Good god...that's just...

[ohin3]

Just sick is what it is. I'm no fan of the Calabash shape but this is one beautiful pipe!
http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/florov/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=89938

 

[photoman13]

Agreed. Pretty epic, but it also breaks the bank.

 

[dervis]

That is amazing. Beautiful pipe.

 

[frennchy11]

Very cool! I have never seen one like that!

 

[ohin3]

And I don't think you will see another like it. That's a one of a kind masterpiece.

 

[tslex]

Oh my.
You watch -- Florov is much collected. That will be gone soon (although in some ways it's a nod to a ore traditional shape than is his usual oeuvre.)

 

[lankfordjl]

Truly a work of art!

 

[barkar]

nice

 

[martiniman]

sweet but i think i'd rather have 7 or 8 dunhills'

 

[pipeinhand]

I clicked the Add To Cart button just to see how it felt to buy a $2500.00 pipe. Scary. I cleared it before I could check-out.

 

[papipeguy]

A beauty, for sure and it's only $1,800 more than I paid for my first car. Inflation, I guess.

 

[lordnoble]

$700 will buy you a really nice ride-on mower now... 8O
-Jason

 

[lazydog]

What talent there is in pipe making these days. That price would buy alot of tobacco.

 

[rigmedic1]

Wow! I am fond of Calabash pipes, but not at that price. It is a beautiful piece, but way outta my league.

 

[marmal4de]

That thing is ugly!

 

[rlunderhill]

For $2500.00, I could buy a Suzuki 250 motorcycle and have transportation. I just couldn't justify that amount for any pipe. It's a fine looking piece of workmanship, but $2500.? really?

 

[drsam]

O.K.....in 1934 I could have purchased about 300 Dunhill pipes....No...wholesale at $3.50 each about 600

Dunhill pipes and have enough left over for a LOT of tobacco and a few gallons of good rye whiskey at 3.00/gallon.
My grandfather used to buy a truckload of used barrels from the Old Yellowstone distillery in Owensboro for 50 cents each and was abble to sweat a gallon or so out of each barrel on a cold day.

 

[bigvan]

Apparently this Florov pipe sold for $10,000 at the Chicago show. So by comparison, $2,500 for the calabash is a BARGAIN, right?

 

[mrdoody]

Wow! Florov is one crazy-ass creative dude!
Thanks for sharing those snaps, gents.
Doody

 

[bubblehead33]

that is a beauty! i gotta go with everyone else and say thats a lotta coin for a pipe. still, its pretty nice though.