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What’s in your pipe today? 2019

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4noggins Catamount.
 
I went to Post Office, 2 new torch lighters for pipe smoking and one ''organizer'' bag for my car's trunk came. Now back home for relaxation and

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Peterson Sherlock Holmes.



About 230 pipes ''in action'' most of them modified, i have totally bought about 280 in my life. :p
Yep, definitely my hero. Impressive!
 
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DTM Vanilla Honeydew.


Love your pictures! Possibly dumb question... what are the beads we see in the majority of your shots? I'm guessing pipe rest but could be way off there...but love what they add to the shot!

Thank you for your kindly words! :)
It's Kompoli, a Greek traditional item, it's like a personal jewel which shows some things about your personality. In a future post i will give you all the details so you can buy one as a companion, it will help you think deeper and calmly.
 
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DTM Vanilla Honeydew.




Thank you for your kindly words! :)
It's Kompoli, a Greek traditional item, it's like a personal jewel which shows some things about your personality. In a future post i will give you all the details so you can buy one as a companion, it will help you think deeper and calmly.

That’s awesome. They’ve been beautiful.
 
Hello from Greece, unfortunately we have clouds plus few rain drops here in Athens with 76 °F.

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Kohlhase & Kopp Nr. 11 Honey-Rum.

@bluue13 :

Kompoloi is a "Man thing" often copied by young people or women although they don't know how to use it or what means, they do it to be "trendy".
Kompoloi has nothing to do with prayers and you must not swirling it as the butterfly knife. Kompooli is a part from you, shows your character-finezza and while you run the beads you are thinking in calmness [what to do next, make a decision to create something in the future etc]. Sometimes especially if you are Elder your mind may travel away thinking happy moments from the past of familiar faces that they are not alive.
If you are nervous you cannot play Kompoloi, you must be calm and be seated and if you suddenly remembered something important or you find the solution to a problem you grab the Kompoloi in your palm and the sound gives the sign "i got it, i am done with it, that's it" etc. If you see women in a fast food dressed like a Man playing with Kompoloi or young people walking fast while smoking cigarette and play with Kompoloi just ignore them, they are silly people which they don't know the meaning of this.
Kompoloi especially if it's handmade by you shows the "Art" which is inside you and will be your companion for many years. No need to be expensive and musn't be borrow it to another or let it drop down, it's like hat or watch or knife or gun...a part of you.

It's not prohibited for a non-Greek to have a Kompoloi, the souvenir-shops shell them in tourists for this cause but when he plays with it must respect to some rules [No inside a church, a cemetery, a library etc] because this will attract negative attention and for sure Not inside a court house!
A short-light Kompoloi is for swirling and rubbing the beads and a heavier-longer is for rubbing the beads only [there are some very small and very light Kompoloi with round metal beads but those are for people which want to play it for short time and sometimes in a plain sight without attracted attention from the noise of it].
The beads must be all from the same material and the same size, no matter if they are from an expensive material or cheap. Multicolour beads and beads that they have different shape and size is a Disgrace and an Insult for the traditional item. If someone tries to play with a Kompoloi like this all his friends will start making irony comments and slander him and the surround people will start laughing and pointing the guy with the finger index making insulting comments each other for him.
You can buy a Kompoloi "as is" or you can make one with your own hands, buying a very expensive Kompoloi shows nothing that you had that day lot of money in your wallet for the purchase, having a Kompoloi which you choose the colour-shape-size-material of the beads shows that you are an "Artist" and then the Kompoloi shows many things for you.
An Elder which don't care so much for his appearance and has a small pension will may have 1-2 Kompoloi usually in yellow colour and "as is", a younger people which has some talent inside him will go to the market and buy the materials by his own rules and make it "custom" which means will make it in a specific length. This guy will show Respect for this item, will keep it clean and he will never borrow it to another, he will have a small case with all his Kompoloi collection and according to the circumstance will chose which will take with him. For that guy the Kompoloi shows many things about his character, thing for example who will carry with him a Swiss pocket knife, who a tactical knife and who an expensive survival knife? 3 knives, 3 different style of people.
A guy with a golden fancy watch and an expensive Kompoloi which swirling it in front of the people is nothing more than an idiot which makes "show-off" with his fathers money. A guy with a custom Kompoloi which rub the beads and transfer them calmly from one side to another while watching the sea is someone which that moments is thinking, his mind travels away "Oh, that travel with ship in America whe i was a kid...did i act properly in that incident last week...should i buy a new motorcycle or to save the money for my house future repairs" etc.
Few decades back the prisoners or the very poor people were making Kompoloi from Olive puddles but now everyone has 2 euro to buy an acrylic Kompoloi. A tassel will make it look beautiful and will look charmy in your hands, it's a kind of jewel, a part of you which gives you help and pleasure every time you touch it.
Kompoloi has nothing to do with praying, the sound of the beads keep you awake making your mind to forget the everyday problems and let it choose the right thing for the future
There are big and heavy Kompoloi but these are for tables or for the wall of the house, it's for decoration only.
Women with a Men-like style holding a cigar in one hand and a Kompoloi swirling it awkwardly are nothing more that silly women which copy what they see in TV or in "feminist" articles on the web.
As a Man you hold or play the Kompoloi with your "good hand" and if that drops down you must pick it up in a fraction of a second saying to yourself something like the english: "my oh my...go to Hell" etc because many of the surround people will watch you. You must sweep it-blow air on it [supposedly this removes the dust and cleans it from the Disgrace] and pay attention to not happen again because you already have been embarrassed once!


before i go to the Cafe i choose what pipe and what kompoloi i will take with me.
I have kompoli for inside the house, for outside in the balcony and few for the Cafe visits. They are "custom" which means i choose the colour and the shape of the beads, the length of the cord, the colour and the shape of the tassel and i create a unique kompoloi. Ready for use "as is" i have only 2, all the others are modified [as my pipes].

Kompoloi now is a personal item, helps you relax and think calmly, gives information about your status and artistic talent.
You don't pray with the kompoloi, the monks use different style with the Cross on it:
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every knob is a wish or a prayer and it's strictly forbidden to swirling it!

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Sorry for the long post with some quotes of mine but if you read them will understand about Kompoloi.
 
I am drinking double Greek coffee while i hear in my earphones Relaxing Meditation music.

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McClelland Yenidje Supreme.
 
Good evening From Greece, i am smoking McClelland 2035 Dark Navy Flake while drinking Skinos Mastiha Liqueur.
 
Good evening from Greece, i am smoking Amphora Original Blend while drinking Baileys Irish Cream and listening Metal music.
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Also here and here, keep on Metal my friends.
 
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