Winchester Pipe Club (VA)

[ssjones]

Well, I finally made it to a meeting of the newly formed Winchester VA pipe club. They meet monthly at the wonderful, JB Hayes pipe shop. There were about nine members there including pipe maker Abe Herbaugh. I always enjoy hearing about what Abe has on the bench. I was surprised and pleased to see a primarily young group of pipe smokers versus some old foggies (well, like me...) It's nice to finally have a club in my area and the setting couldn't be better. They had a raffle and my friend Dave (from another pipe forum) won a Mark Tinsky Christmas pipe.

 

[yazamitaz]

Al,
Looks like a great time and that pipe was quite a nice thing to be won in a raffle. I am happy to see more pipe clubs popping up and with such young smokers. This lets me know our hobby won't die out when we all eventually do.

 

[ssjones]

I agree. I had brought with me a number of the Sutliffe tins that the Philly Club always gifts folks that their meetings. These young college guys devoured them! They had a blast opening, smelling and smoking the various aro-tins (not my cup of tea). I was glad they didn't go to waste, I don't think these guys have a lot of spare tobacco money.

 

[leparker]

When are those meetings? I may try to attend some.

 

[yazamitaz]

That looks like smoke trailboss, but that's just my .02

 

[ssjones]

The guy in the green shirt was "initiated" into the club............nah, just smoke!
They meet on the 1st Tuesday and 3rd Sunday of every month. Their facebook page has reminders:

https://www.facebook.com/WinchesterPipeClub
(I actually used my point & shoot, but it was super-smokey in there!)

 

[stbruno70]

It is encouraging to see more young people take up the briar.
Well done.

 

[flmason]

Thanks for sharing about the meeting. It looks like everyone had a good time.

 

[leparker]

@ssjones
Thanks!!

 

[ssjones]

The next meeting of the Winchester Pipe Club is Tuesday, June 3rd.

 

[ssjones]

Another fun meeting last night. Maker Abe Herbaugh gave us a review of his Chicago Pipe show experience. The gentleman in the foreground, right side is a big Don Carlos collector and I was able to handle a number of those pipes (I had never seen one to that point).

 

[ssjones]

The September meeting was last night, a small but passionate group. One member had just returned from a trip to Ireland and he brought along a number of Euro-Blends. Most were aromatics (really dense plugs). But, I found Hamborger Veermaster much to my liking.

 

[ssjones]

Summer has been tough, hopefully attendance rebounds in the Fall. I will be at the next Philly meeting.