WCannoy
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:19 am
Real name: Walt Cannoy
Age: The big Four-Oh
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Years a pipe smoker: 18
How you got into pipe making: As with many other makers, soon after I started smoking pipes, I figured out that I couldn't afford the pipes that I really wanted, which at the time was freehands and wild shapes like those of Wiley, Souers, Micoli, Preben Holm, Nording, and Edward's freehands... Those were the pipes I was exposed to in my day, before widespread use of the internet, and those were the pipes that I thought were uber-cool, so that was the style that I first emulated. My local pipe shop sold pre-drilled plateau blocks with fancy stems stuck in them, and out of those, my first few dozen pipes were born...
Other interesting facts: I was nearly killed by a dumpster at the age of seven. I sill have a stuffed animal that I got when I was four. I have a one eyed dog. My uncle is one of the original "Rocket Boys" of Coalwood, WV. I am a proficient roller skater, preferring quads. I do oil paintings, build plastic models airplanes, and build balsa flying model airplanes in my spare time. I always try on a 36 first, knowing that I'll need a 38. I'll often try to make one before I will buy one. I prefer push mowers over riding mowers. I am a proficient trumpet player and have played in front of packed houses at the House of Blues and Hard Rock Live. I once published an art magazine. I own, and wear, a pair of bunny slippers. Despite rumors to the contrary, I've never tried any drugs except for pot, which made me nauseous. I'm not a pilot, but I once flew a small plane... I've also mowed a runway. I once spent two hours in jail. I have no children, I have three brothers and one sister, and I only ever knew one grandparent. I smoked cigarettes for a decade, but quit last year. I used to spend eight hours a day shooting nine-ball, the four-leaf clover tattooed on my bridge hand is for luck, and I've got a lethally accurate masse shot. I love the work of Mozart and Flogging Molly equally. My favorite ride is Space Mountain, but it was closed for repairs last time I went. I don't know, and don't care, about most sports, but I'm absolutely mesmerized by curling. I do not have a reddit account.
Age: The big Four-Oh
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Years a pipe smoker: 18
How you got into pipe making: As with many other makers, soon after I started smoking pipes, I figured out that I couldn't afford the pipes that I really wanted, which at the time was freehands and wild shapes like those of Wiley, Souers, Micoli, Preben Holm, Nording, and Edward's freehands... Those were the pipes I was exposed to in my day, before widespread use of the internet, and those were the pipes that I thought were uber-cool, so that was the style that I first emulated. My local pipe shop sold pre-drilled plateau blocks with fancy stems stuck in them, and out of those, my first few dozen pipes were born...
Other interesting facts: I was nearly killed by a dumpster at the age of seven. I sill have a stuffed animal that I got when I was four. I have a one eyed dog. My uncle is one of the original "Rocket Boys" of Coalwood, WV. I am a proficient roller skater, preferring quads. I do oil paintings, build plastic models airplanes, and build balsa flying model airplanes in my spare time. I always try on a 36 first, knowing that I'll need a 38. I'll often try to make one before I will buy one. I prefer push mowers over riding mowers. I am a proficient trumpet player and have played in front of packed houses at the House of Blues and Hard Rock Live. I once published an art magazine. I own, and wear, a pair of bunny slippers. Despite rumors to the contrary, I've never tried any drugs except for pot, which made me nauseous. I'm not a pilot, but I once flew a small plane... I've also mowed a runway. I once spent two hours in jail. I have no children, I have three brothers and one sister, and I only ever knew one grandparent. I smoked cigarettes for a decade, but quit last year. I used to spend eight hours a day shooting nine-ball, the four-leaf clover tattooed on my bridge hand is for luck, and I've got a lethally accurate masse shot. I love the work of Mozart and Flogging Molly equally. My favorite ride is Space Mountain, but it was closed for repairs last time I went. I don't know, and don't care, about most sports, but I'm absolutely mesmerized by curling. I do not have a reddit account.