$58 Muxaing Billiard

[Briar Lee]

I own more billiards than I can count but I don’t have a proper “Bing”.

For $58 delivered I ought to be able to smoke like Crosby.



Features:
Pipe type: Billiard
Bowl material: Briarwood
Mouthpiece material: Vulcanite
Finishing: Smooth
Color: Green
Filter: 3MM

Size:
Length overal: 6.26 in./159 mm.
Length of mouthpiece: 2.87 in./73 mm.
Bowl height: 1.85 in./47 mm.
Chamber depth: 1.54 in./39 mm.
Chamber diameter: 0.79 in./20 mm.
Outside diameter: 1.22 in. /31 mm.


Package includes:
1 x Tobacco Pipe Body
And 10 tools kit to you as free gift
- 2 x Bit
- 1 x Pipe Rack
- 1 x Cork Knocker
- 1 x Smoker’s Companion
- 1 x Combustion Mesh
- 1 x Cloth Bag
- 1 x 3mm Filter
- 1 x Pipe Brushes
- 10 x Cleaner
- 1 x Paper Box


Note:
1. Each Pipe is made and measured by hand，it maybe has ±0.1-1mm measure error.
2. Due to the difference between different monitors, the picture may not reflect the actual color of the item.
3. If you need a very precise color, pls let me know before you order.
4. If you want a unique design pipe, pls let me know, we can custom for you，but need a certain quantity.
5. We also support Drop Shipping and Wholesale （with a discount price）.

Xxxx

What the ^#}+ is a 3mm filter?

 

[TheIronMonkey]

What the ^#}+ is a 3mm filter?

The field was probably intended to account for filling in 9mm or 6mm filters; instead of listing “None,” the seller probably opted to include the 3mm draft hole measurement because no other field was set up.

 

[Briar Lee]

The field was probably intended to account for filling in 9mm or 6mm filters; instead of listing “None,” the seller probably opted to include the 3mm draft hole measurement because no other field was set up.

Ahhh Haa!!!

There’s no filter! It has a brass stinger.



It’s not green, either.

I do hope it has a vulcanite stem and actually was hand made.

My question is what does the Muxaing factory do with imperfect pipes with plain grain, fills, or flaws?

These come with a free return trial period. If they aren’t perfect they get sent back.



That piece of briar had to be the largest part of the $45 sale price.

 

[lraisch]

You could re-stamp it "Blue Riband" and sell it for a ten-fold profit.

 

[OzPiper]

It'll be interesting to see if what you receive is the pipe that's pictured.
In any case I hope it smokes as good as pre-54 Algerian

 

[Briarcutter]

You get what you pay for, good luck.

 

[Briarcutter]

My question is what does the Muxaing factory do with imperfect pipes with plain grain, fills, or flaws?

You're going to find out

 

[Briar Lee]

You get what you pay for, good luck.

I’m glad you are here!

The total the Muxaing factory in China got, was $45 plus $10 postage.

That’s what eBay charged them on.

Chinese labor is cheap but not free.

Chinese overhead is cheap but not free.

Chinese taxes are something.

Tariffs cost something.

Vulcanite (or lucite) is very cheap but not free.

But they had to pay an Italian or a Spaniard or a Greek a good little chunk of change for that imported briar. The exact same pipes in rosewood or pear or ebony are much less, about $15 or $20.

Estimate me, your cost of that grade of briar, please.

 

[Briarcutter]

If you're pleased with your purchase that's all that matters. Please post a photo of the actual pipe. As for cost of briar, it is a crap shoot. I've seen better grain in a $15 block and blasted $50 blocks, sometimes pipe making is really the pits I seriously doubt it's German Ebonite though.

 

[Briar Lee]

If you're pleased with your purchase that's all that matters. Please post a photo of the actual pipe. As for cost of briar, it is a crap shoot. I've seen better grain in a $15 block and blasted $50 blocks, sometimes pipe making is really the pits I seriously doubt it's German Ebonite though.

Muxaing is making a whole bunch of pipes in a factory. They have gained knowledge from other nations, on methods and sources and styles that will sell.

As for briar, they buy a bunch of it. They have an overseas supplier that presumably values the contract.

And as for stems, Italian stems are a dollar a piece retail on eBay. They might contract for those, too.

 

[crazyhog]

Weight?

 

[towhee89]

I own more billiards than I can count but I don’t have a proper “Bing”.

For $58 delivered I ought to be able to smoke like Crosby.

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Features:
Pipe type: Billiard
Bowl material: Briarwood
Mouthpiece material: Vulcanite
Finishing: Smooth
Color: Green
Filter: 3MM

Size:
Length overal: 6.26 in./159 mm.
Length of mouthpiece: 2.87 in./73 mm.
Bowl height: 1.85 in./47 mm.
Chamber depth: 1.54 in./39 mm.
Chamber diameter: 0.79 in./20 mm.
Outside diameter: 1.22 in. /31 mm.


Package includes:
1 x Tobacco Pipe Body
And 10 tools kit to you as free gift
- 2 x Bit
- 1 x Pipe Rack
- 1 x Cork Knocker
- 1 x Smoker’s Companion
- 1 x Combustion Mesh
- 1 x Cloth Bag
- 1 x 3mm Filter
- 1 x Pipe Brushes
- 10 x Cleaner
- 1 x Paper Box


Note:
1. Each Pipe is made and measured by hand，it maybe has ±0.1-1mm measure error.
2. Due to the difference between different monitors, the picture may not reflect the actual color of the item.
3. If you need a very precise color, pls let me know before you order.
4. If you want a unique design pipe, pls let me know, we can custom for you，but need a certain quantity.
5. We also support Drop Shipping and Wholesale （with a discount price）.

Xxxx

What the ^#}+ is a 3mm filter?

I'm very curious to know how these Muxiang pipes are. Let us know!

Muxiang makes a cigar pipe that looks really nice, a Zeppelin....I keep missing out on the Mastercraft Sparkless - I was going to snag one of those, but this looks super nice:

I wonder if they make any crazy Boer shapes or the twin or triple airway pipes like the Gerrard Three Way or Tsuge Derringer ?

 

[towhee89]

It'll be interesting to see if what you receive is the pipe that's pictured.
In any case I hope it smokes as good as pre-54 Algerian

Thats the real question.

 

[Briar Lee]

Thats the real question.

You can get a discount for multiple pipes, so no, it’s an exemplar.

And my other one was better than the one photographed.

Here’s the difference.

In China a skilled, and I mean best there is craftsman, probably has a $5 an hour wage.

In London or Italy the cost is ten times that.

 

[Briar Lee]

It arrived today. I’m in shock, and awe, of the value.



It is flawless, fillless, rippleless, flame grained, waxed not varnished, slender shank, hand made well cured and aged Spanish briar wonderment with a hand made vulcanite stem that is the dressiest pipe I own, period.

And for $58 from Lincoln Nebraska by way of



A Spanish briar company contracts with a factory in China to make a $500 grade pipe they can sell to Bug Tussle Missouri and pay all Spanish taxes, all Chinese taxes, a 30% American tariff and 8% Missouri taxes plus postage three quarters around the world,,,,

For maybe half the price of a Peterson or Savinelli base model pipe.

Cue Hank Williams Jr.

It’s All Over But the Crying

 

[towhee89]

It arrived today. I’m in shock, and awe, of the value.

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It is flawless, fillless, rippleless, flame grained, waxed not varnished, slender shank, hand made well cured and aged Spanish briar wonderment with a hand made vulcanite stem that is the dressiest pipe I own, period.

And for $58 from Lincoln Nebraska by way of

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A Spanish briar company contracts with a factory in China to make a $500 grade pipe they can sell to Bug Tussle Missouri and pay all Spanish taxes, all Chinese taxes, a 30% American tariff and 8% Missouri taxes plus postage three quarters around the world,,,,

For maybe half the price of a Peterson or Savinelli base model pipe.

Cue Hank Williams Jr.

It’s All Over But the Crying

It sure put a smile on your face I see

 

[Briar Lee]

It sure put a smile on your face I see

My wife just came in to take my order for how I’d like my hamburger grilled and saw my pipe and said——

Woooahh.

Where did we come across that pipe?

Is that the package you took out here from the mailbox?

—-
I said yes dear, this pipe is made from Spanish briar, and it was on sale for only $45 plus $10 shipping.

—-

Gee, what a bargain for such a pipe as that.

You’ll be sure and take me to a sidewalk cafe in St Louis to smoke that one.

——




Cue Moon Mullican

Ragged But Right

 

[towhee89]

My wife just came in to take my order for how I’d like my hamburger grilled and saw my pipe and said——

Woooahh.

Where did we come across that pipe?

Is that the package you took out here from the mailbox?

—-
I said yes dear, this pipe is made from Spanish briar, and it was on sale for only $45 plus $10 shipping.

—-

Gee, what a bargain for such a pipe as that.

You’ll be sure and take me to a sidewalk cafe in St Louis to smoke that one.

——

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Cue Moon Mullican

Ragged But Right

Any stampings they put on it?

 

[irishearl]

That's a fine looking pipe which seems well worth the price you paid and more. I, too, have an abundance of billiards with most being bent.

 

[Piping Abe]

It arrived today. I’m in shock, and awe, of the value.

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It is flawless, fillless, rippleless, flame grained, waxed not varnished, slender shank, hand made well cured and aged Spanish briar wonderment with a hand made vulcanite stem that is the dressiest pipe I own, period.

And for $58 from Lincoln Nebraska by way of

View attachment 412158

A Spanish briar company contracts with a factory in China to make a $500 grade pipe they can sell to Bug Tussle Missouri and pay all Spanish taxes, all Chinese taxes, a 30% American tariff and 8% Missouri taxes plus postage three quarters around the world,,,,

For maybe half the price of a Peterson or Savinelli base model pipe.

Cue Hank Williams Jr.

It’s All Over But the Crying

Nice photos! Let us know how it smokes