kalmasch
Or this Tsuge Ikebana by Asami Kikuchi
Yes, I know the OP specified ONE pipe.
I’m wracked by indecision
First this pair of Barling motor domes
Or this Barling Kalmasch
Or this Tsuge Ikebana by Asami Kikuchi
Yes, I know the OP specified ONE pipe.
I’m wracked by indecision
I dont have any with sentimental value. However, at the moment it is this Kai Nielsen. Aside from liking the appearance, it has one of the best draws of any of my pipes. Smooth and even in a way that is hard to describe. I have other Kai pipes. They are all very good but something about this one is different. It was a dream smoke from the first bowl.
Ive made handmade saxophone mouthpieces for 20 years. I have learned that among handmade items, and even those that are machine made, there is variance. Some pieces are just special for no measurable reason. Of course someone else may find it not so special and consider one of my others more special...you cant leave the user out of the equasion.
Ive made handmade saxophone mouthpieces for 20 years. I have learned that among handmade items, and even those that are machine made, there is variance. Some pieces are just special for no measurable reason. Of course someone else may find it not so special and consider one of my others more special...you cant leave the user out of the equasion.
Very similar to my Kikuchi bent brandy.
It took me a couple of years of looking to find mine
I assume once you've departed on this journey, never to return and all, that you include that there will be no opportunity to replace?
I'd take my car pipe. I seldom resort to its use, but it is dependable and actually smokes very well. It's a Brylon Yelo-Bole.
I'd take my car pipe. I seldom resort to its use, but it is dependable and actually smokes very well. It's a Brylon Yelo-Bole.