Estate Pipes

[fjc623]

Good evening I wanted to ask a few opinions here regarding estate pipes

Recently I have purchased a few estate pipes on line.

Makes were Dunhill, Castello, Heath brand. All smoke ok

Haven’t purchased a new pipe since last year.

Wanted to get a few opnions here if new pipes have better smoking
Quality.

I’m thinking to let the estate pipes be .

Thanks

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

I buy both.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I buy both.

Same. If drilled well, all pipes smoke the same to me.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Estates are just fine in my book. And new pipes aren't better or worse, in general. I have a fair number of each category.

 

[saintpeter]

Truth be known, I find a poorly made estate to smoke as bad (or good) as a poorly made new pipe. It just hurts less knowing I didn't pay out the nose for it. I am quite happy to take my chances on an estate.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Good point, except why would anyone acquire a poorly made pipe? Exceptions being if you have to buy online and can't inspect it thoroughly before committing.

 

[Michibacy]

Good evening I wanted to ask a few opinions here regarding estate pipes

Recently I have purchased a few estate pipes on line.

Makes were Dunhill, Castello, Heath brand. All smoke ok

Haven’t purchased a new pipe since last year.

Wanted to get a few opnions here if new pipes have better smoking
Quality.

I’m thinking to let the estate pipes be .

Thanks

I collect (if you can call it that) both. Some pipes like my meer or my doctor grabow have had countless outs of smoke through them prior to my using them. They’ve been “conditioned” which takes in my opinion hours upon hours to achieve.
As for new pipes, I still get them as it’s fun to build up the cake and watch them age.

I say buy both!

 

[Frozenoak]

I feel like estate pipes are for collectors. I buy them, but only for their novelty or unattainability.

 

[danimalia]

I just bought my first estate pipe a month or so ago, and am quite pleased. It was from SP, and the condition was very good and clean. Will probably buy more, since it can put some otherwise unaffordable pipes into my price range.

 

[augiebd]

I buy both. My view is that the mechanics of the pipe and the quality of the materials determine its potential to be a good smoker. Therefore as already noted there are good and poor new or estate pipes.

I buy pipes that appeal to me, pipes that I think I will enjoy restoring, pipes that will challenge me to learn and develop skill while I am restoring them, pipes that have interesting history, pipes that have personal meaning...wait so many reasons...the PAD can be overwhelming. Thankfully I have strictly limited myself, only new or estate pipes.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I limit myself to buying only smoked or unsmoked pipes....

 

[Chasing Embers]

I limit myself to buying only smoked or unsmoked pipes....

Same, that third option is just too weird

 

[Frozenoak]

Same, that third option is just too weird

How is making your own weird?

 

[Chasing Embers]

How is making your own weird?

Not making them, the third buying option. I've made several myself, that's perfectly normal.?

 

[Frozenoak]

Well then, I can’t imagine what the third option could be. And quite frankly, I don’t care to speculate. It must be pretty weird.

 

[Merton]

Like many others, I buy both and probably am just about evenly split. However, there is a special pleasure in breaking in a new Castello. There is some discussion that a new Castello smokes a tad too bright. Maybe it does, but I enjoy it and, because Castello gets about the best briar and does not coat the bowl it is an entirely, for me anyway, pleasureable experience. I also would suggest that you always buy estate pipes from only reputable dealers such as SP, marty pulvers and others. The notion of buying a less than pristine restored pipe is disgusting and you don't know where the sellers hands have been.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Well then, I can’t imagine what the third option could be. And quite frankly, I don’t care to speculate. It must be pretty weird.

You'll never want to smoke another one if you knew. I still have flashbacks.

 

[aquadoc]

I feel like estate pipes are for collectors. I buy them, but only for their novelty or unattainability.

Only for collectors? I would estimate that 90% of my small pipe rotation is made of estate pipes. And I am not a collector. Do not follow your thought process...

 

[ophiuchus]

I almost always buy new, but a couple of the most interesting pipes in my collection we’re bought “estate.” I have a gourd calabash with an orific, amber stem I would never have found on the “new” market.

 

[sablebrush52]

Since the majority of the pipes I smoke haven't been made for nearly 60 years, estates are the only way to go. My artisan made pipes are new, my vintage Britwood is, well, VINTAGE Britwood.