hi forum I hear so much about estate pipes are new pipes like savinelli ok to buy or what?
Estate Pipes-OK?
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Zillions of new pipes and estates posted up here all the time - and that’s a good thing!
Question kind of answers itself.
Estates can be a good substitute at a lower price point for a new, equivalent, can be $$$$ if you are collecting, can be $ if you spot a bargain.
Question kind of answers itself.
Estates can be a good substitute at a lower price point for a new, equivalent, can be $$$$ if you are collecting, can be $ if you spot a bargain.
Hello member. Estate pipe have many saliva. New Savinelli great smoker.
New Savinelli have cheap plastic stem.
You don't think they test the draw after they make them?
Old Savinelli stem made of shoe rubber.New Savinelli have cheap plastic stem.
You don't think they test the draw after they make them?
Estate pipes are cool because you can find models out of production you like. Plus prices can be cheap as a lot of people don't know anything about pipes. Not suggesting scamming anyone, just saying sometimes you get a good deal. I found one recently for 50 thats worth 100 and I didn't know it at the time.
But I would never order an estate pipe with out asking a thousand questions and seeing the same amount of high quality pics. One time I ordered an estate and received a comically tiny pipe that my daughter wanted for her Ken doll. lol lesson learned. And no Ken didn't get a new pipe lol.
But yes old Savs taken care of are great smokers.
But I would never order an estate pipe with out asking a thousand questions and seeing the same amount of high quality pics. One time I ordered an estate and received a comically tiny pipe that my daughter wanted for her Ken doll. lol lesson learned. And no Ken didn't get a new pipe lol.
But yes old Savs taken care of are great smokers.
And bowling ball rubber!
@colt54 , @didimauw is in the minority of pipe smokers who feel grossed out by the thought of smoking a pipe that somebody else smoked first. He probably also flushes his toilet with his foot in case his wife ever touched the handle ;-)
If you're uncomfortable with the idea of an estate, don't get an estate. There are millions of wonderful new pipes to be had.
Many of us get excited about estates for various other reasons, but if that's not your thing, that's fine.
If you're uncomfortable with the idea of an estate, don't get an estate. There are millions of wonderful new pipes to be had.
Many of us get excited about estates for various other reasons, but if that's not your thing, that's fine.
All pipes are fine to buy, but you'll find which ones you like and do not like.
I usually ask for past 10 years worth of medical records from the sellers. No one sold me one yet.
Since my favorite brand of pipe hasn't been in production for over 60 years, the estate market is the only way I'm going to obtain them. Buying an estate pipe that been well maintained is generally a good value, a lot more band for the buck, and you have a wider selection of makes and styles to choose from.
There are some people who are horrified at the thought of putting their mouth in the same place that someone else's has been, and I assume they married virgins.
I don't care. Once I've done a deep cleaning and sanitizing I'm good to go. K also have pipes that I bought new, pipes I've commissioned, but the bulk are estates and I've been very satisfied with the results.
Buying estate pipes is a service because we are not at the peak of pipe smoking.
It's like finding a muscle car at a good price, if you like cars it's a must buy it because it's something from an era that won't come back.
It's like finding a muscle car at a good price, if you like cars it's a must buy it because it's something from an era that won't come back.
I'm with @didimauw I only swap spit with one person these days and she doesn't smoke a pipe. In my free wheeling college days I swapped spit and pipes on a regular basis. I also have a friend who works the ER and a pipe is one of many things he has removed from an orifice thats not a mouth. I do love and appreciate the pipes of yesteryear and often wish I didn't have that phobia.
100% why I like estate pipes is because you can get pipes that are damn near unsmoked for over half of what they sell for new. All it takes is some 99% isopropyl and some elbowgrease, if it can clean medical instruments and wounds it's good enough for a pipe. Next is the fact that they teach you to care for your pipe and depending on if you like restoring enough you can make some money from that, and it can lead to the nomenclature being your name on a pipe some day. The fact that if you get a steal you can resell it to help pay for something new. History that comes with these pipes, we will never know but somebody bought it and enjoyed it before and who knows it could be a pipe older then anybody on this forum or on earth for that matter, just imagine the story some of these pipes could tell. That why I like estate pipes 
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If you’ve bought an estate perhaps one person has owned it before you. That’s true.
But if you dine out, thousands of people have had your fork and spoon in their mouths.
And you’re not the one cleaning those.
But if you dine out, thousands of people have had your fork and spoon in their mouths.
And you’re not the one cleaning those.
It'd be so much easier and cheaper! But we're saving the estates for those who want em! You're welcome!
Washed reusable wooden straws at your favorite restaurant sound appealing?
I personally love hunting through estate pipes and own quite a few. Hell, it's no different than eating at a restaurant or do those repulsed by estate pipes bring their own plates and silverware? Let's not even get into cloth napkins and drinking utensils.