bulk of your pipes

[chksbak]

as you look over your pipe racks is there one brand you seem to have more of? maybe it is all brands from one country you have more of? so who fills your racks?

 

[puros_bran]

1 Japanese: Tsuge
1 American: Miller
6 Danish. : Stanwell
1 Italian : Savanelli


Had planned on buying a Becker and a Tinsky but I showed links to em in chat one night and they were gone the next morning. I think Carlos or Dock bought em, ya know their pipehounds.

 

[Puff Daddy]

I have 24 "nice" pipes in rotation, plus 8 "Others" which are work pipes, and 1 meer which is a novelty.

Of the 24, I have 5 Castellos, so that represents the highest single maker there, but of my 8 work pipes 4 are Stanwells.

 

[Carlos]

You would ask this while I am at work. They say the memory goes first. That is what they say, right? (my name spelling is probably off on some.)


USA - Tinsky - 7
USA - Ruthenberg - 4
USA - John Crosby - 2
USA - Mike Brissett - 1
USA - Rad Davis - 1 and 1 ordered
USA - Lee Von Erck - 1
USA - Kirk Bosi - 1
South Africa - Jobert - 4
Ben Wade - 3
Castello - 1
Larryson - 1
Savanelli - 3
GBD - 7 or 8
Comoy - 1
Moretti - 1
Ser Jacopo - 2
IMP Meer - 2
Konkack Meer - 2
BBB - 1
Manx - 1
Wessex - 2
Wally Frank - 1
Kaywoodie - 2
cobs, various MM - 16
misc. perhaps another dozen or so.

 

[gallant]

I have 2 joberts, two altinok meers, and the rest are a motley assortment of stuff.

 

[IHT]

hmm... hard to go off memory, but i'll try.

US carvers
tinsky - 1
rad davis - 1
tim west - 1 (and a kit pipe that i'm working on, so maybe 2)
cobs - 3

English
sasieni - 2
orlik - 1

Danish
Stanwell - 4 (maybe more)
karl erik - 1
bjarne - 1
nording - 1

Italian
cavicchi - 1
mastro de paja - 2
leonardo da vinci - 1
savinelli - 1
viprati - 1
ser jacapo - 2
pipa croci - 2

Japan
tsuge - 1




dangit, i'm forgetting some, i know.

 

[ftrplt]

I haven't inventoried my accumulation of approx. 200 pipes in quite a while. DHs, Meers, GBDs (firsts and seconds), and Savinellis probably make up the four largest groups; a dozen, or more, of each. Then we have the onesies thru (?) fivesies. Ashton, BBB, Barling, Bertram, Caminetto, Castello, Colin Fromm (Handmade), Comoy, Charatan, Curt Rollar, David Barnes, Eliot Nachwalter, Ferndon, Fred Garlinghouse (late of Frederick G Pipes), Hardcastle, Loewe, Kaywoodie (two 1940's unsmoked), Longchamps, Mark Tinsky, MF&L, Parker, Petes (including one Pete meer), Sasieni (including a 1920-21 one-dot), Ser Jacapo and James Upshall. Then a hodgepodge of Dr. Plumbs (my first pipe!), Grabows (second pipe), Savorys, olivewoods/cherry/maple woods, various Italians (some quite forgettable!), my wonderful clays, few odd-ball German pipes (seldom smoked), Irish Seconds, several old WDC/CPF etc. amber-stemmed pipes (briar and meer), the obligatory calabash (amber-stemmed and meer-bowled!), plus other no-name (but excellent smoking) briars. I know I'm forgetting some; but this is close!! FTRPLT

 

[Wet Dottle]

A few years back I used to buy mostly Ashtons and that is still reflected well in my collection as the third most numerous brand. I haven't bought an Ashton in six or seven years. By far, my collection has more Castellos and Dunhills than any other brand. Funny thing is, these are not even my favorite brands...

 

[Midnight Blues]

Right now I have 9 pipes in rotation,

(4) Castello
(2) Cavicchi
(1) Dunhill
(2) Peterson (Original Sherlock Holmes Series)
There is one pipe on the way, A Brian Ruthenberg #55 rusticated pot

 

[Anonymous]

One word:

Danish

 

[Carlos]

I think Carlos or Dock bought em, ya know their pipehounds.

Wasn't me.

 

[morleysson]

Right now, the operational rotation, the one that I use most often every day, is strong on Petersons (6), 8 KWs, and 5 Ropps Now, it may change slightly as i rotate in a few more Petersons and 5-6 Custombilts, but not much after that change.

 

[Anonymous]

I have more Wilke briars that any other pipe. Others include Stanwell, Savinelli, Stevenson and Charatan among others.

 

[Muleskinner]

My main pipe rack holds 125 of my Bonfiglioli pipes and in the other racks I have 25 more Bonfiglioli pipes. By the number of his pipes it is easy to guess that is my favorites. I do have other special pipes in my collection which include Tonni Nielsen, Ardor, E. Andrews, Von Erck, Rinaldo just to name a few.
Muleskinner "John"

 

[Justpipes]

American
(8 - Kaywoodie
(5) WDC
(2) Omega (not Grabow)
(1) Jelling
(11) Mike Brissett
(1) Perry
(1) Tinsky
(3) Bob Ray
(1) Jobey
(2) Kirk Bosi

Danish
(1) Bari
(1) Knute
(3) Bjarne
(1) Karl Erik
(1) Stanwell
(3) Ben Wade (Preben Holm)
(1) Preben Holm (Crown)

English
(1) Dunhill
(1) Comoy
(1) Sasieni

Italian
(2) Rinaldo
(1) Cavicchi
(1) Pipa Croci
(1) Don Carlos
(1) Varsese (Ardor)
(1) Luciano (Brebbia)
(1) Brebbia (Duke)

French
(1) Old Morris

Belgium
(2) Hilson

Meerschaum
(1) AB

Corn Cobs
(3) MM

(1) Clay Tavern

Edited in: All have been in the rotation at one time or another with the exception of the Brissett umbrella stand and clay.

 

[Dock]

I'm actually in a bit of a transition period.I'm just finishing up the sell off a good chunk of my less expensive pieces.My current rotation consists of:

(2) Mike Lindner

(1) Warner Mummert

(1) Kurt Balleby

(1) Jorn Larsen

(1) Rolando Negoita

(1) Rad Davis

(1) Castello

My future aquisitions planned are ALMOST all Danish and include the makers: Crosby,Florov,Eltang,Heeshen,Balleby & Chonowitsch...

Best,
Dock

 

[Mikem]

This question is forcing me to finally do an inventory of what I have. I will post when it's done. I would guess that I have mostly Italian and American carvers.

 

[Mikem]

Well I finally have completed an inventory and this is what countries of origin I have come up with.

• USA 34 (Includes 9 Brissett's, 2 Bosi, 3 DeJarnett, 3 Perri, 5 Miller (I made), 2 Tinsky's, 1 Joel Shapiro, 1 Hopper)
• Italy 30 (4 Ardor's, 2 La Anatra, 4 Lorenzo (1980's vintage), 2 Moretti, 2 Radice, 4 Savinelli, Spanu, Rinaldo, Armalliat, Armallini, Becker & Musica, Beraldi, Don Carlos, Cavicchi, Estella, Mastra de Paja, Le Nuvole)
• Denmark 13 (4 Bjarne, 3 Danbark, 5 Nording, W.O. Larsen)
• Czech 10 (Jirsa)
• England 8 (Dunhill, Britannia, 2 Comoy's, Ehrlich, Wessex)
• Ireland 6 (Peterson)
• Germany 5 (Vauen)
• South Africa 5 (Jobert)
• Turkey 4
• France 3 (2 Butz Choquin, 1 Gefapip)
• Canada 2 (Brigham)
• New Zealand 1 (Zeman)
• Unknown 2

 

[John Offerdahl]

The top three would be Jan Zeman, Ardor, and pipes I've made. But Rad Davis' pipes are close behind and gaining steam!

 

[jeepernick]

Well, the most represented pipes in my inventory are from the USA, I have twice as many from Missouri than any other pipe in my collection. OK, some clarification is in order. I have two Missouri Meerchaum cob pipes the others in my rotation are all singles. But I'm off to a good start for a year and a half. Here is the list.

2 - MO Meers (English)
1 - DR. Grabow (Aromatics)
1 - Peterson (VA/VAPer)
1 - Abbey (English)
1 - Savinelli (VA/VAPer)
1 - Di-Monte (VA/VAPer)
1 - Erik Nording (VA/VAPer)
1 - Basket pipe (I could smoke chalk in this thing and it would still gurgle after three puffs) (my first pipe)