A Book and Tobacco

I never knew how much people love the smell of tobacco.

 My wife trades books on Bookins and Bookmooch. Apparently, somewhere she lists that I enjoy a good pipe sometimes while reading. A few of her book requests have asked that I smoke around the particular book for awhile before sending it to them. I can certainly understand this desire.

Estate pipes and mildew

Talking with a local smoke shop owner, I brought up the point that I have a couple of estate pipes with an aweful mildew smell to them. The smell seemed to not only infect the pipe, but the leather case they came in. Probably that’s backwards, since leather is more of a breeding ground for mildew.

Vacation at last!

Over the past year or so, it’s been hard for us to actually take a week to ourselves and enjoy some time off. However, we did just that this week. Nope, we didn’t go anywhere away from home, but we are taking some time to do things we miss. One of those things is going to antique stores and malls. While we both look for certain pieces of glassware, my love and I happened to be looking for things we have never tried to look for before in an antique store. At least not in the fashion we did. That spectacular woman found several books, some dated in the late 1800’s and some in the early to late 1920’s.

 

Finally! A worthy place for my pipes!

I had to stop buying pipes for a couple of reasons recently. They are expensive, depending on one’s preferences and I ran out of space to showcase what I have. I was using a shelf on my desk, but it’s rather dark up there and crowded with the nine pipes I’ve accumulated. I didn’t just want a little pipe rack that held a few pipes to place on my desk. Since I don’t smoke as often as some people, it seemed a waste of space for me.

 My lovely wife had a great idea to get this particular display case from IKEA. I have to say, in person it looks like a museum display.

 I hope you enjoy the pics. Rest assured, these won’t be all the pipes I plan to have. Over time, and with some gained knowledge, I hope to gain some spectacular pipes for my collection.