Show Off Your Chimneys

[EA/DC]

I have four chimneys in my collection. A 'New Standard' GBD 95531



A small No name meerschaum. (For War Horse Green only.)



And these two. One mini Charatan's make 56 chimney and in the front a large sort of copy of it that I have made myself.

 

[Briar Lee]

I mean…….I just can’t anymore…..

Sure, it’s the sap.

Rock on, brotha. You’re a wild one but we love ya anyway.

A question:

Whatever the reason some Algerian colors far more evenly, quicker, and a deeper shade of red than others. This one is a quicker, more even and redder shade than most but they’ll all do lt if they are waxed.

Six smokes




The makers had to have known it would color faster if they waxed it like other highly polished waxed pipes.

Why does either a sealer on the outside or a little bit of cake slow down the coloring process?

How, does it know?.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

My Full Bent Chimney, in the Pipe-Dan style, by Todd Bannard.

 

[Briar Lee]

There are pipe smokers that swear most of explaining a good smoking pipe is in the construction and not so much, quality of the briar.

This new to me Chimney is one of their best arguments.

The bore is narrow in relation to height, a straight cylinder, with a beautiful cone on the bottom.

And this pipe has the largest draft hole of any pipe I own. It’s difficult to clog and if you smoke it down all the way ashes go right through it. The draw is effortless. The boring looks factory made to me, for one reason I’d never drill one out that large.

I think this would be a good smoker, or at least a noticeably different smoker, if made of clay, meerschaum, cob or any kind of wood.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Some Savinelli stacks on hand. Left and middle rows, 906; top two right, 130; bottom right, 131.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

I have these, do they count?

 

[Briar Lee]

I have these, do they count?

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The MM General counts.

The first two are tall bowl pipes.

I think a chimney has to have a length at least three times longer than the bore is wide.

 

[PA Piper Mike]

The folks at Pipe-dan in the 1960’s were the ultimate chimney freaks.

These are all from the same 1962 Catalog (which is worth a look in general, the Danish shaping revolution was going wild with legendary carvers at the helm. The Pipe-dan pipedia page has a link to the full catalog):

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Damn, those 1st few look like they could smoke up an entire pouch/tin worth of tobacco in 1 sitting.

 

[PA Piper Mike]

The only chimney I have is a MM Freehand that I smoked once or twice. I just don't have the time (and the nic tolerance) in my life to smoke a full bowl of this in 1 sitting.

 

[Briar Lee]

The only chimney I have is a MM Freehand that I smoked once or twice. I just don't have the time (and the nic tolerance) in my life to smoke a full bowl of this in 1 sitting.


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Not to be contrary but a Freehand MM is an enormous Dublin.

A MacAurthur and a General are sort of chimneys.

A chimney has to tall and skinny, not tall and fat.

A specie of reloadable cigarillo.

If it’s in the right proportion the change in how it smokes as it smokes down is dramatic.

 

[Simplicity]

A George Leousis:

 

[Briar Lee]

A George Leousis:

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That, is by God a Chimney!

 

[alaskanpiper]

Damn, those 1st few look like they could smoke up an entire pouch/tin worth of tobacco in 1 sitting.

Haha right?

 

[OzPiper]

My Full Bent Chimney, in the Pipe-Dan style, by Todd Bannard.

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I was waiting for you to chime in with that big boy

Damn, those 1st few look like they could smoke up an entire pouch/tin worth of tobacco in 1 sitting.

A pipe tool would have problems getting to the bottom of those

 

[telescopes]

Pipe Dan, Reformed. Waiting for Santa Clause. I bought this pipe after seeing @alaskanpiper smoking his Pipe Dan, Reformed while watching the Northern Lights.

While not in regular rotation, it is in my permanent collection.

 

[spearheadbill]

I’m not certain what to call my Hackert. Stack billiard?

 

[Briar Lee]

I’m not certain what to call my Hackert. Stack billiard? View attachment 279721

If Robert Marx had made that it would be a Chubby Jumbo shape.

A stack, or chimney, has a narrow bore and extra tall bowl, regular wall thickness, and the shank and stem are regular proportions or perhaps tending towards skinny.

It’s not blasted, but here’s a Chubby Jumbo (Big Boy)

 

[OzPiper]

I’m not certain what to call my Hackert. Stack billiard? View attachment 279721

It's a bit difficult getting a sense of proportion from that shot
A profile shot is best if you want to look at the bowl/shank/stem ratio