OLD PUEBLO PIPE CLUB
PRESENTS
TUCSON
FIRST ANNUAL PIPE SHOW
&
EXHIBITON
This Gecko pipe was carved exclusively for our club by Walt Cannoy and was auctioned off to both new and old club members only. The Gecko (with a pipe) is on our logo.
The show
got off to a good start with many vendors and exhibitors. Through out the
day prizes were raffled off which were generously donated by the
vendors and a big thank you to them for being so generous. At the
end of the day the OPPC Gecko Pipe was raffled along with a Pipes and
Tobacco Magizine Pipe of the Year. A special thanks to Walt Cannoy who spent
some hours carving a block of briar which turned out so beautifully and to
Dayton Matlick for the Beautiful P&T 2001 pipe.
Now the pictures...
Dean Lafery of Trendsetters which is the area representative for CAO,Savinelli and a few other companies with his great display of Savinellis, and Meerschaums.
Carl Curtis of Smokers Haven in Tucson and Andy area representative of Stokkeby Tobacco, Peter showed up later but it looks like we missed getting a picture of him (Sorry Peter). Carl is a great supporter of our club and we were happy to see him there representing Tucson.
Ken Jacobson had a display of Kaywoodies which were all for sale. He also had some interesting miniature Kaywoodies there. One item was a 19th century Meerschaum, with very intricate and detailed carvings of Nymphs and Satyrs. It was beautiful, and we can say that the nymphs and satyrs were anatomically correct, such was the detail!
Lee Von Erck.pipe carver of Minnesota. He had many of
his sculptured pipes for sale. They had gorgeous grains and were
free hands. Lee is well known by briar aficionados.
Paul Buza of the Mesa, AZ Tinderbox. He had a great selection of pipes and Paul had his own Private Label Pipes for display and sale called Bellissima pipes which are Hand made in Pessaro, Italy, by Massimo Palazzi and Andrea Pascucci. Paul also has his own line of tobacco called Buza's Blends.
Here is some canadian (Michael Glukler) Checking out tobacco from The
Village Smoke Shop in Scottsdale Az
Rick Hopkins of Ye OldePipe and Tobacco Shoppe from Phoenix. Rick had a nice display of Dunhills and is going to be a Dunhill PPD. Bruce Warren and Roger Price look at the variety of briars for sale.
Bear Graves of Az and John Kelly of Kansas City,MO, door
prize winners. Bear won a Belissima pipe (Mesa Tinderbox) and John won
a pipe stand made from Az dead and laying tree brances etc by a local
carftsman (Cactus Fine Tobaccos and Spirits of Sierra Vista AZ).
Jack Tompkins, OPPC presents Mike Glukler (aka Briarblues
on IRC #pipes chat channel) with his prize from the raffle drawings of
a Butz Choquin Maitre pipe.
The Pipe Smoking Contest
Ken Smith, the moderator of the of the Contest.
We only had 5 contestants
in the contests, and three prizes. The prizes were donated by Club Member Ken
Smith.
Contestant Bear Graves is asked to produce some smoke.
Winners of the contest,
Left to right, Bruce Warren with a little over an hour, Bear Graves, 2nd
place, and third place went to John.
We were privleged to have
Mr. Dayton Matlick, Owner and Editor in Chief of Pipes and Tobacco Magazine
give a talk on pipe collecting and his own personal experience. He
brought some of his own collection and advised on how to do your own pipe
collecting. One of the pipes he brought was valued at $9000.
Mr. Dayton Matlick.
left to right: Mike
Glukler (Briarblues), Lee von Erck (vonerck), Jack Tompkins (BigJack),
Walt Cannoy, Bear Graves (BearGraves), and Bruce Warren (Geologger)
The conclusion of the show
came with the raffle of the Walt Cannoy Gecko pipe and the P&T Pipe of the Year and a
A Beautiful Alberto Bonfiglioli of Italy that was specially made and
stamped for the show. Here's another shot
of the detail and artistry of Walt Cannoy.
And the winner is........
New member of the OPPC,
Robert Vance from Temple City CA. That's Robert on the right shaking
hands with its creator, Walt Cannoy.
The P&T Pipe of the year winner Bill DeCourse and Jack.
P&T also sent Bill a Lucienne Pipe Lighter.
Winners of the Raffles
- Nicholas Asher T-shirt -- Greg Clemons ---- donated by Nicholas Asher Co. Aptos CA
- Nicholas Asher golf Shirt -- Joe Cappel ---- donated by Nicholas Asher Co. Aptos CA
- Pier Luigi Pipe ---------Mike Glukler -- donated by Nicholas Asher Co. Aptos CA
- Nicholas Asher pipe/by DeJarnett --- Garrick Whitnah -- donated by Nicholas Asher Co. Aptos CA
- Pipe Croci (True) --- Ken Smith -- donated by Mac's Pipes Albuquerque NM
- Peterson Aran Pipe --- Lowell Ellis -- donated by Cactus Spirits and Fine Tobacco Sierra Vista, Az
- Butz-Choquin Pipe --- Robert Vance -- donated by Cactus Spirits and Fine Tobacco Sierra Vista, Az
- Hand carved pipe stand --- John Keely -- donated by Cactus Tobacco and Spirits of Sierra Vista, AZ
- Belissima Pipe --- Bear Graves -- Tinder Box Mesa Az donated by
- Timm Tobacco --- Robert Vance -- donated by The PipeSmoke Ring
- Meerschaum carved pipe --- John Keely -- donated by Dean Laffey of Trendsetters
- Savinelli pipe --- Bob Welch -- donated by Dean Laffey of Trendsetters
- Dunhill Pouch --- Carl Armstrong -- donated by Anthony's Cigar Emporium, Tucson Az
- Pipa Croci pipestand --- Walt Cannoy --- donated by Anthony's Cigar Emporium, Tucson Az
- Subscriptions (1 year) to Pipe Friendly Magazine
- Stokkeby Tote bags with 3 tins of Stokkeby tobaccos----
- Stanwell pipe --- Suzi Blanton --donated by Yea Old Pipe and Tobacco Shoppe Phoenix Az
- Butz-Chacon maitre pipe --- Mike Glukler -- donated by OPPC.
- Seman hand carved pipe and Briar Cactus Earrings --- Lee von Erck -- donated by Jim Seman.
donated by Stokkeby Tobaccos
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