White Dots, English Pipes and Spring

[admin]

You know how smoking a pipe helps you slow down, relax, and put a smile on your face? Well, Fred's "Pipe Pundit" installment for April does the same thing. So light up a pipe, and follow the link below for a light, joyful pipe smoker's read.

White Dots, English Pipes and Spring​

 

[daveinlax]

Good Read! I enjoyed it!
I'm not as active in collecting Dunhill Pipes as I was but I still reach for my big Collectors and Group 6 Dunhill's almost daily. ?

 

[didimauw]

That was indeed a great read. I like his more serious articles!

 

[kcghost]

For some reason I never got in to English pipes. While many admire the classic lines they just don't appeal to me. I will give the Brits one thing though, when they set out to make a billiard they make a classic billiard. And don't get me started on Bill Ashton-Taylor. Some people forget he was a terrible alcoholic in his final years and didn't carve worth a darn.

 

[mso489]

English pipes have a grand and classic place in pipe lore. French pipe makers took up briar as a primary tobacco pipe material and originated many of the shapes that became "English," but the English added a grandeur of their own and established their place as the mark of quality, with exalted prices to prove it in some cases. My pipes include no Dunhills, but include a prized Ferndown from the metalsmith Les Wood who started with Dunhill before going on his own, a Parker which is made by Dunhill, and a Britannia which was sold to me as a Dunhill product though I didn't and don't believe that. And I have a Falcon made in UK, though the brand originated in the U.S. Here's to the English pipe.

 

[alaskanpiper]

A good read!

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Good read and thank you. The MacArthur cob pipe was mentioned, the one where the stem is more close to the top of the bowl. I sent one to a friend as a house warming. I don't think he uses it much, but it sure looks nice.