Good investigative work!
Even as numbers fluctuate, I'd bet that relative sales among these contenders remains in that order.
Which is similar to what many of us guessed.
Most Popular Pipe?
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Good investigative work!
Even as numbers fluctuate, I'd bet that relative sales among these contenders remains in that order.
Which is similar to what many of us guessed.
Kind of impossible to really figure out. Best bet would be to ask the makers directly and what they're top three sellers are. At the least you could get a confident idea of what shape or style is most sold. My guess is there is probably not a real clear leader. It probably varies from year to year.
Based on speculation and commentary, Pipes By Lee and Marxman have probably seen a huge spike this past year in the secondary market.
@Ahi Ka Probably because they break so easilyI broke one in Nantwich emptying the ash out in a pub ashtray:-( One of the Sealed Knot re-enactors showed me how to tap the ash out of a clay pipe by GENTLY tapping the pipe against the back of my hand
Tap the pipe on the inside of your hand, the palm of your hand is softer.
The back of your hand being harder, that could hurt wacking a pipe on it.
@PipeIT Many thanks; one of my New Year resolutions is don't break any more claysTap the pipe on the inside of your hand, the palm of your hand is softer.
The back of your hand being harder, that could hurt wacking a pipe on it.
(& no falling in rivers either)!
Sold or used? Many a pipe have been sold and ne'er smoked a day. Now used that's a better story. And for me it's always the pipe in my hand that's the most popular.
Those both sound like great New Years' Resos!@PipeIT Many thanks; one of my New Year resolutions is don't break any more clays
SHHH !
others are still taking the test.
It’s not stopped me from winning this square panel “Big Boy” for $27 and postage.
That pipe likely weighs over 80 grams, it was made from a huge block of the best Algerian briar, cured and aged for maybe a decade before it was made, and when new it cost the equivalent of $300 today.
If it was stamped Custombilt it might still fetch hundreds of dollars.
Lees and Marxmans are still bargains.
The most popular shape by far with smokers here in the Republic of Ireland. I don't know a lad who hasn't got a few of them.I have,1 Rusticated,1 Sandblast,3 Smooth,1 Smooth 9mm,1 meerschaum.