Show us your Ugliest Pipes!

[alaskanpiper]

So many! I wouldn't know which one to vote for. What I don't get is why you guys bought them in the first place.

Sometimes things are ugly enough that they become appealing. Pretty sure that’s the only reason my wife ever went out with me in the first place.

 

[LudwigB88]

So many! I wouldn't know which one to vote for. What I don't get is why you guys bought them in the first place.

Ones I posted simply on eBay. Not purchase !

 

[JackofNone]

See pipe repair to learn about this monstrosity.

 

[LudwigB88]

It started as a test briar to see what different tools would do. Long, long ago. Then one day I had to decide if it should just go in the trash. Seeing as how the briar came from American Pipes and was drilled by Tinski or one of his minions I popped a stem in it and fired it up. Now I only smoke it at night, to hide the shame of smoking an ugly pipe.

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I made one just like that … in the toilet, this morning, … after eating a bran muffin. Ha ha.

 

[Woodfly]

This one takes the prize for me.
I hate looking at it on my shelf, but I can't get rid of it for sentimental reasons.

 

[troutface]

Three more I saw on eBay. NOT mine thank god !

Oh lord, that pipe in the middle has a goiter !

 

[simong]

I can't post a photo of an ugly pipe, as I don't own any. I have in the past though. Cobs! Ghastly things..... They really are.

 

[AroEnglish]

This one takes the prize for me.
I hate looking at it on my shelf, but I can't get rid of it for sentimental reasons.

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Sentimental because you know the pipe maker intimately

Was this your very first pipe?

 

[Woodfly]

Sentimental because you know the pipe maker intimately

Was this your very first pipe?

Unfortunately, the pipe maker is me.
It was my third pipe ever and made from a block of briar I inherited from my grandfather.

 

[kcghost]

I have one of Olie Sylvester pipes from his "Monstrosity Collection. It is genuinely ugly to say the least. It is unsmoked.

 

[AroEnglish]

Unfortunately, the pipe maker is me.
It was my third pipe ever and made from a block of briar I inherited from my grandfather.

Haha yeah I remember seeing your post that all your pipes were made by you

Are all your blocks inherited from him or just this one?

 

[bent1]

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My ugliest pipe is my first restoration! I think I made it a biiit less ugly

Well, at least the stem is shinny now. Briar is hideous either way.

 

[craiginthecorn]

I have one of Olie Sylvester pipes from his "Monstrosity Collection. It is genuinely ugly to say the least. It is unsmoked.

Me too, although mine is smoked. The thing was intentionally beaten up, like those expensive torn and tattered jeans that some women like to wear. It was acquired as part of a purchase of a collection. It’s not something I would have picked up on my own. I do miss his podcast, though. Great long form interviews.

 

[kcghost]

Olie definitely had some great interviews,

 

[Woodfly]

Haha yeah I remember seeing your post that all your pipes were made by you

Are all your blocks inherited from him or just this one?

I inherited three blocks from him, and made my first three pipes from those. They are sitting together on a rack overlooking my home office.

Sometimes I regret making my first pipes with his briar thinking I should have saved them for when I improved my skills. But at the same time those three pipes got me hooked on pipe making, so maybe it was the right way.

 

[AroEnglish]

I inherited three blocks from him, and made my first three pipes from those. They are sitting together on a rack overlooking my home office.

Sometimes I regret making my first pipes with his briar thinking I should have saved them for when I improved my skills. But at the same time those three pipes got me hooked on pipe making, so maybe it was the right way.

Yeah it's part of yours and his story. I'm sure he would've been glad that you made them into pipes in the first place.