Hi, sorry for my English, is not my mother language, so maybe some posts or places were understood incorrectly. My name is Pavel Gorbunov, found this topic by clicks of my page is mentioned here from my page visiting statistic.
Answer to Clickklick:
Is this where we find out that lotechjoe is actually Pavel, secretly plugging himself?!
That would be awesome!
So, you think, I am 10-years-old-boy to play such games creating accounts and praise myself??? Maybe, you are such person, so that’s why you are measuring other people by you. Don’t insult my name in such key, OK!?
Answer to peckinpahhombre:
I don't see any pricing at all on his available pipes. Am I having browser issues?
Opening the page, the first sentence is “Feel free asking prices via email gorbunoff.pipes@gmail.com”.
So, feel free asking price writing me via email if you really interested to by pipe.
Answer to lochinvar:
Meh. If any of the current crop of artisans are around in 10 or so years, I might give one of their creations a try at the prices they are asking. Until then, I'll spend my money with people who have earned their price and reputation. Castello, Ferndown, Rinaldo, etc all worked a long time, paid a lot of dues and churned out a lot of quality pipes to get where they are.
If you really don’t see difference between manufactured pipes and authors pipes, made by pipemakers, buying only “brands”, so keep buying them, this is the best way for you, and the highest point in your career would be Dunhill. And you really think that price directly depends on years pipemaker is carving pipes? As I see, some carvers and after 20 years staying more or less at the same level witout any progress.
Answer to bigpond:
Meh, a bit amateurish. They lack the élan of the danish inspired russian pipes they emulate. The bent's lack flow, particularly.
So, I MUST make full bents? I make pipes as I SEE, not you, not other, I have MY vision of pipes, so you could do pipes as YOU SEE, ok? Most part of pipesmokers knows, that the straightest smoke canal provides best cold and dry smoking.
The stains clash rather than accentuate the detail of his blasting on pg14.
WHERE you found pipe with such number PG14? This only shows, that you are looking trough fingers, and writing in same manner.
The rim stain is untidy on all pipes.
On all? Totally disagree. And as I see you writing numbers of my pipes, you were looking not attentively.
The blasting is ok, but not exceptional.
And what do you mean exceptional? Made “great rings”? but loosing shape at the same time? I see lots of pipes, where this is done perfectly, and as a result – pipe with damaged shape, but rings are great.
The stem's do look well executed, but the polishing is difficult to gauge due to reflections and exposure issues in the photos. Might be great.
Here you don’t see normaly, but on stummels you see perfectly….. Great vision.
Looking at these pipes with no foreknowledge I would expect them to be priced on todays inflated market at @ $175-275 usd. Five years ago a yeoman carver like Andrew Staples, for example would be looking for a market for such pipes in the $150-250 range. Staples pipes at the time were superior to these pipes imho. For todays new-ish carvers I would put these below Scotty Piersel at nearly half the cost.
Sorry, but if you take such carvers as a good example, your knowledge in this area are not the best, not even good. And you don’t understand totally pricing in this area. Simply take the price range of your “$175-275 usd” and compare pipes in this range before evaluating other. MOSTLY you’ll find here MANUFACTURING mass production pipes. And you are speaking then about others without understanding? Speak with dealers about agreements between pipemakers and dealers in case of how much percent earns two sides, and you’ll find out, that your pricing is absurd. Wish you smoking only pipes at that price and only the carvers you’ve mentioned above due to your knowledge.
Thank you Pavel for soliciting feedback.
WHEN and WHERE I asked you or others for any feedback? Or you simply decided as member clickklick? Saying the same to you as I did above - Don’t insult my name in such key, OK!? I have really professional persons who helps me to progress, who really understands, high-grade pipemakers, and totally – people who have my pipes, and could comment them seeing in reality.
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