Looking for a nice pipe stand to display my pipes. I like longer pipes like churchwardens but have all sorts of sizes as well. What is your advice?
Advise on Stands
- Thread starter Doctor Chopper
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1. if you are willing to spend money, search etsy for pipe stands. lots of nice work
2. visit local second-hand shop and garage sales
3. repurpose something to suit (various examples here in the forums)
4. make one!
order is reverse preference for me.
2. visit local second-hand shop and garage sales
3. repurpose something to suit (various examples here in the forums)
4. make one!
order is reverse preference for me.
I like stands that are open so all pipes fit. What I mean by open is not circles cut that the pipes slip under. Amazon has a lot of them depending on how much you want to spend. 30 ish for a 5-7 count, to hundreds.
Stands of this rather generic kind hold churchwardens:
My pipes prefer more natural position. Fetal position.
Can you run a drill? You can probably make one yourself.Other wise look at ebay or etsy.
my advice on stands is to always ask. Is this the hill I want to die on?
You don't wanna take a stand on stands? Me either. Pipes look better in a drawer, as I've recently discovered. You can soixante-neuf the bastards, to take up less space.
Yeah I went years only smoking straight billiards and apples. Then I finally got a full bent pipe, and needed to cut open one of the stem holes to fit it. I'll eventually just only buy open ended pipe stands.
Outside of the 3 pipe pipe stand my son made for me its all I'll ever own as well.
I got this one via Amazon. I think it was around $40.
I've always been partial to the carousel style stands that have the open holes cut at the top. This makes it so my cat isn't tempted to try to knock them loose, and I just generally enjoy the way it is displayed. But those are a bad option for churchwardens.
I'm not an expert on churchwardens or anything, but given the long stems, maybe a wall rack would be best? Something a bit more substantial and can accommodate the extra length of the pipes.
I'm not an expert on churchwardens or anything, but given the long stems, maybe a wall rack would be best? Something a bit more substantial and can accommodate the extra length of the pipes.
Something tells me you could pull this off…
For my first piece of advice is tell us how many pipes you are going to put in it. Then tell us how much you are willing to spend. If you are looking at putting up a pipe rack for more than 20 pipes and cost at least is something of an issue, I'd say the cheapest alternative it to build one yourself. Many members here have done such work but unfortunately, I am not one.
I have purchased several stands from the KAF pipe workshop in Ukraine. The craftsmanship is impeccable. They are a little pricier, but less costly than some of the options on smoking KAF has a shop on Etsy which I have linked below. They also have some options available for church wardens.
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On AliExpress one can find pretty nice and solid wooden pipe stands ,those by Muxiang brand are my favorite
I use vintage glass stands for my delicate or long-stemmed pipes 