Your favorite country of origin?

[hawke]

What... You guys probably cant commit to one woman either! Especially you sablebrush52! :rofl:

 

[sablebrush52]

What... You guys probably cant commit to one woman either! Especially you sablebrush52!

Married twice. Co-habitated a couple of times. Then there are the serious relationships. What's your point?

 

[mso489]

One of the joys of pipes and the reason I have too many are the different national origins. I think in order of great

smoking I'd have to put Denmark first with Joh's and Bari at the top; then Italy with Sav, Ser Jacopo, Giani; then

the U.S. with Dr. Grabow, Bentons, MM cob, OD cob, Jerry Perry handmades, Kaywoodie, Yello-Bole; then English for Parker and

Britannia. Who am I forgetting? But then I love my French pipes -- Chocum, BC, Vuillard.

 

[nkourilo]

USA - J M Boswell consistently makes great smoking pipes at a reasonable price & I will try other American pipe makers as funds permit.

Denmark - my Ben Wade is an excellent smoker as are my other Danish pipes no matter what tobacco I put in it

Turkey - I like meerschaum pipes

Albania - that's where I got my custom made pipe. Aside from the look, which of course I love because I designed it, it smoked great right from the start. I'm getting another pipe from the same guy next week so we will see if he can go 2 for 2

 

[weezell]

Love, love my Turkish meers and MM cobs...

 

[goldsm]

It's mixed to me because I like my pipes not by country's pattern but by maker's.

For Denmark --- BJARNE, NORDING.

For ITALY --- SAVINELLI, CESARE, RAGANELLA

For ENGLISH --- BBB, SAVORY

For GEMANY --- PETER HEINRICH, VAUEN

They are all great smoker and I do go for all.

 

[monty55]

Americana.
I like them all, but I just love the American designs. To me they have a modern, yet retro look, and I love that.

 

[northernneil]

Right now I am really liking France and Denmark. I'll also through Italy in there, even though a lot of the pipes that come out of that country tend to be too big for my tastes.

 

[dottiewarden]

Albania - that's where I got my custom made pipe. Aside from the look, which of course I love because I designed it, it smoked great right from the start. I'm getting another pipe from the same guy next week so we will see if he can go 2 for 2

@ nkourilo
Pics please!
I can't say it's my favorite 'cause I don't have one yet, but I really really really want a Bruken from Spain.

 

[andrew]

Denmark, love my danish sovereigns. Also love france because of my Butz Choquim. Can't say I really have a favorite though, a good pipe is a good pipe no matter where it was made.

 

[mso489]

... and Ireland, how could I forget Ireland?

 

[dread]

I like the classic shapes, but I really like the Italian take on the classics.

 

[cigrmaster]

My favorites are American artisan pipes followed by Italian, Danish and then English pipes. In my experience the English pipes in general have the smallest shank dimensions and I like 4.0-4.5 mm openings. The Italian makers in general all make their pipes in that range. I believe a pipe just smokes so much better with those dimensions as they smoke much drier. In my smoking career, I have smoked pipes from the following makers. I would own more Italian pipes than the two I own( one Sav, my first pipe and a Castello) if they used Vulcanite for their stems instead of acrylic as I do love the way they smoke. At one time my collection had over 25 Italian pipes in it. I also owned around 15 English pipes at one time as well. I also owned around 17-20 Danish pipes at one time with Former(6) and Winslow(8) being the most represented.
American:

Rad Davis

Brian Ruthenberg

Bruce Weaver

Jody Davis

Scott Thile

Mike Butera

Steve Morrissete

Trevor Talbert
Italian:

Castello

Radice

Viprati

Mastro De Paja

Caminetto

Savinelli

Ser Jacobo

Ardor

Ascorti
Danish,German, Austrian:

Former

Kurt Balleby

Rainer Barbi

Peter Matzhold

Reiner Art Design

Winslow
English:

Upshall

Dunhill

Ferndown

Ashton

Lane Era Charatan

Sasinie

GBD

Willmer