My wife recently celebrated her 73 birthday, and got an Amazon gift card from a family member. After weeks of fussing over what she would use it for, much to my surprise, she decided to get one of these new Golden Gate briar pipes from the Ukraine. I told her to make sure it was worth it, so she did some research and didn't find too much negative about them. She got it yesterday, a squashed tomato shape that looks rather nice I thought, and she's going to start breaking it in today she says.
Has anybody else had any experience with these pipes? They seem to be well made and finished, and I realize that most of what they sell are fruit wood (pear) pipes. I understand that they're getting briar from Italy for these. Priced fairly at $55-$59, I guess she'll have to be the judge of how good she thinks they are.
Has anybody else had any experience with these pipes? They seem to be well made and finished, and I realize that most of what they sell are fruit wood (pear) pipes. I understand that they're getting briar from Italy for these. Priced fairly at $55-$59, I guess she'll have to be the judge of how good she thinks they are.