Diana, our son Hunter, and I went to my folks' house to spend Christmas. My Dad was a long-time pipe smoker (he quit several years ago) When I divorced my ex-wife back in the late 80's, Dad and I started smoking pipes together. I bought a couple (a cheap one I paid $15 for with a mail order coupon from a package of Captain Black, and a good one from Edward's that I paid about $35 for back then). Dad even had his own blend of tobacco on file with Edward's (a blend of Honey, Cherry, and Black Cavendishes with a touch of vanilla and bourbon thrown in). Then I discovered Edward's cigar humidor. But I digress...
Anyway... A couple of months ago, I sent off for that free Altadis pipe tobacco offer. I searched high and low through all my stuff and couldn't find my pipes. Diana couldn't remember me ever smoking a pipe. So this weekend, I ask my Mom if she knew where Dad had put all his pipes. I'd thought that maybe when I moved in with Diana in 1990, I'd left mine and somehow they'd gotten mixed in with Dad's. She pulled down a couple of boxes which held about 40 :-0 of Dad's collection of pipes. Mine were nowhere to be found. Dad came in and asked what we were doing. We fessed up and said, "Well, it's Christmas. I'll give you two." The first picture is one that my Mom bought him as a gift in the early 1980's. The second is one that my Dad believes was one of my Grandfather's that he had a new Lucite stem back in the 1980's as well. I should have taken a picture of the rest of them. I'll do that the next time I'm out there. There are so many stories and memories in those boxes. Even after being boxed up for 10-15 years, they still smelled like our den did when I was a kid...
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Pretty cool story!.
That is just as goos as getting my GrandDaddys fishing poll
Awesome family heirloom. :thumbsup:
I like that first one. The shape really appeals to me for some reason.
Wow!!! very nice enjoy!!!!
I had a Dr.Grabow freehand alpha like the first one. It was the best smoker I had until I got in a hurry once ad started hotboxing and it got to hot and split on a cold night at work. I was pissed.
Nice looking pipes.
Very cool! Both pipes are nice. Don't lose the heirloom!
Those are both really nice! Enjoy those David
Very nice. :shades:
Nice pipe and nice story. When my great great great Grand Father came over to the US he took his pipe with him. My Father his the pipe some were there his home. I saw it about 10-15 years ago, all I remember was a note with the pipe dated from the 1870's or 1880's. I knida want to get my hands on the pipe and use it. I always loved the smell and taste of a pipe but I really never got into somking one.
That's a cool gift. It might be nice to hold on to them and then pass them down to your boys one day.