How Long Does It Take To Get Just The Right Pipe?
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Since I only smoke Peterson, options are limited as to what I get. It's by choice, and choice that I like. If you are willing to wait, and look carefully, factory sandblast can't be very pleasing to the eyes.
And probably lovely all around. But try the feel of a bum's pipe for a change some time.
Might as well be a sailors pipe the way it feels. Harsh like the sea but also soft like the thoughts of merry home. Nothing posh but true, and affordable for any poor soul.
That's why it's so useful to have strong confirmation bias. The more money I decide to spend on a pipe, the more perfect that pipe ends up being. And no one's going to change my mind.
I'm the same way. Once it gets to a certain point, I shouldn't have to modify it.
I'm still amazed by the kind of pipes that go cheap but are essentially top notch. I still don't really know what's what when it comes to briar pipes or manufacturers and their stamps but this clayen one was supposedly made between 1880-1890.
Chamber height 2.3in, chamber diameter of 1in with a total pipe length of just above 6in.
Goes for 35 Eurobucks.
Some binding with a dark brown leather will turn this into one handsome badass with some history and a chamber size that should start to be interesting even for you. Hell, even the twine would suit it more than well, I just like the look and feel of it. But imagine it with some properly braided leather and I think it'd be another step up.
Simple, humble and perhaps cheap all around but still packing that certain punch with this kind of brutish elegance. Perhaps not unlike an old musket, like that Hawken that Jeremiah Johnson picked up.
That pipe is truly a work of art! I’m new and don’t know much about how to spot quality so I buy what’s pretty. That pipe is pretty!
I really put him to work with that one. He'd only been making pipes for a year when I asked for it and the only clue I gave him was a story, and I wanted the pipe that the story inspired.
He did a fantastic job on it! I’ll bet it was pricey but worth every penny!
Since I buy commissions. With commissions you have input in shape, size, finish, extra's like bands or other shenanigans, with a pipe of the shelve you don't and have to hope for a example that fits you. My last 5 pipes bought 4 are commissions, my last was a Peterson Deluxe. Fine smoker, no complaints, but if you can't execute the QC on a pipe that expensive (for a Peterson) where the stem is jammed into to mortise and doesn't move an inch i'm done with buying "stock" pipes. And yes, I could freeze it to just remove the stem, but why should I work around a problem where proper QC would have intercepted that problem? I'm in (IT) product design myself and would say I have a high standard regarding my testing protocols to ensure the end user won't find a stupid mistake I should have found myself before delivering the product to the end user.
Also I like the process of buying a commissioned pipe, I get to talk to the maker, have a "personal" connection to them. Yes, you sometimes have to wait longer on it, but I don't mind waiting when it is fully to my specs. And the artisans I have a pipe from are all in a acceptable price point.
My commissions untill now;
Also I like the process of buying a commissioned pipe, I get to talk to the maker, have a "personal" connection to them. Yes, you sometimes have to wait longer on it, but I don't mind waiting when it is fully to my specs. And the artisans I have a pipe from are all in a acceptable price point.
My commissions untill now;
You can also let the carver go nuts just to see what they come up with!
You can also let the carver go nuts just to see what they come up with!
That would be my next level, the next pipe will be like that; "make me a pipe"
But i'm dedicating pipes to blends like you do, I like the Jason Everett pipe in size for rubbed flakes / ready rubbed (no dedicated blend yet), where the long lovat is my Presbyterian pipe and the small bulldog my fold and stuff Macbarren Navy Flake. So I might just give dimensions and "make me a pipe".
Price? How can you put a price on a work of an art! Be reasonable! Less than $300US. Brand? Peterson. Nothing else will do. Aesthetics? Have to catch my eyes.
Ok unique Petes. The Jacklyn and Hyde petes are quite unique as are the copper spigot 2022 Christmas editions
I have really had my eyes set on a Peterson 312 Smooth System Spigot. I like the reddish hue of the bowl but finding the right one at the time that I have the cash to pay for it has been tricky for at least the past year. One day the stars will align!
Not unique. More like there has to be something that catches my eyes. Good grains, birdseye just right, fat bottom apples.. Good shape. And something just aren't my thing.
There's buying a pipe and the time that takes, which depends on the energy you want to spend shopping, evaluating, selecting, and waiting for the "right" pipe to come along. Then there's the time involved in "breaking in" a pipe, which I think is more about learning the pipe and its characteristics than changing the pipe per se. And then there is the long-range benefit of time, involving the seasoning of a pipe over years, that can elevate a pipe from being a good smoker to being something really special.
And "just the right pipe" may change in your definition over time. Some people go from medium pipes to small or extra large ones. Others may veer from briars to almost exclusively Meerschaum, clay, or cob, and so on.
So how long does any or all of that take? A few days, a few weeks, or years, I guess.
And "just the right pipe" may change in your definition over time. Some people go from medium pipes to small or extra large ones. Others may veer from briars to almost exclusively Meerschaum, clay, or cob, and so on.
So how long does any or all of that take? A few days, a few weeks, or years, I guess.