Same Model, Same Finish, Different Color, more Expensive?
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Depends on the staining. Some stains cost more so it's reflected in the price.
yes and one theory that's been floated accurately for some brands. Is the briar is considered better somehow on one pipe and black stains are used more often on less ideal grains. Not saying that's how it works but sometimes it does.
The blood of virgins comes at a price.
I thought it was oxblood?.. virgin oxes?
It could also be the particular color has to be done in more steps than a different color. Reds in particular can be this way because of how close it is to brown... kind of like hair dying actually, if you want a specific color and you have dark hair, you have an extra step of bleaching before dying.
Anyway, here's a guide on staining mahogany for a red look, note how many different stains are needed for the final look, scroll down to the third finish, "burgundy red mahogany":
Of course, the type of wood being stained is also going to affect which colors need extra work or not.
Anyway, here's a guide on staining mahogany for a red look, note how many different stains are needed for the final look, scroll down to the third finish, "burgundy red mahogany":
3 More Easy & Exquisite Finishes for Mahogany Woodworking Projects – Woodworkers Source Blog
Wood Finishing Tips for Woodworkers
www.woodworkerssource.com
Of course, the type of wood being stained is also going to affect which colors need extra work or not.
Yes grain is big how much they charge, the best grain is used straight or partially rusticated. Sandblast is second, then rusticated and black stained rusticated worst.
It can also be just different styles fetch different prices. But here’s the rub, you like what you like. I have a Sav 921 brown rusticated which I much prefer to the 921 straight wood grain, looks better on that type of pipe. But the straight grain is worth at least 20 bucks more, not to me
It can also be just different styles fetch different prices. But here’s the rub, you like what you like. I have a Sav 921 brown rusticated which I much prefer to the 921 straight wood grain, looks better on that type of pipe. But the straight grain is worth at least 20 bucks more, not to me
Back in the 70’s I eyeballed 2 pipes - same model/make.
The one with spectacular straight grain was almost twice the price of the other.
Much to my regret for years afterwards I picked the cheaper of the two, thinking it’s going to smoke the same.
For sure, but it didn’t look as pretty
Back then I was new to pipes and didn’t know squat about grain.
The one with spectacular straight grain was almost twice the price of the other.
Much to my regret for years afterwards I picked the cheaper of the two, thinking it’s going to smoke the same.
For sure, but it didn’t look as pretty
Back then I was new to pipes and didn’t know squat about grain.
The blasts look similar.
I'm betting it's because red has a chamber coating. Some artisans charge extra for it. Or it could be a marketing tactic to sell out the red ones.
I'm betting it's because red has a chamber coating. Some artisans charge extra for it. Or it could be a marketing tactic to sell out the red ones.
My guess is that there are fewer red ones therefore more 'rare' therefore more expensive. Generally, it seems to me, that lighter colored pipes cost more than black. We can all guess at the various possibilities for that but it seems to me to be generally true.
Think of a stain (or sandblasting or rustication or varnish) on a pipe like make up on a beautful woman.
The better they look without any, the more they cost.
Grace Kelly with no make up 1951
Elizabeth Taylor 1964
Evelyn Nesbit 1903
My wife 2001
I’ve read somewhere if you marry an ugly woman you’ll be happy all your life.
Maybe they’re right.
But you’d just spend the money you save on a hairy legged boy or something else.
The better they look without any, the more they cost.
Grace Kelly with no make up 1951
Elizabeth Taylor 1964
Evelyn Nesbit 1903
My wife 2001
I’ve read somewhere if you marry an ugly woman you’ll be happy all your life.
Maybe they’re right.
But you’d just spend the money you save on a hairy legged boy or something else.
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Thanks, I just noticed that the red pipe appears to have a pre carbonated chamber. Could that be the additional cost?
Omg, I just saw a movie with Grace Kelly and James Stewart yesterday, Rear Window (1954). Wow, she was so beautiful
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I look at smooth pipes like that. Always more attractive sandblasted.
Horrible examples of attractive in that lineup.
It could. Some, myself included, think a pipe with no chamber coating looks incomplete.
Omg, I just saw a movie with Grace Kelly and James Stewart yesterday, Rear Window (1954). Wow, she was so beautiful
My mother and her sister and their mother and my father’s three cousins and my four cousins were were all absolutely movie star gorgeous.
They all hated Grace Kelly with a deep, dark, purple passion.
So did my first wife and my present wife.
Strangely enough they all loved Elizabeth Taylor.
Elizabeth Taylor had sort of dumpy looking legs.
Grace Kelly was utterly perfect head to toe.
Really? I would pay more NOT TO have a chamber coating!
Absolutely. Just as I'd pay more for a good sandblasted pipe versus a smooth one. Smooth with no chamber coating just looks like incomplete work. Getting the consistency and application of the coating is nearly an art as staining is.