ABOUT ME My name is Larry D. Voorhees. I received my Bachelor of Education and Master of Arts Degrees from Eastern Illinois University. My career as a choral music director in the Illinois public schools began in 1965 and spanned thirty-four years. I retired from high school teaching in 1999.

I also enjoy camping and canoeing having made several trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota. Also, I have been an active Hunter Education Instructor for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for thirteen years. I have a lovely wife and two grown children.

I have been an avid pipe smoker since my college days. My first pipe was a Kaywoodie White Briar billiard that was a Christmas gift from my parents. Since my father was a pipe and cigar smoker, I guess they thought that if I was going to smoke, best it be a pipe! Through the years, I gathered a variety of pipes, mostly Kaywoodies, along with some GBDs. Today my collection has expanded to over four-hundred pipes. Dunhill, Charatan, GBD, Kaywoodie, Ashton are a few of the names that I now own.

Since retirement, I have been associated part time with Moore’s Tobacco Shop located in Danville, IL. It is there that I have gained knowledge about pipes. Knowledge that has furthered my interest in pipe collecting, and pipe restoration.

I hope you will enjoy looking at my collection. Be sure and also visit my catalog of great pipes for sale.

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