Dang Me

[lonestar]

Well, I spent all of my money on an antique pipe collection, got most of my money back, then promptly took all of that money and bought more pipes....

Not just any pipes though. These are super-duper pipes. Super duper Deluxe even.

Two S Bangs, a Jody Davis Bishop, a Medici, a W.O. Larsen and an Iwan Ries Meer.... When will the madness stop?
S Bang

Jody Davis

W.O. Larsen

Medici

Bjarne Nielsen

Iwan Ries

Question for the high end pipe collectors, these are all pretty well smoked pipes, how does that effect the value ? Worth half as much as new ? Less than half ?

 

[markw4mms]

Nice score! I bet the madness never will stop! :D

 

[bubbadreier]

I think you need to go ahead and send me that top S. Bang please!! Nice haul!!

 

[lonestar]

Bubba if you knew what I paid for that damn thing......

The rest of the pipes were pretty good deals, but I paid a lot for the smooth Bang

 

[bubbadreier]

I know you did!! That is why you need to send it to me for safe smoking... uh I mean safe keeping! :mrgreen:

 

[ichbinmuede]

Love the look of that Larsen. I'm only green because of the Black XX in my pipe I swear.

 

[lonestar]

I know it would be in good hands, just dont know if its better than my own hands :D

 

[unclearthur]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg7DcCI39GY

 

[lonestar]

Thanks Arthur. What I really wanted to say was "oops I did it again" but I figured Roger Miller would be much more respectable.... :lol:

I'm hoping (praying?) that I can work it out like the antique deal. Put in the work to clean em up real spiffy, then hopefully keep one or two and get my money back.

Ahhhh, the waiting game (again).

 

[unclearthur]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNm3fOQ7CJ8&feature=related

This one's better.

 

[oldmaus]

Some nice pipes there Ryan

 

[lonestar]

Thanks Jim ! I bought these as something of an investment. I figure if I have X amount of money, and I can turn it into X+1 then I'm ahead of the game. If I can turn into X+1+a free pipe, even better. Still it scares me just a bit to think about a $2,500 pipe with my name on it, even if it is a bit banged up. And thats not counting the other 6 ! I just hope I bought them cheap enough to make my money back. I think the high end market is slow right now but then I've never been in the high end market so what do I know ?

 

[mukihr]

woooouuuu what a beautiful pipes... that Larsen is my favourite!!!

 

[lonestar]

I think the Jody Davis and S Bang are my favorites, but we'll see when I actually get them next week.

 

[ejames]

WOW ! Great score! Hope you do well on them!!

 

[lonestar]

Got these pipes Friday, and I smoked the S Bang after just a bit of cleaning.

I may have to change my mind about selling them. After two bowls, I am thinking I might sell every other pipe I own and just smoke the Bang 8O I'm not a pipe snob by any means, but DAMN that was a great smoke. Very slow, dry, even, with no relights. But the engineering of the pipe, just sort of feels like an extension of your body when its in your teeth, the smoke port that God decided we didnt deserve. I could smoke this one pipe all day long every day of the week.