How much would you pay for a pipe ?

martin · Feb 10, 2012

I had a bit of spare cash this week so I decided to have a bit of look on ebay for pipes.

Found this little gem and my jaw dropped:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/S-Bang-Top-Line-Signature-Grade-Cross-Grain-Horn-Pipe-2010-Unsmoked-/270906133991?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f13438de7

Anybody here bidding on that pipe?
I know everybody has a different budget but seriously, how much would you pay for a pipe?
A few hundred dollars would be my limit, means I can get more later or buy more tobacco!

jaysin · Feb 10, 2012

3,500 is the bid i could think of funner things to do with that kind of money

baronsamedi · Feb 10, 2012

Even if I had that much to spend, I'd be afraid to smoke the darn thing. I'd say a couple hundred at the most for me.

nsfisher · Feb 10, 2012

Reckon ill let that there little gem pass on by

winton · Feb 10, 2012

$3,500 would be some very nice tools and a bushel of briar and a huge pile of stem material. By the time I completed using this stash, I would have all the pipes I could ever want and also have the skills to make some serious hobby money.
Or I could buy a handful of pipes and a couple pounds of tobacco, the quilting machine my wife wants, lots of other items that the kids wants and still have some money set aside for emergencies.
Winton

hobie1dog · Feb 11, 2012

Some people make that kind of money before lunch...it's all relative to a person's income. My highest dollar pipe has been 250.00 so far.

lonestar · Feb 11, 2012

I've bought and sold two S. Bangs.

They are worth every dollar they command.

hnryclay · Feb 11, 2012

Agreed with Hobie1dog, I simply could not afford to drop that kind of money on a pipe. For some that is play money, for me that is about 3,000 dollars more than I would ever spend on a pipe. Not saying that the pipe is not worth it, as the market clearly shows, I just cannot afford it.

frank · Feb 11, 2012

I agree with hobie1dog. It would be a stupid purchase for most of us, because most of us don't have that kind of discretionary income, but for others it would be like buying a cup of coffee.

igloo · Feb 11, 2012

Three hundred bucks and high on pain killers and scotch at the time if I remember right .Lots of sub hundred dollar pipes to not brag about . They all smoke just fine .I am not cheap Iam frugal .

uberam3rica · Feb 11, 2012

I'm with hobie1dog as well. Where I'm at now, I wouldn't pay much more then $100 for a pipe. But then again I work at McDonalds. If I was a CEO of some multimillion dollar company, then I'd spend any amount on a pipe

puffy · Feb 11, 2012

My pipes cost between one hundred and three hundred dollars.They are many years old.I probably couldn't afford to buy some of them at today's prices.

martin · Feb 11, 2012

If something is old, unsmoked and collectable then maybe paying above the odds is worthwhile.
Imagine if after paying 3-5 grand on that pipe it didn't even smoke well!

lonestar · Feb 11, 2012

Imagine if after paying 3-5 grand on that pipe it didn't even smoke well!

In this price range, every microscopic detail is accounted for.

Thats really what you buy with a pipe like this. Its a gaurantee that what you get is one of the finest pipes money can buy. You dont have to spend that much to get a great pipe, but if you do you can expect the best there is.

smooth · Feb 11, 2012

That pipe won't be bought to smoke. It will be bought with a higher priced sell down the road.

pstlpkr · Feb 11, 2012

I have a couple that I spent just over $350 on, over ten years ago.

I also spent about $7.50 for one of my favorites.

But, over-all I would have to say that mostly mine are in the $100 to $150 range.

sherlock · Feb 11, 2012

I wouldn't pay this for a pipe. I understand that there are some who can pay for it and that it is very finely made, but I don't think that you can find a piece of briar that its worth that price. It is just and inflated beyond any real worth. My limit would be about $300 I think that this is about as fine of a pipe I would ever need.

billinsfl · Feb 11, 2012

Well, it's an S. Bang pipe. One of the biggies, they are right up there with the Ivarssons, Knudsens, Chonowitsch and Nordh. Like a Patek Philippe watch, John Lobb shoes or a Kiton suit, it is pricey, but the best is never cheap.
I've dropped over $1K on a pipe before, but these days with a wife and kids most of them are between $300-$800. I don't have many artisan pipes; really like Dunhills, though.
I know some of Bo Nordh's and Teddy Knudsen's pipes have eclipsed $15K, but I think the most I'd pay is about $3K. And yes, it would be smoked; why else have it?

wallbright · Feb 11, 2012

Realistically I would probably only pay $200 tops for a pipe. I haven't hit that benchmark yet and I don't plan on it anytime soon. I mostly acquire my pipes on eBay in lots. I then restore the other pipes and sell them so in a way I actually end up getting paid to keep the pipe I wanted all along. :mrgreen:

matchstickman · Feb 11, 2012

I think that my most expensive pipe ran me about $40, and that was a Wellington brand new. In all honesty, it was the best $40 I have ever spend on a pipe. My money goes more towards tobaccos, but with a little frugality and thrifty spending, I have acquired 40 or so pipes in a short time that both look great and smoke fantastic. I think this really all depends on what you look for in a pipe.

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