I acquired this attractive Stanwell Handmade Canadian from a seller in Kallithea, Greece, just south of Athens. The final bid was sufficient and the Canadian made its way to Sofia, Bulgaria, where we were living, and it joined other pipes in the ‘For “Pipe Dreamers” ONLY!’ where pipe men and women can commission pipes that …
Continue reading A Stately Stanwell Handmade Canadian of Denmark Comes Back to Life
My son, Josiah gifted this pipe to me Christmas of 2018. He was in St. Louis working on his master’s degree and happened upon a lot of 26 pipes in an antique store nearby where he lived. He knew that I’m always looking for pipe deals to help benefit the Daughters of Bulgaria – a …
Continue reading A Christmas Pipe for Me – A 1920s Champion Made in France House Pipe
The Mountbatten Pot shape on the worktable came to me in December 2018 when my son, Josiah, came upon a lot of pipes for sale in an antique shop in St. Louis where he was studying. He sent me a picture of the ‘St. Louis Lot of 26’ with the proposal that he would split …
Darren has commissioned several pipes from the ‘For “Pipe Dreamers” ONLY!’ collection and has contributed a great deal to benefit the work that I support with the sale of restored pipes – the Daughters of Bulgaria. When Darren contacted me about doing some repair work on two pipes in his collection it was difficult to …
Continue reading A Gnarly Bone Tenon Repair for a Stately Smooth Meerschaum Billiard
There’s something about the Canadian shape, and all its cousins, that is profoundly appealing to my pipe man eye. If I were to guess why this is the case, I would say that the long shank lines draw the attention to the elegant simplicity of the Canadian. Even though the house name is absent from …
Continue reading Breathing New life into an Elegant French Algerian Briar Canadian
The next pipe on the worktable was also commissioned by Darren who found this pipe in the ‘For “Pipe Dreamers” ONLY!’ collection benefitting the Daughters of Bulgaria. I acquired this expressive pipe in September 2017 along with 65 five of his fellows in what I have called the Lot of 66. Over the years, many …
Continue reading Appreciating the Story of an Edward’s Algerian Briar Sculpted Square Panel
The Pipe Steward 