The Heavy Metal Pipe

[baronsamedi]

Being a metalhead I had to find the truly "Metal" pipe. If I were to see Lemmy smoking a pipe or if the devil popped out of the ground to the accompaniment of brutal guitar riffing and thundering double-kick drumming, what would be the pipe of choice? Metal is tough, energetic and looking to stand out, but with a coolness all its own. I think the Savinelli Alligator pipe fits the description. It comes in classic black, a powerful red and even blue and green, bu tthe leathery, black gator skin appearance is all metal in my book!

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Definitely a pipe I could see some metal-heads smoking!

 

[seanz]

yep if I was still a head banging metal head that would be the pipe for me!

 

[julesholling]

Can definitely see Lemmy smoking that pipe.

 

[capnbellamy]

As a fellow metalhead...agree'd. Though I see Lemmy with something rustic and all wood. He's that kind of bloke.

 

[marmal4de]

As a fellow metalhead, I disagree; I don't think that pipe is 'metal' at all.
EDIT: Maybe a black metal pipe, but metal itself has evolved from the need to stand out at any cost IMHO.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Metal or not, that's still one bad ass pipe. One that I've been eyeing for a while ever since I first noticed it on an online retailer site. Somehow I could picture that dangling from Slash's mouth while he's ripping through a solo.

 

[loborx]

:twisted:
This is the 2000 Talbert Nosferatu. Now THAT'S metal! lml

 

[schmitzbitz]

Loborx wins; damn...looks like something BC Rich would turn out!

 

[baronsamedi]

Now there's your blackmetaller's pipe.

 

[baronsamedi]

Now there's your blackmetaller's pipe. I could see someone from Dimmu Borgir or Immortal smoking that one.

 

[jasongone]

saw this a few months ago on a makers site and save the pic because the thing is rad. i went looking for the site and maker's name but couldn't find it again. this guy is more horror movie but pretty metal too.

 

[jasongone]

oh found it!

http://www.downiepipes.com/

mr stephen downie made that rad beast

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Damn zombies....
That's pretty messed up, lol.

 

[jasongone]

messed up in oh such a good way.

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Now all you need is some tobacco called Brains, or Zombie's Paradise. :nana:

 

[baronsamedi]

Jasongone, that pipe would look perfect on a Cannibal Corpse album cover or maybe a Grindcore band. I think it's cool how everyones' personalities and musical preferences bleed into their pipes. Just an idea of something like "what is Goth or metal in a pipe?" brings all sorts of stuff out of the woodwork!
Of course, when you say "Metal" to me, I think of bands like Maiden, Priest, Slayer, Venom and of course Motörhead. I'm kind of Old Skool like that and I don't listen to much metal produced after the 90s.
I liked the Black Alligator because it brought to mind when metal bands had long hair and wore black leather. Motörhead's "No Remorse" album even came with a leather album jacket. I personally like natural woodgrains, myself, but I could see kicking it back at the bar where I used to work, listening to the local metal acts and smoking that pipe. I think most of the metalheads there would have dug it. They may have been disappointed that I was smoking tobacco, though.

 

[schmitzbitz]

LOL - Baron, you and I had the exact same thought on the Downie Zombie posted above, definitely makes me think of Corpse.
Bootleg; MacBaren Solent Mixture, tossed 50/50 with Sail Green work? I know it's missing a letter, but still...Solent Green ftw!

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

I've never tried those two blends, but they sure sound tasty

 

[baronsamedi]

Not as tasty as BRAAAAAIIIINS!!