Chelsea Morning in a Savinelli Roma Lucite bent pot
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Passing the half way mark of this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Couldn't post before now because Tomato the Brave was on my lap purring up a storm, and getting a lot of attention. I'm watching one of my favorite movies: The Maltese Falcon.
OMG, I feel such an amateur! Awesome collection -- or part thereof... (" some of my American, French, and Italian pipes that aren’t on racks" implies that there are more of these, that there are more than only American, French, and Italian pipes, and that there are more of same and others unracked).
I bow to your PAD, in awe.
HU Director’s Cut in a Dunhill 33 F/T and Diet Coke on the side.
There’s a wealth of knowledge right here in this forum—it just requires a lot of digging. If there’s a topic of interest, it can probably be found here (but might be easier using Google because of search term limitations within the forum itself).
With regard to books, there are soooo many out there. It depends on what interests you. For deep dives into history, books by Ben Rapaport might interest you—I’ve been meaning to get several from him. If you have an interest in Peterson pipes, Mark Irwin’s and Gary Malmberg’s book is essential. It covers Peterson’s history and has lots of images you’ll see nowhere else. Mark’s wife did a lovely job on the layout—I just wish she had taken the gutter of the book into account with the binding for a better reading experience.
For eye candy, the book featuring Neal Archer Roan’s Comoy’s Blue Riband pipe collection is worth looking at:
If you’re interested in Scandinavian carvers, the Bo Nordh and Tom Eltang books by Jan Andersson have lots of nice pics (but limited text):
This book has a nice overview of many aspects of pipes and is worth looking at, but it can only go so far in terms of depth because of the scope it tries to cover. The printing is on uncoated paper, so the images will lack the contrast and visual pop you get with coated stock. It’s still a nicely laid out book.
If you have an interest in pipemaking, almost everyone starts with this one:
If you’re interested in Meerschaum pipes, this is a neat little book; its printing is in black and white and kind of primitive (like the one above), but it’s worth taking a look at if found cheaply; Antion Luccieanno was a Meerschaum carver, but his carvings were not terribly sophisticated.
You might want to check out the documentary film, Father the Flame featuring Lee von Erck, an artisan carver. I particularly like the section with Mimmo (Romeo Domenico), the briar cutter.
My quest for knowledge regarding Savinelli pipes involved a lot a digging and reading online—that meant searching info on forums, reading auction descriptions, and in some cases, contacting people directly involved with Savinelli using Google translate. This kind of research and deep dive is not a first for me as a collector. I have in-depth collections of records by Elvis Costello and books by the mystery writer, Ross Macdonald; my passion led to assisting with several reissue Elvis CDs for Universal Records, and a coffee table book I designed featuring my own Ross Macdonald book collection. Many years ago, I called several of the Alfrd A. Knopf book designers, hoping to track down sketches or photo mechanicals for some of Ross Macdonald’s book jackets. None of the designers kept these materials from the ’60s, but I had to try. It was cool to talk to them, regardless of the outcome of no artwork.
Hope this helps.
Headed to my B’ham studio to run some collagraphs. C&D Night Train in one of my Pete Spigs.
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Now smoking year 2015 Mac Baren Virginia #1 in a pre-1923 smooth dark brown early Comoy’s Prior (Gros, Grenier, Ostero & Cie.) pot with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Tomato the Brave is running around the den chasing and attacking one of my socks. Daisy the Feral Princess is watching him being a loon. Sleepy Suzy is by my side.
Evening smoke of Rattray's Stirling flakes folded in a group 2 Dunhill root briar model 113 F/T anno 65 long billiard ,+ a pint of Guiness export stout
A few bowls of Kendal Mixed in the AGovem meer.
Broken Flake no.7 at Chesapeake Pipe and Cigar. Best pipe shop in the DMV area
KBV Burley Morning Pipe in a MM Diplomat Apple 
Pint of Old Hooky and a bowl of three-thirds GH Brown Pigtail, Black Irish XX and La Volute, in a Sovereign Zulu, in between watching Wales give Ireland (one of the top 4 international Rugby Teams in the world) a surprisingly hard time, and Scotland throw away their game to England, in the Six Nations series. Mrs Badger (Welsh on both sides of the family) couldn't bear to watch the Wales-Ireland game.
One of my favorite system pipes. Loving this B42 with some EMP.
Thank you so very much for all the great info! I bookmarked your comment for future reference. I found the peterson pipe book on smoking pipes so I'll be happily starting my journey there. I'll also be using my Google Fu to look on the forums to learn more about Savinelli and Comoy. I'm very much drawn to older pipes as I'm really fascinated with their history, and in general, what would've been going on in the world at that time.
Thanks again!
Ya know, we've all made statements like this based on lack of knowledge of the subject area. I face this, being a professional symphonic musician, all the time. Ya either roll your eyes, get on your high horse and snap off a quick reply you'll regret later, or take the most difficult road of all, and patiently explain. Been there, and done that to all of the above. Now take the latter road whenever possible. Charity is the best answer.
A good corollary that they'll get, like "it's similar to aging fine wines", always helps!
It'll be worth the wait!
Headed out to find a spot on the south patio out of the wind to enjoy an extended pull espresso with Watch City Waltham Broken Cake in the Peterson 101- a fine pairing!
