Hi Harris,
Is this high end enough for you?
Lets See Your High End Collections
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This is not just a pipe! It's a monument to conspicuous consumption and poor taste. 
One of my recent acquisitions is an unsmoked from Old Master Viggo Nielsen, I love his works.
The grain is stunning and I do not comprehnd why it did just not make it to a "Jewel of Denmark ".
The grain is stunning and I do not comprehnd why it did just not make it to a "Jewel of Denmark ".
Gosh gentlemen, thank you.
Is this actually what we consider "high end "?
I recognized that band right away. @cosmicfolklore does great work!
And another one coming home.
That repair and band are so nice it almost makes me want to purposely break a pipe. Almost.
Mike,
That's a real beauty.
Yes it certainly is one beauty of a basket pipe! LOL
That’s one hell of a sweet looking pipe, you be proud and enjoy it to your health, there’s certainly nothing basket about that!
Joura are the most expensive I’ve ever seen, they’re not being made.
WOW Marty has two of them for sale, better grab one if your pockets are deep enough! Both new and unsmoked!
Joura King #1149504. New Price — Pulvers' Prior Briar
Long periods go by when the wood simply does not exist to produce a King grade. The bonus on this piece is the shape and style, making it a great pipe to hold and smoke. I would guess most King's get put away as collectors' pieces. Since this pipe was produced, Karl Heinz Joura has started
www.pulverspriorbriar.com
Joura King #621743JJ New Price — Pulvers' Prior Briar
For those who are diffident and don't want to appear ostentatious in their acquisitions, we have a Joura King that is less costly than the piece above. Here, too, the straight grain quality is worthy of the grade designation and the handwork is pure Joura, with each detail coming as close to perfec
www.pulverspriorbriar.com
Karlheinz Joura - Pipedia
For some Middle eastern potentate or Russian oligarch to smoke while sitting in his amber roomThis is not just a pipe! It's a monument to conspicuous consumption and poor taste.
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If you Google "World's Most Expensive Cognac" you will come up with something similar - a good but not exquisite cognac in an OTT bejewelled gold flask.
As you put it - a monument to poor taste
I got the Josef Prammer morta because I was so impressed by the fact that he had commissioned a university study into the mineral density, age and how it relates to smokeabilty of morta.Fun fact: The mineral content is indeed directly connected to age.
The black morta pipemakers use is usually around 8,000 years old and about 10% stone.
Objects that reach 100% mineral content and no longer contain any organic material are even given a special name... we call 'em fossils.
That's something to ponder while sipping on your VaPer while reading a book, innit? When the thing in your hand was living wood, Mammoths and (if it's an extra-old piece) Sabertooth Tigers were walking around.
Maybe one even brushed up against the very peice of morta you're holding.
The smokeability bit is rather subjective, of course.
Had it briefly, the airway was too restrictive - had to send it back
I honestly like the appearance of most of my common pipes over these, but I enjoyed the story about the carver on Pipedia.Joura are the most expensive I’ve ever seen, they’re not being made.
WOW Marty has two of them for sale, better grab one if your pockets are deep enough! Both new and unsmoked!
Joura King #1149504. New Price — Pulvers' Prior Briar
Long periods go by when the wood simply does not exist to produce a King grade. The bonus on this piece is the shape and style, making it a great pipe to hold and smoke. I would guess most King's get put away as collectors' pieces. Since this pipe was produced, Karl Heinz Joura has started
Joura King #621743JJ New Price — Pulvers' Prior Briar
For those who are diffident and don't want to appear ostentatious in their acquisitions, we have a Joura King that is less costly than the piece above. Here, too, the straight grain quality is worthy of the grade designation and the handwork is pure Joura, with each detail coming as close to perfec
Karlheinz Joura - Pipedia
pipedia.org
My unsmoked straight grain Sergey Senatorov :
I can’t wait to see these pipes displayed Friday night in Vegas!
I think this clearly makes my point that PM has the best collections of high end pipes on the internet.
There used to be a private site invitation only called the Common Sewers. It was one of the many rooms that was part of smokersforum.uk.
The Common Serves was a site where all high end pipes could be discussed without having to apologize for having that kind of money invested in pipes. I was a piker to those guys. My Rad Davis and other American artisan pipes smoked great and not once was I felt out.
There were some amazing pieces of work that you would never see anywhere else. There were a lot of heavy hitters from the pipe world and the conversations were very cool. I learned much of what I know now from those guys just as I learned a bunch of cool stuff from this thread.
There used to be a private site invitation only called the Common Sewers. It was one of the many rooms that was part of smokersforum.uk.
The Common Serves was a site where all high end pipes could be discussed without having to apologize for having that kind of money invested in pipes. I was a piker to those guys. My Rad Davis and other American artisan pipes smoked great and not once was I felt out.
There were some amazing pieces of work that you would never see anywhere else. There were a lot of heavy hitters from the pipe world and the conversations were very cool. I learned much of what I know now from those guys just as I learned a bunch of cool stuff from this thread.