Finally, the Proof We've All Been Waiting For!

[aldecaker]

I would like to direct your attention to page 48 of the July 2018 Pipes and Cigars catalog: "Just because you're looking to buy a new pipe at a reasonable price doesn't mean you have to get an unattractive pipe that's poorly engineered - treat yourself to a Crown." There you go. A pipe that is engineered, and by implication, well engineered at that. If you can't trust advertising copy, what, I ask, can you trust?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Well, here it is, but if you look at page 10, it says, "Borkum Riff : Always Seen In The Best Of Circles". :rofl:

 

[aldecaker]

What do you mean? A bonfire usually is a circle!
(I do confess to BR Bourbon flavor being an occasional guilty pleasure. I like the taste, when I can tiptoe my way around the bite.)

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I don't have the catalog so I did a search and found them at pipesandcigars.com . I honestly think I hate them. 8O

 

[Chasing Embers]

What do you mean? A bonfire usually is a circle!

And a trash can!

 

[aldecaker]

Whaddaya, got somethin' against engineers?

 

[Chasing Embers]

I honestly think I hate them. 8O

Yeah, looks like a failed attempt at a Sylvester Monstrosity pipe.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Whaddaya, got somethin' against engineers?

AHHHHHHHHHHH! :rofl:
Nah, just saying P&C might be "slightly" exaggerating.

 

[aldecaker]

I noticed their "sandblast" looks suspiciously like rustication. But I'm not talking looks here. I'm talking engineering.

 

[Chasing Embers]

If the outside "engineering" looks like that, what's the inside like? 8O

 

[Chasing Embers]

That black one doesn't look too bad. May have to get one just to see what it's like.

 

[aldecaker]

Don't know, but someone on the boards maybe has tried one and could weigh in. I was pleasantly surprised by the Decatur branded pipe I bought for cheap two or three years ago, and Lord knows it ain't much in the looks department.

 

[seacaptain]

I see the patriarchy is alive and well.

 

[aldecaker]

I'm not sure if I should be flattered or extremely flattered.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Decatur branded pipe

Who makes those?

 

[aldecaker]

Duane, I was ribbing Anthony about the engineers thing, because he said he looked at them and thought he hated them. We just got out of synch with our banter.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Ah, though we were doing a parody of previous events. :mrgreen:

 

[aldecaker]

"Who makes those?"
You know, I'm not sure. The style doesn't jump out as something from a major maker I've seen before, like Kaywoodie or something like that. It has some of the gnarliest, deep, bark-like blast I've ever seen, though.

 

[danielplainview]

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Whaddaya, got somethin' against engineers?

Nah.... but engineering a pipe might be one thing, whereas making a pipe look good is obviously another :mrgreen: