Smoking My First Pipe Right Now

[mso489]

I'm smoking my first pipe, a Tinder Box St. Ives smooth bent pot with a unique transverse

saddle stem. Some charring on the brim, and some chatter on the mouthpiece, but otherwise

doing great. Never been reamed; I wipe out the bowl. Just a great smoker since 1976 or so.

The good house historian at Tinder Box says this is almost certainly a French pipe, a house pipe

made by Chacom or Chapuis-Comoy at St. Claude, presumably, shape 7345. So, consider carefully

when you buy a pipe because it may last a long, long time. Also, if you hit a hiatus in pipe smoking,

keep your pipes. Life circumstances may bring you back. By the way, my leaf is C&D Big 'n Burley.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It's great that you still have a connection with your first pipe. My very first was a cob that I eventually tossed out the window of the car. But, that's a long story.

My partial bent rusticated dublin Savinelli Piuma was by first briar, and I still use it with affection. I had to scrape it down when I decided that aromatics weren't my thing, but it burns a Virginia very well.

I did have to repair the tenon once, when I sat on it, but I will never part with the thing.