Show Us Your Opera Pipes!

[emac.917]

I have 3.
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All 3 have small (group 2-3) oval chambers. They definitely DO NOT have large(r) surface areas - just differently shaped ones

Ah, interesting, so they just take a round bowl and squeeze it down into an oval. Makes sense if the goal is to reduce printing when put into a pocket.

Your middle pipe is particularly good looking. Is that a Barling?

I can’t make out the stamping. Need to note it in my rapidly expanding PAD list.

 

[OzPiper]

Ah, interesting, so they just take a round bowl and squeeze it down into an oval. Makes sense if the goal is to reduce printing when put into a pocket.

Your middle pipe is particularly good looking. Is that a Barling?

I can’t make out the stamping. Need to note it my rapidly expanding PAD list.

Well spotted.
The middle one is indeed a 1913 Barling.
Unfortunately the previously owner had rotated the silver olive so the stamps are facing the wrong way

 

[emac.917]

The middle one is indeed a 1913 Barling.

Wow, 1913! Doesn’t look a day over 1980

I aspire to own a 111 year old pipe in such fine shape. Though, I may be intimidated to smoke a piece that’s survived through so much history.

 

[AroEnglish]

Well spotted.
The middle one is indeed a 1913 Barling.
Unfortunately the previously owner had rotated the silver olive so the stamps are facing the wrong way

That's a damn shame. Can it be rotated back?

 

[OzPiper]

That's a damn shame. Can it be rotated back?

I’m sure it can be done.
But it is glued in place and I don’t want to try loosening it in case I damage the shank

 

[thomasw]

I bought a Castello Perla Nera Kk shape 55 which, I think, might count as an opera pipe, though I am unsure because I don’t attend the opera and know the customs associated with it.
Anyway here it is … a fantastic smoker!

 

[OzPiper]

Your Perla Nera is a dress pipe to go with your patent leather pumps, top hat, silver mounted cane and white scarf

The Castello Opera is a Shape 44
@Searock Fan has a gob-smackingly stunning example (post 44)

 

[AroEnglish]

I bought a Castello Perla Nera Kk shape 55 which, I think, might count as an opera pipe, though I am unsure because I don’t attend the opera and know the customs associated with it.
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That's certainly a pipe that would fit in an opera setting.

What I think makes an opera is an oval bowl and oval chamber. Castello's shape 44 used to have both but the modern ones unfortunately have a round chamber.

 

[briarblues]

Just arrived. Custom ordered from Glenn Tinsky ( American Smoking Pipes ) . Inspiration was the Castello shape 44. Landed at my door cost was under $200.00. Yes, you can still get a custom made pipe for a very reasonable price.

 

[emac.917]

Nice buy! Where did you find it? I’ve got a 1963 and have been trying to find a 1964.

Not sure if you are still in the market for a ‘64, but I came across this one. Looks very nice

 

[AroEnglish]

Not sure if you are still in the market for a ‘64, but I came across this one. Looks very nice

Oh yeah that's quite nice: thanks! I have a 327 already and I do prefer the 320. I mainly wanted a 1964 since it's my dad's birth year.

 

[emac.917]

Oh yeah that's quite nice: thanks! I have a 327 already and I do prefer the 320. I mainly wanted a 1964 since it's my dad's birth year.

The 320 has ivorite on the shank, right? Very handsome

Had to look up the difference and saw one example that @alaskanpiper posted in a different thread. Do all 320s come with the screw in tenon?

 

[AroEnglish]

The 320 has ivorite on the shank, right? Very handsome

Had to look up the difference and saw one example that @alaskanpiper posted in a different thread. Do all 320s come with the screw in tenon?

Mine doesn't have a screw in tenon but there is the white band between the shank and stem that's some kind of animal material. Could be ivory or bone or something else but pretty clearly not a synthetic material.

 

[alaskanpiper]

The 320 has ivorite on the shank, right? Very handsome

Had to look up the difference and saw one example that @alaskanpiper posted in a different thread. Do all 320s come with the screw in tenon?

1. Many of them (including mine) are actual ivory, not ivorite.

2. It actually wasn’t a screw in tenon, it was a regular push tenon, but they had attached the accent ring to the stem using a screw tenon-like device that came unglued and was easily repaired back to a functional one piece push tenon stem.

Hope that helps!

 

[bullet08]

Here's soprano Maria Callas showing off her pipe at the opera:

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She was kissed by angels.

 

[emac.917]

This thread triggered my PAD so badly that I couldn’t resist picking up this Longchamp opera pipe.

The leather is in excellent condition, but it’s got a pretty thick cake which needs work. Also, I’ve never smoked a pipe with a stinger, so I’m curious if I will like it or have to remove it.

 

[AroEnglish]

This thread triggered my PAD so badly that I couldn’t resist picking up this Longchamp opera pipe.

The leather is in excellent condition, but it’s got a pretty thick cake which needs work. Also, I’ve never smoked a pipe with a stinger, so I’m curious if I will like it or have to remove it.


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Ganda!

 

[AroEnglish]

Got this handsome pipe from @RustiePyles CPG. My dream is to eventually make a short stem for it.

 

[emac.917]

Got this handsome pipe from @RustiePyles CPG. My dream is to eventually make a short stem for it.

It looks classy/fancy with the long stem. You'll need a monocle and a top hat to match How does the top view look?

 

[crowbait]

A unique Genod bent opera.

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The depth on that grain is amazing. What a beauty!