The next pipe on the table came to me in August of 2021 which I call the Lakewood Lot of 14. The Lakewood Lot came from a pipe man selling his collection because of health reasons. Ron had several pipes in his collection that I would consider higher shelf pipes – several were Freehands and …
Continue reading Bringing New Life to an Elegant Unbranded Freehand
The KBB Yello-Bole Apple now on the worktable brings with it a bucket full of nostalgia for me. It was November 7, 2016, and my wife and I were in the States from Bulgaria for the wedding of our youngest daughter, Johanna, in Nashville, Tennessee. The wedding was the day before and we were heading …
The next pipe on the worktable is an Edward’s Sculpted Briar Handmade which I acquired while on a pipe-picking mission at a local antique mall here in the Denver area. The Brass Armadillo is a pickers paradise and I enjoy trolling through the isles of ‘locked’ glass display cases where the good stuff is kept. …
Continue reading New life for a Striking Edward’s Handmade Algerian Briar
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 …
After traveling to Bulgaria and Ukraine over the past month and a half (See: A Memorable Pipe Picking Adventure from Colorado to Bulgaria and Ukraine), I’m anxious to get back to the worktable again. This attractive pipe came into my possession in December 2018, when my son, Josiah, saw it in a lot of pipes …
Continue reading Giving New Life to an Alpha Sabre Fancy Pot
The next pipe on the worktable I found on the online auction block in December of 2017. I was drawn to the pipe by its unique shape and deeply carved rustication which could almost pass for an ‘extreme’ blasted surface. As often is the case with online sellers, the pictures don’t always tell everything, and …
The Pipe Steward 