The Chicagoland International Pipe & Tobacciana Show 2017

[pappymac]

See all those photos makes my bank account glad I'm not up there.

 

[btsteve]

Very nice pipes, I am just afraid of the cost of those beauties!!!! #maybenextyear

 

[jpmcwjr]

Are there any photos from this years show besides just pipes?

 

[darthcider]

A person could spend an awful lot of money based on those photos.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[ssjones]

The PipeHub guys have posted some interesting video of the show (originally live streaming).

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

 

[jefff]

I just bought a Scottie Peirsal cutty. She tossed in a bowl of 83 McCrains Red Ribbon. I am in the tent right now.

 

[jravenwood]

Another thank you for taking time to post all the pictures jvnshr

Pipestud I look forward to next saturday!

 

[mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast]

I just got home from the show and enjoyed myself again this year. I picked up a couple pipes (one at the swap/sell on Friday and one at the show today) and a couple tins of the McClelland's 40th Anniversary. I attended the showing of Father the Flame on Friday night, and thought it was good. I spent a little time in the tent talking with various folks and met some really great people. The weather ended up being nice, which was an added bonus. Lastly, I had the best breakfast I've ever had in my life this morning (and I've had a lot), a stuffed biscuit at a place called Buttermilk. Wow! ::

 

[jefff]

I was a bit overwhelmed. It was more than I expected but I got to meet Adam, and Jiminks and Steve Fallon and a few other folks.
I bought a nice pipe and enjoyed the whole thing.

 

[buroak]

I would be less inclined to attend if the show were held in Chicago.

 

[daveinlax]

We welcomed Vernon Vig and Greg Pease as this years Doctor of Pipes at the dinner tonight. Congratulations! 8O

 

[glpease]

We welcomed Vernon Vig and Greg Pease as this years Doctor of Pipes at the dinner tonight. Congratulations!

Thank you, Dave. It's quite an honor. I really wish I could have been there in person. Family things. Hopefully next year...

 

[glpease]

Man, those are some pretty pictures of some pretty pipes. There are quite a few there that I'd be happy to add to the aggregation I loosely think of as my "collection." *sigh* Sometimes I wish I didn't like pipes so much...

 

[sablebrush52]

We welcomed Vernon Vig and Greg Pease as this years Doctor of Pipes at the dinner tonight. Congratulations! 8O

Hear! Hear!

 

[ophiuchus]

:clap: -Terrific pictures! Thanks for putting them up!

 

[shikano53]

I've only been to Chicago once. It was while driving home to BC from Ontario on my/our motorcycle, the 'our' signifying SWMBO sitting in the passenger seat. BC and Ontario are in Canada in case you are wondering. It was a Tuesday. It was at 5:00pm. It was raining. No I'm lying, it was pouring rain. No I'm lying; it was deluging.

SWMBO was navigating. Dang; I'm lying again. She was CUSSING more than she was navigating.

The map was wet. Actually the map was a soggy handful of mushy cardboard that SWMBO dropped at one of the pivotal moments along the 47 lane tool both riddled, sodden, soggy road.

It was May of 1991. There were no electronics. No GPS. No. Cell. Phones.

We got lost. Very, very lost. SWMBO went from cussing to crying to really, really cussing. I feared for my life. The dangers of a big city are totally insignificant compared to the danger of a soggy, soaking, wife who has began cussing for the second time while shivering on the passenger seat of a motorcycle. At 5:00pm. In the rain. In or near Chicago.

Somewhere along the 47 lane tool both ridden highway I found God. The sombitch was no help because he was as lost as I was.

I swore I would never, ever, ever go anywhere near Chicago again let alone INTO Chicago.

Maybe they should change the name from the Chicago Pipe Show to the Near Chicago Pipe Show...

 

[georged]

Sounds like any day's typical drive in or around Chicago, shikano53. Your point?

 

[philobeddoe]

Congratulations Mr. Pease, your contributions to our hobby are immense and those of us who have cellared your wonderful creations will still be enjoying your work (hopefully) many, many years from now.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Not a fan of The Dan Ryan "Expressway", the "Eden", or any of the major roads around Chicago. But the city itself is a fine one.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Congratulations Mr. Pease, your contributions to our hobby are immense and those of us who have cellared your wonderful creations will still be enjoying your work (hopefully) many, many years from now.

Count me among those who are in that category. And congratulations, Greg. Well deserved!