Kind of grainy pics because I used my older camera, as you can see I like antique stuff, reminds me of people who used to smoke pipes when I was young, this is part of my stash in my Man Cave, that clay pipe in the first picture is one I just got, you can see my small pipe collection on the one Tobacco table plus two pipes I have carved out of stone, they are not finished yet. I also have a few wooden pipes I have made and one I am still carving but they are not in the pictures. Nothing fancy but good enough for me for now. Want to see something impressive, you should see my Dart Collection. LOL
Hum? As a Paranormal investigator I am going to have to look at that second picture of the jars real close, I thought I saw a face in it, maybe the owner of that table? Who knows.
@Woodsman Thanks they are nice to have but would love to make some of the ones I have seen on this post. The old Smoking tables are nice to have as well, one has a tin lined box with a felt seal for the door and the other one is Copper lined with a wood and felt type seal. @JaGri1 Yes it is best to hang with bowl down, something in stem or stem off so nothing runs into the stem and threading on stems.....nice set up looks cool, wonder if you could change the screw pattern and hang them the other way? Great for hanging freshly cleaned and dry pipes though, good way to display them when clean and dry and not using them, maybe I should make something like that in a frame with a plexiglass door......might be cool to hang up in my cave. LOL
JaGri1 has something with the hanging pipes in the picture, if you used a screw or nail at an angle with something wrapped on it like rubber or plastic for the bowl and two more above that for the stem to hold it in place you could hang your fresh cleaned pipes on it to dry, I will draw something up so you know what I am talking about......Huston we have a plan! LOL
@Wolf41035@PappyJoe I'm thinking about putting shrink wrap over the screws to protect the pipes and I also mounted the rack with a forward cant so they can hang from the screws or simply sit on top of them.
I should have taken up Wood Shop in High School rather than all the business courses I majored in. Then I might have been able to fashion together a nice display cabinet for my collection.
Look around for one of those glass fronted Modular Stereo cabinets that were popular about 10-20-(30?)ears back. The shelves are adjustable and very handy for storage and display. Also. right now I'm in the starting stages of converting an old silverware chest to a Pipe box and tin storage.
My pipes are divided between this vintage 14 pipe Decatur pipe rack and another smaller 7 pipe Decatur pipe rack that I have to keep in the garage. Pipe tobacco cellar is stored in lower cabinet and a drawer of a china cabinet/hutch in our dining room.
@Woodsman I'm probably going to sound like a moron but I have never understood why pipe cleaners are supposed to be in a resting pipe-what does it do for the pipe? I store mine stem up, should I do the same?
@paulwansing, I am fairly certain that Woodsman is advocating leaving a pipe cleaner in the pipes stored in that particular pipe rack, because the pipes are being rested "bowl up," instead of the standard "stem up." You will notice that a lot of antique pipe racks are designed bowl up, particularly those designed for clay pipes.
At some point during pipe history, some aspiring pipe rack marketing specialist, decided he could market his pipe rack more effectively, if he suggested that the bowl down design is superior. Back then, I am sure that a lot of pipes had problems with "gurgling issues," and smoking a pipe meant from time to time getting a mouth full of condensation. Hence the marketing term "drinkless."
Apparently, the design caught on, because most pipe racks manufactured during the last 50 years, have featured the bowl down/stem up design. One thing is for certain, the bowl down design certainly displays the pipe to maximum advantage, for the pipe aficionado who enjoy the process of watching their pipes dry. I'll admit, I am usually guilty of this, after I am about halfway thru a bottle of Ardbeg 10.
My guess is, that if you finish smoking your pipe, and run a pipe cleaner through the pipe while it's still a little warm, you can leave the pipe to dry in just about any position, and within 48 hours, it will be sufficiently dry to smoke again. The trick is, to get a pipe cleaner thru the pipe, at some point after smoking. It is surprising to me, how many pipe smokers neglect to spend any time at all cleaning their pipes. Personally, it is an enjoyable part of the many rituals, of my pipe smoking hobby.
When I reach for a pipe to smoke, and it is a clean well cared for pipe, it can't help but increase my anticipation for the pipe I am about to enjoy.
Thank you @xDutchx I have always wondered why some smokers rest pipes with a pipe cleaner in the stem. I honestly never saw a pipe stand where the bowl was pointing up, but like you I always run at least one pipe cleaner through my pipes after a smoke and usually before I smoke it as well-doesn't matter if it is a briar or a cob it is part of my piping ritual. I am always surprised at how much crud comes out of the pipe, whether that is condensation, tar, or tobacco devils I don't know but I do know I'm glad it is cleaned and won't alter the flavor of my next smoke
I don't know when or how I acquired the practice but I normally run a pipe cleaner all the way to the bowl on most of my pipes after smoking and will generally just leave the pipe cleaner in there until I smoke the pipe again.
I do have a couple of pipes that aren't perfectly drilled and on those I let them cool before I take the stem off and run the pipe cleaner through them..
@pipeguyaz64 how did you get the tin lids to hang on the wall without puncturing the tin? I have been wanting to do something similar but so far they have a tendency to fall easily.
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Kind of grainy pics because I used my older camera, as you can see I like antique stuff, reminds me of people who used to smoke pipes when I was young, this is part of my stash in my Man Cave, that clay pipe in the first picture is one I just got, you can see my small pipe collection on the one Tobacco table plus two pipes I have carved out of stone, they are not finished yet. I also have a few wooden pipes I have made and one I am still carving but they are not in the pictures. Nothing fancy but good enough for me for now.
Want to see something impressive, you should see my Dart Collection. LOL
Clever use of fence, I'd leave a clean pipe cleaner in the stems when they're hanging down like that.
Wolf, nice antiques, small tables and stands just look so cool in a smoking place/ man cave.
@JaGri1 Yes it is best to hang with bowl down, something in stem or stem off so nothing runs into the stem and threading on stems.....nice set up looks cool, wonder if you could change the screw pattern and hang them the other way? Great for hanging freshly cleaned and dry pipes though, good way to display them when clean and dry and not using them, maybe I should make something like that in a frame with a plexiglass door......might be cool to hang up in my cave. LOL
JaGri1 has something with the hanging pipes in the picture, if you used a screw or nail at an angle with something wrapped on it like rubber or plastic for the bowl and two more above that for the stem to hold it in place you could hang your fresh cleaned pipes on it to dry, I will draw something up so you know what I am talking about......Huston we have a plan! LOL
My pipes are divided between this vintage 14 pipe Decatur pipe rack and another smaller 7 pipe Decatur pipe rack that I have to keep in the garage. Pipe tobacco cellar is stored in lower cabinet and a drawer of a china cabinet/hutch in our dining room.
@paulwansing, I am fairly certain that Woodsman is advocating leaving a pipe cleaner in the pipes stored in that particular pipe rack, because the pipes are being rested "bowl up," instead of the standard "stem up." You will notice that a lot of antique pipe racks are designed bowl up, particularly those designed for clay pipes.
At some point during pipe history, some aspiring pipe rack marketing specialist, decided he could market his pipe rack more effectively, if he suggested that the bowl down design is superior. Back then, I am sure that a lot of pipes had problems with "gurgling issues," and smoking a pipe meant from time to time getting a mouth full of condensation. Hence the marketing term "drinkless."
Apparently, the design caught on, because most pipe racks manufactured during the last 50 years, have featured the bowl down/stem up design. One thing is for certain, the bowl down design certainly displays the pipe to maximum advantage, for the pipe aficionado who enjoy the process of watching their pipes dry. I'll admit, I am usually guilty of this, after I am about halfway thru a bottle of Ardbeg 10.
My guess is, that if you finish smoking your pipe, and run a pipe cleaner through the pipe while it's still a little warm, you can leave the pipe to dry in just about any position, and within 48 hours, it will be sufficiently dry to smoke again. The trick is, to get a pipe cleaner thru the pipe, at some point after smoking. It is surprising to me, how many pipe smokers neglect to spend any time at all cleaning their pipes. Personally, it is an enjoyable part of the many rituals, of my pipe smoking hobby.
When I reach for a pipe to smoke, and it is a clean well cared for pipe, it can't help but increase my anticipation for the pipe I am about to enjoy.
Great idea, now how can I convince my Wife that all her Crystal and China belong in the basement?