The Sculpted Vineyard Meerschaum now on the table came to me recently when Corey from Orange, California, reached out to me concerning a box of pipes he discovered in the attic. The pipes had belonged to his father who passed away 10 years earlier. He did not know that his father had smoked pipes, but …
Continue reading Refreshing a Sculpted Vineyard Slightly Bent Meerschaum
After celebrating the birth of our 10th grandchild – a boy 😊, it’s time to look at the next pipe on the worktable. This Meerschaum is the second of 3 pipes that pipe man, James from Dayton, Ohio, has commissioned. The first, pictured below, was another striking Peterson’s Meerschaum that turned out great (Reviving a …
The next pipe on the worktable has some sentimental value for me. I remember well seeing a trove of pipes sitting on the vendor’s table in the shadow of Nevski Cathedral in the center of Sofia, Bulgaria. It was December 27, 2019, and two of my five children were visiting from the US with one …
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
The Pipe Steward 