You Dropped Your Pipe Where?!?! Tell Me Your Horror Story

[evenflow]

I was in town this morning and decided to pick myself up a new MM Cob, and I figured what better way to start breaking in a new pipe other than to go fishing and have a good smoke. The pipe smoked wonderful, and I had a great morning, even caught me a couple small mouth bass. Unfortunately though as i was getting out of my canoe I slipped, although I caught myself my new pipe also slipped right out of my mouth and into the water and muck! I think it's going to need some drying time. lol The water doesn't smell very good so i hope it doesn't affect the taste.
Tell me your pipe horror story's have you ever dropped your pipe somewhere you wish you hadn't? Lost your favorite pipe maybe?

 

[brdavidson]

I have been very careful so far, so no stories from me. However there was a story of a member dropping a cob in the toilet while going pee.........eww. I'm very clumsy so I'm just waiting for me to do something stupid, just hope its not with one of my good briars.

 

[brdavidson]

Crap Dar, that was close. I'm heading up north to my trailer this weekend to get it all opened up (first long weekend up in Canada). I'm sure I'm going to do something dumb and a pipe will end up in the fire, I've been thinking about that for days now!!!

 

[brdavidson]

Now that's an idea! OK now you have something else to work on with the pipe carving, you could call it "the indestructible pipe" and sell it with the chain integrated into the design!

 

[evenflow]

Maybe even a necklace pipe! It would be the hottest thing since sunglasses on a string. lol

 

[numbersix]

Nothing too bad myself, but one time I dropped my beloved Dunhill.
Fortunately it only fell a few feet onto a wooden deck and suffered no injuries. But for a moment, my heart stopped! (and no adult beverages were involved.)

 

[erichbaumer]

Well, I'm currently having a panic attack and reconsidering which pipes I take to a bonfire tonight, so thanks for that...

I dropped my Wellington System on my music fraternity house's front porch freshman year, it had a white spot from the paint that miraclulously disappeared. Kicked myself over it for a long time though.

All my real horror stories involve guitars.

 

[evenflow]

Oh don't get me started on guitar horror stories! Those are the worst.

 

[evenflow]

Or maybe carry it in a locked briefcase that's handcuffed to your wrist lol. :D

 

[jonahtke]

We need to create something along the same line as the beer hat...but instead it'd just hold your pipe in front of your mouth for you. Perhaps a bowler derby.

 

[dervis]

Dropped several Cobs overboard, why I always carry 4-5 on a fishing trip (which is every other day). Now no briar drops stand out, but did Drop a cheap meer once. Bounced 3 times across the hardwood floor like skipping a stone on water. Had some lattice work on it that cracked , but the inner bowl is fine. Years later I still look at it sometimes and get mad at my clumsyness.

 

[numbersix]

maybe we could come up with something like a beer coozi for pipes...

Or maybe a pipe leash!

 

[phred]

There's always the idea of a chatelaine - it's normally an item of female 'jewelry' from the days before purses, and consists of a belt or belt hook with several chains attached, with various household implements attached to each chain, from tweezers and thimbles to pocket watches and keys. I've been thinking about making a male/smoking specific version with a Czech tool, a waterproof match container, a lighter, tube of pipe cleaners, etc. to be worn with a smoking jacket or vest...

 

[kashmir]

1993. From the deck of a cruise ship in the Carrabean. Dunhiil. Gone forever.

 

[numbersix]

1993. From the deck of a cruise ship in the Carrabean. Dunhiil. Gone forever.

Ouch! Very sorry for your loss kashmir.
Did you wear black for the rest of the year?

 

[kashmir]

Convinced the wife to let me buy me a replacement.

She felt sorry for me.

Best PAD excuse ever.

 

[kashmir]

Hey, I've seen a Dunhill recovered from the wreck of the Titanic a while back, when Dunhill was issuing the Titanic commemorative pipe series, with a tamper made from the wood of one of Titanic's recovered deck chairs. The bit was a mess, but the strummel was serviceable. They even knew who the pipe belonged to as it was inside a monogrammed leather shaving kit!

 

[kashmir]

Well, I think it was a Dunhill, but now that I think about it, the ship went down in 1912, so that's a bit early for a Dunhill. May have been a Peterson or Comoy. Anyways, the strummel looked fine. Make for a great restoration project.

 

[kashmir]

Hey, where's that thread on Hemingway feeding dynamite to sharks, just to see em blow up? I think Bradley wrote something bout that couple days ago. Never liked sharks.

 

[chubbster]

Lol.
I have never dropped a pipe, knock on briar.
However, when I had received my first Larry Roush pipe, I had it on my counter in the bag, unsmoked. My wife grabbed something and it knocked my pipe into the floor. The only time I have ever yelled at her, and not on purpose, just out of instinct. However, no damage was done to the pipe thank The Lord.