A Pipe Club Meeting

Robbie Cippolla

We have a pipe club called the Boca Raton Pipe Guild. The club members meet every two months, always on a Thursday, at the Moose Lodge in Deerfield Beach, on the north west corner.

Its a lot of fun. This past meeting, yesterday actually, was a pipe swap, show and tell.

Robbie Cipolla, made a fascinating presentation regarding pipe care. From the basic everyday care to the more deep reeming and cleaning.

A-mazing!

Larry Lampner

Larry Lampner, our President, made a video of it. We will make it available on our channel on Youtube.

We are very fortunate. We usually have a great guest, like Mimo, Erik Stikkebye (we had his father over many times; Peter Stokkebye), Castello or Ashton Pipes. Last year we had Frank Blews from Philips and King, what a treat!

We also have a smoking contest every March. So it’s a month and a half away. We compete officialy, sanctioned by the UPCA, the United Pipe Clubs Of America. We even give out a trophy to the first place. Every one ends up getting something. Going home with an extra pipe and some tobacco if you are lower in the totem pole.... lol

The other meetings we have guests,. Last year we had Peder Jeppesen from Neerup Pipes. He was so well received that we are hoping to get him to return this May.

The meetings after that will have other pipe makers or pipe tobacco masters. By the end of the year, in December, we organize a fun holiday gathering. Last year, 2011, we met at the Moose Lodge.

You must be wondering why the Moose Lodge? Its the only place that enables us to meet and smoke, as we taste different tobaccos.

We become members with a yearly onetime fee of $60.00 and $15.00 to the Club. It’s great! It gives us a place to meet, an actual dinner, and we can smoke to our hearts content! The only thing that’s out of pocket is the couple ($3.00 each) of beers or soda pop we buy that evening

Peder Jeppersen with Pipe Club Member, James

The video will be ready next week and we will be able to share it with all our friends.

Have a great weekend all... Untill next week.

Long ashes....

Jim