Author Topic: Taking up Smoking Pipes (Read 841 times)

SeanJohnson · « **on:** March 25, 2023, 03:50:13 PM »

Wanting to celebrate the Annunciation and the anniversary of +Lefebvre's death today, I decided to take a little trip to a high-end smoke shop:

https://tobaccogrove.com/

I was impressed with the decor, the breadth of the selections, the attire of the hired help in shirt and tie, and the clientelle (likewise well dressed and groomed).

Years ago, I inherited a pipe collection from an uncle who died in 1976. His pipes were real wood (i.e., today, most are acrylic/reson made to look like real wood) and one of ivory (carved in the shape of a viking head).

They had loose pipe tobacco stored in glass jars (as well as tins), and I picked up some chocolate mousse, and some triple cherry flavor.

While there, I also bought a retro style cigar ashtray (i.e., 8" wide, and constructed of heavy porcelain, and beautifully painted and gilded. It is 2" deep and intended to hold your cigar at a 45 degree angle, so it doesn't fall out.

There's something attractive to me about pipe smoking: It takes my spirit back to earlier times from cινιℓ ωαr era-1930's America. There are certain cultural aspects to pipe smoking (e.g., a jacket to be worn). And of course the smell can't be beat.

Smoking a pipe makes me feel more gentlemanly, and it is certainly very relaxing (and unlike cigarettes, leaves a pleasant after-odor).

I even found a Catholic website discussing the gentlemanly and masculine aspects of pipe smoking, which I thought some might enjoy:

https://catholicgentleman.net/2013/08/pipe-smoking-101/

Kazimierz · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2023, 07:40:43 PM »

Quote from: SeanJohnson on March 25, 2023, 03:50:13 PM

Wanting to celebrate the Annunciation and the anniversary of +Lefebvre's death today, I decided to take a little trip to a high-end smoke shop:

https://tobaccogrove.com/

I was impressed with the decor, the breadth of the selections, the attire of the hired help in shirt and tie, and the clientelle (likewise well dressed and groomed).

Years ago, I inherited a pipe collection from an uncle who died in 1976. His pipes were real wood (i.e., today, most are acrylic/reson made to look like real wood) and one of ivory (carved in the shape of a viking head).

They had loose pipe tobacco stored in glass jars (as well as tins), and I picked up some chocolate mousse, and some triple cherry flavor.

While there, I also bought a retro style cigar ashtray (i.e., 8" wide, and constructed of heavy porcelain, and beautifully painted and gilded. It is 2" deep and intended to hold your cigar at a 45 degree angle, so it doesn't fall out.

There's something attractive to me about pipe smoking: It takes my spirit back to earlier times from cινιℓ ωαr era-1930's America. There are certain cultural aspects to pipe smoking (e.g., a jacket to be worn). And of course the smell can't be beat.

Smoking a pipe makes me feel more gentlemanly, and it is certainly very relaxing (and unlike cigarettes, leaves a pleasant after-odor).

I even found a Catholic website discussing the gentlemanly and masculine aspects of pipe smoking, which I thought some might enjoy:

https://catholicgentleman.net/2013/08/pipe-smoking-101/

Welcome to the club Sean! Too chilly here for a pipe today, the day The One Ring was unmade in the fires of Orodruin, (yay to Tolkien for choosing this day) so my new churchwarden will have to wait.
May you enjoy the wonderful subtleties of Shireweed for ages to come!
Do let us know what types of tobacco you are trying. Thank you!

HeavyHanded · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2023, 05:35:50 AM »

I’ve given it up for lent. Looking forward to a smoke on easter

Seraphina · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2023, 10:45:10 AM »

Do any of you ladies out there smoke corncob pipes?

My uncle (RIP) and Godfather used to smoke a cherry tobacco pipe after Sunday dinner. The mention of that brings back some long ago childhood memories. Mass at St. John’s in Schenectady, change out of church clothes and brunch at Uncle Bob’s and Aunt Joan’s. I think of scrambled eggs with ketchup, toast, bacon, chops, and stewed tomatoes with a hint of chopped apple in them. 😋
Afterwards, we kids would play outdoors or if the weather was bad, in the basement, adults would have their coffee and donuts and talk about whatever they talked about. Aunt Joan would bring us each a donut. Later in the afternoon we’d pray the Rosary and have a “Quiet Hour,” you could nap, read, do a puzzle, draw, knit, crochet, play a card or board game, just something quiet. Uncle Bob would sit in the den beside the fireplace or outside on the porch and smoke his pipe. Even the pets were expected to tone it down. If the dog or cats were restless, we let them out for a run. But usually the dog whose name escapes me, would curl up for a nap! For awhile, it was Bob Jr.’s job to cover the guinea pigs’ cage so they wouldn’t squeal.
Supper would be quartered sandwiches with an olive on top, milk, and maybe a few Lorna Doone cookies. Then we’d have prayers and we kids were sent to bed. The adults would stay up in the living room and talk some more about whatever they talked about. At some point, they went to bed, but I was too young to ever hear them come upstairs. I’d wake up early on Monday morning and find their doors closed, hear my uncle snoring, the house dark and otherwise silent.

AMDGJMJ · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2023, 07:01:19 AM »

Quote from: Seraphina on March 26, 2023, 10:45:10 AM

Do any of you ladies out there smoke corncob pipes?

My uncle (RIP) and Godfather used to smoke a cherry tobacco pipe after Sunday dinner. The mention of that brings back some long ago childhood memories. Mass at St. John’s in Schenectady, change out of church clothes and brunch at Uncle Bob’s and Aunt Joan’s. I think of scrambled eggs with ketchup, toast, bacon, chops, and stewed tomatoes with a hint of chopped apple in them. 😋
Afterwards, we kids would play outdoors or if the weather was bad, in the basement, adults would have their coffee and donuts and talk about whatever they talked about. Aunt Joan would bring us each a donut. Later in the afternoon we’d pray the Rosary and have a “Quiet Hour,” you could nap, read, do a puzzle, draw, knit, crochet, play a card or board game, just something quiet. Uncle Bob would sit in the den beside the fireplace or outside on the porch and smoke his pipe. Even the pets were expected to tone it down. If the dog or cats were restless, we let them out for a run. But usually the dog whose name escapes me, would curl up for a nap! For awhile, it was Bob Jr.’s job to cover the guinea pigs’ cage so they wouldn’t squeal.
Supper would be quartered sandwiches with an olive on top, milk, and maybe a few Lorna Doone cookies. Then we’d have prayers and we kids were sent to bed. The adults would stay up in the living room and talk some more about whatever they talked about. At some point, they went to bed, but I was too young to ever hear them come upstairs. I’d wake up early on Monday morning and find their doors closed, hear my uncle snoring, the house dark and otherwise silent.

Wow! Loved this! We need a "family stories" thread! 🤓

AMDGJMJ · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2023, 07:03:34 AM »

Quote from: SeanJohnson on March 25, 2023, 03:50:13 PM

Wanting to celebrate the Annunciation and the anniversary of +Lefebvre's death today, I decided to take a little trip to a high-end smoke shop:

https://tobaccogrove.com/

I was impressed with the decor, the breadth of the selections, the attire of the hired help in shirt and tie, and the clientelle (likewise well dressed and groomed).

Years ago, I inherited a pipe collection from an uncle who died in 1976. His pipes were real wood (i.e., today, most are acrylic/reson made to look like real wood) and one of ivory (carved in the shape of a viking head).

They had loose pipe tobacco stored in glass jars (as well as tins), and I picked up some chocolate mousse, and some triple cherry flavor.

While there, I also bought a retro style cigar ashtray (i.e., 8" wide, and constructed of heavy porcelain, and beautifully painted and gilded. It is 2" deep and intended to hold your cigar at a 45 degree angle, so it doesn't fall out.

There's something attractive to me about pipe smoking: It takes my spirit back to earlier times from cινιℓ ωαr era-1930's America. There are certain cultural aspects to pipe smoking (e.g., a jacket to be worn). And of course the smell can't be beat.

Smoking a pipe makes me feel more gentlemanly, and it is certainly very relaxing (and unlike cigarettes, leaves a pleasant after-odor).

I even found a Catholic website discussing the gentlemanly and masculine aspects of pipe smoking, which I thought some might enjoy:

https://catholicgentleman.net/2013/08/pipe-smoking-101/

I have many great memories of visiting traditional Catholic families where the men and priests/bishops would go out and sit on the porch or veranda and smoke pipes. I don't remember if the clergy did it but whenever I hear of pipes I think of those memories and smile.

Seraphina · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2023, 11:53:17 AM »

Quote from: AMDGJMJ on March 27, 2023, 07:03:34 AM

I have many great memories of visiting traditional Catholic families where the men and priests/bishops would go out and sit on the porch or veranda and smoke pipes. I don't remember if the clergy did it but whenever I hear of pipes I think of those memories and smile.

Fr. Ripperger smokes a pipe.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2023, 12:05:47 PM »

No. I don’t smoke. My husband is trying to quit cigarettes.

Yeti · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2023, 02:48:35 PM »

Pipe smoking is a venerable and respectable custom. We would do well, as a society, to take this practice up again.

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