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WHO ENJOY A PIPE

How to Start a Pipe Collection Making Pipes in a Jap Prison FAMOUS PIPE OF HISTORY

"Pipe of Peace" Gen'l. Rogers and Pontiac

ANSWERS

By KEN BROWN

If you have any question concerning pipes, tobaccos, or related subjects, Mr. Brown will be glad to answer them for you. Write to him in care of this magazine. Be sure to enclose a self addressed stamped envelop for your reply.

Q. What is a firing agent as used in Navy, F. D. R. was quite often seen tobacco, and why is it used?—C. B., New with his straight-stemmed pipe. York, N. Y. FAMOUS PIPE OF TODAY Q. Is it true that the light colored or A. A firing agent is usually a chemi­ "bright" tobacco is better and more ex­ cal or other ingredient possessing a low pensive than the dark brown and black combustion temperature and is mixed in tobaccos? If so, why?—H. L., New Or­ leans, La. with a poorly burning tobacco to give it a better burning quality. This chemical A. This is not true in the least. The serves the same purpose as the resins in quality of tobacco is governed by its taste poorer types of tobacco. It is difficult to and aroma as it is being smoked, and the taste the addition of these ingredients to price is determined solely by the amount FAMOUS m eans "celebrated, distinguish­ the blend. of work and effort required to grow and Some tobaccos, such as Maryland, are cure the particular plant. ed" What better words to describe Stern- naturally slow burning with the ability In your own state of Louisiana, for in­ crest Sterling? The finest imported briar to hold fire well, and many tobacconists, -the workmanship of skilled crafts­ stance, the world famous Perique is wishing to keep the blend free from out­ quite black, and due to its lengthy curing men-hard rubber bits-precious metal side agents, or adulterants, will employ process is expensive, also. It is used for bands for strength and beauty; all pure Maryland tobacco rather than some flavoring, primarily, and there is no of these are lavished upon Sterncrest chemical or other agent to obtain the other tobacco like it. Actually, it is a Sterling and its sister pipes, Stern- same effect. type all its own, and should not be com­ crest 14K and Sterncrest Ultrafine. Q. Is there any reason why the entire pared with "lighter colored" tobaccos or "A good pipe is an investment pipe is not made of briar? In most pipes, any other kind of tobacco, since there is in daily pleasure." the bowl and stem is made of wood, but no common ground on which a compari­ the bit is always rubber, plastic, or some son can be made. LHS STERNCREST 14 K- similar material. Wouldn't the smoke be specially selecte d br iar, 14K better if the pipe were all wood?—G. S., Since each tobacco has its own part to Eugene, Oregon. play in the pipe blend, it is impossible gold band, $7.50. from any practicaly standpoint to say Sterncrest Ultra-Fine A. Pipes have been, and occasionally that one is "better" than another simply $10.00. LHS Certified still are, made entirely of wood. How­ because it is naturally lighter in color or Purex $3.50. AT ALL ever, the greatest argument against them, happens to require a more costly process GOOD D EALERS. and the reason they are not satisfactory, of manufacture. IMPORTED) is that the smoker's teeth soon bite BRIAR through the wood mouthpiece. Wood, Q. I have a package of tobacco on which is given the factory number as Model # 139' being of a relatively soft and fibrous tex­ being No. 17, District of Kentucky. Could Plain finish.. ture, will not withstand the constant bit­ you please give me the name and address Sterling Silver ing of the teeth. Therefore the bit must of this factory?—C. H., Lansing, Mich. Band. Dozens be made of a harder material. A. This factory is owned by the of other hand­ However, the materials used today, Green River Tobacco Company, Owens- some models r such as the hard rubber, plastic, and sim­ boro, Kentucky. plain and antique. ilar substances, have little, if any, effect on the taste of the smoke which passes Q. Do any of the so-called cleaning through them. fluids harm the pipe?—J. R., Ft. Smith, Ark. Q. I have heard that the late Franklin D. Roosevelt was a great pipe smoker, yet A. Most of them are safe to use. I I do not once recall ever having seen a would suggest using those made by a photograph of him with a pipe. Can you reputable manufacturer, and in case of Write ZEUS Fil­ enlighten me?—P. J. E., San Antonio, for " Pipes— ter Cigarette doubt, your pipe dealer will recommend for a World of Holders are back Texas. in ALUMINUM with which in his opinion is best to use. Need­ Pleasure". It's FREE. handy ejector. A. In his earlier years, especially less to say, the directions should always L&H STERN, Inc., 56 Pearl St., Brooklyn LN.Y.; when he served as Asst. Secretary of the be carefully followed. 0 POPULARLY WCfD . . . Ar iW TOBACCO COUNTERS

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+ *cin"\oo * »-.i0 10 9 KENTUCKY 50< CLUB Choice selected White Burley, expertly blended Mild and fragrant, yet fully satisfying Smokes freely and evenly—keeps your pipe clean and sweet It's Fall As the leaves are turning a PIPE LOVERS golden brown, the morning air MAGAZINE FOR MEN WHO ENJOY A PIPE is sharp as once again a wisp of smoke curls upward from the Vol. 1 — No. 11 November, 1946 many chimneys, the school bells chime, the birds start south— CONTENTS General Articles • Pipes in Prison Captain Frank L. Schaf 368 Prisoner relates how he made a good smoking pipe It's Fall How to Start a Pipe Collection - - - Ed Copeland 380 To many men a pipe is a subject of art and beauty

Is there a season for pipe Cake is Important Lyle Kentnor 374 Proper as well as improper cake formations are discussed smoking? Some say there is, that the season starts in the fall when Curing Pipe Tobacco Thomas Moore 376 Each tobacco requires its own process to be properly cured the cool night air makes any pipe taste better. A New Twist J. Harte 378 The growth of the Spiral-Kool Company has been rapid If so, that season is starting Good Company R. J. Weintrauh 373 now, time when you'll fill and A young smoker describes his first experiences with a pipe light old briar more often, feel • the full flavor of that favorite Departments blend. Blowing Smoke Rings with the Editor 366 Collector's Page 380 As the longer evenings see the My Pipe and I Frank K. Young 392 frost appear it's time to pull up Pipe Clubs—Los Angeles Organizes 384 a chair by the fireside and settle Pipecraft 382 down for a few hours of enjoy­ Pipelines - 366 Pipeoddities - George R. Flamm 390 ment, smoking the favorite pipe Questions and Answers Ken Brown 362 and reading a book or magazine. What's New 388 For a worthwhile fireside com­ panion, may we suggest PIPE LOVERS Magazine, created es­ Cover—Some of the many pipes from Ed Copeland's famous collection are shown on pecially for such occasions—to this months cover. His suggestions for starting a pipe collection may be found give you informational and rec­ on page 380 of this issue. reational reading on a subject close to you—your pipe. Your subscription today will assure its Editor and Publisher George W. Cushman regular appearance during the New York Representative Associate Editors - Ken Brown H. C. Howard months ahead. Richard L. G ordon 285 Madison Ave., Hal E. H eintzelman New York 17, N. Y. James Morrison MUrray Hill 3-4377 Subscribe Today Art Editor -

Published monthly by Pipe Lovers Magazine. Editorial and business offices located at 532 Pine Avenue, Long Beach 2, California, to which all correspondence should be addressed. George W. Cushman, owner and publisher. Printed at 208 Press-Telegram Building, 604 Pine Avenue, Long Beach 2, California. Application for entry as second class matter is pending. PIPE UOVERS Entire contents coypright 1946. No material may be reprinted either in whole or in part without special permission. Ideas and opinions expressed in signed articles do not necessarily represent those of the magazine. THE MAGAZIN E FOR MEN W HO ENJOY A PIPE Subscription rates: To addresses in U. S. A. and possessions, $2.50 per year; Canada, $3.50, Foreign $4. Single copy, 25c. All subscriptions are payable in advance and should be sent to Pipe Lovers Magazine, 532 Pine Avenue, Long Beach 2, California. Report change of mailing address promptly. 1 year $2.50 — 2 years $4.50 Allow 30 days for change to take effect. Manuscripts and photographs submitted for editorial consideration must be accompanied by return 532 Pine Ave. postage. Publisher cannot assume responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts. Lang Beach 2, California 364 PIPE LOVERS See it at your Dealers TODAY BLOWING

DEAR SIR: I was much interested jn the article on Turkish Tobacco in the September issue. I am particularly fond of tobacco of this character and usually have a supply of the edmM Macedonian on hand which I obtain from a tobacconist in the east. I am now more interested than ever, realiz­ ing the large number of Turkish Tobaccos, and was wondering where I might obtain S MIGHT well be understood, 77% of you believe that pipes costing some of the other types mentioned in the A a magazine doesn't always more are better. Thirty-one per cent article. know as much about its readers as it of you buy your pipes regularly, while A. G. STANGEL, wouild like to, and this magazine has the majority buy them at indefinite Manitowoc, Wise. been no exception. It was for the pur­ intervals. The addresses of concerns from which pose of finding out as much about our As for pipe shapes, the favorite is you can obtain these Turkish varieties readers as possible, their likes and the billiard, with the bulldog being are being mailed to you.—ED. dislikes, that we sent to many of you second in popularity and the bent a questionnaire a few weeks ago with third. When it comes to your favorite DEAR SIR: the request that you fill it out accord­ finish, there is no doubt. More smok­ I was greatly amused by the October issue, ing to your preferences regarding ers replied "virgin finish" than all the especially the comments by the young pipe pipes and tobaccos. smokers of college age who gave their views others combined. on pipe smoking. This is the type of thing Now that the answers have been I would like to see more of in our magazine tabulated, we feel we are much better S FOR tobacco, 13% prefer a (notice I call it "our" magazine, for I feel acquainted with you. highly aromatic tobacco, 55% it is mine in a way.) A Why don't you have a page in which we Since several asked that we give want theirs mildly aromatic, whereas may comment upon some phase of pipedom, a resume of the survey, here are some the other 32% want no aroma whatso­ both pro and con. Such arguments will be of the facts brought out. ever. Sixty-nine per cent want a mild good for all of us. tobacco. Fifty-one per cent of you mix ROBERT SCHISSLER, Among PIPE LOVER'S readers there Austin, Texas are young and old smokers alike, but your own blends, and 91% stated you the average length of time you have would like to see articles on this sub­ ^ The "Open Forum" page is scheduled been smoking a pipe is 12 years. The ject. One third of you said that you to begin in "our" January issue. Lead average age at which you started was smoke more in winter than in off question: "What is the difference a few months past your 19th birth­ summer. between cheap pipes and expensive day. Regarding English-made pipes, pipes?" Send in your opinions before 43% believe they are superior to those November 20, and the best ones will ap­ HE GREAT majority of you of American make, 53% believe they pear in the January issue.—ED. Tcollect pipes, and on the average are about the same, while 4% believe you have 42 pipes in your collection. them to be inferior. DEAR SIR: Of these, 14 see regular service. Only 19% have ever made a pipe I thought perhaps your readers would be Eighty-four per cent of you said you at home, but 85% stated they would interested in an unusual pipe experience of mine while fishing a number of years ago. had a favorite pipe, with 71% saying like to see more articles on this sub­ This happened on a lake in upstate New they would like more like it. ject. York. Twenty-two per cent of your pipes As for the magazine, you said you Some buddies and myself had gone fishing in a small row boat. Most of us were pipe are given to you by friends, relatives, like the information presented on a smokers, and our pipes were lighted most and business associates, while you, subject which has always been hard of the time. yourself, select the other 78%. As a to get much information about. The I had just landed a good sized bass and rule, you like the pipes given you, but was stringing him on the stringer when, as Collector's Page was your favorite de­ I leaned over the side of the boat, my pipe you don't smoke them nearly as much partment, with the "What's New" fell out of my mouth and into the water. as the pipes you pick out yourself, and page being a close second. The gen­ I didn't grab quick enough, and, like the in picking them out, the huge major­ proverbial fish, it got away. Luckily it wasn't eral criticism was that the magazine ity prefers to get them in a pipe shop, an expensive pipe, and I didn't care much, except that was the only I had brought along the reason being the wider selection is not big enough. It really gave us a good cross sec­ and it meant no more smoking for me until I generally available there. got home. Do you think a pipe improves with tion of you pipe smokers who form Well, the next day there was a stiff breeze our audience, and now that we have blowing towards our cottage from the far age? Seventy-six per cent of you re­ side of the lake. This didn't mean anything plied that you think it does. become better acquainted with you, to me until the next morning. The average price you pay for your we hope to give you exactly the kind I was up early as was my custom, and pipe is in the $5 to $7.50 bracket, and of a magazine you want. went down to the lake's edge to look around. As you have probably guessed by this time, there was my pipe about a hundred feet 366 PIPE LOVERS away, less than a foot from shore. The gentle ripple of the water coupled with the wind the day before had brought it home to me. Ruined from being watersoaked, I never did try to smoke it, but I still have it today, and I call it my Ripley pipe, "Believe it or Not." STEVE HENSLEY, Harrisburg, Penna

DEAR SIR: Thanks to PIPE LOVERS f or having helped me win an argument. My brother has always S * thought I was silly for taking such a serious interest in my pipes. He has never been able ^that's the for wor to see why anyone should look on a pipe as anything more than a hole in a stick of wood Hi •• to hold some burning leaves. (As you can The dictionary doesn't supply a word to adequately describe the imagine, he doesn't smoke a pipe.) many outstanding features of the smart-looking Kirsten Pipe. So Well, the other night he was out to the we've coined the word "smokability" which means (1) cool-smoking house and my September issue was lying on | * (2) sweet-smoking (3) bite-free and clean smoking pleasure. the table. It was the first time he had seen iilil the magazine. He picked it up and started to Join the thousands who now smoke Kirstens and you, too, will say, thumb through it. I watched him. At first he sort of snickered, but as he kept turning the pages I noticed he took an ever increasing interest in the subjects and the pictures. "You mean there's enough to a pipe that they can put out a magazine about it?" he asked. "Even have clubs for just pipe smokers ?" When I replied in the affirmative he seemed to swallow hard and then act like a man who has just lost a debate. Since then he has had verry little to say regarding the care I give my pipes. That's why I say thanks to PIPE LOVERS f or helping me win an argument. JOHN LAHOUBA, Niles, Mich.

DEAR SIR: Here is my subscription for two years and I would like this to start with the first issue of PIPE LOVERS. I want a complete file and at the end of the year I intend to have the magazines bound into one volume. Do you by any chance have a binder which I could purchase which will hold the isuues as they come out? DICK ALLEN Miami, Fla.

^ Binders are dificult to obtain, how­ ever, we hope to be able to announce a binder of this sort in the near fu­ ture.—ED.

DEAR SIR: It's carefully aged and blended, smokes cool and lasting, I can't agree with Mr. Brown in the Octo­ has a delightful aroma, and does not bite the tongue. Try a ber issue in which he states in his column that all pipes smoke about the same as far • pipeful today—then you'll see why Brown Crock is truly as coolness and shape are concerned. I have "the smoke of the stars." three bulldogs and they all smoke cooler than any other pipe I have. Available at present in one-half pound cartons only. I think this makes a lot of difference in the coolness of the smoke. C. L. SMITH Shipped anywhere in the United States upon receipt of your check Dixon, 111. or money order for $1.45, which includes postage, insurance and DEAR SIR: handling charges. I got a kick out of Tom Howard's expose of his pipe experiences. Articles like that keep All Mail Orders Filled Same Day Received the magazine ticking. How about similar articles by MacArthur, Fenchworth, and other famous pipe smokers. JACK NILES, HOLLYWOOD PIPE SHOP Savannah, Ga. 1641 No. Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood 28, California NOVEMBER, 1946 367 PIPE LOVERS November, 1946

This interior view of one of the prisoner barracks in the Philippine prison camp shows Schaf and one of his buddies using the Chinese bow and string drill to make the bowl of the pipe. Hanging on the rafters above are leaves of tobacco drying. PIPES IN PRISON An Amazing Tale Describing How American G. I. Prisoners Used Local Wood to Make Pipes Under the Very Eyes of Jap Guards

By CAPT. FRANK L. SCHAF, Jr.

EING captured by the Japs and confront again. One may as well give him a few days, weeks, or months ahead, held prisoner in their dirty camps up his liberty for good, since a prisoner and the nervous anxiety is terrific. B is an experience I do not care to of war never knows the fate in store for Those of us who were pipe smokers 368 PIPE LOVERS V missed our pipes more than anything much time to brood over personal losses. else, and we felt if we could just have EDITOR'S NOTE: The experiences as Each of us was struggling to exist against related here by Capt. Frank Schaf show the enjoyment of a short pipeful now the value placed on a pipe by a real starvation, abuse, low morale, and every and then, the torture of the imprisoned pipe smoker. This month he relates known tropical disease. hours would be greatly lessened. how the pipes were made. In the De­ As time went on and we became ac­ At least that was the feeling among cember issue he tells how the tobacco customed to our environment we began those of us who were unfortunate enough was grown and cured. to pick up the pieces and try to fight for to have been the unwelcome guests of existence. We were put to work in the the Japs in their Cabanatuan prison ing favorite pipes taken and smashed for jungle cutting trees four and five feet camp north of Manila on the Philippine no other reason than just plain beastli­ in diameter (wood harder than Ameri­ Islands. ness—that seemed to be the proverbial can hickory), rebuilding roads and Only a person who has had the mis­ straw. bridges, and worst of all, working in rice fortune to become an enemy prisoner fields. ever really knows the thoughts, the N SPITE of this, though, during the Rice farming was degrading, hard, misery, the untold hours of suffering I first few months of captivity at the grueling, daylight to dark, heads down, and mental torture which the prisoner Cabanatuan prison camp, about fifty bottoms up, in mud well over our knees. goes through. miles north of Manila, no one had All this on nothing to eat but rice, rice, Only to such persons can any descrip­ tion by a prisoner of war be realistic Pictured here are three of the pipes made by the prisoners. In the center is shown and vivid. It is easy enough now, to sit the old Chinese bow and string method of drilling. Right, the prisoner-made chisel. by a warm and comfortable fireside with fear and foreboding a thousand miles away, and described some of the ex­ periences, the horrors and the uncertain­ ty of life from hour to hour that became our very existance, but at the time it all happened, the word "desperation" takes on a new and much more forceful meaning.

HE PRIMARY thought of any Tprisoner is, will he ever get out? Will he ever see his loved ones again? Will he die today, tomorrow? What will his fate really be? Continuous thoughts in that vein are ever in one's mind—so much so that you either for­ get your surroundings continually and lose all hope, or you make the best of conditions, try to get along with the captors, and hope and pray this chapter in life will be a short one with a happy ending. It almost demands such an outlook in order to exist with any degree of sane- ness in a Jap prison, against Jap captors whom we had always regarded as some sort of beast. On May 6, 1942, Corregidor, the last United States garrison in the Far East, fell to the Japanese forces. Bataan had fallen only a short month before. Thou­ sands of Americans were taken prisoner and stripped of everything they owned, pictures of their loved ones, rings, watches, everything—even their treas­ ured pipes. Those pipes had been welcome com­ panions in foxholes during six months of constant fighting. A trivial loss, some people will say, but those who smoke and love their pipes will know how important it was. The fact that Americans had been beaten, the fact that they had not been reinforced, and the inhuman treatment by their captors was enough to send any­ one's morale below zero. However, hav-

NOVEMBER, 1946 369 and more rice. No war prisoner was ex­ craftsman. All the parts were precision empt from work; G. I. Joe and Colonel made and always resulted in a beautiful So and So worked side by side. pipe of which any connoisseur could be In this madhouse of monotony, slow­ proud. ly starving, men began to think and We had no lathe, no imported briar dream of home and chicken dinners. wood from which to fashion the pipe, in They began to describe food and food fact we had nothing at all with which preparation in minute detail. Only pris­ to fashion our tobacco burners, but we oners of the Japs, fed continually on knew we wanted them, and when you rice and little of that, could soar to the want something badly enough, you usual­ heights of culinary dreams as they did. ly manage somehow to obtain it, even A steak as big as the spread of an though you are in a prison camp far army blanket and as thick as a baseball from civilization with its refinements, bat, juices just oozing out of it, became modern conveniences, and ample equip­ so real they would collectively drool at ment for turning out any object, whether the mouth. it be a shelf for the kitchen, a new A pot of coffee on the stove, an aroma handle for the hoe, or a smoking pipe. as nectar of the gods ascending, plus a But we wanted pipes, and were going skillet of bacon and potatoes frying, to have them, and our present environ­ would be described so realistically it was ment wasn't going to stop us. The almost as though our feet were under pleasure of a pipe was vivid in our the table and the feed bag was on. The author as he looks today—not much minds, and our minds were made up. as he did when a prisoner of the Japanese. We knew that unless we could secure N ORDER to escape such torture, pipe tools with which to make them, no I groups began to spring up, prisoners sixty acres at the other camp. Every inch pipes. Then the idea struck us that we who wanted to soft pedal all talk of of this acreage had to be worked, three could make the necessary tools, if . . . food. It was in this way that a group crops a year, to help feed the Jap occu­ Thus it was that a strange campaign of pipe lovers—I among them—collected pation force. began, a regular military operation. together. This move split up our original little Every man in the pipe group was put on Men from all walks of life were in it: pipe group, but another sprang up, of the hunt for metal. professional soldiers, explorers (who which I was a charter member. At this A piece of a rusty steel bar, parts of were caught in the islands by the war), time I became friendly with another broken files, and other bits of metal teachers, and hot dog stand operators. member of the group, a pilot in the Air found in abandoned Filipino shacks fell All we talked about was pipes. Force, and a craftsman. We determined into our hands. We'd even edge close together while to have pipes. Then the tool making began. It took working so that we could talk of the But how? us months of hard work with sharpening makes and shapes of pipes we liked; mixtures and brands of tobacco we had A pipe, we all knew, was usually made stones to fashion a single half-decent used. on a large lathe, using select wood and set of pipe tools. The next problem was to find material We became almost as bad as those made by an experienced and skilled who were half crazed for American food, and our dreams were as empty—not one of us had a pipe nor a crumb of tobacco. At first there had been available a small amount of various tobaccos. The Jap guards got leaf tobacco and a brand of Philippine cigarettes (nicknamed "Long Brown Dobies") from the Fili­ pinos and sold them to us at enormous prices. A lot of us had secreted money- about our persons, under bandages covering battle wounds, sewed in belts or hat bands; but at ten Pesos (five dollars) for a handful of tobacco or a few cigarettes; our money did not last long—conse­ quently no smokes of any kind.

HEN some twelve hundred of ua T were transferred from the prison camp at Cabanatuan to the southern is­ land of Mindanao. This new camp had formerly been the four thousand acre Davao Penal Farm and Experimental Station. Here, work was even more difficult, since there were four hundred acres ol "Are you sure you didn't get it overheated?' rice paddies to cultivate compared to the Courtesy Canadian Cigar and Tobacco Journal 370 PIPE LOVERS suitable for pipe making. This was not looking forward to the pleasure that we used in our prison-made pipes also makes difficult, finding the material, I mean. knew would be our reward when the a fascinating tale, and I'll bring you In the vicinity of the prison camp and pipes were finished. these exciting adventures in the last readily available were some very beauti­ How we obtained the tobacco that we half of this article to appear next month. ful woods—Philippine mahogany; cama- gong (a very black and extremely hard This is a sketch of Capt. Schaf's prize pipe which required several months to make. wood) ; and apitong (a fairly hard, light The reamers and tampers, pictured left above, were made from the horn of a carabao. brown wood with dark brown streaks). There were other woods, but I do not remember the Tagalog spellings.

UR FIRST output of pipes was O nothing to write home about, but we adopted new methods and kept at it. Time was the major factor, but we had a lot of that. It took months to shape a single bowl from those hard woods and at least a week to drill one. We saved time in drilling by making an adaptation of the old Chinese method of spinning the drill with a bow and string. Our main drawback was that we had to make the stems out of wood also. Pipe smokers know that most woods do not taste good when used as stems and that wooden stems, no matter how hard the wood, can be bitten through in a short time. The answer to this came when I stole a carabao (water buffalo) horn while helping slaughter carabaos for the Japs. This horn was black in color and very hard, and when a stem was fashioned and polished it looked like the "real McCoy". These horn stems lasted indefinitely. We managed to keep a supply of this material on hand by getting the Jap guards to bring us horns, and in return we would carve them little trinkets from each one. It took us another month to polish a pipe properly. There was no sandpaper so we made a pumice from soft rocks ground up in a stone rice mill. We polished every night while lying awake, every rest period during the working day, and when malaria struck and we were too sick to work in the fields. The final and capping victory was won when we found a method for mak­ ing a bent stem. This was done by shap­ ing and drilling a piece of carabao horn into a stem. It was then placed in boil­ ing water and after some time had elapsed the horn would soften and could be bent into the desired shape. The horn thus treated would perma­ nently hold the new shape once it re- hardened. Needless to say that after a period of about six months we had a col-, lection of four or five pipes apiece that any smoker would have been proud of. The native wood smoked quite well— nothing like briar, of course. Although in some ways it was work to make these pipes, it didn't seem a hardship because all the time we were

NOVEMBER, 1946 371

Good Company

In Which a Young Smoker Tells About His First Thoughts, Feelings and Experiences As He Learns the Art of Smoking a Pipe

By RUSSELL JAY WEINTRAUB

HE PIPE had been lying in the AUSING strategically just beside forced to disgourge the smoke via the bureau drawer ever since my P the two girls, I nonchalantly raised conventional route in the midst of a fit aunt had given it to me for my a match to the bowl of the pipe and puf­ of coughing. Once again, the bright T fed strongly two or three times. To my lights on the avenue blended into a birthday. Oh, I had taken it out a few times, whenever there was a sufficient surprise the pipe lit readily. One match single watery blur and I could have audience to merit the ordeal, and at­ —not bad at all—I couldn't help think­ sworn that my nasil passages were a tempted to smoke it. I have no doubt ing that the girls looked impressed. seething volcano about to erupt. that I would have long ago—or how I decided to bask in my glory for a Just as I was in the throes of this was it my uncle put it—oh yes, broken few moments and inhaled a large puff latest discomfort, a group of older people it in, if my friends had been more sym­ of smoke. Holding it thoughtfully in stepped from a doorway and swung past pathetic towards my endeavors. my mouth, I tried to look worldly and me. I heard one of the men say, "If he But being possessed with the most superior. were my boy, I'd give him the back of base senses of humor, they seemed to As some of the murky colloid found its my hand where it would do the most find my coughing and wheezing extreme­ way down my throat, I vainly tried to good." Undoubtedly he was discussing ly humorous and exhibited their delight suppress a fit of coughing. In a few some spoiled nephew or bothersome by the admission of piercing belly laughs moments, I observed through misty eyes neighbor's kid, but I couldn't determine and sagely speculated on how many times that the two girls were snickering. Ob­ why he had to glare at me while doing it would be necessary to duck me in the viously their discussion had turned to a so. bathtub in order to put the fire out. humorous incident which had occurred Lost in my thoughts, I took little notice That night it would be different previously that day. Maybe it was the of the passers-by until suddenly there though. My friends were down the Abbott and Costello comedy at the was Elaine standing in front of me. street busily engaged in the pursuit of movies. Oh well . . . Elaine, the sweetest, most petite fluff of that great American game, poker. I told After audibly muttering something golden curls ever to grace a history class them that I was studying some history about having a cold, I resumed my walk with her presence. She looked so infinite­ for a college test, so that I could have at a slightly brisker pace. I seemed to ly gorgeous standing there, and I could the evening alone with my pipe. I want­ be getting along better now. There was not help but swallow hard in an effort ed very much to learn to smoke it, for less labor in my puffs and at last I ex­ to keep from choking on the lump in my everyone says that a pipe is such good perienced a bit of enjoyment to myself throat. company. what good company a pipe is. The air along the avenue was sweet T WAS a decidedly bad time to and stimulating and I proceeded some swallow. That I knew when the HEN, like all great adventurers I distance before I decided to light up smoke I had just inhaled went rushing who have reached their goal and, trying to remember those smoking point­ T down my throat, playing havoc with my still unsatisfied, move on to face new ers my uncle had given me. Then notic­ tender mucous membranes. My vocal dangers, I decided to try something ing two sweet young things lounging cords burst forth with a series of sporadic more daring. I would make the smoke very prettily just ahead, I decided that explosions and two streams separated my come through my nose. the time was ripe. cheeks from the night air. The burning Making sure that no one was in the veil of haze which shrouded me was immediate vicinity, I prepared to attempt pierced only by a laugh—Elaine's laugh. the feat. I pictured myself as an acro­ Elaine was laughing at me. Pipe Dream for November bat privately practicing some particularly "Pipes aren't for little boys," she said. intricate and dangerous maneuver on the "It takes a man to smoke a pipe." Here's a bundle of charm, poise, and high trapeze before presenting it to the Me, a little boy! Such an insult. Why, personality all wrapped up in one classy cheering public. I was a man of the world now. It was package. This dainty dream is Minka The smoke was in my mouth now and all I could stand. I couldn't say a word, Zorka, a nationally known beauty who I gritted my teeth as I exhaled sharply I was tongue tied. After all, what she has won countless titles throughout the through my nose. For some incalculable had just seen would have convinced any­ country. She now conducts her own reason, the white vapor refused to emit one that I couldn't smoke a pipe. Per- Minka Zorka Charm School in California. from my nostrils, until at last I was (Continued on page 386) NOVEMBER, 1946 373 No. 1 is the new pipe bowl before being smoked. No. 2 shows the first formation of the cake on the bottom of the bowl which results from filling the pipe bowl only one-third full. Later the bowl is filled half full and the cake "grows" as in No. 3. % CAKE IS IMPORTANT This Carbon Composition Protects the Bowl From Injury, Must be Built Up Carefully, And Be Removed When Thicker than a Dime

By LYLE KENTNOR

HE SATISFACTION a smoker a pipe as an unwanted residue, a left name, applied for want of a true name gets from his pipe, especially the over deposit which should be cleaned out for this composition. Actually, it is a Twooden bowl type, depends to a regularly. This, however, is not so. formation of carbon, caused by the burn­ considerable extent upon having the cor­ The cake in a wooden bowl is highly ing of tobacco adjacent to the wall of rect "cake" in the bowl. Simply having important, so much so that careful steps the pipe. a cake in a pipe isn't sufficient. It must are required to properly form the cake This carbon composition is relatively be formed correctly and cared for and to maintain its even thickness within hard and brittle. It is often confused properly. the pipe bowl. with a residue that is sometimes left in Many beginners look upon the cake in The name "cake" is sort of a nick­ a pipe when highly adulterated tobaccos

Improper cakes are shown below. The most common is No. 7, caused by smoking the pipe but half way down. No. 8 shows a cake in the heel only, with little or no cake on the sides. No. 9 is a one sided cake resulting from improper smoking methods.

374 PIPE LOVERS The bowl is next filled two-thirds full and the cake grows accordingly, No. 4. The perfect cake, No. 5, results from even smoking from top to bottom. Eventually the cake becomes too thick, No. 6, and the excess must be removed with a pipe reamer. m UOT

are smoked. Artificial syrups or other cake? The perfect cake is of the same finally clear to the top. ingredients are often forced from the thickness all over the inside of the bowl. In accordance with the level of the leaf particles during the burning process Its correct formation depends almost tobacco in these fillings, the cake will and, having no other place to go, adhere entirely on how the pipe is first smoked, form as shown in Nos. 3 and 4. And to the pipe wall, simmer and darken, and once the cake is started correctly, then, after the pipe has been smoked and are often mistaken for the true car­ it will nearly always build up in the several times with the tobacco to the bon cake. proper manner. top, the perfect cake as shown in No. 5 Such deposits of residue are usually Shown on these pages are examples will result. soft or spongy, possessing a gummy touch of the cake in a pipe, those at the top How many pipefuls should be smoked to the finger. These accumulations representing the ideal formation of a at each levelf This is difficult to should be cleaned out of the pipe, for cake, while those shown below are ex­ answer, because much depends upon how they serve no purpose whatsoever, and amples of poorly formed or defective loosely or firmly the tobacco is packed, have nothing at all to do with the regu­ cakes. how slowly or rapidly the smoker puffs, lar cake. In fact, such accumulations No. 1 shows how the new pipe would how large or small the bowl may be, prevent the real cake from forming. look, with no cake in it at all—nothing but the pure wood with possibly a light the kind or type of tobacco used to break What is the purpose of the real cake? coating of stain, wax, or similar material. in the pipe, and numerous other factors. The real carbon cake serves as a buffer Such a coating gives no protection from If the tobacco is packed firmly but between the hot, burning tobacco and the heat given off with the burning to­ not too tightly, and if the bowl is of the wooden wall of the pipe. Were the bacco. the normal capacity, probably somewhere fire allowed to come in contact with between five and ten pipefuls will, if the pipe bowl, the wood would, in time, It is important that the cake be started smoked evenly and slowly clear to the become charred, scorched, or burned, first in the bottom of the bowl. To ac­ bottom of the bowl, result in the first thus rendering the pipe useless. The cake complish this, the bowl should first be formation of the cake. absorbs much of the heat, thereby pro­ filled about one third of the way for What kind of tobacco should be used tecting the wooden bowl. It could al­ the first several pipefuls, or until the in the pipe during the breaking-in most be described as a fire-proofing cake has started to form, as shown in period? The best tobacco for breaking in process. No. 2. When the cake is definitely formed, the pipe can then be filled half the pipe is a non-aromatic, mild tobacco, What is the correct way to form the way, later three fourths of the way, and (Continued on page 392)

No. 10 is the ribbon type cake, very rare but quite ruinous to the pipe. No. 11 is an extremely thick cake favored by some smokers, but likely to crack the bowl. No. 12 is the V-shaped cake caused by improper reaming as well as faulty smoking.

NOVEMBER, 1946 375 After wilting properly, the plants are "fermentation" period can result in the hauled to the big tobacco barn and the spoiling of the entire lot. The bales must loaded sticks are adjusted carefully to be given a quarter turn every two or racks which rise tier upon tier to the three weeks until the bale is once more roof. right side up—a process which lasts from The ventilation of the barn requires eight to ten weeks. The tobacco is then skill and experience, since the wrong ready for the pipe. application of air currents to the drying If the baled tobacco for some reason tobacco can cause much damage and in is not opened promptly but must remain some cases ruin the delicate flavor of tied up (such as during shipment to an­ the leaf when it is smoked. The barns other country) the periodic turning of have long but narrow "doors" which can the bale must continue until such time be opened as desired and which let in as the tobacco is sent to the cutting room. the correct amount of air. If the weather should be damp and cloudy, so much so F THE curing types requiring the that the curing process is impeded, arti­ O application of heat, there are two ficial heat is then applied. general methods, one using open fires, Another tobacco which is air cured is in which the smoke is a great factor in Maryland. Its method of preparation the resulting taste and flavor, and the after it has matured in the field is al­ other using heat encased in metal tubes most exactly like that used in curing or flues: The former is generally known Burley. The air curing process varies as fire curing, while the second is called from a month to six weeks. After this flue curing. time the leaf is sorted according to color In earlier days much more tobacco and quality, and then goes to the factory where it is cut, blended, and made ready was cured by open fires than is the case today. The method consists of placing for market. The fire is built from the outside and the resultant heat is carried through the the wilted leaves in the curing barn or Tobacco leaves hung in this barn will soon be flue cured. Fires are built in the KISH tobaccos are also air barn in long, metal flues. In this method the leaf is heat cured without smoke. large lurnaces shown in the lower corners and the heat is conducted through flues. over open fires with the smoke from the cured, however, their curing process become black and shiny, the operation is structed, for a poor job of flue curing S THE curing of tobacco really a considered completed and the tobacco can mean the loss of an entire crop. vital procedure? Well, that all has been "fumigated." The forest plants Many of the older, picturesque struc­ depends on how you look at it. I used for the fumigating vary according tures built of logs and chinked with mud If you don't care how your tobacco to the district and the availability, and remain and are in use today, although tastes in your pipe, then it isn't im­ Many Methods Are the resultant differences in smoke ac­ the recent introduction of tile and cement portant, but if you like a characteristic Used in count for the variances in the taste and block curing barns is eliminating an ever flavor and aroma, something really fine aroma of the finished tobacco. present fire hazard. and superb, then by all means curing is In former years the tobacco leaves a significant step in the preparation of were collected and placed on a platform HE CURING of Perique tobacco smoking tobacco. similar to a large grill over an open fire Tis a combination of air curing and What is meant by curing, anyway? CURING PIPE TOBACCO and exposed to the smoke. This has now curing under pressure. The method was In its broadest sense, we might say that given way to the large barns or sheds discovered by the Indians untold cen­ the curing of tobacco is the process or built exclusively for the smoke-controlled turies ago, and to this day no white man processes which take place from the time blaze being allowed to permeate the advantages they offer. has been able to improve upon the pro­ the leaf is brought in from the field Natural as Well as Artificial leaves. cedure. until it goes to the cutting machines in Latakia is one of the tobaccos which HE FLUE-CURING process is a After the plant has been brought in the factory. The care which the leaf is Heat, Aging and Other Means is fire cured. After it has dried in the Trelatively new one, having been from the field, the leaves, still on the given during this time has much to do barns for approximately three weeks it fiist introduced in Albemarle County, stalks, are hung upside down on wires with the resultant flavor in the pipe. is then transported to the mountains Virginia, about 1820. It was found that near the roof of large drying sheds where In a narrower sense, curing may be Are Employed to Cure the Leaf where peasants take over the "fumigat­ certain advantages were gained through there is little movement of air. In two defined as the method used in drying ing" process. the use of evenly controlled heat and in or three weeks the leaves are stripped the tobacco leaf. Although this definition By THOMAS MOORE Today the fire curing method of which no smoke reached the tobacco. from the central stalks by hand and won't hold in every instance, most to­ Latakia is a real industry and is carried Special barns are built through which after a hurried cleaning movement are bacco is cured by drying, either in the out in plants especially constructed to are placed several air tight metal flues. placed in "torquettes" of one pound each. open air, in open barns, or in closed leaf was "ripe" they wadded it into their does not end here as it does with the keep the smoke circulating in the de­ These vary in size, but a diameter of These torquettes are then packed into barns with regulated heat. little "tobagos" and applied the fire. Burley and Maryland. In Turkey, the sired manner. There are at present ap­ 12 inches might be considered average. big oaken barrels where the fermenta­ Through the lengthy process of trial tobacco is grown largely by individuals proximately 1,800 such plants in the A large furnace is built under the barn tion process begins. This method, used and error it has been discovered which HAT method, known simply as in small patches, and the degree of air Latakia tobacco producing district. in such a way that the fire can be tended only in the manufacture of Perique to­ method is best for each individual to­ T"sun" curing or "air" curing, is still curing varies greatly among the various The tobacco is hung from the roof from the outside. (See cut). bacco, consists of exerting tremendous bacco—which method will best bring out employed today. The great Burley crop districts. of the fumigation plants. Two or three Care is taken to see that the fire is pressure on the tobacco in the barrels. the full flavor, aroma and taste of a is the largest of the air cured tobaccos. Turkish tobacco is baled into large ditches are dug, covered by tin sheets kept uniform in the fire box so that the Large screw jacks of the type used in certain leaf. Also, some varieties of to­ Late in the summer the Burley crop be­ bundles at which time the all important with small holes to allow only smoke to heat inside the barn remains constant house moving are applied to the false bacco respond better to one type of gins to mature. At the proper time the fermentation process begins. A chemical pass through. Then, for from three to during the curing process. Moisture is tops of these oaken cacks and as the pres­ curing than another. farmer splits the tall stalks to within a change takes place which largely ac­ four months, wood, branches and leaves checked as well as temperature during sure begins, the natural juice of the leaf The Indians employed the simplest few inches of the ground with a sharp counts for the distinctive flavor and of different forest species are burned to the three to five days required to finish is squeezed out. of curing methods. They, merely hung knife. Then they are severed from their aroma of Turkish leaf. Improper handl­ carry out the process. the operation. At least four times, with two weeks the leaves in the air to dry, and when the roots and straddled upon light sticks. ing of the tobacco during this curing or When the leaves of the tobacco have Most tobacco barns are well con­ (Continued on page 386) 377 376 PIPE LOVERS NOVEMBER, 1946 ft above, hollow rings or gaskets are being cut from sheets of Koroseal. Center, eight milling cutters may be seen among ing duraluminum flakes on this 90% electrically automatic pipe making machine. Right, the plunger assembly is polished. A NEW TWIST A Knowledge of Metals and a Love of Pipes Was Combined to Produce the Spiral-Kool By this New but Rapidly Growing Concern

By J. HARTE

"TJT " T HEN the boys in the South the two with the result that a few years ir\/ Pacific received word that a ago he announced his new creation. J y shipment of pipes had arrived, Prior to his entry into the field of y lined up early in order to get one pipe manufacture, he was associated with soon as possible. But when a shipment tooling engineering and precision ma­ Spiral-Kools was received at an ad- chinery in the Pacific Northwest. For iced island base a couple of years ago, 12 years he studied the science of metals, pipes were raffled off by lottery, both in theory and in practice. He knew at is the kind of acceptance that was metal's advantages as well as its limita­ orded the Spiral-Kool pipe, tions, what it could and what it could ro know this new pipe and the com- not do. ly that makes it, one has to make the Obviously he was interested in pipes uaintance of the man who created made of metal. He had studied this field 5 new twist in pipes, Merrill G. thoroughly, and tried to learn the weak npson. points in existing metal pipes. In plan­ Vderrill is a man who never rests, ning his new pipe, he avoided the pit­ latever he has done he has done well, falls which were common among other I with perfection always his goal, he makes. ves continually to that end. His For years, his friends who knew his ral-Kool pipe is proof of that asser- skill with precision tools would ask him 1. to correct troubles in their pipes, troubles Sampson likes pipes and he likes metal, MERRILL G. SAMPSON which ranged from a simple cleaning to it is little wonder that he combined His Idea—A New T wist a general overhaul job.

I PIPE LOVERS York to Chicago—and losing only three goal, and judging from the increased EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the ninth in a days production time! But that's exactly orders and the expansion moves the series of articles describing the history what happened, thanks to United Air company has been forced to make, it and growth of le ading pipe and tobacco manufacturers. Another will be pre­ Lines and 100,000 pound capacity trucks, would seem that the pipe smoking fra- sented next month. Anyone can make a pipe, but will the ternity is well pleased with this "new nation's pipe smokers like it? That twist in pipes.' But not being content with his own is the great question facing anyone, and observations, Sampson then interviewed it is one question that cannot be ans­ dozens of pipe smokers and asked them wered in a testing laboratory. The pipe what they liked and disliked about their must be made, at a terrific expense of metal pipes. He found that the answer tooling and other machinery set-ups, and most encountered was that the smoker then placed on sale. Finally, after all disliked cleaning the pipe. Yes, they these headaches, comes the big test: Will would clean it, because it had to be the smoker like it? cleaned periodically, but they wanted The answer to this question as far the cleaning process simplified. as Sampson and his Spiral-Kool is con­ At that period he was giving full time cerned is found not only in the increas­ to his defense business—that is, during ing number of sales, but in the letters regular working hours. But in his spare which are regularly received from the time, what there was of it, he dreamed many satisfied smokers which express and planned his new pipe which would their enthusiasm for this latest pipe give the smoker all the qualities desired. creation. He consulted with engineers, worked In addition, Esquire and Newsweek and re-worked plans which would give magazines have commented editorially the ultimate in pipe smoking enjoyment on the merits of the pipe. The National and then decided to commence produc­ Broadcasting Company has also men­ tion. tioned its merits. Such comments tend He sold his business, lock, stock and to allay the fears of the many who have barrel, and began to tool up a new worked and labored so long and gambled factory for the production of these pipes. with both time and money in an effort Since then the Spiral-Kool has taken his to produce something needed and full time and energy twenty-four hours wanted. a day, for Sampson never rests. But more was yet to come. Yes, it's The first pipes that were produced men who smoke the pipe, but it is every­ were sold through Army and Navy one else who has to look at it, and who stores overseas, and for nine months the looks at a man more than a woman? services took the entire output of the Who is more critical of a man's appear­ company. During this time servicemen ance than a woman? What would a overseas wrote home about "this new woman think of a man who smoked a pipe with a twisted shank" and their Spiral-Kool ? enthusiasm was effective, because in a Perhaps that doesn't make much dif­ short while the company was receiving ference, for if a man likes his pipe he requests from civilians for the pipes. doesn't care too much what anyone However, the company filled no civilian thinks of its appearance. But at least orders until after the war, believing that three magazines, the American Girl, G. I. Joe rightfully had first call on all Better Homes and Gardens, and the the Spiral-Kools they could produce. American, have all given this pipe their editorial acceptance. Judging from this it is well to assume that this pipe is OW, WITH the end of the war, N orders from pipe shops and other one that may be left on the front room stores are being filled, and the accept­ mantel with a full degree of safety. ance and popularity of Sampson's "pipe What does Sampson plan for the fu­ with a twisted shank" are playing havoc ture? His pipe isn't perfect, any more with the company's production facilities. than any pipe is, for if there were a Until this fall the factory was located perfect pipe, we would all be smoking in Seattle, Wash. With the increasing it. He is working now on improvements, call for the pipe, expansion has been the variations, and different designs. result. To find larger quarters suitable The Spiral-Kool Company has only to the company's needs was found im­ the interests of the smoker at heart. possible in Seattle. Complete smoking satisfaction is their So the company started looking up and down the Pacific Coast for a suitable Top to bottom, this special lathe is a fully automatic screw machine producing plunger heads, pipe bowl screws, and plunger rods hour after hour without any factory in which to manufacture the attention. It will make a dozen different cuts on a single small part and then pipe. A couple of months ago the spot feed itself another. ^ Second, tool marks and light scratches are removed and a was found—in Santa Monica, Calif. mirror like finish is obtained by using jeweler's rouge in this "coloring" pro­ Imagine if you can, moving an entire cess. Third, counterclockwise, final inspection of the pipe and its parts, then the fitting of the plunger into its spiral-fluted radiators, third operator inserts production plant a distance of 1500 hollow dural screw through the bowl, and finally, the pipe is packed in individual box. miles—that's further than from New Below is shown a picture of the new factory home of the Spiral-Kool Pipe Company. NOVEMBER, 1946 379 LECTORS' PAGE

Left, this hand carved wooden pipe of English nobleman was made about ferent kinds of briar used in pipes, such all of their numerous variations, too. Then there are finishes of modern year 1810 and is typical of the age This Month9s Cover as Algerian, Corsican, Greecian, Car­ pipes which any collector is anxious / pathian, Italian, and so on. Further, you briar pipes, stem sizes and shapes, and own. (From the E. T. Fredrick Collectl Shown on our cover this month ore will want to become acquainted with the other details worth studying. This will many of the pipes in author Copeland's various shapes—billiard, apple, Prince of not all be learned in a day, a week or a By ED COPELAND collection. Almost every kind and type Wales, Bulldog, Dublin, Moose, and (Continued on page 390) of pipe made within the past two cen­ Co-Founder Topeka (Kans.) and Lo turies is represented. Angeles (Cal,) Pipe Clubs NE OF the first questions to up whenever the subject of i you can about pipes. Libraries will have collecting is discussed invariz O some books on the subject, but generally is "How many pipes does one have speaking pipe literature is scarce. The own to have a collection ?" Probably Dunhill Pipe Book (now out of print most nearly correct answer to that wo and hard to obtain) is an excellent book be "more than one." on the subject. How to Start But actually, the number of pipes i: I minor consequence. If a person delig | Pipe catalogues will give much infor­ in collecting pipes, no matter what mation, as will the advertising folders reason—that is really all that matters , and leaflets supplied by pipe manufac­ Pipe collectors can be separated g turers. Your pipe shop proprietor is gen­ A Pipe Collection erally into two main classificatic erally a good source of information those who collect pipes for smoking 01 (providing you don't pester him too much) and also included should be the and those who collect them for tl j Smokers Employ Numerous Methods beauty, history, family associations, ; local pipe club. Find out if such a club In Acquiring Old as Well as New so on, and which are seldom, if e^ exists in your community, and if so, join smoked. it. If not, it would pay you to help get Pipes to Add to Their Collections I think perhaps a combination of one started. two is the ideal situation. In most larger cities there are mu­ Most every man who smokes a f seums or historical societies, many of has five or six on up to a couple of do which have pipe collections or exhibitions which are of the conventional type ; j on display. These are also an excellent which give him daily service in the \ source of information on the subject of of smoking enjoyment. He seldom c pipes. Usually on file with such institu­ siders himself a pipe collector. In tions are records and information con­ strictest sense, a pipe collector is one v ] cerning the pipes which may be seen in collects pipes for the enjoyment hfc that institution. ceives in owning them and in display \ From these sources it is imperative them to friends and other collectors, ' that you learn all that you can about well as smoking them. pipes, both modern and historical. You If you are one who has become will, for instance, want to learn the dif- terested in pipes but do not quite kn how to go about beginning a collect] Right, the first pipe has a wooden bowl some of the following suggestions r upon which is carved the coat of arms and prove helpful: crest of LeFranc of Dauphine. The stem First of all, you must learn all t is ivory. The bowl of the second is of stag- horn, carved to depict a hunting scene. Stem also of ivory. The third has a bowl Left, D. F. Leget of Battle Creek, Io of meerschaum over 5 inches high, an un- displays some of the pipes in his ^ barked cherry wood stem and silver mount­ balanced collection. Besides a num ings. The wooden bowl of the fourth is of rare old pieces he has curious J carved with figures representing Cupid odd pipes not to mention several bri and Psyche. The two foot stem is decorated which give him real smoking enjoynn with beads. (Courtesy Met. Museum of Art)

PIPE LOVI NOVEMBER, 1946 Breaking In the New Pipe PIPE (EDITOR'S NOTE: Believing that break­ CRAFT * -T ing in a new pipe is of primary interest % , •* • / to all readers, PIPE LOVERS presents in this f . m column each month the recommendations Helpful Hints and ideas suggested by America's leading pipe and Make Pipe Smoking More Enjoyable tobacco manufacturers. This month's sug­ gestions come from the Mastercraft Pipe Company of New York City, N. Y.)

OMPLAINTS of new pipe smok­ ting a stomach full of smoke. to which one was used or to which Cers are so similar, that we know To break in a new pipe moisten the tobacco went in which pipe. Experience they have not taken the trouble to learn walls inside of the bowl with plain has shown me this isn't the best method. how to smoke properly. Tongue-bite, water by wetting your index finger. Do Using different tobaccos in the same HP wet heel, wet pipe, over-use of matches not allow any excess water inside of pipe causes the pipe to lose its indi­ are all unnecessary, and you can and bowl. The bowl should be damp, not viduality, and lessens the character of the will get great pleasure from your pipe Vet. This will help a cake to form tobacco as well. if you start smoking correctly. quickly. Fill the bowl only half way Quite a few years ago I discovered the k... To begin with, a good pipe and a until a slight cake has formed. After real solution to a fresh and full flavored good blend of tobacco should be selected. that you may fill to the top. While smoke was to always smoke the same When filling the bowl do not stuff or breaking in your pipe allow the ashes tobacco in the same pipe. Therefore, I Pipes Displayed cram in the tobacco. Load the bowl in to cool before they are removed. Never have set aside certain pipes which are layers, one layer after the other. This refill a bowl with tobacco while a pipe reserved for one and only one tobacco. will eliminate air pockets and help the is still warm. And smoke a different In fact, these pipes were broken in with In Picture Frame tobacco to burn evenly, slowly, stead­ pipe every day. the blend I still use in it, so that in each ily. First light the pipe evenly, tamp of these pipes, only one kind of tobacco How to build a permanent and safe the tobacco, light it again, tamp it again, has ever been smoked in it. display for my more valuable pipes was smoke slowly, take short puffs, not too Same Tobacco I found that the full flavor of the somewhat of a problem to me until I hit frequent. Don't take long and frequent tobacco is retained when it is smoked upon this idea. draws. The bowl should not get hot if For Each Pipe in the same pipe all the time, and like­ I secured a large antique picture frame you are smoking properly. If it does, wise, a pipe seems to give its best when Pipe Rack and built a box arrangement on the back use it as a signal to check yourself, oth­ I am one of these smokers who likes it doesn't get filled with a different Containing side which not only holds the pipes but erwise you will get tongue bite. It may to switch tobaccos rather frequently. I blend each time. keeps them displayed under glass as well. be difficult to do this at first, but later have five or six from mild and sweet To those who like the best from any Space for Cleaners If desired, the arrangement could be to strong and neutral which I smoke pipe and any tobacco, I can well recom­ you will control your smoking without SPACE FOR PIPE CL EANERS, ETC . permanently built into the wall. It is being aware of it. Don't inhale. You according to my desires at different mend this procedure, the restriction of By W. R, Yeamans lined with black velvet, and there is APR#OX 4" will find much more enjoyment from a times. one blend to one pipe. ample room for humidors and mixing pipe by puffing and letting the fragrant For a while I smoked any pipe I had --ARTHUR RICHESON apparatus at the bottom, as may be seen tobacco enter your nostrils. It's unneces­ and didn't pay any particular attention Elyria, Ohio in the photograph above. It is ideal for sary to smoke to the very bottom of Compartment Three-eights material is ideal for use the den. the bowl. In fact, you will find it dis­ in constructing the stand. I used round —CHARLES F. REILLY, tasteful and disagreeable, as tar oils from headed brass nails, such as may be se­ Santa Rosa, Calif. the tobacco form at the pipe heel. Allow Holds Cleaners cured from upholstering shops. They the pipe to cool thoroughly before re­ give a very finished appearance to the MY FAVORITE BLEND Every time I want to clean my pipe, filling. Smoke a different pipe each day. rack. Much of the moisture collected in a I can find the pipe all right, but I have 9 (Each month the editors of PIPE LOVERS aw ard to the person sending The holes in the top and the grooves Pass Em Along pipe can be avoided. A dry pipe will to hunt all over the house for cleaners in the best "Favorite Blend," an all leather air and water tight "Triple- in the bottom of the stand are placed on smoke sweet, therefore, it is very im­ Seal'd" tobacco pouch, courtesy of hhe Remco Mfg. Co. of Hollywood, and other tools used in the cleaning Pass along your ideas, short cuts, 17/%" centers. The holes themselves are portant that you learn how to keep your Calif. All contributions should be addressed to the editor.) process. pet discoveries, and suggestions to best when made ^ inch in diameter. fellow pipe enthusiasts. Contributors pipe dry. Excess moisture can be elimi­ My pipe rack to eliminate such trou­ Of course the compartment which whose ideas are accepted and appear nated by remembering to swallow. bles is shown in the above drawing. The Here is one of my favorite mixtures and for those who want some­ holds the cleaning materials can be made on this page are given a Ronson When a pipe is held in the mouth one pipe rack is of the usual type, but under­ Lighter employing the "press, it's lit— thing a bit out of the ordinary, I suggest it heartily: larger if desired, although the space has the fear of swallowing lest they neath the floor of the rack I have built release, it's out" action, together with shown above is ample for ordinary needs. a Ronson Servicer which consists of Kentucky Burley Shredded 2 oz. a small compartment which holds the get a stomach full of smoke. The piece can either be stained to a full kit of lighter accessories, cour­ To eliminate smoke from entering the White Burley Flake 2 oz. cleaners, polishing cloth, reamer, and match the rest of the furniture in the tesy of the Ronson Lighter Manufac­ mouth, first you must hold the pipe Perique 1 oz. other essentials. turer. Entrance to the compartment is from room, or left in its natural finish, de­ so that the bowl has a slight tilt down­ Six leaves of mint are then placed with the mixture in a tight humidor Send all contributions, with photos the rear by means of a hinged door. pending somewhat on the type of wood and diagrams when necessary, to the ward. This is the natural and most com­ and allowed to remain for about a week. Then the mint leaves are Being in the back it doesn't show. used in its construction. editor. This is your page. The other fortable position and should come easy removed and a pleasant surprise awaits the smoker. Although it can be made any size, A piece of felt should be placed on the fellow wants to know what you've dis­ to you. Next, hold your tongue against bottom so that the rack will not scratch covered that makes pipe smoking —YALE COHEN, mine is 4" wide, 7" long, and 6" high. more enjoyable, the same as you like the opening of the bit while you are or mar other furniture. not puffing, then you will be able to Baltimore, Md. It holds four pipes, but by making it to read about his, so send yours in today. swallow in a normal way without get­ longer, any desired number of pipes —W. R. YEAMANS, could be held. Victoria, B. C. 382 PIPE LOVERS NOVEMBER, 1946 383 pipes mentioned once again. Some of the group have been in pipe clubs before, but to the majority it was a new experience. They all looked forward to the next meeting, and the group voted to get PIPE CLUBS together once a month. The date of the next meeting was left up to the newly appointed chairman. The club extended a vote of thanks to Los Angeles Club Meets for First Cy Pruner who has done much of the

•i' behind-the-scenes work in getting the group rounded up for the initial session. Time,- Galesburg Club Active; New- The members also expressed their ap­ preciation for the Dutch Lunch which Group Soon To Be Formed in Denver wound up this first meeting. Within the Los Angeles area there are several other pipe clubs which have re­ cently formed or are now in the process which have been handed down from a FF TO a fine start," is the way of organizing. the rfiembers described the organ­ famous Austrian family of father and It might be of advantage to these clubs izational meeting of the Los Angeles eight sons. George is interested in fine O to have at some future date a joint meet­ Pipe Club which was held on Friday the grains and artistically turned briars. ing in which the members of one group 13th of September in Cy Pruner's den W. A. "Bill" Dunlap, a publisher's may get acquainted with those of the representative for a national weekly, told at "Sequoia House." other, nearby pipe clubs. An enthusiastic bunch of pipesters of his visit to John Middleton's famous The exchange of ideas always forth­ were on hand to get the ball rolling. old Walnut Street shop in Philadelphia coming are of benefit to the entire group, The session started early—7:30 p.m.— where he acquired another age old briar. and since no two clubs operate exactly and didn't adjourn until after midnight. The publication he represents is conduct­ ing a reader's survey on the subject of the same, much mutual benefit may be The group chose Ed Copeland chair­ realized. man. Ed has had much pipe club ex­ pipes and pipe smoking to see if the read­ ers are really interested in news and in­ The first meeting of the Los Angeles perience, having been a co-founder of the club was purposely kept to a small num­ Topeka (Kansas) Pipe Club seven years formation about that subject. He has ber in order that the early groundwork ago. He is a pipe lover of the first de­ promised to make known the results of this survey at a coming meeting of the might be laid with maximum speed and gree, and brought with him some of his efficiency—a worthy example for other very fine pipes which he showed to the club. new clubs to follow. rest of the group. It was music to the ears of those as­ Other pipe clubs throughout the coun- In organizing the Los Angeles Pipe sembled to hear the familiar names of Club, the fellows first discussed what type of a club they wanted. After some discussion it was agreed that there were to be no dues, fees or assessments of any PipeClub Directory kind, no constitution, by-laws, or "red tape." The meetings would be informal Pipe clubs already formed or now in the process of being organized get togethers of kindred souls whose are listed below. Persons interested in joining these groups should hobby is pipes of all makes, kinds and contact the name given. descriptions, along with which is coupled fine blends of tobacco. CALIFORNIA ILLINOIS NEW YORK BROOKLYN- GLENDALE— DE KALB JOSEPH F. C0NIGLI0 After the general outline of the club JOHN ST. EDMUND C. R. MILLER, 86 Avenue XXS" 140 North Louise 231 East Lincoln Highway plans were decided upon, those present HOLLYWOOD— S. B. ZUKERMAN took turns telling about their own special C. W. DAVISON GALESBURG— 1530-52nd Street 726 N. Gramercy Place FRED M. RAINEY NEW YORK— likes and differences in regards to pipes LAGUNA BEACH- 963 E. Main Street W. P. C0LT0N, JR. and the hobby in general. FRED S. WHITFORD 1435 Lexington Ave. General Delivery SCHENECTADY— Paul Bowman of Hollywood, whose LONG BEACH- IOWA MOHAWK PIPE CLUB ROBERT SHERBONDY, DAVENPORT- S. M. VOTIS, SEC. vocation is motion pictures, exhibited 338 Walnut Avenue FRANCIS 0. WALSH 130 Erie Blvd. LOS ANGELES- 1113 East 15th Street some fine specimens of pipes which he ED COPELAND OHIO DAYTON— 1525 So. Figueroa St. KANSAS had turned in his home workshop, and SAN FRANCISCO- WM. L. DAHLE brought along some stummels of im­ ROBERT H. PURCELL TOPEKA 815 Neal Ave. 830 Hyde Street KARL L. KNOLL GREENVILLE— ported briar. 2835 Burlingame Road E. R. HUFNAGLE More than a score of rustic finish sad­ COLORADO P. 0. Box 35 DENVER- MARYLAND OREGON dle bit billiards were exhibited by Ken HENRY F. KOKENZIE PORTLAND- 4211 Green Court BALTIMORE— WALTER H. POST Hewitt, a Process Products Engineer. C. BARCLAY YOUNG 6114 S. E. 87 Ave. All of the pipes in this collection were PUEBLO- 3714 The Alameda GENE LINES Ednor Gardens TEXAS of the same make, and have been ac­ 832 Berkley COMMERCE- quired by Ken at various times. And RALPH MC DONALD DIST. OF COLUMBIA MINNESOTA 1108 Main Street what's more, all of them are in constant WASHINGTON- ST. PAUL- WEST VIRGINIA HILTON J. PATTON CONRAD L. ERTZ FAYETTEVILLE— use, too. 24V2-14th St. S. E. Fifth and Robert Sts. MR. BEN D. KELLER George W. Pardey, a commercial artist, told about his ancient meerschaums 384 PIPE LOVERS PIPE CLUBS Are you a member of a pipe club? Would you like to join or help form one in your community? If so, write in and tell us and we will promptly advise you as to the name and address of the nearest club in your com­ munity. WHERE THERE'S DANCO If there is no club in your town or locality, we will put you in touch with THERE'S SURE-FIRE SELLING! other pipe smokers interested in forming a local pipe club if you so desire. Write to mum-nm«C. U.S. PAT. OFF. PIPE LOVERS MAGAZINE Cool, sweet-smoking ... exclu­ 532 Pine Avenue sive double-bowl traps bitter Long Beach 2, California juices ... looks and colors like Meerschaum!

try, together with PIPE LOVERS MAGA­ $1.50 Also featuring ZINE, join in wishing the Los Angeles a wide variety of club all success in the months ahead. BRIAR PIPES GALESBURG including: Galesburg, Illinois, now has a pipe ALBATROSS $1.50 club, according to Fred M. Rainey of ZENITH 1.50 that midwestern city. Headquarters for the present are at one of the local tobacco MIDWAY 1.50 shops. BRYANT 2.50 "There is a blending bar at the shop BOSSART 3.50 which gives the members of the club a CALABASH, and other lot of fun and enjoyment," he says. "The BRIAR PIPES to $10.00 members can sample the various kinds of tobaccos and mix them up until they Universally smoked—Nationally advertised in find just the kind or type of blend they ESQUIRE-TIME - LOOK -LIBERTY-PIC-T RUE like." NEWSWEEK-OUTDOOR LIFE-SPORTS AFIELD After each meeting, he says, the club Write for free, illustrated 64-page Catalog. has what they call a "clean up" session, at which time a lot of trading of pipes is carried on. The members also discuss pro and con the articles which appear from month to month in PIPE LOVERS. He further reports that the members are getting a lot more enjoyment out of their pipe smoking trough the association with other pipe smokers at the club, through their swapping of yarns and ex­ periences, and in getting the other fel­ Complete Your File oi Pipe Lovers low's viewpoint. A LIMITED SUPPLY OF SOME BACK ISSUES IS STILL AVAILABLE

DENVER January: Meerschaum Pipes, Tobacco June: How to Make a Home Made Hey, you pipe smokers in the Denver Blends. Pipe, Irish Tobacco. area, how about a pipe club? Henry F| February: How Pipes are Made, Burley July: Article by Bing Crosby, Caven- Kokenzie says he is interested in helping Tobacco. dish Tobacco. form one in that rocky mountain city March: Filter Pipes, Virginia Tobacco. August: Metal Pipes, Maryland To- and would like to have others interested . .... ~ ~ ~ bacco, Pipe Hunting. contact him. April: Why Pipes Burn Out, Latakia Tobacco. September: Sold out. "I know of at least three other pipe smokers who are also interested," he May: Water Pipes, Perique Tobacco, October: How to make a Water Pipe, writes, "and publication of our intent in Miniature Pipes. How to Flavor Tobacco. the club section will probably turn up a few more who are likewise socially in­ And in EVERY issue—What's New, Pipecraft, The Collector's Page, clined in this direction." Questions and Answers, and other top features. So, you fellows there in the mile high While They Last—25c Each Postpaid city, there is your call. Get in touch If your dealer can't supply you, write direct to with Mr. Kokenzie promptly, and we'll be looking forward to an early announce­ ment that a pipe club has been formed PIPE L OVERS M AGAZINE in Denver. Best of luck. 532 Pine Avenue Long Beach 2, Calif. NOVEMBER, 1946 385 CURING METHODS GOOD COMPANY

[Starts on page 376] [Starts on page 373] or more between each operation, the haps she was right. Perhaps I wasn't a pressure is removed and the torquettes man. But I'd learn. I'd show her. reworked by hand so that air may cir­ Hurriedly I passed on, the black of culate in among the leaves which are the night enveloping my flushed cheeks. saturated with their own juices. The I'd find a secluded spot—and learn to barrels are then repacked and the pres­ smoke that pipe correctly—like a man. sure begins anew. Some 12 to 18 months Then I'd show Elaine.- after the tobacco leaves the field the I gritted my teeth in determination curing process is considered finished. It is —crack went the bit. The pipe fell to this extra long process which accounts the sidewalk as I spit out a mouthful of for the higher cost of Perique tobacco. small pieces. I had lost a pipe, and per­ haps I had lost Elaine, too. Outside agents are employed in the I picked up the pipe—what was left curing of some tobaccos such as Caven­ of it—put it in my pocket and started dish, in which special sugars, syrups, or home. Maybe after all I should study other ingredients are used to give a sweet that history lesson—well, read it over and flavorable taste. Chocolate and once, anyway. licorice are great favorites in the curing Next day Elaine saw me on the way of smoking tobacco, with many popular to class and waited a moment for me brands using them. while I caught up to her. I dared not The many differences of the tobacco speak, not knowing what to say. "Why plant in the numerous localities in which did you hurry off so quick last night?" it is grown are responsible for the curing She said. "I'm afraid you thought I was methods employed. Methods used in the serious when I teased you about your Orient, for example, will not work with pipe. Really, I was so proud of you. I Kentucky Burley, and it is a rather didn't know you could smoke a pipe." strange phenomenon that with all the Wow! Now what? Did she mean the West's live advances in science and agriculture in that? But I may as well assume she did. new Magazine other fields, the processes used in the "Oh, sure," I responded with a dignified lor curing of tobacco have remained prac­ toss of my head. tically unchanged during the centuries. I got that pipe repaired in record time. The last major change—the discovery of Elaine likes to see me smoke it. Now, COMMERCIAL . SPORTS flue-curing—took place 125 years ago. whenever we're together, I fill and light The early Indians, it would seem, were my pipe as we stroll along. We make FISHERMEN pretty good farmers when it came to such good company, Elaine, my pipe raising tobacco. and I. Will bring you each month Live News and Lusty Stories about • Gamey trout fighting in clear mountain lakes and dashing streams • Tuna battlers in windy seas • Events -equipment markets - conservation personals

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WHAT'S i a New Cream Tobacco Company, manufacturer of the replacing the standard straight stem with Mission Briar is Used in blend, which states that the difficulty is a curved stem. Cakes Pipes the scarcity of sugar. They, like all In this method the same metal shank other tobacco manufacturers, are per­ is employed, as well as the same bowl, Pottery Crock New K. B. and B. Carburetor A new creamy liquid known as "Kake- mitted to use only 60% of the quantity but by inserting the bowl extension this it" was recently introduced by the Kake used in 1941. Oom Paul shape may be obtained. Returns tioned, with a neutral gray for the body 11 Company of The company states they could have The small metal piece shown in the Standard Shapes Once again available for the nation's of the machines and "spotlight buff" in Studio City, Cali­ used less sugar in the mixture, and thus illustration is the smokeflow control con­ pipe smokers is the pottery crock con­ \re Available the work areas. fornia. The new made the supply go further, but they denser. The baffles are double notched tainer which holds Peterson's famous One sixth of the new building is cream is quickly ap­ preferred to keep the formula exactly the in alternating positions for two streams A Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy favorite "Old Crock" mixture, according to of­ given over to recreation facilities for plied to the pipe same and produce less of it. of smoke which flow in a circuitous rom before the war, the "Carburetor" ficials of the Peterson's Tobacco Cor­ the workers, including lounges, shower bowl, and it is In a recent survey of pipe smokers by course, extending the smoke streams. ipe, has just been added to the company's poration. rooms, lockers and kitchens. claimed that after this magazine, Mixture No. 79 was The pipe is easily taken apart for donterey line of pipes. "Carburetor," a The crock was a favorite of pipe the pipe has been among the favorites listed. Until sugar is cleaning. eistered trade mark, refers to the pre- smokers before the war, and is now again smoked three times again available in unlimited quantities, ision-made device at the bottom of the making its appearance. Ace Reamer the cake is formed. the amount of this blend will continue ipe bowl which allows a governed "up- The jar is made of glazed pottery and The manufactur­ to be scarce, says the manufacturer. Heide Pipes raft" of air to come into the pipe to Is C ompact contains a large humidifier in the lid. er states that it lake the smoke mild. The tobacco, Old Crock Mixture, is The new Ace mechanical pipe reamer, breaks in new pipes without harshness To Be Sold This updraft adjusts itself to the well known to pipe smokers everywhere. cleaner, scraper and tamper is just about or "bite," that it sweetens and recakes Chin-rest noker's draw on the mouthpiece so that The famous Heide Collection of pipes The jar makes a fine humidor and as compact a little pocket piece as the old pipes, and that it is a neutral cream, : provides a counter-action of cooling and other "tobacco using implements" can of course be used over and over pipe smoker could wish to find. non-injurious, harmless and tasteless. By Ashe raft is being offered sale through George ir to mix with the smoke. In the accompanying illustration, the again. It is now available in most sec­ All "carburetor" Monterey Pipes are Seen below is the "Chin-rest" Ashcraft R. Carter of Chicago, 111. The famous tions of the country and is popularly jrned from virgin grain Mission Briar Kaywoodie which may be made from the Ashcraft collection has been assembled during the priced. nd are available in all standard shapes, Duoplex by adding a bowl extension, and past 47 years and is one of the largest n addition, they are being made in Prices Remain and best known collections in the world. ime new shapes including the Oom The owner collected the pipes during New Series 'aul, Poker and new bent shapes. The Kaywoodie Company has an­ extensive travels since 1900 through nounced that there will be no advance agents in all parts of the world. Some The manufacturer is also publishing a 'UBi. iMiiJiilflmftl iftiS Of Lighters in the prices of their pipes and that - - . ' of the better known items are a pipe ew booklet on the Monterey Mission A new series of table lighters are on regular prices will remain unchanged. thought to be 4000 years old, found in Iriar pipes, giving prominence to the the way, according to officials of the These prices have been in effect since the seventh stratum near Boonville, Mo., Carburetor" and illustrating many of President Manufacturing Corp. of New * 1937. 2,500 years older than the earliest mound le shapes in which they are now avail- York. Officials of the company have pointed pipe; a silver Aztec pipe, and one of the ble. The fact that the "Carburetor" is The first of the series, known as the out that in spite of rapidly increasing earliest meerschaum pipes. lild is emphasized in the new booklet. Jefferson, has been in the planning stage closed reamer may be seen at the top. production costs since that year, the The collection is being sold as a whole - •• •: J i for more than a year. It will be 5 One end is removable and contains the regular lines and styles have remained r:,v; ii at inventory cost. ; inches high, 2^2 inches in diameter, and spiral auger which may be used for constant. Maintenance of these prices USW'---ft- 8I formed in the shape of a Grecian vase. (irsten Now cleaning the shank or stem. From the has been possible only because of the It is available in gold plate, silver plate, other end comes the sharp edged, curved increased production and popular de­ n New Home Edgeworth and antique bronze, and is suited for knife which is adjustable to any length mand for Kaywoodie pipes. It was fur­ either home or office. It is entirely auto­ The Kirsten Pipe Company of Seattle and is used to ream out old carbon or ther stressed that the retention of these Gift Box matic and requires but one hand to ave moved into their new home. remove ashes. pre-war prices has been accomplished light it. One of the highlights of the new fac- The bottom is flanged to serve as a with no sacrifice in quality. An attractive gift for the pipe smoker ory is the color conditioning which pre- tamper, and the whole reamer, when on birthdays, anniversaries, and other Flints sufficient for one year's service ominates, especially in the rooms where closed, is only three inches long, permit­ occasions is the handy new trunk con­ are included with each lighter, and a here are severai workers. Cool colors ting it to be conveniently carried in the Scarcity tainer for the pound tins of Edgeworth single filling of fuel is said to last as uch as blues and greens are used where vest pocket. All edges are rounded to smoking tobacco. long, since the working parts are sealed nen workers are in the majority, and reduce wear and tear on the clothing. Explained The brown and white package is to prevent fuel evaporation. or women the colors are chiefly those The Ace reamer may also be obtained Here's the answer to the question shaped in the form of a trunk and is Each lighter comes in an attractive vhich women prefer. in a gold plating as well as chrome plat­ "Why is Mixture No. 79 so scarce?" Mi complete with handle and gift note box, and the price is said to be in keeping Ml % -mm The machinery, too, is color condi- ing, and is individually boxed. The answer comes from the Sutliff which resembles a shipping tag. with the quality of the lighter. 88 PIPE LOVERS NOVEMBER, 1946 389 Some will strike your fancy, while others HOW TO START A PIPE COLLECTION will not appeal to you at all. [Start on page 380] month. It takes time, but this learning pipe club of which I am a member, loses HE NEXT question confronting is part of the fun. little or sometimes none of its original T the collector is where these old In adding pipes to one's collection, I cash value. In fact, if it is a scarce or pipes can be obtained. That is really recommend adding only good quality badly wanted item, its value may be as where the fun begins. In seeking these pipes. Careful selection and an apprecia­ much as 50% above its actual cost. This museum pieces, one of the first places to tion of quality marks the connoisseur, is especially true today with many pre­ look for them is the local antique or even in a beginner. war pipes unobtainable except from some curio shops. There you-will probably be There's a nice thing about collecting collector. shown the type most common and seem­ good quality pipes: You not only add an But thus far we have been talking ingly the most plentiful, regardless of attractive pipe to your collection, but you only about modern pipes, readily avail­ locality—the central European porcelain have an excellent smoking pipe as well. able in the ordinary pipe shop. What pipe. These usually consist of a porce­ Select pipes you yourself like. There is about old pipes—pipes used a century lain bowl and socket, a cherry wood stem little pleasure in owning a lot of pipes ago? They are of interest to the layman of varying lengths, depending usually that someone else likes but in which you as well as the pipe fancier and con­ upon the height of the bowl, and fitted yourself have little interest. noisseur. with a horn or bone bit. But so far we have been talking only Here again a knowledge of old pipes The bowls often have gaily painted about modern briar pipes. These are not is a good idea. Information on this sub­ pictures, and when complete will have all. There are pipes of meerschaum, ject will be much harder to pick up, and lids, fancy strings, and tassels. Such clay, numerous foreign and domestic you'll almost have to be a detective to items are relatively ir; expensive and make woods, not to mention the national ferret it out. Veteran collectors will be a good start towards the collection. American smoke—the corncob. All of your best source of information regard­ I have found that the fancier the pipe, these may be purchased today in the ing the old masterpieces. the higher the price. A common, repre­ modern pipe shop. It is a question of What kind of old pipes should you sentative piece does very well in the be­ taste, attraction, and last but not least, collect? That is entirely up to you. ginning and can be traded to advantage the relative thickness of the pocketbook at the time the pipe is encountered. By George R. Flamm UT OF the first two or three usanbaj uo }ua s pap jdap Aue jo aojn os O dozen pipes purchased, some will become what I call "collection" pipes. In these pipes their smoking quality is secondary to their beauty or desirability from a collector's standpoint. If a pipe of good quality was purchased for smok­ ing but for some reason it doesn't stack up too well in that category, don't dis­ card it or think lightly of it. Keep it for a trader. Perhaps the next fellow has been searching in vain for exactly that model. He in turn may have exactly what you want, and nothing gives a big­ ger thrill among two collectors in trad­ ing an unwanted pipe for a coveted specimen—one of the few times in which two persons both think they have bested ITSFT MNXWELL, the other. FAMOUS SOCIALITY-, A HI-YEAR OLD INDIAN SMOKED HIS PIPE WRING A MAJOR OPERATION If a collection item has been smoked, ADVOCATES THAT - mmm it seldom if ever loses any of its original WOMEN S HOULD SMOKE cash value. According to its used con­ A PI PE/ dition, a pipe that has been smoked yet carefully treated, in the opinion of one SloHE 1Rp£S Pipe Experts 1000 Y-EARS OLD The editors of Pipe Lovers are often asked for the name of pipe experts by persons desiring to have an old pipe appraised. Readers who know of pipe experts qualified to judge the value of old ANCIENT INDIAN pipes can do fellow pipe smokers a service by forwarding the names of PIPES ARE MODELS such experts to the editor who, in OF TH E PRESENT- turn, will relay this information on to those desiring it. DAY PIPE /

390 PIPE LOVERS later. A discussion with another collector and a look at his pipes will do a lot towards orientating you into the subject of old pipes. Let it be known among your friends, clubs, neighbors, etc., that you want odd pipes and you will be surprised at what will be forthcoming from attics, trunks, and basements. When an old pipe does turn up, you should trace its history back as far as possible. Many times the value of the pipe increases with its history. Often an ordinary piece is worth hundreds of dol­ lars simply because of some association it carries. How much would you give, for instance, for the inexpensive corncob that General MacArthur smoked as his What we are born is God's gift to us. By the streets of "by and by", says an ship brought him into Tokyo Bay? What we become is our gift to God. old Spanish proverb, one arrives at the The old carved meerschaum pipes are house of "never". beautiful and expensive. The common, Most centenarians agree that the real case meerschaum of thirty to forty years reason for their old age is the fact that Casting Director: fffVe need a man ago is still to be found at a reasonable they were horn so long ago. who can smoke a pipe. Can you?" price as well as the occasional "burgo- Scotch Extra: "Aye, mon, if ye supply meister" style of meerschaum bowl with Last year more than 70 million the tobacco." a cherry wood stem. pounds of flue-cured tobacco were Then there are the novelty pieces, grown in Ontario. Recipe for putting a woman in good which sooner or later creep into any spirits: Tell her she would have been collection. These are made of miscel­ a great lawyer if she hadn't been an A hat is something the average man enchantress. laneous materials, are of a diversified covers his head with, the beggar passes motif and origin. Often they are picked around, the statesman throws into the To a father, every child is a problem up on some excursion or holiday and ring, and the politician talks through. child. j ^fj serve to revive personal memories of the occasion. These are usually in the less Some people pour anti-knock into their One of the distinguished characteristics expensive group. gasoline when they should be pouring a of John Kieran, besides his infallible Bizarre pipes such as those now being little of it into themselves. memory, is his pipe which is his constant brought back to this country by return­ companion. ing veterans of foreign service are Statistics show that women have worthy additions. Oriental, aborigine, fewer accidents than men. But that's Many a man climbs a mountain in his and water pipes of various nationalities easily understood—everything gets out attempt to avoid a hill. and descriptions are making their appear­ of their way except telephone poles and garage doors. ance in every locality. She: "Darling, tomorrow is our wed­ The fun really begins when you take As my future years are numbered, ding anniversary. Shall we kill the hen?" an afternoon off, slip into some old I observe my chief regrets: He: "No, why kill the hen? The clothes, and then go sleuthing around old When I'm right, no one remembers, poor bird didn't have anything to do stores and junk shops to see what you When I'm wrong, no one forgets. with it." can find. I remember one time I found a fine old meerschaum lying in with an Some genius can make a fortune if he The three ships in many a man's life assortment of old tools in a second-hand will contrive a woman's purse with a are friendship, courtship, and battle­ ship. store. zipper at the bottom. That's where they Your collection won't be built up over always find everything. night. It takes years of diligent "bird- Heredity is what we believe in until dogging" and perseverance to locate and In these three things man may be our children start proving it. track down really worthwhile and inter­ easily deceived: A tree till down, a day esting speciments. But you'll get a lot till done, a man till known. Tobacco is still being rationed in Den­ of fun in the process. mark. Professor Hayek of Austria says smokers are less liable than nonsmokers Many a man believes that women to have diptheria and other throat ail­ are like money—you have to keep them Let9s See It ments in the ratio of 1 to 28. busy or they lose interest.

Do you have an odd or interesting The best way to cause a swelling of A good face is the best letter of rec­ pipe in your collection? — one that the head is to keep patting a man on other pipe lovers would like to see? ommendation. If so, send us a picture of it together the back. with the important facts and we'll in­ You kissed and told, clude it on the Collector's Page for Richter once said that a timid person But that's O. K. others to see and enjoy. is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous The guy you told person afterwards. Called up today.

NOVEMBER, 1946 391 CAKE IS IMPORTANT

[Starts on page 374] preferably of the burley type. It must not be over humidified, and should be MY PIPE slow and cool burning. Is there any special method of sm oking the pipef During the breaking-in period each pipeful must be smoked clear to the AND I bottom. No cake results except where the burning tobacco comes in contact with the side of the bowl. The tobacco By FRANK K. YOUNG must be packed firmly to assure no air pockets and also to insure slow, cool smoking. The smoker must puff slowly so that N A copyrighted interview tran­ ties of the weed induce a condition of the pipe will not become over-heated. If I scribed by Robert Van Gelder, Ben calmness and tranquillity, thus permit­ the pipe should go out, no harm is done, Ames Williams, the distinguished author, ting the creative faculties to function at and the light should be reapplied as often declared: "One foggy night, years ago, their best. Tobacco also has a slight as necessary. The first few pipefuls must 1 rowed a boat out to a bell buoy and stimulating effect, which peps jangled be smoked clear to the bottom of the sat there alone, the bell clanging beside nerves, lifts tired minds, and stirs the bowl, so it must be made certain that all me—nothing but the sound, the water, imagination to envision in drifting clouds of the tobacco is smoked. the night, and the fog—and smoked a of smoke "the stuff that dreams are pipe. Well, to me that situation meant made of." How thoroughly should the pipe be a lot. It stirred my imagination, and at No, Mr. Williams, it was not merely cleaned between pipefuls? In the early least a dozen—probably more—of my the loneliness, the fog, the night, the stages of cake formation it is well not stories have come out of those few min­ water, and the sound of the old bell to touch the inside of the bowl any more utes by the bell buoy, though the bell buoy, that possessed such deep meaning than absolutely necessary. If the ashes buoy was never in one of them. There's for you; it was your beloved pipe of will not fall out with a gentle tapping, no explaining it. It's just that the favorite tobacco that gave meaning to a pipe spoon or other instrument may be moment had meaning for me . . ." them—that gave you keener perception, used to remove them, providing care is Mr. Williams, being a creative artist, rendered you more impressionable, and given that the tool does not harm the a mind susceptible to vivid impressions, enabled you to retain in memory an un­ already forming cake, which, at this stage may have been spellbound by the sound, forgettable mood. h usually rather delicate and which the water, the night, and the fog. All could easily be harmed. BOUT twenty-five years ago, a together, these elements may have in­ It is wise to remove the excess mois­ New York firm advertised a pipe duced an uncommon mood, a condition A ture from the shank with a pipe cleaner, of novel construction, embodying a of soul and mind particularly conductive since excess moisture in the pipe tends unique principle. It was a half-bent to imaginative effort. to retard the formation of the cake. shape, not unlike the popular "Bull But, more significant to me is the Moose." The shank was heavy and Would a dry tobacco be most condu- simple phrase—"and smoked a pipe." thick; the hole in the bowl scarcely sive towards the proper formation of the Therein, I believe, lies the keynote of larger than a pea. This hole was used cakef No, the tobacco must have some the meaningful moment. It was the pipe, for lighting purposes only; the load of moisture, lest it smoke too hot and too more than the combined elements of tobacco was placed and smoked in the fast. Some moisture is needed to help night and sea, that conditioned his senses shank! It was filled by removing and the carbon cake take hold, but all excess to keen appreciation of the lonely sur­ replacing the stem. The manufacturer moisture, that is, whatever can be ab­ roundings. Without the pipe's sweet sol­ believed the fire in the bottom rather sorbed by a pipe cleaner or other ab­ ace, the spell of the moment had never than at the top of the bowl would serve sorbent material, should be removed. been felt. to eliminate the bogey of all pipes, How little most people realize the "soggy, tarry heel." What if the cake begins to form un­ importance of tobacco in the creating of The fault with the pipe was that the evenlyf If the cake does not form in literature! How many masterpieces, how filling and lighting of it could not be even consistency, it means that the early many absorbing mystery stories, might reduced to a simple operation. When one pipefuls are not being smoked properly. never have been had not tobacco spurred has to take a pipe apart and put it to­ The cake should take shape as shown in the author's mind to unusual effort. Not gether again in order to fill it, he soon Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5. If the cake becomes all writers are pipe-smokers, of course; feels that the pleasure of smoking has uneven, it should be partially removed but a great many of them are—and if become a tedious task. Pipes specially with a reamer until it is very nearly they were to reveal the truth, I'll wager constructed for purposes of elimination even on all sides and bottom of the bowl. they would admit that their better plots or sanitation are all very well; but and characterizations are evolved from whatever the idea employed, the prin­ Why can t the pipe be filled to the clouds of fragrant smoke. ciple embodied, simplicity should be the top the first time and smoked clear to It is a fact that men accustomed to keynote. the bottom that and each succeeding the use of tobacco think more clearly Few smokers have either the time or time f Wouldn t the result be the same? and work better when their pipes are patience to give such a pipe the attention In some cases it might, but generally it filled and lighted. The medicinal proper­ it requires. wouldn't. When the pipe is filled to the

392 PIPE LOVERS top the first time, the juices and moisture constantly tilted at an unneven angle, in the burning tobacco filter down to and uneven reaming of the cake. the bottom of the bowl. The tobacco in No. 10 is the ribbon cake (also re­ Make Your Own Pipes the bottom thus becomes over wet and ferred to as the mountain or hill cake) with Imported soggy and is inclined not to burn. and results from uneven packing of the If it does burn, the lower walls and tobacco in the bowl, that is, packing the the bottom of the pipe bowl have become tobacco in layers. Uneven puffing will BRIAR BLOCKS wet with juices, tars and moisture and also create this kind of a cake. It is the adherence of cake is greatly impeded. slightly exaggerated in this drawing, and AH Good Quality for Making The result is that if the smoker doesn't it takes on many designs and shapes, but Pipes in the Home Workshop. knock the ashes out of the pipe before it any pipe repair man will readily say Imported Briar ,. ea. .75 has burned to the bottom, the fire will that it is often found in a variety of 3 for $2.00 go out, and in each succeeding pipeful, patterns. All Blocks Are Sent Postpaid the tendency for the tobacco to go out Sometimes there will be only one lump to Any Address in the U. S. A. prematurely is increased. The cake which on one side, or at the bottom, instead of begins to form in such an instance is several bumps as shown. Sometimes they Cash, Check, or Money Order shown in No. 7. form as ridges all around the interior Must Accompany Order. After the proper cake has begun to of the bowl. No C.O.D. Shipments. form, additional cake forms readily, and No. 11 is the extremely thick cake en­ Satisfaction Guaranteed these tars and juices do not have the countered so often by smokers who be­ Or Your Money Back lieve that a thick cake gives a cooler, better smoke. Such is a matter of opinion, Send Your Order TODAY Gals and Pipes and thick cakes do not damage a pipe if 'Twas once I knew a pretty girl it is smoked slowly. Of course, thick R. JENSEN As graceful as could be; cakes are easily created by continually Box 424 Moneta, Calif. I told her that I loved her well, smoking the pipe slowly and not remov­ And she said she loved me. ing the cake. No. 5 shows the ideal cake I left that gal one sunny day, thickness. No. 6 shows the cake when it She wasn't quite my type; is time to start reaming it back to the Although she liked me well enough, thickness of No. 5, and No. 11 shows She didn't like my pipe. what will result in time if the reaming process is not applied. A briar pipe is man's best friend, No. 12 looks like a freak, but it is Protecting him from lies. surprising how many pipes have this A woman's love can't cloud his sight, sort of a cake. Although the drawing is While smoke gets in his eyes. a bit extreme in order to give the effect, pipes with cakes exactly as illustrated So keep that pipe well lit, my friend, are not uncommon. To get along in life. If the composition so illustrated is A man needs most a trusty pipe; true cake, it is not too bad, perhaps, but He needs far less a wife! usually this condition isn't so much cake Next Month —ARTHUR R. KASSIN. as it is uncleaned residue which has been allowed to collect and not removed as Clay Pipes same delaying action against ready it should have been. formed cake as they do against the raw This condition also forms when an A historical article on the subject wood alone. improperly shaped pipe reamer is used of Clay Pipes will be the highlight to remove the cake. If, for instance, a of the December issue. Clay Pipes What causes improper, uneven, or pipe bowl shown in No. 11 were reamed have been popular for centuries. freak cakesf The causes are too numer­ Anyone interested in pipes, especial­ with a pointed reamer, the finished re­ ly the early beginning, use, and ous to describe here, but some of the sult might be as in No. 12. Such a cake manufacture of clay pipes will find more common ones might be mentioned. serves no worthy purpose in any pipe, this article one to be long re­ No. 7 shows the condition just described and uneven thicknesses should always membered. where the pipe is continually smoked be avoided and removed promptly when only half way down and no more. As they occur. a result the cake never gets a chance to Pipes in Prison form more than just to the center. What should be used to remove the The second and concluding part No. 8 shows excessive cake at the cake f A pipe reamer should be used, and of Captain's Schaf's article which bottom. This could be caused by only a reamer that actually fits the pipe. begins in this issue will a ppear next filling the pipe half full each time, by month. He describes how tobacco There are various shapes of a pipe bowl, was obtained by the prisoners. You smoking so rapidly at the start that no and there are various shaped reamers, won't want to miss it cake forms in the upper half, and then too. To use the improper reamer is to smoking more slowly at the bottom, risk ruining the pipe. The wrong reamer where the cake has a chance to form, or will leave an uneven cake. Nos. 8, 9, and Also— by reaming only the upper portion of 12 could all result from the use of an the bowl. Other articles and features, plus improper reamer, or improperly applying the regular departments appearing No. 9 shows a cake on one side only. the reamer. Many smokers buy the ream­ each month in PIPE LOVERS will AL his often occurs and is due to many er when they buy the pipe. In this way round out the December issue. Have causes, such as packing the tobacco un­ they can be sure that the reamer is an your dealer reserve your copy today. evenly, smoking the pipe with the bowl exact fit for the pipe bowl, and when Out November 20 NOVEMBER, 1946 393 the cake has become excessive, it can be the cake, the bowl, and the smoker as CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING removed with safety if the reamer is of well. Ten cents per word—minimum $2. good quality. Cash must accompany order Will a cake form in some pipes quicker How much of the cake should be re­ than others? Generally speaking, the PIPE MAKING moved? Experienced pipe smokers re­ difference lies with the individual • MAKE your own pipes. Detailed, illus­ move the cake when it begins to exceed smoker. The habits of some men will trated instructions in Pipe Makers Manual, $1.00. HAROLD MANGUS, Rt. No. 3, a 16th of an inch. When the cake be­ cause a cake to form quicker than others. Alliance, Ohio. gins to appear as in No. 6, it is time to This is due to the length and steadiness • PIPES made to order. You draw the de­ ream out the excess down to that shown of the draw, the type of care given the sign, I make the pipe. $5.00 to $7.50. in No. 5. pipe, and other personal differences. Jumbo sizes slightly higher. Send your de­ With the same smoker, however, the sign today and ask for quotation. Stems repaired. J. H. BRADSHAW, 1124 Linden, If a pipe has a defective cake such as cake usually forms in the same manner Long Beach 2, California. No. 7, what should be done? The entire and in the same length of time in each cake should be removed and the break- pipe. This may be borne out by looking PIPE REPAIRING ing-in process started from scratch. It at the pipes in use by any smoker. The • PIPES and lighters repaired. Prompt at­ should be given the same treatment as condition of cake in all of them will be tention to mail orders. Workmanship guar­ though the pipe were brand new. In No. similar. The pipes of another smoker anteed. JACK'S PIPE SHOP, 813 W. Mc- 8, the excess may be reamed out and will also have a cake but possibly of Kinley Street, Phoenix, Arizona. care given to see that the top half starts an entirely different pattern. • PIPES repaired. Briar, meerschaum, cala­ to cake up properly. No. 9 should be That is, some smokers will have cakes bash. Expert craftsmen. Hard rubber bits reamed out and the process started from in all their pipes which resemble No. 7, $1. Mail orders given prompt attention. Orders over $1 returned prepaid. L. I. PIPE the beginning. the most common of the imperfect cakes. REPAIR CO., 37-57 94th St., Jackson No. 10 can be reamed out until the Another smoker's pipes will all resemble Heights, N. Y. cake formation is even, as can No. 6 No. 12, or No. 6, or No. 4. It is unusual and No. 11. In No. 12, the excess should to find one smoker who has pipes among WANTED be removed, leaving the ideal thickness which several types of cake may be en­ • DUNHILL Pipe Book, also, other books which in all instances is about the same countered. on pipes, smoking, etc. Also, pictures. Send thickness as a dime. price and condition. ROBERT JENSEN, Box This is all due to the personal man­ 424, Moneta, California. ner and habits used by the individual in • FOREIGN or American Indian pipes in If a reamer isn't at hand, what other smoking and breaking in his pipes. This first class condition. Send photograph or tool may be used? Any tool may be is why some smokers have less difficulty drawing and state price. BOX 53, Pipe Lovers used, but there is no substitute for a in forming a cake than others. Magazine, 532 Pine Avenue, Long Beach 2, good reamer. Some smokers use the California. back edge of a knife blade, but there is • I PAY $1 for pictures of pipes to add to Whatj then, are the primary rules in my collection. Any and all kinds and types no assurance that the required uniform properly starting the cake formation? To of pictures considered. If you have a picture thickness will be obtained. It is im­ properly start the cake, the pipe bowl of an odd and interesting pipe, that's what I portant, very important, that when the should be slightly moistened with water. want. BOX 54, Pipe Lovers Magazine, 532 reaming is done the remaining cake be Pine Avenue, Long Beach 2, California. This adheres tobacco particles to the wall an even layer on the bottom and all as well as renders the wood of the bowl TOBACCO AND PIPES sides. Only a reamer which fits the pipe less liable to burn or scorch. A plain, • 6c CIGARS — Regular Coronas, mild, at hand should be used. Any other tool mild, pure, preferably slow burning to­ $2.95 box 50. Others $3.50 to $10.00. can only be considered second best. Sharp bacco should be packed firmly but not Special Havana Panetelas $4.00. Finest pipe knives may cut the cake or pipe wall. too tightly in the bottom third of the tobacco 8 oz. only $1.60. Briar pipes $1.50. bowl. The fire should be applied evenly Free catalog on request. Send trial order to­ day. ZIBAR COMPANY, Roselle 16, New How about taking all the cake out all around the surface of the tobacco. Jersey. and starting over again from the begin­ Puffing should be slow and deliberate, ning? If the cake is poorly formed or and the tobacco must be smoked clear defective, this is satisfactory although to the bottom. IN THE JANUARY ISSUE not necessary. Many smokers follow the After the cake has started, the level rule that once the cake is formed it of the tobacco in the bowl may be raised. Commencing with the January issue, PIPE LOVERS adds a new de­ should never be entirely removed. A This is continued until the top of the partment—one in which the reader properly made cake which becomes too bowl is reached, which may be anywhere may present his views on a given thick should be reamed out to the de­ from 20 to 50 pipefuls, depending upon question. sired thickness, but nothing is gained the characteristics and habits of the in­ The January question is: by reaming it all out and starting over dividual smoker. After the cake is well again. formed, the smoker's favorite tobacco What Is the Difference may then be used, and satisfaction is Between Cheap Pipes After the correct cake has been prop­ practically guaranteed. and Expensive Pipes? erly formed, can rapid smoking be The price to be paid for improper Every reader is invited to present resumed? The true pipe smoker never care of the pipe during the caking period his views on this question, and the smokes rapidly. To do so heats the cake and improper care thereafter is a pipe best opinions expressed will appear in so much that it expands rapidly. The that will not be mild and mellow, a pipe the January issue. This new "Open wood bowl does not expand as rapidly that may smoke hot or taste poorly, and Forum" page is to be a regular monthly feature commencing in Janu­ as the cake, and as a result the wood a pipe that gives anything but real ary. All letters must be received by usually splits. This tendency is greatly smoking enjoyment. The veteran pipe November 20. Send yours to the editor increased with a thick cake, and the smoker knows that a good cake is one today. rapidly expanding hot carbon will often of the most important parts of pipe split the bowl. Slow smoking is best for smoking.

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