A few years back I used ebay auctions as a bit of therapy, a distraction from life.
A 100+yo German tobacconist closed that must have had thousands of pipes dating back to at least 1900.
Buying way more than I needed, many wound up just sitting in boxes.
Recently I sorted through those boxes looking for a couple of pipes to gift to cigarette smokers and found pipes that I had intended to add to my rotation.
What I found was that these French and German pipes [which were probably entry level pipes] all take a pipe cleaner through to the chamber. Even the unbranded 'Bruyere Garantie' pipes.
The six that I've added to my rotation are all very good smokers. Every one smokes whatever blend to ash, never any dottle.
And they're all incredibly light [not that they're big pipes]
These are some of the pipes I've been smoking.
My favourite little pipe [which I've been smoking since I bought it.
A 1960's Skippy Prince Panelled Bulldog.
A 1960's Skippy Prince Diamond Bulldog.
1930-40s Sandblasted Square Shank Dobbelmann Lincoln 01 Panelled Billiard
1930-40's Sandblasted Dobbelmann Lincoln 25 Bulldog.
1970's Sandblasted UTOR Churchwarden [A way better smoker than my Savinelli Churchwarden]
1940-50s Sandblasted Heibe Goldpoint Dublins [one is meerschaum lined] are simply brilliant smokers.
These are just some examples I remembered to keep the ebay sellers pics.
Even the no-name Bruyere Garantie are just as well crafted and smoke just as well as the brand names of the same era.
There's not a dud amongst them.
I've mentioned these pipes here before but by finding more of these pipes and putting them to use it's reignited my appreciation for them.
Only regret is that I hadn't put them straight to use when they first arrived.
Antique NOS would not appear for sale at really affordable prices that often I'd imagine.
The ebay seller was not able to post to several countries from Germany due to the scamdemic so he moved operations to the U.S. [where postage to Australia is $30usd compared to the $12usd from Germany - oh well, I bought more than I needed, lol]
Every pipe smoker should try at least one of these antique briars while they're still available.
Haven't looked at the vendors website for a while but I'm sure he still has many remaining.
If you've already got a pre 1960s French or German briar, please share your thoughts.
For those who are interested; www.markenpipes.com [Not associated apart from being a very satisfied customer]
A 100+yo German tobacconist closed that must have had thousands of pipes dating back to at least 1900.
Buying way more than I needed, many wound up just sitting in boxes.
Recently I sorted through those boxes looking for a couple of pipes to gift to cigarette smokers and found pipes that I had intended to add to my rotation.
What I found was that these French and German pipes [which were probably entry level pipes] all take a pipe cleaner through to the chamber. Even the unbranded 'Bruyere Garantie' pipes.
The six that I've added to my rotation are all very good smokers. Every one smokes whatever blend to ash, never any dottle.
And they're all incredibly light [not that they're big pipes]
These are some of the pipes I've been smoking.
My favourite little pipe [which I've been smoking since I bought it.
A 1960's Skippy Prince Panelled Bulldog.
A 1960's Skippy Prince Diamond Bulldog.
1930-40s Sandblasted Square Shank Dobbelmann Lincoln 01 Panelled Billiard
1930-40's Sandblasted Dobbelmann Lincoln 25 Bulldog.
1970's Sandblasted UTOR Churchwarden [A way better smoker than my Savinelli Churchwarden]
1940-50s Sandblasted Heibe Goldpoint Dublins [one is meerschaum lined] are simply brilliant smokers.
These are just some examples I remembered to keep the ebay sellers pics.
Even the no-name Bruyere Garantie are just as well crafted and smoke just as well as the brand names of the same era.
There's not a dud amongst them.
I've mentioned these pipes here before but by finding more of these pipes and putting them to use it's reignited my appreciation for them.
Only regret is that I hadn't put them straight to use when they first arrived.
Antique NOS would not appear for sale at really affordable prices that often I'd imagine.
The ebay seller was not able to post to several countries from Germany due to the scamdemic so he moved operations to the U.S. [where postage to Australia is $30usd compared to the $12usd from Germany - oh well, I bought more than I needed, lol]
Every pipe smoker should try at least one of these antique briars while they're still available.
Haven't looked at the vendors website for a while but I'm sure he still has many remaining.
If you've already got a pre 1960s French or German briar, please share your thoughts.
For those who are interested; www.markenpipes.com [Not associated apart from being a very satisfied customer]
