I have been looking into freehand pipes and really like the looks of many of them, but with their great looks comes great cost... So does anyone know of any freehand pipes for under 100$?
Freehand Pipes?
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There's a lot of confusion about free hand pipes. A Grabow of course can't be a free hand for 30$ or not? 8O
Probably the confusion is between free shape and free hand.Also Nording that is one major brand nowadays cant produce real free hand if not in special series for over 300-400$.
Well pipes can be :
1) machined (the most part)
2)Hand made (that means machine turned and hand finished)
3)Free hand (totally made by hand with no machines)
About free hand we could also say that not all pipes signed free hand are real free hand.James Upshall to my opinion are machined at first step.
Anyway nobody can think to buy a full hand made for 100$ or less,must explain why? well when you get your wage guess the aswer is clear
Maurizio
Probably the confusion is between free shape and free hand.Also Nording that is one major brand nowadays cant produce real free hand if not in special series for over 300-400$.
Well pipes can be :
1) machined (the most part)
2)Hand made (that means machine turned and hand finished)
3)Free hand (totally made by hand with no machines)
About free hand we could also say that not all pipes signed free hand are real free hand.James Upshall to my opinion are machined at first step.
Anyway nobody can think to buy a full hand made for 100$ or less,must explain why? well when you get your wage guess the aswer is clear
Maurizio
I didn't think there was any confusion on what a freehand pipe was. Pretty easy to see what is and what isn't. But just so there is no confusion
Smokingpipes.com's definition of a "Freehand" pipe
Freehand
Used to refer to any pipe shape that is outside of the 'normal', meaning named, styles of pipe making. These were popularized by Danish carvers in the first half of the twentieth century, but now every region of pipemaking has at least one producer of freehand shapes, and many traditional carvers occasionally create a freehand or two.
From Pipedia
And Dr. Grabow makes a sexy freehand for the price if I do say so myself.
Smokingpipes.com's definition of a "Freehand" pipe
Freehand
Used to refer to any pipe shape that is outside of the 'normal', meaning named, styles of pipe making. These were popularized by Danish carvers in the first half of the twentieth century, but now every region of pipemaking has at least one producer of freehand shapes, and many traditional carvers occasionally create a freehand or two.
From Pipedia
And Dr. Grabow makes a sexy freehand for the price if I do say so myself.
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thank you for ur back up mate i appreciate it. I soon aint gonna post any more comments. One member here, not to mention names, disputes a large percentage of them. Almost like i have a target on my back
thank you for ur back up mate i appreciate it. I soon aint gonna post any more comments. One member here, not to mention names, disputes a large percentage of them. Almost like i have a target on my back
Maybe. It isn't wearing an original stem and it looks to have been either aggressively buffed or it has a weak stamp. Both may or may not hurt the sale price...its ebay, afterall. :P
The Martinique line isn't quite as popular as some of the others, which may or may not affect the final price.
It does have a Friday night auction ending, which always seems to make prices a bit higher. At least when I am trying to win an auction it seems this way. Fridays and weekends seem to price out higher auctions than day time or mid-week auctions, but I haven't scientifically tested this theory.
I say bid what you're comfortable with and let's see what happens.
Ben Wades are 75% of my little collection. My favorite pipes!
The Martinique line isn't quite as popular as some of the others, which may or may not affect the final price.
It does have a Friday night auction ending, which always seems to make prices a bit higher. At least when I am trying to win an auction it seems this way. Fridays and weekends seem to price out higher auctions than day time or mid-week auctions, but I haven't scientifically tested this theory.
I say bid what you're comfortable with and let's see what happens.
Ben Wades are 75% of my little collection. My favorite pipes!
I have two freehand pipes in my collection and they have become a bit of a prized possession to me.
First is my Celius. It is one of my restorations and is a damn fine smoking pipe. IF you can get your hands on one, I highly recommend them. Only problem is that they are suddenly highly collectible and go for a pretty high price. You wouldn't believe how much I snagged this one for.
The second one is a 1948 Stanwell. I got this one from Portascat (thanks man, it's an awesome pipe!)and started the restoration. He was a mess, but turned out to be a beauty. One of my only faults in this restoration was accidentally sanding the nomenclature down too far to be able to read, but the patent number that was on it was from 1948. I did a staining job as well as fitting a replacement acrylic stem to it.
First is my Celius. It is one of my restorations and is a damn fine smoking pipe. IF you can get your hands on one, I highly recommend them. Only problem is that they are suddenly highly collectible and go for a pretty high price. You wouldn't believe how much I snagged this one for.
The second one is a 1948 Stanwell. I got this one from Portascat (thanks man, it's an awesome pipe!)and started the restoration. He was a mess, but turned out to be a beauty. One of my only faults in this restoration was accidentally sanding the nomenclature down too far to be able to read, but the patent number that was on it was from 1948. I did a staining job as well as fitting a replacement acrylic stem to it.
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