Photos of your pipes

[IHT]

i got my Leonardo Da Vinci in the mail today. it's BIGGER than i expected. needs a good cleaning. this is probably my largest/heaviest pipe now.

the photos in the ebay auction (which i will link below) did NOT do it justice. when i get it back after it gets professionally cleaned, i'll take/post better photos. the grain is nice around the bowl, and birds eye on the top/bottom.

top view


side view

[cigar no baka]

Sorry these don't appear so well but had to use my cel phone to take them, don't ask why, grrrr.

[IHT]

nice clean floors...
nice pipe too. it'll color up good.

[cigar no baka]

Originally Posted by IHT

nice clean floors...
nice pipe too. it'll color up good.

It's actually a kitchen island countertop, but thanks for the compliment. I am only a neat freak in the kitchen.

I know it is too early to ask, only been smoking it for a month, but how many years before I start seeing some color?

[IHT]

Originally Posted by cigar no baka

It's actually a kitchen island countertop, but thanks for the compliment. I am only a neat freak in the kitchen.

I know it is too early to ask, only been smoking it for a month, but how many years before I start seeing some color?

shoot, not very long at all. not years or months, but it should be coloring up little by little every week or two, depending on how often you smoke it.

[Nooner]

Another new one:

http://yonnone.com/Pipes/IMG_0069.JPG
http://yonnone.com/Pipes/IMG_0070.JPG

*warning, pics are huge, I didn't resize them as I posted them for another far more sinister purpose...

[Nooner]

I took some more pictures, a few of these have been posted already, but not all:

A Few Ben Wades, Starting at the top: A Martinique with awesome flame grain, a Spiral, and a Golden Walnut



Some Charatan, all Lane Era: an Unsmoked NIB Special, a gorgeous Special DeLuxe(my favorite and best smoking pipe), and a Extra Large Perfection FH

[Nooner]

a few more.

Nording Freehand(unsmoked - gonna use this for some new tobaccos), a NIB unsmoked Brigham 3dot that I haven't dated yet, but appears to be 1970's, and a Barling made house brand pipe from a local shop.


and finally some American pipes: A Wiley, and two older Tim West's

[shakespeare]

I got gifted a pipe and two packs of holland house aromatic last september on my birthday. I simply love the look of a pipe but ive never quite grown accustomed to it. The smoke just doesn´t seem as full bodied as a cigar does. I really enjoy having smoke billow from my mouth. Could someone reccomend me a nice, intense aromatic to sweet tobacco I could try out and is there a right way to pack the pipe?
I pack it not too tight yet not too loose but I always have to re-light when I smoke... is that normal? Is there a break-in phase for a pipe?
Sorry for all the questions, I just have a gifted pipe that i never use and I find that a shame.

I´ll post a pic A.S.A.P

[Scott M]

Originally Posted by shakespeare

.... The smoke just doesn´t seem as full bodied as a cigar does. Try a good Balkan, (GLPs Odessey or Abingdon, Schurchs Torina, Balkan Sasieni), or anything that's heavy latakia, (Esotericas Penzance). ... Could someone reccomend me a nice, intense aromatic to sweet tobacco I could try out, GAWITH HOGGARTH Bobs Chocolate Flake, Mac Barens Vanilla Creme Flake are two good ones to try starting out. Sadly, most aromatics don't taste as good as they smell, and is there a right way to pack the pipe? Here's a Google Search on pipe packing. You can pack your pipe in thirds, halves, the Frank method, the stuff-it-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it method, the FOLD-it-and-stuff-it-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it method...you get the idea. There's no one absolute way to do this, and once you get the hang of one method, you'll need one or two more to deal with things like flake, or cubes, or shag cut....
I pack it not too tight yet not too loose but I always have to re-light when I smoke... is that normal? Yes. In fact, it's preferable to smoking your pipe too hot, burning both your tounge AND the pipe. Is there a break-in phase for a pipe? Yes, generally until you've built up a coating of carbon in your bowl, your pipe will smoke a little hotter. ...

My 2 centavos.

[shakespeare]

WOW ... thanx a STACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mr.c]

pic of my stash, middle pipe is one Nooner gave me. the outside pipes are the peterson 999 and savinelli roma rusticated

[IHT]

sweet. some vanilla cream and penzance in the background.

[Scott M]

Nice stuff, mr. c. Got my eye on a Pete similar to yours.

Hope you enjoy that Mephisto.

[Nooner]

a Charatan-Era Ben Wade that I grabbed for a song on ebay:

barely even smoked!






http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

I found the fills, three of them - not bad. From what I've read, Charatan would sell the pipes that weren't good enough to be a Charatan under the Ben Wade name - but I can't see where this pipe is any worse than a Belvedere... and the light stain is fantastic!!! pretty interesting, I'm gonna keep my eyes peeled for a few more!