1500 dollar Savinelli 320

[toobfreak]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the original pipe shown. In a darker finish I might buy one myself! In fact, I own pipes not too far different from it. The only point of this thread (originally) was why would the said pipe sell for almost $1500 when you can sensibly get (to me) identical pipes for only $130.00?
As the value and cost of pipes go up, it is only natural that one critiques them with a finer and finer comb. But I've seen many $1500 pipes I wish I could own-- this was not one of them.

 

[fitzy]

Great cartoon!

 

[leacha]

Now its unsold! Musical pipes.

 

[georged]

Now its unsold! Musical pipes.

Several guys at SP.com read and participate on this forum AND have a wicked sense of humor.
Meaning there's a possibility---I am ONLY speculating here---the conversational pot was stirred yesterday for effect. :lol:
So. Sykes? (or Ted or Adam)... Gotta be honest, now... did you indulge your Inner Trickster? (Five stars if you did. It would be an all-time classic.) 8)

 

[fitzy]

I wonder if they took it down to fix some of the incorrect details like stem material, filter and shape.

 

[bigbee]

Reading this thread while smoking standard mixture mellow in my 320ks Siena(120€), big fan of some spiced up discussion(as long as someone does not take this to the personal level), so keep it coming! My take is that value is in the eye of the customer/seller and if the market finds a match between those two, that pipe will sell for whatever price they agree on.

I can only hope that the person buying this pipe will get 10 more smokes out of that machine as my Siena, but I doubt it

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

like standing with a group of guys talking about how stupid some guy is dressed, with purple hair and wearing only one shoe, when along comes a few knock-out blondes who throws their arms around him, shower him with kisses, and guide him into their Lamborghini,

Wait, what? You saw that? Best night of my life. We had a few drinks, went over to their apartment, dimmed the lights and put on some music.... and played Monopoly. :mrgreen:

 

[ashdigger]

So is the buyer a dick because he didn't save a pipe for us?
I'm asking for a friend.

 

[mso489]

davet's $51.20 Rossi version of the 320 looks good to me. Same smoking characteristics, and at that price, you'll never lose it. I know the 320 is an extremely popular pipe, but I've always thought it was a bit heavy compared to other Savs and other pipes with the same size bowl. A great look, though, unquestionably. It has that hefty sturdiness akin to Petersons.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

@davet, back up in the thread
No. Don't you recognize virtue signaling when you need it?

 

[rx2man]

I to think there are better deals out there. I just picked up a Stanwell Flawless bulldog. Out of 300,000 pipes made in a year they get about 20 Flawless. Cost me $300 for a new estate made between 78-82. $300 is a lot for me to pay for a pipe and is actually the 1st. Semmed worth it to me though. Should get here in a week to 2 weeks and cant wait. So I think you can find something very nice for a better price. That Brebia looks really nice.

 

[ssjones]

rx2man - please do a thread on the Stanwell Flawless, that is something I've not yet seen (or heard of).

 

[brian64]

@Al: he already did:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/stanwell-flawless-and-a-couple-more

 

[missionpipe]

A fine looking pipe to be sure. Too rich for me. I love the 320 shape for both aesthetics and smoking characteristics, but, quite frankly, @ $1500, it better come with a woman and a good bottle of Scotch....