Number 35 i found this Ascorti Business KS at a junk mall posing as an antique mall in Pontchatoula, La for $35. Another great smoker that I usually smoke two or three times a month.
I found this Mauro Armellini Continental at an antique shop in Denham Springs for $35. I sent photos to his daughter, Vilma Armellini and she identified it as an original by her Father from the 1970s.
I mentioned earlier about helping a lady sell some of her late father in law’s pipe. She told me I could keep several of them as payment. This is one of them, a Thomas Cristiano. Cristiano started working for S.M. Frank in 1968 and eventually made Kaywoodies in Tampa before starting his own line. He was also famous for making humidors. He died in 2005.
This is the other pipe hidden on my work bench. It’s a Lorenzo Ravenna Standard 733 made in Italy. The company was started in 1948 and was still producing pipes in the 90s. Basically inexpensive briars that were retailing for about $40. This is another rescued pipe.
Pipe #41 was a gift and not an estate find. It's my 1926 Dunhill Bruyere 151 with Patent No. When I sent it out for some cleaning and stem repair, I was told it was a rare shape.
Nr. 42 is my Sailing Ship Bolgi #1. I saw it on eBay minus a stem and tried to win it. With less than a minute left I was outbid. I then voiced my frustration on a different pipe forum and said I’d have to keep an eye out for another one. A week later it showed up at my house.
My Created by Akdoula Meerschaum Lighthouse. This is an estate pipe I bought at a pipe shop in Baton Rouge. The Akdoula brothers used to do pipe carving demonstrations at pipe shop. I was told this pipe was carved at the shop.
We have a Winner! Back when This Pipe Life first started, STG was allowed to give away tobacco related prizes and in July, I was the winner of a Stanwell Hans Christian Anderson with two stems. I have the churchwarden stem filed away because I found I like the shorter stem.
Unless I find another estate pipe I have squirreled away, I am now on to pipes which I acquired new.
First pipe this afternoon is a Maestro de Paja I received as an anniversary gift. It is a pipe I can load and once lit, it will smoke all the way to the bottom with no relights. I consistently get smokes lasting over an hour in it.
In May 2020 I ordered two pipes from R.D. Powell in Texas. This is a Cutty with a twist stem. He wasn't completely happy with the finished pipe so I bought it at half price. He didn't sign this one though.
I bought this pipe off of eBay in 2016 or 17. It's a Stefano Santambrogio that is one of my favorite pipes. About two weeks after I received it, I won my first Long Smoke competition with a time of 1 hour, 23 minutes. The next year I won the Long Smoke completion with the same pipe with a time of 1 hour, 27 minutes.
From yesterday.... Nr. 52 is a Zack Hamric Snapping Turtle I bought at the one and only New Orleans Pipe Show in 2015. I use it mainly for flakes as the bowl diameter is narrow.
We are now down to the last three pipes in my collection - kind of. These pipes were all won at New Orleans Annual Pipe Night (hosted by Tinder Box and then Mayan Imports) prior to cancellation because of the pandemic. This Rinaldo R8 Titania Triade YYY was won in 2017 with a time of 1 hr. 27 minutes.
The is the very first pipe I won at a Long Smoke competition. It's a Rinaldo Triad YYY. The winning time on this one was 1 hour, 21 minutes. In total I competed in four Annual New Orleans Pipe Nights before they were cancelled. I won the first two competitions, came in second in one and fourth in one. The top five finishers received pipes. You got to chose in the order of your finish - first place picking first. I kept three of the pipe and gave one to my oldest son for his birthday - a Nording signature.
Unless I have a couple of more pipes left hidden someplace, this is the last of my pipe collection excluding about 10 clay pipes and four Missouri Meerschaums I have on hand. This is a 2016 DR Ardor Venere. The DR are the initials of Dorelio Rovera, who actually carved the pipe. I won this at one of the Annual New Orleans Pipe nights but interestingly enough, I came in second place. The young man who had the longest time selected a Nording from the pipe prizes. I gave heavy considerations into trading this for a different pipe, but the more I held it, the more I liked it.
@PappyJoe I’m not drawn to paneled pipes very often, I am not a fan of square shanks, or a tortoise stem, but that’s a fine looking pipe.👍🏻 It must be the Dublin sitter shape and the nice straight grain, very nice🙂.
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i found this Ascorti Business KS at a junk mall posing as an antique mall in Pontchatoula, La for $35. Another great smoker that I usually smoke two or three times a month.
Unless I find another estate pipe I have squirreled away, I am now on to pipes which I acquired new.
This is my Maestro Beraldi. It was a Father's Day gift several years ago.
I really like that Maestro Beraldi.
Those long stemmed pipes are a better guaranty of not catching your beard on fire...😏
Nr. 52 is a Zack Hamric Snapping Turtle I bought at the one and only New Orleans Pipe Show in 2015. I use it mainly for flakes as the bowl diameter is narrow.
These pipes were all won at New Orleans Annual Pipe Night (hosted by Tinder Box and then Mayan Imports) prior to cancellation because of the pandemic. This Rinaldo R8 Titania Triade YYY was won in 2017 with a time of 1 hr. 27 minutes.
Hate to see the journey end. I've really enjoyed the ride.
The is the very first pipe I won at a Long Smoke competition. It's a Rinaldo Triad YYY. The winning time on this one was 1 hour, 21 minutes.
In total I competed in four Annual New Orleans Pipe Nights before they were cancelled. I won the first two competitions, came in second in one and fourth in one. The top five finishers received pipes. You got to chose in the order of your finish - first place picking first. I kept three of the pipe and gave one to my oldest son for his birthday - a Nording signature.
Unless I have a couple of more pipes left hidden someplace, this is the last of my pipe collection excluding about 10 clay pipes and four Missouri Meerschaums I have on hand.
This is a 2016 DR Ardor Venere. The DR are the initials of Dorelio Rovera, who actually carved the pipe. I won this at one of the Annual New Orleans Pipe nights but interestingly enough, I came in second place. The young man who had the longest time selected a Nording from the pipe prizes. I gave heavy considerations into trading this for a different pipe, but the more I held it, the more I liked it.
I’m not drawn to paneled pipes very often, I am not a fan of square shanks, or a tortoise stem, but that’s a fine looking pipe.👍🏻 It must be the Dublin sitter shape and the nice straight grain, very nice🙂.
Thanks again for the journey!