As a person of a mixed background I have a BA in Art and design and have done studio work from painting to sculpting and such i can appreciate some pipes for there purely aesthetic and artistic interpretations.. yes they can be a functional piece of art and such.. But then there is the other...
I quit cigarettes cold turkey about 4 years ago .. but i had to ween myself went from Cigs to Cloves which i still occasionally smoke to now just strictly pipes and i haven't looked back. At one point i was smoking 2 packs of camel wides a day.
most of my pipes are ole estate pipes that have history the only family thing that i have are lighters from my grandfather though this is why i im a zippo man.. i even have one as tarnished as that one.
i have one in my collection mostly a special occasion converstion starter pipe seeing that its a Figure pipe ie a carved figure of a person but it smokes great for what it is.
infact my first pipe was a Dr Hardy New eara model 0034 i picked up in a antique shop its a lil rugged lookin with some large fills in it but its always been a solit pipe its the one with a white circle with a red dot in the midle of it. Its one of my best smokes for having a huge stinger in...
i just recently was recomended jobey pipes by a person that i go and game at his place on friday nights.. so i went out and got a nice 5 day set of jobey shellmores from the 60's and 70s they needed some work but all smoke wonderfully also have a tortis with a lucite stem thats a wonderfull...