Pipes. Who here totes (and enjoys) them while in the woods?

My favorite is my Castello....it's a 65 or 66, can't recall. Anyhow, thanks to this thread I started poking around online and see that it is selling for about 3x what I paid for it...interesting..
 
Mongo said:
Howdy all,

Have rekindled my interest in pipes lately. But... the only time I'm smoking one is outside. And, where is better than on a nice hike or camping trip? I recently bought two inexpensive briar pipes to go with the two I already have, and a fresh supply of pipe tobacco, a blend called "Eclipse" from Oakbrook tobacco. I also have a small amount of "Frank's blend" from God knows where.... a heartier blend than the Eclipse. I want to find a nice Missouri Meerschaum pipe too... just to have one. I hear they are a nice smoking pipe.


Let's see some pics of what pipes and pipe related paraphernalia you have. Maybe some while out on the trail or campsite.
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I love Oakbrook Tobacco! Was there several weeks ago and picked up a few cigars. I have about a pound of their eclipse and it accompanied to Kenya as well as a few other tobaccos on several expeditions. I have a good number of pipes but they are "save for a few" still packed away from the move. Now that my new home office has been finished I will display and smoke them. Are you from Oakbrook?
 
I'm relieved this thread has made it to page 3 without any crack pipes or bongs. :D
 
DMelone said:
I love Oakbrook Tobacco! Was there several weeks ago and picked up a few cigars. I have about a pound of their eclipse and it accompanied to Kenya as well as a few other tobaccos on several expeditions. I have a good number of pipes but they are "save for a few" still packed away from the move. Now that my new home office has been finished I will display and smoke them. Are you from Oakbrook?
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Nearby.... Whiskey Hill.
 
I do!
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/not really me. :D
 
Just picked up a nifty mini-churchwarden from pipeshoppe.com. I'll post up some pics when it gets here. Next on the list is a Missouri Meerschaum.
 
the whole gang here at the usframe crew enjoys a pipe. As to what was posted about only smoking out doors, we are the same. Smoke does a lot of damage to furnishings and artwork, not to mention keeping the smoke in a confined space. All I can find in our image folders is cigar pics, well, time to get some pics of the pipes together. We do have a video where I fool with handcrafting a pipestem, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vojlbc-qGa0
Yep, there are times when those moments of mediatation and taking in the natural wonder of the world sure do seem enhanced by a good smoking pipe.
 
I really like the idea of a pipe after a day on the trail or in the evening around a fire. I tried one and i couldn't get the ash-tray taste out of my mouth for days and multiple tooth/tongue brushing attempts wouldn't clear it out either..... I really wanted to like it.....
 
fmajor007 said:
I really like the idea of a pipe after a day on the trail or in the evening around a fire. I tried one and i couldn't get the ash-tray taste out of my mouth for days and multiple tooth/tongue brushing attempts wouldn't clear it out either..... I really wanted to like it.....
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Sounds like you are puffing too hard and overheating the tobaccy. This is very common when starting out. People think that pipes need to be "puffed" like a chimney, but the actual technique is to take small "sips" from your pipe. Do not draw on it like you would a cigar. Slow & gentle, which is why pipsters find it so relaxing.
 
RUNIT said:
Back in the day I would make pipes out of all kinds of stuff.... cans, apples, tin foil. Those were the days. :)
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I hear ya. Nothing like a pipe made out of a bud light can. Ya those were the days. Hey i live in Seattle. Maybe those days are coming back!
 
Some nice looking pipes, folks. I don't smoke mine much because of the health effects, but I do like it when I go camping, or when I have to drive in the car for several hours. My friends and I used to buy the berry flavors and specialty blends from the local tobacco shop, but I always end up going back to Captain Black, "gold" flavour. It has a nice mild taste and smell.

I don't have a pic of my old Dr. Grabow, but this is a Peterson, of Dublin, that my Mother got for my Father when she visited Ireland. He used to smoke Half & Half. I happened to use it as a prop one day when I snapped a few pics of my Zippos, and of course the Buck Alpha Dorado. The open Zippo is made for pipes.

JT

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