Falling in love
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Sure. I've learned to save my pennies and get the pipes I really want. Learning to restore and resell estate pipes has helped pay for most of my collection. One of my prized possessions came via this path:
Bought a $50 Peterson (new) - I didn't like it and traded it for two estates.
Sold one estate and traded the other for a 1960's Peterson
Sold that Peterson and with the proceeds from the other, that funded my dream pipe (Comoys 499 Extraordianaire)
In the end, a $300 estate pipe cost me $50 out of my pocket.
So, it's definitely a journey for me!
Bought a $50 Peterson (new) - I didn't like it and traded it for two estates.
Sold one estate and traded the other for a 1960's Peterson
Sold that Peterson and with the proceeds from the other, that funded my dream pipe (Comoys 499 Extraordianaire)
In the end, a $300 estate pipe cost me $50 out of my pocket.
So, it's definitely a journey for me!
It seems like every pipe I own meets the criteria. :lol:
I'm glad I caved on this Ser Jac hawkbill, it's a wonderful smoker.
I'm glad I caved on this Ser Jac hawkbill, it's a wonderful smoker.
@ssjones, it took me a while to find a photo of that love of yours, its a bad ass
and it feels good to know that it didn't empty your pocket
@Cortez, mate im very new to pipes. maybe les than 2 weeks but for last two weeks maybe ive seen more than 1000 pipes. yours have quiet a unique look i must say. at least in my eyes. its always good to be different from the crowd. nice pipe
and it feels good to know that it didn't empty your pocket
@Cortez, mate im very new to pipes. maybe les than 2 weeks but for last two weeks maybe ive seen more than 1000 pipes. yours have quiet a unique look i must say. at least in my eyes. its always good to be different from the crowd. nice pipe
Falling in love with a pipe is nice but the divorce really sucks!.. so like others said.. go ahead just make sure you are really in love with it and not just infactuated!
WOW Cortez! That Hawkbill is one sexy looking pipe!
I do have pipes that I feel seduced me into bringing them home with me, but most were just rational decisions. Good looking pipe, feels good, must smoke well, whoosh! into the collection.
But the last pipe I felt seduced by was a little Hilson Calabash I just recently added to my collection. It still has me entranced.
I do have pipes that I feel seduced me into bringing them home with me, but most were just rational decisions. Good looking pipe, feels good, must smoke well, whoosh! into the collection.
But the last pipe I felt seduced by was a little Hilson Calabash I just recently added to my collection. It still has me entranced.
I've bought a few high end pipes as celebrations for selling written work. A lot of the "sport" for me is finding pipes that I feel are
sold way below their value (to me anyway). For example, my go-to pipe carver caters to a limited local clientele and charges
a third what he might if he played the reputation game online. Some machine pipes are outstanding smokers, just amazingly
well engineered and designed -- French pipes fit this category in many cases, certainly not all, but plenty. Though his pipes are
drifting upward in price, the Danish pipe carver Johs delivers well above his price level in carefully crafted and remarkably light
weight (well-aged briar) pipes. Even push-bit briar Kaywoodie Saxons, when you can find them, or Yello-Bole Checkers are equal
to many pipes at several times their prices. So I don't have any Dunhills nor Castellos, nor Radices nor Tinskys, but I have some
worthy pipes that deliver a fine smoke most every time. To do this, you pay the price in learning and shopping continuously when
you're not buying anything, just to have a fell for what's out there. The investment is in time rather than money, and sure enough --
in my opinion -- it pays.
sold way below their value (to me anyway). For example, my go-to pipe carver caters to a limited local clientele and charges
a third what he might if he played the reputation game online. Some machine pipes are outstanding smokers, just amazingly
well engineered and designed -- French pipes fit this category in many cases, certainly not all, but plenty. Though his pipes are
drifting upward in price, the Danish pipe carver Johs delivers well above his price level in carefully crafted and remarkably light
weight (well-aged briar) pipes. Even push-bit briar Kaywoodie Saxons, when you can find them, or Yello-Bole Checkers are equal
to many pipes at several times their prices. So I don't have any Dunhills nor Castellos, nor Radices nor Tinskys, but I have some
worthy pipes that deliver a fine smoke most every time. To do this, you pay the price in learning and shopping continuously when
you're not buying anything, just to have a fell for what's out there. The investment is in time rather than money, and sure enough --
in my opinion -- it pays.
Is there such a thing as handmade? Whatever artisan you pick, chances are those pipes are made on machines, the same as most factory pipes. Wouldn't it be more accurate to differentiate between assembly line and one-craftsman pipes?
Edit - Oh, and to the OP subject: I don't spend money I don't have on pipes, but I've definitly had crushes on pipes that I bought and then kind of regretted after the fact. The good thing about the money I use for pipes though is that I can toss such a pipe in a box and come back to it later, if my tastes should develope in that direction.
Edit - Oh, and to the OP subject: I don't spend money I don't have on pipes, but I've definitly had crushes on pipes that I bought and then kind of regretted after the fact. The good thing about the money I use for pipes though is that I can toss such a pipe in a box and come back to it later, if my tastes should develope in that direction.
Savinelli factory
That's from the Savinelli factory, looks the same as what an artisan does, except a bowl gets passed from craftsman to another.
(the interesting parts come in at the 2 minute mark or so)
That's from the Savinelli factory, looks the same as what an artisan does, except a bowl gets passed from craftsman to another.
(the interesting parts come in at the 2 minute mark or so)
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