The Famous Calabash
Calabash Pipes Although Sir A. C. Doyle may never have included a calabash among Sherlock Holmes collection of pipes, the pipe has over the years become synonymous with the cultural image of the consulting detective. I've owned a calabash, the one shown on the left, for several decades and I confess that the image of Basil Rathbone smoking one as Sherlock Holmes most certainly informed my decision to make the purchase. The odd thing is that among all the photos of Basil Rathbone as Sherlock, I could only find one where he appears to be smoking a calabash, whereas a…
