Why Post Photos of Your Pipes

[Puffaluffaguss]

As a newer member, I've lurked here and other forums for a long time, mostly to see the pipes. Learn about different makers and the nomenclatures to research what I'm buying as best as I could. The pictures are the best thing to learn from. So for me it's not a like or dislike photos thing. But I appreciate the knowledge and the eye candy is just a bonus.

 

[OzPiper]

Only two for a few months have been the skull I bought and the Ben Wade my daughter brought to me.

You are a lot more disciplined than I

 

[Chasing Embers]

You are a lot more disciplined than I

Nah, just burnout after three decades of buying.

 

[JOHN72]

I can't wait to show off my new briar pipe, it will be the third damn briar pipe. Oh my god, I already have three briar pipes. I'm only fifteen days away from showing off the damn briar pipe.

 

[condorlover1]

I post pictures for the following reasons (a) every pipe I own looks identical and the only way to see the difference in shape and coloring is to post a picture (b) people have told me they like seeing pictures of my ancient pipes so if practical I oblige. I like seeing everyone else's pipes since I tend to be fascinated by the grains and patterns which add so much to the narrative of what they are smoking. It is the difference from saying "I am smoking Gallopers Owl Turds in my clay pipe" verses "Here is a picture of my Dunhill wiz bang super inner tube 1946 briar and I am enjoying at bowl 20 year old aged Clan". Pictures add some much to the narrative and whoever thought it up as a concept was a genius. Its the same as buying books with pictures in!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I think that no matter what hobby it is, we tend to like to see pictures in the genre. I love seeing a picture... however, I hate it when people will post the pictures posted by the vendors. SPc has excellent pictures that help in a shopping/ illustrative way, but are rather boring. Show me the pipe sitting on a table with some empty mugs, a few tins, and a half eaten candy bar, ha ha. Cameras on iPhones are better than most digital cameras.

Heck, but even if your a camera moron, just post the pics. We all love seeing a new pipe... or an old one.

 

[OldWill]

I love to see pipe pictures. It's reassuring to know that other collectors smoke inexpensive pipes as well as artisans.
I have never owned a Dunhill, but I can't imagine that it would smoke so much better than the mid-priced specimens that I have so as to justify itself.
In addition, my concept of beauty is based in the intrinsic utility of an object, and looking at a wide range of well used pipes fits with that concept.

 

[anotherbob]

and it's pg pornographic. Sometimes you enjoy looking at something because you know what kind of fun you could have with it, even if you'll never get the chance. P.s. I also love pics of Bass Guitars.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

No one has mentioned that photographing our pipes is so much easier than sketching them and then posting.

 

[kola]

After owning over 100 pipes, I now have 5. Three I smoke. And a cob is in my truck. So, four...if I did the math right.

I've never paid over 250 bucks for a pipe and never will. Rare tobacco is another story.

And after years being on different pipe forums I have no real interest to post pictures or see pics of other pipes. I tend to think I've seen them all. A pipe is a pipe is a pipe. I guess I just burned out on the pic-posting stuff.

 

[highwindows]

and it's pg pornographic. Sometimes you enjoy looking at something because you know what kind of fun you could have with it, even if you'll never get the chance. P.s. I also love pics of Bass Guitars.

I don't know if I'd go so far as to call it pornographic, but I do think there is an element of voyeurism in ogling another person's pipe. It is certainly enjoyable, but a strange kind of enjoyment.

 

[cigrmaster]

I happen to love pipe pictures. I usually get some good ideas of shapes to buy. Since I sold over 6o pipes I kept al my favorites.
My latest Jack Howell

My second last Jack Howell

My latest Paneled Jack Howell

My first Jack Howel Paneled Billiard.
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My first Jack Howell Paneled Billiard.
My Jack Howell Billiard meant to look at like a Dunhill LB

My Jack Howell Billiard

My Jack Howell Apple.

My Jack Howell Bulldog

My Jack Howell Rhodesian.

My Jack Howell Dublin.\

My latest Jack Howell Lovat
Larrysson Dublin
Rad Davis Apple.
Brian Rutherberg Calipher Dublin.

Ras Davis Calabash.


Rad Davis Calapash


Iplenty more pipes but i am getting board.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I happen to love pipe pictures. I usually get some good ideas of shapes to buy. Since I sold over 6o pipes I kept al my favorites.
My latest Jack Howell

My second last Jack Howell

My latest Paneled Jack Howell

My first Jack Howel Paneled Billiard.
z
My first Jack Howell Paneled Billiard.
My Jack Howell Billiard meant to look at like a Dunhill LB

My Jack Howell Billiard

My Jack Howell Apple.

My Jack Howell Bulldog

My Jack Howell Rhodesian.

My Jack Howell Dublin.\

My latest Jack Howell Lovat
Larrysson Dublin
Rad Davis Apple.
Brian Rutherberg Calipher Dublin.

Ras Davis Calabash.


Rad Davis Calapash


Iplenty more pipes but i am getting board.

Do you just have one picture of each pipe? Are these all the pics that the pipemakers took? I've always wondered about this in the WAYS thread. Some of these pics have been repeatedly posted since I've been on this forum.

Why not at least every now and then take a picture to show us how they are holding up? Obviously, they don't have to be professional pictures. Jiminks usually just takes a pic on a towel and posts them.

 

[warren]

I will, if pressed, admit to enjoy seeing some of the extremes in style so often exhibited on these pages. Tastes vary wildly and that, is a great thing for carvers.

 

[condorlover1]

@cosmicfolklore : Do you remember the crazy loon Taja? He used to post stock pictures from pipe catalogues and had a mad thing for BIC lighters and Red Sea mud being applied to certain areas of the body. This place has certainly attracted some characters over the years.

 

[timt]

Hmmm….. and here I thought everyone liked seeing glamour shots of my greasy $4 cob. No?

 

[anotherbob]

I happen to love pipe pictures. I usually get some good ideas of shapes to buy. Since I sold over 6o pipes I kept al my favorites.
My latest Jack Howell

My second last Jack Howell

My latest Paneled Jack Howell

My first Jack Howel Paneled Billiard.
z
My first Jack Howell Paneled Billiard.
My Jack Howell Billiard meant to look at like a Dunhill LB

My Jack Howell Billiard

My Jack Howell Apple.

My Jack Howell Bulldog

My Jack Howell Rhodesian.

My Jack Howell Dublin.\

My latest Jack Howell Lovat
Larrysson Dublin
Rad Davis Apple.
Brian Rutherberg Calipher Dublin.

Ras Davis Calabash.


Rad Davis Calapash


Iplenty more pipes but i am getting board.

these pics tell me to watch this carver. I like the just enough different from classic to stand out without being a deformed mess.

 

[warren]

This place has certainly attracted some characters over the years.

Indeed! Some great characters have flashed across our sky, brilliant for a moment and then into unknown obscurity.

 

[anotherbob]

I don't know if I'd go so far as to call it pornographic, but I do think there is an element of voyeurism in ogling another person's pipe. It is certainly enjoyable, but a strange kind of enjoyment.

it's a visceral and sensual pleasure that plays into fantasies. By my book that's close enough.

 

[cigrmaster]

All my pictures were taken by the artisan. I couldn't take a picture of my dick one foot away.. My hands shake bad.