….Pipes continued

 

 

 

Then, a pipe with particular special meaning to me, since my wife bought it for me knowing how I love a nautical theme is this custom ordered Butz Choquin,  “The Sea Captain”. Even the Sea Captain smokes a pipe!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here’s a recent Mario Grandi, a great smoker and a nice hefty pipe:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To me, part of the enjoyment of the pipe is the variety of both the pipe selection and the tobacco choice. Each selection brings a new experience in both the pipemakers art in either briar, meerschaum, clay, or exotic hardwood and the tobacconists blending of different tobacco to create a pleasant, relaxing smoke. And of course smoking a blend in a pipe you carved brings an entirely different element to the mix.