Latest Pipe-Related Purchase Thread

[MarkinAZ]

Originally Posted by 688sonarmen

Thanks Mark, your purchase showed me the light that I don't have to pay 600+$ (I never would) for a great made in the USA pipe

...from one squid to another then

[Steve]

I was looking thru thier website earlier...some sweet pipes! I really liked some of the Fishing Vest Pipes. I almost hate to ask them for a price

[MarkinAZ]

Originally Posted by steve

I was looking thru thier website earlier...some sweet pipes! I really liked some of the Fishing Vest Pipes. I almost hate to ask them for a price

Go ahead and shoot Gail an email saying you perused the Fishing Vest pipes, and was wondering if Dan or Jim are still making them, and if so, what would be a price range nowaday.

She's great and it doesn't cost you a thing (for now that is)...

[Steve]

Originally Posted by MarkinCA

Go ahead and shoot Gail an email saying you perused the Fishing Vest pipes, and was wondering if Dan or Jim are still making them, and if so, what would be a price range nowaday.

She's great and it doesn't cost you a thing (for now that is)...

This is what scares me

[Steve]

Not to derail, but how are thier tabacco blends? The Hunters and Majestic 586 sound good.

[TheTraveler]

Wow, your timing on that last post was perfect. My dad and I are thinking of getting pipes for Christmas. Those Boswell's are beautiful AND made in the U.S.A. Thank you, check one item off the list a little early!

Some C&D tins

[DaBear]

Always funny how being in the mood for a pipe comes and goes with the season. Had a couple days of cooler weather 2 weeks ago and thought to myself a warm briar in hand would be nice. Then it warmed up and I forgot about that thought until today, when we didn't even crack 60 and was beginning to think more about what my first bowl in a few months will be. Then I see this thread, and now I'm debating on calling up Boswells to see if they have any new churchwardens being made.

[MarkinAZ]

Boswells had a couple of Churchwardens up for sale last week on their web page:





Both are very nice looking pipes, and the bowl heights on each are just a smidge over 2" each...

[Commander Quan]

If you ever get the chance to stop into Boswell's shop it is absolutely worth it. I went out of my way to stop in on a trip across PA, smoked a couple bowls of JM's complementary tobacco bought 2 pipes, and even had some custom work done on one of the pipes while I waited.

There were probably 80 pipes for sale in the store, and the prices were better than what is listed on the internet, and still included all the extras.

If your interested in a churchwarden I had Dan make one for one of the pipes I was buying so it's convertible.

[Blak Smyth]

Originally Posted by Commander Quan

That thing is gorgeous!

[688sonarmen]

You have fine taste in Pipes and tobacco Derrick

[Commander Quan]

Thanks. I thought I had posted these before, but maybe not. I'm glad that I bought the extra stem. I'd wanted a churchwarden, but didn't want to be completely committed to only having the long stem. I had thought about having a churchwarden stem made for my Green 999 Spigot, but when this opportunity presented it's self it was too good to pass up. Boswell's does not hand cut their churchwarden stems, but instead use and modify pre fab stems. This keeps the cost low, but if that's not what you are looking for you may want to pass. The only difference it really makes it that the stem is very thin, which makes it light, but also if you try to clench it can be pretty unsteady.

[DaBear]

Originally Posted by Commander Quan

Thanks. I thought I had posted these before, but maybe not. I'm glad that I bought the extra stem. I'd wanted a churchwarden, but didn't want to be completely committed to only having the long stem. I had thought about having a churchwarden stem made for my Green 999 Spigot, but when this opportunity presented it's self it was too good to pass up. Boswell's does not hand cut their churchwarden stems, but instead use and modify pre fab stems. This keeps the cost low, but if that's not what you are looking for you may want to pass. The only difference it really makes it that the stem is very thin, which makes it light, but also if you try to clench it can be pretty unsteady.

Ah, that can be a deal breaker for me. I clench for about 90% of each bowl I smoke, so if it doesn't hang right I end up smoking the pipe significantly less

[Commander Quan]

If that's the case, you probably won't be happy with any churchwarden unless it's something with almost a full bend that you can let hang from your mouth. There's just too much leverage placed on the jaw to be comfortable otherwise.

I'm a clencher as well, which was my primary reason for not wanting a standalone churchwarden. The Hans Christian Anderson line is another option for a pipe with 2 stems.

[688sonarmen]

About 1 1/2 months into pipes and I'm pretty sure I have enough for a cellar

This came today


This over a few weeks not counting the stuff that's in jars.

[Paulmac]

Definately a good start to a cellar, some of my personal fav's in there!

Originally Posted by 688sonarmen

About 1 1/2 months into pipes and I'm pretty sure I have enough for a cellar

This came today


This over a few weeks not counting the stuff that's in jars.

[DaBear]

More or less a cellar there Jake

That Frog Morton on the Town is my favorite latakia blend, and this year's Christmas Cheer is smoking great.

[688sonarmen]

Originally Posted by DaBear

More or less a cellar there Jake

That Frog Morton on the Town is my favorite latakia blend, and this year's Christmas Cheer is smoking great.

Awesome, I see that it is from a "2008" crop but I'm not really sure if that means it's ready to smoke.

I popped the tin of Dark Star since it has a 2009 date on it and rubbed the whole thing out and transferred to a mason jar. As I was doing it my Daughter asked "Who farted?" Guess it does have a different smell. Looking forward to letting it dry and firing it up in a few days.

[MarkinAZ]

Jake you beast... Me thinks you have a bit of tobaccy for rotational purposes...