As I'm getting more and more into the aromatic tobacco from this part of Europe and that I decided to smoke them only in filtered pipes, I found my two 9mm filtered pipes sometimes not enough for my use.
I have 2 9mm filtered pipes, but neither of them are German, and as 9mm filters are the invention in Germany, I am looking into the German branded pipes: VAUEN being the largest with longest history and then a dozen smaller brands while db Design Berlin being the one that survives relatively well.
I am a follower of traditional form and aesthetics and the recent designs VAUEN are getting funkier and funkier with their older designs only emerge back in the estate market occasionally.
For db Design Berlin pipes, one aspect that holds me back from getting one is their 'twin bore' stem design - I never want to clean the mouthpiece two times while it seems to take a lot more work to create a mouthpiece like this (similar to the alternative design in P-lip). Not every pipes from them are 'twin bore' though.
In my opinion, their staff have to smile more...
:laughat:
I have 2 9mm filtered pipes, but neither of them are German, and as 9mm filters are the invention in Germany, I am looking into the German branded pipes: VAUEN being the largest with longest history and then a dozen smaller brands while db Design Berlin being the one that survives relatively well.
I am a follower of traditional form and aesthetics and the recent designs VAUEN are getting funkier and funkier with their older designs only emerge back in the estate market occasionally.
For db Design Berlin pipes, one aspect that holds me back from getting one is their 'twin bore' stem design - I never want to clean the mouthpiece two times while it seems to take a lot more work to create a mouthpiece like this (similar to the alternative design in P-lip). Not every pipes from them are 'twin bore' though.
In my opinion, their staff have to smile more...
:laughat:
