Ardor Giove Cornocopia

[pipedirector]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ardor-Giove-Cornocopia-Horn-Massive-Briar-Pipe-2005-/350414127426?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51964f4142

This is perhaps the biggest pipe I've ever seen... :shock:

Is it even possible to hold a pipe this big in the mouth?

Matt

 

[Smokntaz]

It's beyond functional IMO but I think if you were a giant maybe it could be a good clincher?!? Interesting shape though!

 

[pipedirector]

If he were alive today, it'd be a pipe well suited for Andre the Giant -- I bet he wouldn't have trouble clenching it between his teeth... lol.

 

[Aaron]

:shock:

Really? Wait, really? That's bigger than some of the Boswell Grizzlies I've seen... I can't imagine smoking that at all.

 

[Handsome Dynamite]

Wow, I want that. I'd clench it.

 

[Smokntaz]

If he were alive today, it'd be a pipe well suited for Andre the Giant -- I bet he wouldn't have trouble clenching it between his teeth... lol.

Andre came to mind first. The Princess Bride was a good show, RIP Andre!

 

[DoverPipes]

May not be longer, but Im sure it's heavier. Wide as a beer can.


Steve Harmon Poker // Unsmoked and for sale if anyone is interested......

 

[Maiser]

...it's not so big... :lol!:

 

[Harlock999]

:affraid:

 

[Skip48]

Can't imagine smoking one of these giants so probably wouldn't. Some of them look good, especially that Poker, it's really good looking! The one this thread started with is a interesting shape, but needs scaling down a bit.

Skip

 

[Philthy]

There is a fascination with these larger pipes that may be unexplainable. You hae to look at them. Then you have to hold them. Then .................. You best be sitting in a comfy chair in front of the fire or something - they aren't walk around pipes by any means.

Steve Monjure had 4-5 of these at his show at my local B&M last Sunday including one like the volute or horn that started the thread. There was one giant rusticated apple that I came very close to buying. ....and I still want it.

 

[Anonymous]

:affraid:

Holy crap HL, and I thoughtI had a big Von Erck and a Wiley!!!!!
What you smoke in that thing???
must say................I like!

 

[Natch]

Ya know, down here in Arkieland we'd put a rotating spit on top of that bowl and BBQ a whole pig while we're smoking it! We call that multitasking down here. :lol:

Natch

 

[DoverPipes]

:affraid:

Holy crap HL, and I thoughtI had a big Von Erck and a Wiley!!!!!
What you smoke in that thing???
must say................I like!

Did you see what Coop sold it for???
Last time I checked it was well over a grand............

 

[bruins]

Ya know, down here in Arkieland we'd put a rotating spit on top of that bowl and BBQ a whole pig while we're smoking it! We call that multitasking down here. :lol:

Natch

:cheers:

despite the size, that's a nice looking poker. probably too much pipe for me though.

 

[Tim_Haggerty]

I like big pipes (see avatar, LOL) but the Ardor Giants are pretty intense. Tough to clench but if you've got a couple of hours, a comfortable chair and a good book, why not?

That big billiard (is it an Ashton?) is a beautiful piece, but I like a billiard that I can keep clenched. The price that it's accrued (I don't know f the auction is over yet) certainly suggests that there's a demand out there.

Of course, one dilemma we haven't addressed is the insidious specter of "Pipe Creep." Over the time I've been a pipe smoker, my bowls have grown (as has my girth, but that's another story). You know, you buy a nice group 3 or 4 sized pipe, then suddenly the 5 or 6's make sense. Then you outgrow your first pipe rack, which only holds medium sized billiards. Then you start to gravitate to a steady rotation of big bowls, and that largish billiard doesn't seem to weigh anything in your jaw anymore. Then you buy a big Boswell, which is the beginning of the end .

There are, of course, worse problems. Like most of us, I find my larger bowls smoke much cooler (in general) and I stopped worrying about how they looked a long time ago. i still use my smaller pipes for flakes and such, they just don't seem to get smoked as much.

And it makes "just one bowl after dinner" a much more appealing prospect.