If you could only buy one pipe for the next 5 years, what would it be?

[tobyducote]

Better than the meerschaum, I would get an estate Davorin Morta...or look for a Rad Davis or Mark Tinsky estate..

 

[weezell]

I like the idea of a meerschaum.

sablebrush52, GOOD CALL! Get a nice meer for that price point and smoke it often with no problems...

 

[mso489]

Most of us on the Forum could get along easily and happily with the too-many pipes we already have.

If only the little devils weren't so beguiling. My local pipe shop owner asks me, see anything you like?

And I say, I'm looking for one I don't like.

 

[woodsroad]

I have plenty of pipes, really. I don't need another one, although I will most likely buy a few more before the end of the month. So, I'd take the cash and buy tobacco.
If my feet were held to the fire, though, I'd just get a Stanwell Vario in a 63 or 64.

 

[shaintiques]

I think I would like a Micah Cyder cherrywood, a little more than $200 but not much. If I were you I woud get a Neerup, probably some of the nicest pioes for the money.

 

[winton]

Seriously, I would stash the money away for about a year and think. Keep looking at pipes and figure out what shapes and features you really like. Of all the pictures above, I only saw one pipe that really interests me. Unless it has a tapered stem, I am not tempted by it. I really don't enjoy most of my early pipes, since my tastes have firmed up. Don't go by what others like. But, if you find that you like most of the pipes that someone posts, then perhaps he might be able to give you advice.
Winton

 

[jerry]

Without question, a meerschaum carved by F. Baki.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

One new pipe over 5 years? The horror . . . the horror. . .

 

[blueeyedogre]

Just pulled the trigger on a matching pair of Eric Paulson sandblasted Devil Anse Cuttys. They will be my last pipe purchases for a while.

 

[foggymountain]

It would be a Dunhill 4303 amber root, in my opinion the perfect billiard. I have one of these and would welcome more. The problem is that it is a shape which is rarely available, and almost never in the amber root finish. the other problem is that I am unwilling to pay the current price of Dunhills. It has gone up dramatically in the last year or two, even at UK dealers. They have finally raised the prices to just a little more than the pipes are worth. So if cost is considered, I would be more inclined to get another L'Anatra.

 

[phred]

If I had to pull the trigger right now this minute, it would be a Tsuge - either the blowfish or the tankard with the brass-colored trim, as I've got another Steampunk Cruise coming up shortly, and could use a pipe with those aesthetics.
If I were given that ultimatum after the cruise, however, I'd have to seriously think about it. :D

 

[escioe]

Seriously, I would stash the money away for about a year and think. Keep looking at pipes and figure out what shapes and features you really like.

This is how I do it. I never decide one day that I'm going to buy a pipe. I'm always looking, and I've got a budget, and if I find something I really like, I buy/bid. I went three years without finding anything I really, really liked in my budget, then came across two just recently that I loved and got for a song. Some folks don't like the chase, though.

 

[acutabovebriar]

I would buy a CHRIS ASTERIOU bamboo poker like the one I smoke right now but in a group four size! BTW great pipe maker.....Look him up!!

 

[jogrefoln]

If my wife only gave me $200 every 5 years for a pipe I'd use it as a down payment towards a new wife. ...just sayin'. ::

 

[delkhouri]

In the $200 range, I'd probably try to find a nice artisan estate.

This!
I would patiently wait and search for an artisan estate. Something like a Rad Davis, Old Nellie, Larrysson, Andy Petersen, Chheda, Shalosky, Ryan Alden, Abe Herbaugh, Thomas James etc....
I would also probably stash a few cobs away for rotation that way she doesn't know the difference because they look the same.