What's Your "White Whale" Pipe?

[bigboi]

This is mine.

 

[kinny141]

I really want a Benner pipe.... Someday...

 

[fishnbanjo]

bigboi, WOW!! Here is a list of what I have already:Pipe: Fritz Becker, Rainer Barbi, Anne Julie, S. Bang, Dunhill, Caminetto, Castello, Capitello, Ascorti, Radice, Lee Von Erck, Kurt Balleby, Jess Chonowitsch, Baldo Baldi, Teddy Knudsen, Elliott Nachwalter, Jim Boswell, Savinelli, Tim West, Larryson, Charatan, Peterson, Ove Lindall, Jost, Zettervig, Thurmann, Rolf Baginski, H. Tokutomi, Tsuge, Lorenzo, Poul Ilsted, Ruthenberg, Eltang, Unique Briars, Puffin, Pioneer, SMS, Tanganyika African Meerschaum, Micoli, Kriswell, Sixten Ivarsson, Zeman, GBD, Comoy, Tom Richard Morta, Moretti Morta and vintage cobs.... and just closed a deal with Chris Askwith for one of his Morta Pipes

 

[backyardbriar]

A first production "Kaywoodie" by KB&B

and a mint "Blue Line" KB&B with its original hard leather case.

I guess I could use a first production Matched Grain seven day set as well.

 

[ssjones]

I crossed another white whale off my modest list, a GBD 9438 Virgin. It's not perfect, but will suffice until I find one in better shape. I'll do a short write-up on this one.

 

[bigboi]

@fishnbanjo...your list makes me swoon. Wow what I would do just to see some of those nice pipes!

 

[misterlowercase]

And that Google search you linked too -- wowzer! Gert Holbek's Polonius (or any Holbek pipe) is my white whale, but a Micke is close behind. Any idea what Florov charges for one of those?

I have no idea, and my pockets ain't deep enough I don't think, but it actually may be reasonable?
UPDATE

...just saw this from site-sponsor NeatPipes,

looks like $1,803.12 is the going rate, not too bad really.

http://www.neatpipes.com/Prodotto/alex-florov-smooth/&id=1353
Here's a neat little interview with Micke if interested:

http://bbs.pipevillage.org/archiver/tid-13064.html
I like bouncing around thru the Japanese stuff, jawdroppingly mindblowing images abound, my head gets dizzy, I feel disoriented, it's real fun!
Here's a guy talking about the Polonius, in English

http://moondial.blog2.fc2.com/blog-entry-72.html
This place had a few for sale, around 150,000 yen

http://www.lsando.com/pipes/used/holbek7.htm
The easiest way to goggle google look is using a general term:

喫煙用パイプ

..........then write a tag behind it like this: " 喫煙用パイプ denmark " or whatever name or Eng. word

...you'll end up eye-glazed, as well as fascinated by weird auctions like this:

http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w75583608
Japan is hyperactive on the high-end side, and they pay top dollar, so alot, especially the seminal Danish stuff, is held in hands over there, it's neat to glimpse into that world which seems so far away, almost insular, but mighty fine 'n glorious!!! :puffpipe:

 

[pitchfork]

Thanks, misterlowercase, for all of those links. And for the link to the Florov pipe on Neatpipes. (And my children thank you for reducing their inheritance. :mrgreen: )
1,400 Euro is pretty steep for me for my wife to know about, but maybe when Cyprus leaves the Euro and all hell breaks loose in the FX markets it will be easier to afford. ::

 

[mso489]

Great ubber pipes all around. I'd go for that Dunhill bulldog. I feel sure I'll find it at

a flea market with an unknowing dealer for $15 any day now. My White Whale pipe

seems to be whichever I am angling toward buying. Don't spend much time on the

ones way out of reach. I guess I could buy a $3K pipe, but it wouldn't be worth

the bucks to me. The question is, which pipe on my rack is the White Whale today.

Now we need to do a thread on our White Whale smoking experience. Like, in the

UK Lake District beside a sheep pasture sitting on a bolder smoking an English

blend ... or Amsterdam, etc.

 

[zconn]

Update to my earlier post: found this McKie 'Corncob' Pipe. Probably will purchase it if it's still available this summer!

 

[tarheel1]

I know it is an o;d thread but I thought I would bump it. My White Whale is a Dunhill 5108 in smooth finish. I would like an Amber Root, Bruyere, and Chestnut. Might even like a Root.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Definitely one of Trevor Talberts Halloween pipes. Stunning striking, and miles away from my price range. :crying:

 

[Chasing Embers]

There's a pic of that beauty in The Book of Pipes and Tobacco. Amazing craftsmanship

 

[pitchfork]

I've seen photos of that pipe before, but not the one with the woman holding it. Even if she were a 3-year old girl, it would still be an insanely large pipe. Wow.

 

[Chasing Embers]

8O Had not seen that pic! That's huge!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Ahab might try to harpoon it!

 

[basil]

My White Whale would have to be my birth year (1954) Dunhill. And as long as we're wishing.... make it a bulldog, any finish.

 

[Chasing Embers]

@basil They have a 1954 Dunhill Root Briar Bulldog on Ebay right now. :wink:

 

[sablebrush52]

Last year I sort of hit the trifecta with pipes that I had been wanting to add to my collection. So while I'm always seeing cool pipes that I would like to have, there's nothing currently for which I'm lusting.

 

[buroak]

Mine would probably be an early Kaywoodie Flame Grain in the 01, yacht shape.