Do Expensive Pipes Really Smoke Better?

[peckinpahhombre]

Just checking in again to see if we've settled this question yet?

 

[tschiraldi]

Um... no. No, we haven't. Lol

Well, maybe we have. Maybe each of us has answered the question for ourselves, and we all buy, and smoke, accordingly.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Ha ha, Peck, have you ever even smoked a cheap pipe? You started off on Maseratis didn't ya? ::

 

[sablebrush52]

I'm reminded of a conversation I had several years ago with a collector of ultra high grade pipes, Nordhs, Chonowitschs, Ivarssons, etc, the royalty of pipemakers, the créme de la créme, the nee plus ultra, the summit, top of Mt Everest, etc, etc. And of course, I had to ask him THE question. Do his fabulously expensive ultra high grade, world wide celebrated, pipes smoke better than pipes that we poor mortals could afford? He paused and then said, "Well, they smoke about as well as my Grabows, but they a LOT better looking and much more fun."
That remains the best and most conclusive answer to this question that I have ever heard, or will ever hope to hear.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

have you ever even smoked a cheap pipe?

I tend to avoid cheap pipes and cheap women, but often give way to the allure of cheap thoughts.
The measurement of "cheap" of course is relative, like many things in life.

 

[pappymac]

Damn! I didn't figure Missouri Meerschaums into the equation.

Seriously, if you ever judged how well cheap pipes smoked by smoking just cobs then you would reach the conclusion that they smoke damn well.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Ahh, cheap women... :::sigh::: sorry, I started daydreaming, and then I was reminded that there is a person in my life who gets pissed at me for telling women that I'm not married. ::

 

[thomasw]

Cosmic ... daydreaming... what was that story about your account being hijacked by Russian prostitutes? ::

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Russian prostitutes aren't cheap. ::

 

[philobeddoe]

Not cheap, but they will shower you with love!

 

[ashdigger]

So a decent thread gets hijacked by stupid prostitute comments? Ugh.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It wasn't ruined when you guys talked about sanitation engineers, and it's not ruined now. All it will take is for someone else to give us their opinion. The thread is 7 years old... And, it has barely been hit by the cob squad yet.

 

[ashdigger]

Good enough. Message received.

 

[workman]

Cheap pipes and cheap women alike serve noble purposes. Expensive women aren't necessarily better, they just have more elaborate shapes and coatings.

 

[oldtoby]

Very true, Workman. Very true.

 

[warren]

Yes! Yes, most assuredly they do.

 

[warren]

No! No, most assuredly they do not.

 

[aldecaker]

Cobs are a whole separate issue. I never even think of them in this context; I assume we are comparing cheap briars to expensive briars because, for all practical purposes, there is only one player in the cob market. And none of theirs are what I would call "expensive".

 

[npod]

The thread is 7 years old... And, it has barely been hit by the cob squad yet.

:rofl:

 

[sablebrush52]

It's probably safe to say that no Nordh will ever smoke like a cob.