Buying Multiples of the Same Pipe
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I have duplicates of some clay pipes, in case of breakage. Now, strangely enough: none of the duplicate pipes has broken (yet). Is this coincidence? The mind wonders…. 
I got a week's supply of Bing's, all great smokers.
I have done this and do this often with pipe shapes and finishes I especially enjoy. My Dad, who would have been 100 this year did so as well.
However, growing up, my Dad also had two identical cars (other than color)… one for him and one for my Mom. And the apple apparently doesn’t fall far, because there was a time where I had three of the same vehicle…. one for me, one for my wife, and an older one (of the same model) for one of my kids .
However, growing up, my Dad also had two identical cars (other than color)… one for him and one for my Mom. And the apple apparently doesn’t fall far, because there was a time where I had three of the same vehicle…. one for me, one for my wife, and an older one (of the same model) for one of my kids .
Lots of Peterson 53, 304, and 306 duplicates. My favorite smokers but also beautiful, so I like to have copies unsmoked for show. MM Southport Ferryman also duplicated... Just a perfect cob.
I have no duplicates of any particular shape but have thought about getting 7 savinelli 622’s and sell all my other pipes!
@Michigan_Bill I've lost count of how many clays I've brokenI have duplicates of some clay pipes, in case of breakage. Now, strangely enough: none of the duplicate pipes has broken (yet). Is this coincidence? The mind wonders….
One of my New Year resolutions this year is no broken clays
Well, not the same shape, but all of my seventeen pipes are E.A. Carey Magic Inch pipes…. Except for one MM cob and one Duncan Hill Aerosphere that I bought from E.A. Carey.
My first two Carey’s were $15.00 each in 1964.
My first two Carey’s were $15.00 each in 1964.
No two pipes smoke the same even if they look exactly alike.
Other than external aesthetics, ghosting, and smoke duration, I can't tell any difference from the smoking characteristics from one pipe to another. They're really nothing but a straw. These may as well have been all the same pipe.
I have some favorite shapes in Petes, for example, and a few of those in each favorite shape, but no exact duplicates - different finishes and so forth. With other “brands” I can’t think of any shape “copies” and with commissions try to vary them intentionally.
I don't necessarily buy a duplicate as much as I prefer to buy more pipes from the maker.
"Chasing Embers" that is an impressive collection of that shape. I'm gonna ask a "newbie" type of question and ask what that shape is referred to? Would that be considered a "Dublin" shape??
Bent dublin though Savinelli and GBD called it yachtsman as opposed to the yacht (zulu). The chamber has no forward cant though the sweep of the bowl suggests as much. I once had more than a dozen more than pictured but now only a few remain.
"Chasing Embers" that is an impressive collection of that shape. I'm gonna ask a "newbie" type of question and ask what that shape is referred to? Would that be considered a "Dublin" shape??
Thanks...
Well, I can say that they are beautiful pipes. I have to ask..... do you collect that shape due to the look or is the "smokeability" experience special for you?
At the time I collected them for the shape. I really notice no difference in the smokeability between any well drilled pipes other than duration of the smoke with different chamber sizes. With age they've become too small for me to safely hold without dropping them but with Savinelli changing the design of the shape over the last few years, that's probably a good thing.
I’ve got more than one 14b and 9BC due to a man from LV who enjoys making me 
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