Christmas Gift Ideas

[andrearoberts]

Hi guys,
My uncle is a big pipe smoker and is demanding a new one for Christmas! He's quite picky and will only buy from UKTobacco.com and has done for years.
Being a novice smoker, I really don't want to get him the wrong thing. So what do you all think is the best out of these to go for?
http://www.uktobacco.com/acatalog/Smoking_Pipes.html
And obviously he'll need some pipe tobacco too: http://www.uktobacco.com/acatalog/Pipe-Tobaccos.html
I am really stuck! Thanks guys.

 

[irish]

What kind of pipe does he smoke? Bent , Straight ? Big, small? Depending on what he likes any one of these brands you showed on the sight is a good pipe. I would go with a Pete or Sav. As far as tobacco goes , find out what he smokes now and go with that. IF he is picky and you buy him some new brand he has never tried might be a waste of money, if he is adventureous then it really wont matter . Good luck! :puffpipe:

 

[tbradsim1]

Gift Card is the way to go, a pipe is a personal thing, being picky he needs to get what he wants IMHO.

 

[numbersix]

Gift Card is the way to go, a pipe is a personal thing, being picky he needs to get what he wants IMHO.

+1

 

[allan]

Have to agree
Unless you can examine his pipes and note the brands as well as going through his tobacco and doing the same, gift card is most likely best

 

[irish]

I always forget about Gift cards. Definitly the way to go. :puffpipe:

 

[mso489]

Gift card. If you try to pick out a pipe for him, you will end up with one he doesn't like, or perhaps one

that is too much like one he already owns. Pipe smokers have this sense of what they need next --

large, small, which shape, what finish, which pipe maker, bent or straight, on and on.