Photos of your pipes

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by KinnScience

Hmmm Morta. That is that black african hard wood right?

great. Just when I thought I was DONE buying pipes for a while. Now you got me thinking about Morta pipes. (anyone got a couch I can sleep on for a few months?)

Its bog oak (wood salvaged from a bog). I smoked mine a couple days ago and I thought KS should have one of these if he can find one.

[David M]

After some discussion on a Modern Pipe I took the advice to take it a little slower from the beginning and I ended up buying this little guy today.
Its a Stanwell and I got it for $50.
Shop-owner says I "scored" because this pipe has not been bought by anyone for the past 3 years and its been price reduced a lot over that time. Used to be $150.
Here she is. My First Puff Baby.
Thanks again for all the advice earlier.


By DMDM


By DMDM

[Mad Hatter]

Sweet pipe David. If that's a Zebrano they retailed for about $63 but I recently saw one go on Ebay for about $85. I don't know if Stanwell still makes them but they were one of my favorite finishes.

edit: I guess they do still make them

[David M]

That is hilarious!
He began by saying it was a Savanelli. I then mentioned it said Stanwell Zabrano.
Looks like...slowly but surely we will get to the truth.

He has at least 200 in his shop. Even a Kristen one that I got a picture of and will post later. Picked out a few but kept coming back to that one.

I like him...or her...your pipes men or women?

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by David M*

...your pipes men or women?

Honestly I've never thought about that

[Requiem]

That's a very nice first pipe.
Take good care of it and it will do the same to you.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I have a $5 corn pipe, very classy I must say.

[Hermit]

Just got this Ser Jacopo.
It smokes as good as it looks.

[AcworthAl]

Originally Posted by DubintheDam

A solid start I'd say...love the dense grain on those P-lips. You're good to go.

They are Baby Bents (a 12 dollar mini-pipe) from Pipes and Cigars. They are very small, hence, my small pipe collection. To provide an example of scale, the Cobb at the bottom is 3 inches long. I use the mini-pipes to smoke during break. Cheap as they are they smoke well and are very attractive. One of these days I will post the picture of the rest of my pipes.

Take it easy and keep making the YouTube videos, they are my favorite.

[8ball917]

Originally Posted by Hermit

Just got this Ser Jacopo.
It smokes as good as it looks.

Outstanding!

[Mad Hatter]

Too much maintenance for me Hermit but it sure looks nice. I love the stain/finish

[Dylan Cerling]

I really like that Stannie David.

I think I'm a straight-pipe man - I rarely like the bents as much as the straights.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by N7COF

I agree especially since I guess I'm now considered a collector of Morta pipes.

I'm still trying to define the morta experience, Somewhat like smoking a very fine & very old briar pipe that is also a very clean smoking pipe.

I hadn't thought about it but mine does smoke really clean. Also adds a bit of boggy flavor to the smoke. I'm currently using mine for burleys but I'm not having much luck growing a cake.

PS - Now I know why I can never find any of these on the 'net....... somebody is buying them all up

[N7COF]

Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

I hadn't thought about it but mine does smoke really clean. Also adds a bit of boggy flavor to the smoke. I'm currently using mine for burleys but I'm not having much luck growing a cake.

PS - Now I know why I can never find any of these on the 'net....... somebody is buying them all up

I've been getting good cake with Penzance in mine - they do smoke amazingly clean.

Sorry looks like last month I cleared out SmokingPipes.com of their Escudo stock & recently morta pipes in the states.

From a post on these pipes over at BoB:

I haven't tried vapers in mine it is dedicated to Penzance that I love in it.

Lot of good info on Talbert's site - Talbert Morta: FAQ also link to their blog that is more current with them settling in back here in the states - The Talbert Pipe Blog

"In flavor, they are unique - they LOVE Latakia-based blends and English tobaccos in general. A morta pipe will make the most generic and dull English blend display depth, sweetness and nuance previously unguessed-at. In my opinion, even the classic English oil-cured briars don't perform as well with enhancing the flavor of something like Dunhill's 965. The flip side of this is that the material has a flattening effect on the more delicate tobaccos and it does not perform as well as briar with Virginia/Perique blends. Subtle flavors (Escudo for example) tend to get lost in morta and the smoke can be flat."

[David M]

Originally Posted by Dylan Cerling

I really like that Stannie David.

I think I'm a straight-pipe man - I rarely like the bents as much as the straights.

Thanks Dylan.

I am gonna move forward with another purchase in line with your thoughts.

Based on everything I have read here over the past 2 days and my High Chimney status, together, the next step is not overusing the "stannie"

I am gonna get another straight one. Some have mentioned the ease of use with straights, especially for Noobs like me. I will follow the lead there.