December
2006
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Club Info & Events
Details of the November Meeting
What more can you ask for? A ill member returns, eight of us met for dinner,
fifteen in total showed up for the meeting and to top it off we have a
new member. 
Tom
Martin made the ninety minute trek down from Beverly and I'm pretty sure
he wasn't disappointed. He brought with him the beautiful Ardor Fantasy
that he won in P&T's "Why I love my Ardor." contest and
has been waiting for the perfect time to smoke it. Today was that day.
Tom is also a budding pipe maker and you can see some of his work at his
blog. Welcome
Tom, we're glad to have you aboard.
There
was plenty to talk about with our recent road trip to Clifton Park, NY
where we celebrated with Paul Bonaquisti in the first anniversary of his
shop the Park Lane Tobacconist. It was a rare but very welcome experience
to take part in the success of a tobacco establishment rather than hanging
our head when one closes its doors.
[Read
the entire adventure]
In addition, Rick Frederics represented SHPC's active ranks by attending
the R.D. Field Trunk Show that was held at Peretti's on November 4th.
[Read Rick's write up
below..]
Don't forget there will be a Dunhill trunk show at Peretti's on Saturday,
December the 2nd.
The 2007 Club Pipe
We have contracted with Joe Skoda of the Hudson Valley Pipe Club to
craft our 2007 club pipe. As it stands right now it looks like it will
be something in the line of a flying saucer shape with a reptilian like
finish. Joe has a refreshing eye for design and we look forward to adding
one of his creations to our collection. Those of you who don't regularly
attend meetings but are interested in purchasing the 2007 Club Pipe should
send us and email.
The 2007 SHPC Tobacco Blend
Russ Oulette has agreed to work with us on creating the 2007 SHPC tobacco
blend which will be tinned by G.L. Pease for the 2007 Christmas season.
Those of you who are familiar with Russ' blends can imagine that this
should be something special. Russ hopes to attend a meeting early next
year to discuss the process with us. We look forward to having him.
SHPC's New Look!!
Yes
at long last SHPC has a brand new look. Last month we received an email
from Cindy Gosser wife of artist Larry Gosser of New Castle, Indiana.
She told us that Larry had just recently finished a drawing in the form
of a pub sign that read "Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club". While surfing
the Internet Cindy came across our site and thought her husband's drawing
was a perfect fit for us. She emailed us a copy of the drawing and asked
if our club would be interest in it. Well as you can probably tell...
we loved it!! So after a few discussions and a couple of modifications
we agreed on price and the deal was closed. Our new
image got rave reviews at the November club meeting and we plan to
incorporate it on our shirts, hats and website soon into the new year.
A little information about the artist Larry Gosser:
Larry Gosser resides in New Castle, Indiana 
with
wife Cindy and daughters Brooke and Brittany. He is an artist, illustrator
and designer has done historic Indiana art prints, children books, courtroom
illustrations, editorial illustrations and is the artist/creator of a
King Features endorsed Classic Popeye
art print series. He has also done promotional artwork for an Indianapolis
Colts Fatherhood campaign, RCA, and an Indy Racing team. 
More
recently he has illustrated the Sherlock Holmes (7 pipes) line of Silver
Band Pipes for Peterson Pipes of Dublin, Ireland and does original one
of a kind Holmes pieces for several collectors. Gosser's studio can be
reached by email or by phone
at (765)521-4590
Member Contributions
RD Field Trunk Show at Peretti's of Boston
There were a lot of people dropping into Perettis and that is what made this visit so enjoyable. Don Powers and Paul Dunn were there and it was good seeing and talking to them. The guys at Periettis, both Steve and Charlie were also there and when they weren't waiting on customers they took time to talk about pipes and pipe smoking or whatever other topics surfaced.
But the highlight of the show was visiting with David Fields and Jan. They are two of the nicest people and I can't tell you how much I enjoyed being in their company. They both are extremely knowledgeable about pipes. But it is more than that. We talked about cowboy boots we reminisced about their last trip to the Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club, and we talked about their upcoming trip to the Briary in Alabama. It was the perfect afternoon.
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Pipes & Tobacco News & Info More rave reviews for Tim Hynick Pipes Farewell to another Legendary Smoker
Websites Worth A Look Elies Freehand Pipes Elie is a Belgian pipe maker who makes pipes in many styles and a variety of different woods including olive and strawberry wood that he harvests himself. Nice website. [Check it out ] Atelier Rolando Rolando Negoita has produced some new pipes just in time for the holidays. Take a look at the amazing "Katana" pipe. It'll blow your mind and wish you were a richer man. [See for yourself] This Month's Tobacco Raffle MacBaren HH Vintage Syrian  A
little under half of the volume, is a smooth and yet powerful Latakia
from Syria. This tobacco gives the blend the overall "smoky" taste.
To add a spicy note to the blend, Turkish Oriental has been added.
Different Virginia tobaccos from 3 continents add a sweet natural
taste. To complete the taste with depth and body, we added some Dark
Fired Kentucky from USA.
CAO Tin - Treasures of Ireland Galway
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Upcoming Events
The Northeast Regional Pipe Smoking Contest
Those
of you interested in joining us at this year's Hudson Valley Holiday Extravaganza
and Pipe Smoking Contest should be sure to get send your $25 in by December
1st. Not sure?? Check out our reports of this event from 2004
and 2005. If you have questions, feel free
to drop us an email.
The Christmas Pipe by Jean
Shepherd
Last
year I put this out at Christmas time but it's always fun to listen
to again. Especially this time of year. Jean Shepherd was a famous
radio show host on WOR radio in New York. You may also recognize
his voice as Ralphie's conscience in The Christmas Story.
Have A Great Holiday Season!
Dock's Corner
I've been smoking and collecting pipes for exactly ten years this Fall. My first of any real quality was a Stanwell "Buffalo" which set me back the princely sum of $50.00 which truly was a lot of money for a kid fresh outta high school. Since then and thanks to E-bay and regional pipe shows I've accumulated a collection of several hundred from nearly every maker you could imagine. Two Michael Parks, a dozen or so Dunhills, as many Ardors, three Bonaquistis a Jimmy Cooke, a BAC art pipe, countless lesser known American carvers and even a Tom Eltang. My goal from the beginning has been to try to get at least one pipe from every carver currently carving. Over the years I've also had fleeting desires to accumulate large gaudy and "heavy as hell" freehands and then in the next breath I'd get carried away with perfectly grained modern Danish pipes. Lately I've been once again thinking about the direction of my collection and what gaps I hope to fill in it. Then I thought about the pipes that I'm smoking regularly and just how many of my other beauties sit collecting dust in their respective racks. While it's nice to collect vast quantities of briar, the question I had to ask myself was... "just which of these gorgeous pipes get smoked most often?". Obviously pure and unadulterated smoking qualities as well as a "good feel" in your hand are what one's looking for when sitting in front of their TV in your sweat pants! The pipes I've been reaching for over and over again DO have one thing in common, they're all made by our own Tim Hynick. My goal in future purchases will be to increase my collection of Tim's pipes and have as many examples of his work as possible. While my purchasing of other's makers pipes will likely never cease, I'm going to specialize in our resident carvers work as I find his pipes simply outstanding!
Happy Holidays, Dock J. Perry
Occasionally I'm
looking for a news item to help fill out this newsletter. So if you have
some interesting
pipe, tobacco or smoking related news, or would like to share your knowledge
on a particular
pipes and tobacco related subject, please send it along and maybe I'll
use it. (Preferably by e-mail).
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