Okay everyone, I'm up and bored tonight, and thought i'd make a post. Today while at work I bought yet another Missouri Meerschaum pipe. I love these things and they smoke better than all my other pipes. (I have cheap pipes). I emailed the company today to tell them how much I like them and Phil Morgan, general manager of MM emailed me back thanking me and we talked about how he likes the same model as I do. This, is why they are my favorite pipes. Good smokers, perfect fit in my hand, and a kind and personal company. So, I'd like to see your favorite pipe, and hear why it's your favorite. (sadly i have not figured out the image posting portion of this, once I do i will post my MM country gentleman.)
What's Your Favorite Pipe and Why?
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I agree with you on that one! I've been smoking Lane black cavendish out of my new cob, although I heard it ghosts pipes so I will have to keep my stronger blends in this one and my lighter ones in my other cob and briars. What are you smoking?
Tonight it is Blackpoint, in this pipe. Other tins that I have open and have been smoking threw are Sutliff's Field Master, Something called "Peter Heinrichs Club Tabak, 1. Kolner Pfeifenclub,, De Piefes uss " gegr. 1979" -- I picked that up at the Chicago show. It's a Lat blend and pretty good -- the site says it is Syrian, but I'm not 100% sure. I suppose it could be if Germany just has a bunch of it lying around still, but this doesn't taste like other Syrian blends I've had. :D I think this is the stuff, hard to tell because the page is German...And lastly I've got a tin of GL Pease's Smaugweed going.
My favorite is a Savinelli Extra 504 rusticated bull dog that was my grandfather's. This summer my uncle and I started refurbishing all of my grandfather's old pipes. This past weekend he entered hospice so in a combination of his memory and for retail therapy I ordered another Savinelli (a tortuga) that may compete for the top spot.
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For me its my Missouri Meerschaum "General" nice big bowl for a longer smoke and always delivers a great smoke no matter what. Still find it tough to beat a MM Cob.
You're right about the cobs youngster. They are a great smoking pipe. Welcome to the forum.
My favorite pipe is always changing. Right at the moment my favorite is my 3109 Chestnut Dunhill Canadian. I like this pipe because it was my first estate restoration. I got it for a song basically at a pipe show and with a little work I got it looking fine again. It had good cake inside the bowl and smoked great for me right away.
My favorite pipe is always changing. Right at the moment my favorite is my 3109 Chestnut Dunhill Canadian. I like this pipe because it was my first estate restoration. I got it for a song basically at a pipe show and with a little work I got it looking fine again. It had good cake inside the bowl and smoked great for me right away.
I have too many favorites looks-wise to count. I collect more than I smoke.
Favorite smoker has to be this Kirsten, an older Designer with a tarnished-silver factory finish and a huge freehand plateau bowl. I've heard several stories about these: They were made in very small numbers. They made tons of them. They were custom orders. They were only given away to tobacco industry people. Mr. Kirsten carved them. They farmed out the carving. Lots of contradictions.
What I DO know is that I bought mine from the now-closed Tukwila, WA (Southcenter Mall) Tinder Box. I liked Kirstens already at that time. The original owner, Paul Reasoner, had quit smoking a long time before, and several of his personal pipes were put up for sale one day. I saw this one and grabbed it! It has "PAUL REASONER" engraved on the radiator. The bowl is big, beautiful and comfortable to hold, and it smokes wonderfully.
Favorite smoker has to be this Kirsten, an older Designer with a tarnished-silver factory finish and a huge freehand plateau bowl. I've heard several stories about these: They were made in very small numbers. They made tons of them. They were custom orders. They were only given away to tobacco industry people. Mr. Kirsten carved them. They farmed out the carving. Lots of contradictions.
What I DO know is that I bought mine from the now-closed Tukwila, WA (Southcenter Mall) Tinder Box. I liked Kirstens already at that time. The original owner, Paul Reasoner, had quit smoking a long time before, and several of his personal pipes were put up for sale one day. I saw this one and grabbed it! It has "PAUL REASONER" engraved on the radiator. The bowl is big, beautiful and comfortable to hold, and it smokes wonderfully.
I think one of the pleasures of pipes, and owning a number or way too many, is that so many feel favorite when
you are smoking them, as we see from preceding posts. One of my favorite pipes is a Joh's freehand tomahawk
my wife gave me Christmas of 2012. It was likely the most expensive pipe I had until that time, but more to the
point, it has a mighty briar and massive walls to the bowl. It just felt like a scepter of briar, fun to load up and
more fun to light.
you are smoking them, as we see from preceding posts. One of my favorite pipes is a Joh's freehand tomahawk
my wife gave me Christmas of 2012. It was likely the most expensive pipe I had until that time, but more to the
point, it has a mighty briar and massive walls to the bowl. It just felt like a scepter of briar, fun to load up and
more fun to light.
I have several "favorites". My Dunhill ODB is probably my best smoker, followed closely by my 1962 Birth year Dunhill.
But the pipe I seem to reach for more than those is my Peterson Rosslare Royal. Even though my Dunhill's provide a better smoke, this Pete still smokes extremely well and something about how it fits in my hand, the size of the bowl and how it looks draws me back again and again.
But the pipe I seem to reach for more than those is my Peterson Rosslare Royal. Even though my Dunhill's provide a better smoke, this Pete still smokes extremely well and something about how it fits in my hand, the size of the bowl and how it looks draws me back again and again.
Many times I contemplate which pipe I will use. Many times I grab the LVC Meer. I love the damn thing.
My return to pipe smoking, and the birth of my son, prompted me to purchase a sixpack of Ratrays. While I love 'em and the smoke great, along with my Stanwells, Meers, Clays and my La Rocca (first pipe), I always reach for my Falcon first. Lightweight, easy to clean, interchangeable bowls and pack small for travel.
Every morning I start off with a Virginia tobacco in an estate Peterson Grafton 999 Rhodesian, for which I paid less than a C-note from a seller in Romania. It is extremely lightweight, the Cumberland stem is comfortable with a softee bit, and everything I smoke in it tastes wonderful. If I can only take one pipe with me, this would be the one.
Wonderful, Beautiful pipes everyone. It's so interesting seeing everyone's favorites, (for the time being!). Awesome posts everyone, and very informative!
Sigh...I must get around to photographing some of my faves. I can't say that there is one favorite. But in the top ten? A rather beat up, slightly over reamed and over buffed early 40's era Pre-Trans Barling 968 EL billiard that always smokes smooth and cool, a post war patent Sasieni 4 dot Melton, a huge Fillenwarth freehand, a cauldron shaped Talbert, an early '40's Barling 71A billiard, two large Lee Von Erck rusticated pipes with spiral carved shanks and stems, a Cannoy bamboo shanked Dublin, a giant 40's era Barling quaint pot, a 1962 Barling apple, a... a...
Damn, that's 10. Well, there's easily another 20 or so that I like just as much.
So maybe the truest answer is, the one that I choose to smoke at any given moment.
Damn, that's 10. Well, there's easily another 20 or so that I like just as much.
So maybe the truest answer is, the one that I choose to smoke at any given moment.
I have a 1940's era Brigham Dublin and a 1920's Kaywoodie Dublin that I love, but my favourite smoker has to be my Brigham Chinook 426 that I purchased new several months ago. It is my most versatile pipe, smokes codger burleys, straight Virginias, vapers and vaburs well. I love how it feels in my hand and I love the black finish.
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