Looking for A Nice (Reasonably Priced) Prince

[Briar Lee]

3 stars! View attachment 190545

Finding a nice Lee Prince can be a worthy adventure, well worth it, but it might take awhile. I have maybe a couple, out of over a hundred Lees. The shape wasn’t too common.

Savenelli lists a 315 shape, from $100 to about $200 depending on grade.

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While you wait to find a Lee, it should scratch your itch for a Prince.

 

[Briar Lee]

3 stars! View attachment 190545

Notice how the Lee has a very thin top rim, and graceful long bent shank.

A Lee is the same shape, regardless of grade. Only briar grade, and maybe polishing changed. More stars, more money, same pipe.

To try and duplicate that Lee in a Savenelli, costs over $300.

SAVINELLI PUNTO ORO 315 CLASSIC PRINCE PIPE * NEW in BOX * MIN. 3 YEARS DRYING | eBay

SAVINELLI PUNTO ORO CLASSIC PRINCE PIPE. Just 1,2% of the bowls chosen are considered suitable this series. The drying process lasting for more than three years.". Shape Nr.: 315. Head height: 35 mm.

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And the Punto Oro is more darkly stained.

The absolute best factory pipes, grade for grade, since 1946 have gold stars.

 

[ssjones]

If as Mike suggests, "reasonable" is under $100 - look for a GBD 357 estate, it's a fairly common shape.

 

[mikethompson]

Will have to look there, that's a nice one

 

[MattRVA]

Really great suggestions here: Kaywoodie would be my choice but I’ve always admired the Briarworks prince. Happy hunting!

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[ssjones]

A couple of other Brits to consider from Comoy's

337C




303

 

[LotusEater]

Not exactly a prince but close and in my opinion very cool

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[L-Town Comanche]

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Reasonably priced prince.

 

[Briar Lee]

A very low use, high condition, late run stamped star Three Star grade Lee Prince. If you can find these $30 will buy one.


When buying a Prince, remember they last over 75 years and somebody has to smoke it all that time.

Buy the best, and only cry once.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Buy the best, and only cry once

In that case, get an early Haymarket Loewe.

 

[Briar Lee]

In that case, get an early Haymarket Loewe.

Price rations everything.

Century old, super collectible, multi thousand dollar Loewe pipes are worth what they cost.

But when the word “reasonably priced” is part of the equation then a Lee Prince is the bottom rung of the best.

This Rossi 315 EX will smoke as well and last as long as the Punto Oro 315 that costs almost four times more:

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But for more than twice the money, you get a smooth silver spigot 315.

SAVINELLI "ELEGANZA" STERLING SPIGOT 315 PRINCE 9MM BRIAR PIPE / SMOOTH | eBay

Acrylic Stem - 9MM Filter System. Original Pipe Sleeve, Case & Non Filter Adapter. M E A S U R E M E N T S.

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Part of the fun of all this, is all the choices.

 

[mikethompson]

In my searches for a good Prince shape I'm finding all sorts of other pipes to buy too LOL

 

[jaytex1969]

One of our sponsors has this orphaned and repaired Dunhill for sale. I've had great experiences with this seller.

Dunhill Bruyere Prince

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I got this Peterson 406 from them a few years ago and I enjoy it bigly.




The 406 shape is readily available and mostly around your target price from our friends at SP.

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[Oddball]

Briarworks Blast Prince Pipes are really, really nice smokers. I like them for grilling on the patio stuffed full of some English or Balkan blend. I have two and every time I want to buy a new pipe I have to talk myself out of another one of those vs a new shape I don't already have. They Clench well, smoke great, fit perfectly in a fully gripped left index finger and sit well...

 

[didimauw]

In my searches for a good Prince shape I'm finding all sorts of other pipes to buy too LOL

You ARE going to tell us when you found one right?

 

[mikethompson]

Miss an opportunity to post a new pipe?

Of course not. What am I, new here?

 

[Honkytonk Man]

I saw this one today, on the bay.

Stuffedanimalgirl is listing it for USD124.00.

Unsmoked Barling Brigadier Regency Prince Tobacco Pipe 5386 T.V.F. EXEL W/ BOX England.

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[mikethompson]

I've narrowed it down to two choices on our esteemed site sponsor, Smoking Pipes:

Ropp Etudiant - looks like a good deal, and I've never read a bad thing about a French pipe


Peterson 406 Irish Harp - love that stem and the bit of silverwork

 

[vates]

I've always liked the looks of the BriarWorks prince shapes

I'll second that.

 

[didimauw]

I've narrowed it down to two choices on our esteemed site sponsor, Smoking Pipes:

Ropp Etudiant - looks like a good deal, and I've never read a bad thing about a French pipe
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Peterson 406 Irish Harp - love that stem and the bit of silverwork
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I like the looks of the stem on the Pete. However, I've always wanted to try a Ropp, especially the Etudiant line.