Pokers
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207 takes a 9mm filter, 245 doesn't. Pokers are all the rage right now for some unknown reason, but at least this one isn't one of those little stubby things.
Yup, those slightly asymmetrical cylinders are good looking, and combine that with being a sitter and you have a good all around pipe.
I like pokers, but I had to hunt mine down. Looked for the Parker poker/cheerywood for quite a while, and when
I ordered it, from Cup O Joes I think, it seemed to be the last one. It disappeared from the site. I found a nice
La Rocca poker at my independent B&M, but took a long time to decide on its folksy rustication, but it was still
available. They have great bowl capacity for their size and weight, and that have that primitive "snowman pipe"
look. It's a good shape to me.
I ordered it, from Cup O Joes I think, it seemed to be the last one. It disappeared from the site. I found a nice
La Rocca poker at my independent B&M, but took a long time to decide on its folksy rustication, but it was still
available. They have great bowl capacity for their size and weight, and that have that primitive "snowman pipe"
look. It's a good shape to me.
I have the Stanwell brushed black poker (207) from P&C which I purchased about two months ago (love it). It is the first poker I have, and it smokes like a champ, especially with flake tobaccos, but be that as it may. I certainly have no idea why it is back ordered and out out of stock, but it seems as though it has obviously sold quite well. I clench my pipe(s) about 80% of the time but I thought that this pipe might well be a 'sitter', which is is not. Due to the weight/balance of the 207 it will not 'sit' unless perfectly balanced with tobacco in it, if at all. However, and not to rub it in, it is indeed one hell of a pipe for its price and I'm seriously thinking about purchasing another Stanwell brushed black pipe for the great price, albeit a different style.
I didn't think/know they were all the rage. I guess i usually think it is the opposite, more of an aquired taste because I think they dont have great lines or flow to draw you in. I have a number of them, used, so maybe you could find one like that. Good luck, there are plenty of manufactures I think.
My Apple sits
I think it's just because I see so many of them from a lot of the newer pipemaker on IG and other social media outlets is why I'm jaded by them. It seems nearly everyone who has a lathe is turning them out and rusticating them/putting a band on and calling it a day. Just not my style or taste. And that's why there isn't a straight billiard that simply says "pipe" on the side, as everyone has different tastes.
I used to have a Stanny bamboo poker, it didn't have a shape number on it.
I could never get it to smoke well for me and ended up selling it,
it was beautiful though...
...and it didn't sit either.
To quote Tom Eltang -
http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/italy/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=140421
and this,
http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/werner-mummert/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=124166
One day I'll finally get myself a Dunhill Don,
I've been wanting one for a while now...
I could never get it to smoke well for me and ended up selling it,
it was beautiful though...
...and it didn't sit either.
To quote Tom Eltang -
One of the most unique pokers I've seen is this,
http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/italy/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=140421
and this,
http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/werner-mummert/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=124166
One day I'll finally get myself a Dunhill Don,
I've been wanting one for a while now...
PS
If you are a Stanwell fan, and you actually prefer 9mm pipes,
The German ebay is a treasure trove -- just check that they accept paypal and ship international.
I've found some incredible deals there!
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_odkw=stanwell&_from=R40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR5.TRC1.A0.H0.Xstanwell+207&_nkw=stanwell+207&_sacat=0
I used to collect the 63M shape and got very lucky,
back in that time I would have grabbed something like this in a heartbeat, but it's an example of going thru some hassle by contacting the seller and trying to write in German to convince him I would really want it because he doesn't appear to accept PP...
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Stanwell-Pfeife-Modell-Brasilia-/191319013592?pt=Tabakwaren_Zippos_Pfeifen&hash=item2c8b8078d8
If you keep an eye out, you'll eventually get lucky with a private auction, always a better deal than the BIN shop sellers.
Better yet,
just get one of these!
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xstanwell+207&_nkw=stanwell+207&_sacat=0
:!:
If you are a Stanwell fan, and you actually prefer 9mm pipes,
The German ebay is a treasure trove -- just check that they accept paypal and ship international.
I've found some incredible deals there!
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_odkw=stanwell&_from=R40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR5.TRC1.A0.H0.Xstanwell+207&_nkw=stanwell+207&_sacat=0
I used to collect the 63M shape and got very lucky,
back in that time I would have grabbed something like this in a heartbeat, but it's an example of going thru some hassle by contacting the seller and trying to write in German to convince him I would really want it because he doesn't appear to accept PP...
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Stanwell-Pfeife-Modell-Brasilia-/191319013592?pt=Tabakwaren_Zippos_Pfeifen&hash=item2c8b8078d8
If you keep an eye out, you'll eventually get lucky with a private auction, always a better deal than the BIN shop sellers.
Better yet,
just get one of these!
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xstanwell+207&_nkw=stanwell+207&_sacat=0
:!:
I got one of the 207 brushed blacks a couple of months ago and I totally agree with what phil67 says. I was pretty bummed to find out that it doesn't sit on its own.
I saw this pipe on the bay and it looks like a good un. Not a sitter, likely, but a pipe in the poker/nose warmer style
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