The sad and neglected #8

[Idlefellow]

Renewing my quest to re-acquaint myself with some seldom-smoked old friends.  This is a house pipe from my old home shop (long gone but never forgotten), the Pipe Rack. I guess it's an author shape?  And I never did know who made their stencil pipes; Jobey maybe.  John Ojile and his wife were fine people and tolerant of our ragtag band of poor grad students, artists, musicians and other ne'er-do-wells;  they'd sit there chatting with us - both smoking cigarettes - while we oohed and awed over pipes we couldn't afford before purchasing a couple ounces of tobacco or a pack of pipe cleaners.  But I did buy many a pipe on lay-away at the Pipe Rack.

It was raining when I took my lunch-time stroll but stopped soon after; I didn't need the umbrella while I smoked a bowl of Diebel's Kentucky Broadcut and remembered some fond times and some good folks.

 

[Stinger4me]

Looks as though it is part author and part Rhodesian, a very nice pipe. Might be good with some McClelland Dark Full English.

 

[Thistleoak]

Beautiful pipe. It is posts like these that I love. Great memories shared. When it comes down to it stolen moments like you shared with us are all we really own.  Life can change drastically at a moments notice ( for good or for bad) but at the end of the day memories like this one can never be taken away from us.  They help make us who we are

 

[Lonecoyote]

Very nice older pipe, thanks for sharing. You can buff that stem up to look like new.

KEEP ON PUFFING!!!