Anyone Here Snag This Kikusui Ginza Sandblasted Horn From SmokingPipes?

[zerohunter]

SP.com just posted this beauty on their site: https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/japan/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=266843
I had it in my cart and then poof, it was gone. If anyone here snagged it and is willing to sell, I will buy it or offer a trade. I gotta be faster with the SP updates on Mondays and Thursdays. This is the second time a pipe has disappeared from my cart. And yet, one time I happened upon a tin of Pelican onsite and checked out with no problem. You win some, you lose some.

 

[saltedplug]

Love it! but sold.

 

[coyja]

I didn't snag it, but had a Clark's Favorite sold out from under me while I was contemplating what else I needed, too!

 

[Briar Baron]

I can understand your disappointment, that is really nice!
Interestingly I use to visit that shop regularly during my 10 + years living in Tokyo. I could buy Dunhill tins there cheaper than in London, go figure......

 

[zerohunter]

anthony, do you own any of their pipes? I'm curious how they smoke.

 

[Briar Baron]

No, I never did purchase any of their pipes, much to my regret.

 

[sumusfumus]

Love those horny things.
Next PAD snag will, I hope, be horny, too. Maybe my itch will be scratched at the NY Pipe Show.
Frank

NYC

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Wish I did.

Sorry for your unrequited PAD. Of all days..

 

[upnorth1]

This pipe looks to be the exact one they were selling about two-three months ago. Maybe it was returned? Anyway I liked it back then and was in the process of purchasing it when it was purchased by somebody quicker than me. I missed it by seconds, and now I missed it a second time.

 

[zerohunter]

upnorth, I do remember there being a similarly shaped pipe on SP a while back. I'm not sure if it was the same, but I do recall it looking fantastic. At this point, our best bet may be to commission someone to make something similar. But to do that, I've got to save up!

 

[upnorth1]

zerohunter - The ad appeared December 5. I just found it with the pic here.

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/japan/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=244803
The asking price was only $50.
Maybe we'll get "third time lucky!"

 

[zerohunter]

Oh my gosh that's it! According to yesterday's listing, that Kikusui Sandblasted Horn weighed 0.7oz with a length of 5.38in, whereas the December 5 listing weighed 0.77oz with a 5.31in length. The bowl heights and chamber depths of both are also slightly different. There's hope yet! Maybe we can each find our own!