Best Pipe for Your Buck
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I get the point but this is being extremely general. There are pipes starting at $5 and upwards of thousands.
Money might be a concern, and it might not be a concern for you.
Also cost does not always equate to being a better smoking pipe, so in the meantime read this.
The Myth of Brand and Maker in Pipesmoking.
Corncob, clay, and lower priced Meerschaum pipes, can all smoke as great as pipes costing 5-10 times more.
Give a price range...
A Lamborghini is a better car than a V W. They both chug gas and blow exhaust but they are not the same vehicle.I get the point but this is being extremely general. There are pipes starting at $5 and upwards of thousands.
Money might be a concern, and it might not be a concern for you.
Also cost does not always equate to being a better smoking pipe, so in the meantime read this.
The Myth of Brand and Maker in Pipesmoking.
Corncob, clay, and lower priced Meerschaum pipes, can all smoke as great as pipes costing 5-10 times more.
Give a price range...
The car analogy isn’t the same with pipes.
As long as a pipe, whether it’s a cob, clay, or briar, is made from decent materials, a good drilled out airway in the shank and stem with good air flow, they typically work good, relatively the same.
At a certain price range, you’re just paying for a name and art.
Read the article I gave you, then give us a price range and the members can better assist you.
Many of the big factories produce decent pipes in various price ranges.
Just look through all the pipes at SmokingPipes.com In the pipe world, nothing they sell is considered bad, because regardless of what you pay, any pipe can turn out bad.
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FACT! - There is absolutely no one here, that will tell you, if you buy a specific brand that it will be better because of the price, or when compared to another brand at the same price.
Current production Kaywoodies (as distinct from previous eras you'll find as estates), Bones, Ropp, and Rossi are four makes that are considered to punch above their weight class (if you want a new pipe).
But most of my pipes are estates that I've cleaned up. Some are $100+ pipes that I've found at antique shops for $5.
That's the best value in pipes.
And the experience of many is that, sometimes, a pricey pipe won't smoke ideally while a cheapo just sings. You can't predict it perfectly.
But most of my pipes are estates that I've cleaned up. Some are $100+ pipes that I've found at antique shops for $5.
That's the best value in pipes.
And the experience of many is that, sometimes, a pricey pipe won't smoke ideally while a cheapo just sings. You can't predict it perfectly.
In my opinion a well made pipe in general made by a well known artisan smokes better than a well made pipe by a factory. The artisan will take the extra time to do it right. The tolerances are better because they can afford to take the time, and charge more for it. There is less room for error and typically a better smoke. These guys do not get known because their stems are cool.
This all sounds a little confusing to me. You named the thread “Best pipe for your Buck”, stated that the forum is ten pages long - quite short for a forum - and that you have “no budget”. Later we got to learn about the best briar “to reach the sky” and you’re getting in for the most expensive pipes.
And then you seem to know already quite exactly what the best pipes are. Quite contradictory. Why are you asking anyways? If you don’t care on the opinions of the forum members, then go for it and buy a Lamborghini to smoke, if you’re not only trolling at all.
And as the opinions of the members already show, the best pipe for their buck is as different as their personalities. I would prefer any used car, VW, Ford, Toyota or Nissan, whatever, over the Lamborghini, stupid cars anyways.
And then you seem to know already quite exactly what the best pipes are. Quite contradictory. Why are you asking anyways? If you don’t care on the opinions of the forum members, then go for it and buy a Lamborghini to smoke, if you’re not only trolling at all.
And as the opinions of the members already show, the best pipe for their buck is as different as their personalities. I would prefer any used car, VW, Ford, Toyota or Nissan, whatever, over the Lamborghini, stupid cars anyways.
You don't have to agree. There are those who refuse to smoke anything but cobs. To them, cobs are the best pipes. Some find Castello uncomfortable, Dunhill just a low quality trash, Peterson p-lip work of a pervert... Best pipe is the one you think is the best for you. Everyone's different. What I think is best might or might not be your idea of what is a well made pipe. Asking for bang for the buck will have good number of answers depends on how many will reply. How you going to decide which is the best answer? One you like the best. You don't have to agree.
Go to SP, set a price parameter, scroll, stop at random and buy one. Or print the pages and throw darts. Your question is understandably general but you seem to be messing around with this a bit so not sure it is a serious inquiry. The advice works even if you aren’t.
Now I see this it’s obvious you’re screwing around - good luck finding the new car.
The best bang for your pipe buck is Radice. Incredibly well made, moderately priced and pipe you can enjoy for a lifetime.
I only own one Rossi (Rubino Antico Lovat) that I purchased for around $60. Such an amazing pipe for the price... such an amazing pipe for any price! Beautifully made and handles any kind of tobacco you throw at it. There are some blends I have issues with the draw or keeping it lit... but in this pipe, no issues. This is all coming from a Peterson fanboy.
If by "best" you mean "high quality" vs "cheaply made crap" then I can help.
Buy any pipe from smokingpipes.com in your price range and you will find a high quality pipe. I believe from what I have seen they do not sell crap and stand by their products. They have a great filtering system to narrow down by pipe characteristics or price.
The price is based upon the maker, the materials, the esthetics, the labor and the name. You could pay thousands for a pipe on smokingpipes.com and that price reflects mostly the brand and esthetics. It's up to the beholder to value the beauty in that case.
You could pay about 100 for a very decent very smokable high quality meer from AKB or briar from Rossi. Even between 100 and 150 very nice pipes exist in many brands. Every brand I've seen on spc is very high quality. For 75 to 100 you could find other brands that are also high quality and sometimes they are called starters. You can pick up many types of Peterson for less than 250 and they are very high quality indeed. Savinelli also in the 100 to 250 range.
Missouri Meer (corn cob) you can, in my opinion, buy the best corn cob pipes from them and most if not all cost less than 50 or 60 bucks and many cost less than 20 and even some cost less than 10 if memory serves. The acrylic fancier stems will bring the cost to 35 to 45 or so.
Cobs are great to start and even stay with for some types of tobacco like burley and aros. Meers will smoke anything well and briar as well works with anything and especially virginias. Have to build a cake with briar and each type has its own maintenance SOP.
Its a wide world of possibilities and this hobby will take you to many places. Start off small and go from there.
Just my perspective...
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Buy any pipe from smokingpipes.com in your price range and you will find a high quality pipe. I believe from what I have seen they do not sell crap and stand by their products. They have a great filtering system to narrow down by pipe characteristics or price.
The price is based upon the maker, the materials, the esthetics, the labor and the name. You could pay thousands for a pipe on smokingpipes.com and that price reflects mostly the brand and esthetics. It's up to the beholder to value the beauty in that case.
You could pay about 100 for a very decent very smokable high quality meer from AKB or briar from Rossi. Even between 100 and 150 very nice pipes exist in many brands. Every brand I've seen on spc is very high quality. For 75 to 100 you could find other brands that are also high quality and sometimes they are called starters. You can pick up many types of Peterson for less than 250 and they are very high quality indeed. Savinelli also in the 100 to 250 range.
Missouri Meer (corn cob) you can, in my opinion, buy the best corn cob pipes from them and most if not all cost less than 50 or 60 bucks and many cost less than 20 and even some cost less than 10 if memory serves. The acrylic fancier stems will bring the cost to 35 to 45 or so.
Cobs are great to start and even stay with for some types of tobacco like burley and aros. Meers will smoke anything well and briar as well works with anything and especially virginias. Have to build a cake with briar and each type has its own maintenance SOP.
Its a wide world of possibilities and this hobby will take you to many places. Start off small and go from there.
Just my perspective...
Welcome!
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One of the first pipes I bought was a Vauen Basic. I liked it so much, I got a second one. Both have been great smokers.
Sometimes we get ideas in our heads and we commit to seeing the world in such a way that our ideas work, no matter what. We mentally filter out contrary data.
When this kind of ideology pertains to expensive vs. affordable iterations of a product -- in those cases where the consensus of experienced users is that the difference is mainly branding or whatever (which does not hold true for all things, but some) -- then it's called snobbery.
An artisan pipe is better than a MIssouri Meerschaum on many levels -- but smokeability is not one of those levels. MMs smoke marvellously, and I can admit that despite preferring the aesthetics and histories of my more expensive pipes.
I did not mean to offend any one. I belong to a car forum and the question was asked what is the best bang for your buck. There were a lot of answers. What came up most was Porsche. There were a lot of people that cannot afford one but never the less that was what forum members choice. The reasons was mass produced, high numbers sold, the beauty, solid German engineering and so forth. As they make so many cars per year they can keep the price down even though the cars should cost more.
Best bang for your buck equates with best value. My choice is a Peterson. In my opinion it has the best value. Mass produced so they can keep the price down, hand finished, well engineered, beautiful briar that be straight grain, birds eye, and flame grain. Consistently well made. They make a lot of pipes so they can get the best aesthetic briar if they want. The hole at the end of the stem prevents tung bite. Whether I can afford a Peterson doesn't matter.
If you like less or more expensive pipes like I would like to hear from you. Or forget it. It is just a pipe. I thought it would be fun to explore people's choices. Radice was brought up and that is a close second for me.
Best bang for your buck equates with best value. My choice is a Peterson. In my opinion it has the best value. Mass produced so they can keep the price down, hand finished, well engineered, beautiful briar that be straight grain, birds eye, and flame grain. Consistently well made. They make a lot of pipes so they can get the best aesthetic briar if they want. The hole at the end of the stem prevents tung bite. Whether I can afford a Peterson doesn't matter.
If you like less or more expensive pipes like I would like to hear from you. Or forget it. It is just a pipe. I thought it would be fun to explore people's choices. Radice was brought up and that is a close second for me.
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