After browsing through the selection of Chapuis-Comoy Luxor pipes on Amazon, and mulling over the choices, I finally took the plunge and bought one. These are fairly inexpensive pipes, which I've seen described as being Chacom seconds. I chose the Luxor 1-9 in the picture, a rakish-looking straight Dublin.
At a glance, it's a nice looking pipe, with its medium walnut stain and smooth satin finish. Closer inspection reveals a multitude of fills, mostly tiny ones, but a few fairly large ones. There are also a couple tiny sandpits, and a small depressed area that seems to have been overlooked by whomever was responsible for doing the fills on this pipe. I've bought a few other pipes in the under $40 range, and none of them have as many fills as this Luxor pipe does. Even the Czech-made Mitchell Thomas briar I bought at a local B & M for $24 is a better quality pipe.
Ordinarily, when I buy a new pipe I can't wait to try it out, but I've yet to work up enough enthusiasm for this one to want to fill it with good tobacco-- so I can't report on its smoking qualities. I may ultimately decide that I don't like it well enough to keep it and will pack it up and send it back. I'll think about it over some Dunhill Nightcap-- smoked in one of my dependable old favorites.
At a glance, it's a nice looking pipe, with its medium walnut stain and smooth satin finish. Closer inspection reveals a multitude of fills, mostly tiny ones, but a few fairly large ones. There are also a couple tiny sandpits, and a small depressed area that seems to have been overlooked by whomever was responsible for doing the fills on this pipe. I've bought a few other pipes in the under $40 range, and none of them have as many fills as this Luxor pipe does. Even the Czech-made Mitchell Thomas briar I bought at a local B & M for $24 is a better quality pipe.
Ordinarily, when I buy a new pipe I can't wait to try it out, but I've yet to work up enough enthusiasm for this one to want to fill it with good tobacco-- so I can't report on its smoking qualities. I may ultimately decide that I don't like it well enough to keep it and will pack it up and send it back. I'll think about it over some Dunhill Nightcap-- smoked in one of my dependable old favorites.
