What's in your glass and what's in your pipe?

[Nick]

I only very infrequently smoke a pipe, 3-5 times a year (though Monkey@arms and The Wizard of BC are bad influences to be around! ) but I do need to someday get one of these. If for no other reason than to go with my deerstalkers and inverness cape!

For the record I think a little cognac is the perfect accompaniment to a nice pipe.

Cheers

Jamie

Jamie,

These are mine, both off eBay. The top one dates from the '60s, the lower one quite a bit earlier (haven't had the hallmarks checked). All pipes are good for sitting and enjoying, but the calabash is, I believe, the perfect pipe for contemplation. A pleasing weight yet well balanced, the hole at bottom centre of the bowl makes it stay lit and burn evenly leading to less need for relighting, and the expansion chamber in the gourd cools the smoke even better than a 16" churchwarden. (Which also makes it easier to enjoy that dram, for those who find the pipe and alcohol don't go together so well.)




Cheers,
Nick
:ootd:

(P.S. For scale, the coin is a 50 cent piece, not a silver dollar.)

[Panache]

...These are mine, both off eBay. The top one dates from the '60s, the lower one quite a bit earlier (haven't had the hallmarks checked). All pipes are good for sitting and enjoying, but the calabash is, I believe, the perfect pipe for contemplation. A pleasing weight yet well balanced, the hole at bottom centre of the bowl makes it stay lit and burn evenly leading to less need for relighting, and the expansion chamber in the gourd cools the smoke even better than a 16" churchwarden. (Which also makes it easier to enjoy that dram, for those who find the pipe and alcohol don't go together so well.)

Nick,

Those are really nice.

I've not done a lot of ebay stuff but perhaps I should take a look


Cheerrs

Jamie :ootd: