About thirty five years ago I discovered 4 hole stinger Kaywoodies, then about twenty years ago Pipes by Lee, and a couple or three years ago Bob and Helen Marx made Marksmans, and this year Bertram’s, made of aged, oil cured, unstained, unvarnished, and unpainted Pre Algerian War of Independence briar by crippled soldiers, in the shadow of the Capitol dome in the District of Columbia, USA.
And for all those years the average price I’ve paid for a used pipe is about $25.
This one may be sour, but I think I can clean this up, and for $25 plus $7.50 shipping and taxes to the dag blasted gubbermint, I ought to have a geniune Bertram that was the finest American production pipe ever made, bar none.
A beginner does not have to smoke overpriced British and Italian and Danish pipes.
For $25 you can sometimes buy the equal of the best pipe ever made at any price anywhere in the world.
It should be here this week, and I’ll clean it and show it off.
And for all those years the average price I’ve paid for a used pipe is about $25.
This one may be sour, but I think I can clean this up, and for $25 plus $7.50 shipping and taxes to the dag blasted gubbermint, I ought to have a geniune Bertram that was the finest American production pipe ever made, bar none.
A beginner does not have to smoke overpriced British and Italian and Danish pipes.
For $25 you can sometimes buy the equal of the best pipe ever made at any price anywhere in the world.
It should be here this week, and I’ll clean it and show it off.
