The Chicagoland International Pipe & Tobacciana Show 2017

[shikano53]

Georged, Just that reading this thread about show brought back memories of my one and only experience going through.

 

[georged]

I forgot to put a wise-ass smiley face on my comment. :lol:
Chicago is on pretty much everyone's Traffic Hell Stories list, is all.
About ten years ago they decided to keep ONE toll booth open on I-90 WB while closing ALL the others---8 or 10 of them---for tearing down & replacement. Couldn't give up that $2.00 per car, no sir. So what if the backup sometimes reached FIVE MILES? (The project lasted several months)
Etcetera.

 

[deathmetal]

Looks like a good time was had by all. Glad to see Mr. Pease honored.

 

[jefff]

I am happy for Greg and I am happy for me. The Scottie pipe I got is a lovely thing.

 

[pipestud]

What a great show! I enjoyed meeting Jeff and others here for the first time, and of course, seeing all of my long-time friends like the wife stealing Brian Levine, Dave Peterson, and countless others. Seeing Vernon and Greg win the Dr. of Pipe award was a real treat and I wish that Greg had been able to be there but understood his other commitments and sometimes that just happens.
As for jiminks, I gave the poor guy a tin of tobacco to review since he doesn't often get to try new tobaccos. :wink:
I avoided any driving hassles by hiring one of those limo services but did not avoid a numbed palate by smoking 24/7 for two straight days.

 

[georged]

I met Vernon for the first time (at any length) at last year's show, and came away thinking he was a total class act. The sort of person any enthusiast hobby could use more of.
I've known Greg a long time. That he's the best there is at what he does is difficult to argue with. A super-bright, scientific-minded guy born with the same olfactory/taste apparatus as history's legendary whiskey and perfume blenders. Also a 100% class act.
I can't think of two more deserving individuals to receive the Doctor of Pipes award. Truly.
Congratulations to them both. :clap:

 

[exterminatewho]

Oh god, I'd have to save up at least three thousand dollars before I can go to something like this. The pipes look amazing...

 

[jvnshr]

You asked for it:
Photo by thispipelife

Photo by briarworks

Photo by smokingpipes

Photo by nitroviking

Photo by j.l.thompson_pipes

Photo by Eric Michalsen

 

[jvnshr]

Photo by vermontfreehand

Photo by briarworks

Photo by smokingpipes

Photo by danishpipeshop

 

[ssjones]

They added a bunch of videos from Saturday and Sunday.

https://www.pipehub.com/blog/post/pipehub-live-streaming-the-2017-chicago-pipe-show

 

[jvnshr]

Thanks for the links, Al. Going to watch them all in the evening.

 

[ssjones]

Richard Friedman's Sea Creature display, courtesy of Neill Archer Roan.

Where there any other displays?

 

[pipestud]

Yes, the late Mike Reschke's famous Parker Pipes display was up. His widow brought the display. She also had a table and was selling off Mike's heralded old Parker pipes at incredible bargain prices. I had two different collectors show me Parker's they purchased at the table. Both were 1930's models they bought for $40 apiece.
Pipestud

 

[ssjones]

Was there an award for best display?

 

[newbroom]

I saw those two matched grained naturals with bamboo and I thought of deliverance. (I think you know who I was thinking about)

The pipes were in one of the pipehub.com vids that Al posted, and were made by Teddy Knudsen.

knudsen

 

[woodsroad]

Yes, the late Mike Reschke's famous Parker Pipes display was up. His widow brought the display. She also had a table and was selling off Mike's heralded old Parker pipes at incredible bargain prices. I had two different collectors show me Parker's they purchased at the table. Both were 1930's models they bought for $40 apiece.

A naive widow is trying to raise some much needed cash by selling off her husband's prized collection, and the vultures descend. Didn't anyone think of helping this woman price the collection appropriately, instead of taking her to the cleaners? Surely there must have been some good folks there who saw her predicament.

 

[winton]

Woodsroad, Yes, people in the CPCC are advising her how to slowly change this collection into cash.

 

[woodsroad]

That's good to hear, Winton, but what's up with $40 for a '30's Parker?

 

[scotties22]

This was the second year I have attended and it was a blast! And for those of you who don't know, I beat Manduela AND Rie to bring the Women's Division Slow Smoke Contest title back to the good ol' USofA!! One of the two of them has won it for about 8 years now so it was no small feat. Carrying the trophy home on the airplane was fun too.

 

[woodsroad]

Hot Damn! Congratulations!
We want a full report!