What Happened to The Pipe Babes?
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Pipe Babe Montana is a Beautiful Young Lady with an Old Soul
In this shoot Montana is smoking a Dunhill Root Briar 21011 from Kevin Godbee’s collection. The pipe’s original owner was film and television producer Aaron Spelling (1923-2006). We shot this […]pipesmagazine.com
Here they are
What a find. Good job, Snagstangl.
I remember seeing a RIGID TOOLS calendar somewhere, we might have had it pinned up the ship's workshop or engine control room, but the quote was "Happiness is a RIGID TOOL in your hand", with a very attractive lady holding a 36" pipe wrench.
Halcyon days!
I think mostly a lack of interest. Seriously we live in a time where you can find pretty much whatever you're looking for, with out making your favorite pipe website look chincy, cheap, and totally frivolous.
I'm sure none of the Pipes Babes were coerced into the photo-shoots. I for one think that all the photographs were done very tastefully. We're all big boys & gals and if one doesn't like it, hey! don't look.
Unfortunately, in today's world, somebody somewhere is going to be offended by something. I'm not suggesting that you were, but there's always somebody ready to complain.
Ergo, we are where we're at! 
Pipes is such a boys club hobby already, we have a track record of keeping so few female members from any great length of time on this forum...if letting go of the 'pipe babe' gimmick page is one small incentive to keep around even one of the female members then it seems sensible to remove in my opinion...I don't think it was doing any great harm by the way, but I do think the forum is better without it somehow.
Margot Robbie in Amsterdam smokes a bulldog pipe for about 5 seconds and rather oddly, though it did somewhat intentionally fit the odd mannerisms of the movie. Unintentionally though it was a terrible movie.
I kind of agree with this. I'm not speaking from any position of offense - in another of my interests (the warbird world), art ranging from cheesecake pinup to practically pornographic is ubiquitous. But this section of the site always had a weird vibe to me; awkward. The models always gave me the impression they were trying hard NOT to give me the impression of how confused they were that they were being asked to pose with these things
. It just never felt like it really worked. Just my opinion though.
Yeah it always felt awkward and out of place. It also felt confused like it was trying to be at least two different things that ended up under cutting the other one. On one hand it felt like it was trying to be inclusive in saying this isn't an activity just for old men, look youngish ladies do it too. But then the softest core titillating and fetishizing of look it's a hot girl and she's smoking da pipe. And nothing wrong in my opinion with either of those but putting them together just leaves (to me) a muddled confused why. I never felt like it worked and in defense of that stance every single time it comes up here, while a good number of people support it and say nothing wrong with it, the number of people saying it was something I dig and wish was still happening is super scant. While the majority seem to say what we're saying to some extent or another. And that is don't miss it, seemed weird and pointless, and never enjoyed it.I kind of agree with this. I'm not speaking from any position of offense - in another of my interests (the warbird world), art ranging from cheesecake pinup to practically pornographic is ubiquitous. But this section of the site always had a weird vibe to me; awkward. The models always gave me the impression they were trying hard NOT to give me the impression of how confused they were that they were being asked to pose with these things
My reply was none of that.I'm sure none of the Pipes Babes were coerced into the photo-shoots. I for one think that all the photographs were done very tastefully. We're all big boys & gals and if one doesn't like it, hey! don't look.
Unfortunately, in today's world, somebody somewhere is going to be offended by something. I'm not suggesting that you were, but there's always somebody ready to complain.
Ergo, we are where we're at! 
And that “if you don’t like it, STFU” bs is antithetical to what this form is all about.
Just my opinion, and if you don’t like it…..
Here's the link to 2016, the last year we had them. This page has links to previous years.
Pipe Babes 2016
Pipe Babes 2016
My theory is that the several women members petitioned for Pipe Hunks, and it was decided to fold the whole series.
Here is a link for my daughter who was a pipe babe back in 2012. I was there for the shoot and it was as professional as you could get and Kevin was real gentleman..
Pipe Babes
Welcome to Pipe Babes 2012! To see the archives of Pipe Babes from 2009 – 2011, look here.
pipesmagazine.com
Yeah, I think we would struggle to find many Pipe Hunks around here. Pipestud would obviously make the cut, tho....
I don't know what to say. I felt the Pipe Babes weren't quite the thing for Pipes Magazine but on the other hand they weren't bad either.
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