Pipe makers poem

[Jitterbugdude]

I found this poem in the book "Tobacco in Song and Story" (1896)... I like it!


THE PIPE YOU MAKE YOURSELF

There's clay pipes and briar pipes and meerschaum pipes as well
There's plain pipes and fancy pipes- things just made to sell

But any pipe that can be bought for marbles, chalk or pelf
Ain't equal to the flavor of the pipe you make yourself

Jest take a common cob and whittle out the middle
Then plug up one end of it as tight as any fiddle

Fit a stem into the side and lay her on the shelf
And when she's dry you take her down- that pipe you made yourself

Cram her full clear to the brim with natural leaf, you bet
Twill smoke a trifle better for being somewhat wet

Take your worms and fishin' pole and a jug along for health
And you'll get a taste of heaven from that pipe you made yourself

(author: Henry E. Brown)

 

[johnlee1933]

Me TOO !

 

[SmokesAhoy]

aww, i gotta make one one day.

however in the meantime, AlabamaKnuckleHead is making one for me made from osage wood that came from BarG. That's gonna be pretty damn special even if i didnt make it myself

i would be better at making clay pipes i think, that is how i made money back in school, i threw whole sets (salad plates, dinner plates, coffee cups) from porcelain and sold them at fairs, wood working never came as naturally to me. nice poem!

 

[BarG]

Great Poem!

 

[Knucklehead]

I found another good pipe poem:

Thus o’er my pipe, in contemplation
Of such things, I can constantly
Indulge in fruitful meditation
And so, puffing contentedly,
On land, on sea, at home, abroad,
I smoke my pipe and worship God.


-Johann Sebastian Bach

 

[deluxestogie]

He could make organ pipes smoke too.

Bob

 

[Seanz]

Thats cool Theres nothing better than a pipe and rod along with something to ward of the chill

 

[johnlee1933]

aww, i gotta make one one day.

however in the meantime, AlabamaKnuckleHead is making one for me made from osage wood that came from BarG. That's gonna be pretty damn special even if i didnt make it myself

i would be better at making clay pipes i think, that is how i made money back in school, i threw whole sets (salad plates, dinner plates, coffee cups) from porcelain and sold them at fairs, wood working never came as naturally to me. nice poem!

Smokes, two things -- How do you like your Osage pipe? I love mine. Tasted good from the first smoke. No bite at all

Do you think a chuurch warden could be made by the "lost wax" process?

Thanks

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Do you think a chuurch warden could be made by the "lost wax" process?

Thanks

Of course it could but why bother? Just buy a Churwarden stem and add it to your wooden pipe.

 

[Knucklehead]

That would look pretty cool.