Ed Burak's Connoisseur Giants

[denholrl]

Ed Burak would sometimes design extra large pipes if he was able to get large ebuchons of exceptional briar. Here are a few I've been able to acquire during my 25 years of collecting Connoisseurs. I've included a bent Dublin panel of a more usual size, for comparison purposes.

 

[UkuleleDude67]

Ed Burak would sometimes design extra large pipes if he was able to get large ebuchons of exceptional briar. Here are a few I've been able to acquire during my 25 years of collecting Connoisseurs. I've included a bent Dublin panel of a more usual size, for comparison purposes.

I like big pipes and I can not lie

 

[Aussiemike]

They are beautiful pipes den!! I like the large pipes also as many are my regulars. Are they classed as Magnums? Forgive my lack of knowledge even with Connoisseurs?

 

[Aussiemike]

I like big pipes and I can not lie

By the way thanks for the earworm Ukie cant get it out of my head now
This is the family friendly version sorry den had to post.

 

[Zeno Marx]

A couple times a month I do an ebay search for his pipes, just to see the various ideas. Even when I liked massive pipes, I never went for his because he really liked a tall pipe. I do not. Love his Alice in Wonderland perspective though. So many of them look like they'd be right at home at the tea party.

 

[ftrplt]

I do love Ed's "Conny Sewers!!" Grand smoking briars!! FTRPLT

 

[Timbo]

Some lovely pipes there, particularly liking the full bent pipes, that egg is niiiiice.

 

[BriarPipeNYC]

Nice pipes. Even though I'm personally not really a big fan of full-bent pipes, I'd make an exception for a few of these. Burack certainly had his own style.

 

[denholrl]

They are beautiful pipes den!! I like the large pipes also as many are my regulars. Are they classed as Magnums? Forgive my lack of knowledge even with Connoisseurs?

Ed Burak never used the term "magnum." If you mean "magnum" as in the 10-inchers Rich Esserman collects, no, they're not nearly that big. They are just oversized versions of his "regular" pipes.

 

[denholrl]

Some lovely pipes there, particularly liking the full bent pipes, that egg is niiiiice.

When I first got it, I cracked the shank improperly using the the salt treatment. Bummed, I sold it. Then, a few years later, bought it back.

 

[daveinlax]

Very Impressive Collection! There was guy who was a regular at my local pipe shop who worked part time at The Connonissure Shop while he went to college in NYC. He had lots of Ed stories.

 

[denholrl]

A couple times a month I do an ebay search for his pipes, just to see the various ideas. Even when I liked massive pipes, I never went for his because he really liked a tall pipe. I do not. Love his Alice in Wonderland perspective though. So many of them look like they'd be right at home at the tea party.

I've been collecting Connoisseurs for a long time. Although I do have the large pipes shown in the photo, the great majority of his pipes are more "regular" in size. I have about 25 in that "regular" size.