Estate Pipes-OK?

[Winnipeger]

I used to be the same until I discovered how easy it is to repair even deep indentations. Now that I'm confident in my stem restoration skills I won't pass up an estate pipe with a chewed or highly oxidized stem if the price is right.

I agree that those tooth marks have to be removed though before I'll smoke one. Even though it's not harmful, it bothers me.

Yes I could do the same I suppose. I just have too many other "hobbies" and commitments and no time to be restoring estate pipes at the moment. I'll leave that to the professionals. Have I passed on pipes that I would like to have acquired, just because the stem was chewed up? Sure. But with internet sales what they are, there are so many estate pipes available, and I'm not obsessive about acquiring particular pipes from particular makers from a particular era. I'm not really a collector. Maybe I'll become one later, once the mortgage is paid and I've acquired all the guitars I'll ever need. Haha.

 

[wyfbane]

People have gotten terribly odd. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

People have always been terribly odd. Nothing new under the sun. The information age just exposed more and more of it to the masses.

 

[ashdigger]

I spy a $110 price tag on that. I'll give you $120. No?

Absolutely gorgeous. And yes, just one more argument for estates. A pipe like that will never be produced again.

You’ve been outbid by a snipe of $120.01

 

[Briar Tuck]

People have always been terribly odd. Nothing new under the sun. The information age just exposed more and more of it to the masses.

A fair point, but with exposure comes emulation, and these days there seems to be a great deal of energy dedicated to pushing the envelope of both oddity and depravity.

 

[wyfbane]

A fair point, but with exposure comes emulation, and these days there seems to be a great deal of energy dedicated to pushing the envelope of both oddity and depravity.

True, but if all it took was exposure, weren't these emulators already odd/depraved inside? Repressed oddity is still oddity.

 

[Pipeoff]

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.

By definition a virgin of whatever gender is still a virgin even if a stem is inserted in the mouth post Mortum.

 

[ADKPiper]

By definition a virgin of whatever gender is still a virgin even if a stem is inserted in the mouth post Mortum.

Wrong hole!

 

[TN Jed]

I make it sound like I'm a really clean germaphobe. Quite the contrary. Estates are just one of my things.

Exactamundo. I apply the 5 second rule on a daily basis and rarely wash my hands

 

[dunnyboy]

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I'd like to add to this list the following vendor whose estate pipes arrive in pristine, meticulously cleaned condition.

Security Measure

www.ebay.com

 

[Briar Tuck]

I'd like to add to this list the following vendor whose estate pipes arrive in pristine, meticulously cleaned condition.

Security Measure

www.ebay.com

He has some of the rarest and most interesting pipes out there as well. I've bid on a few but haven't won one yet. Usually they go for far more than I would have imagined.

 

[shanez]

I'd like to add to this list the following vendor whose estate pipes arrive in pristine, meticulously cleaned condition.

Security Measure

www.ebay.com

I got a couple of Larsen pearl grades from him.

 

[sparker69]

hi forum I hear so much about estate pipes are new pipes like savinelli ok to buy or what?

A new pipe is fine to buy. All my pipes are brand new - two of them Savinellis and they both smoke great.
I think part of the attraction to estate pipes - is to collect, but as well to have the chance to smoke a pipe that would normally be outside of many's price range - like Dunhills, Castellos, etc.. Some people might not be willing to drop the money for one of these new, (and again - there are those for whom is poses no problem,).
But don't listen to me - buy one and give it a shot and see what YOU think. It's all part of the journey.