It wasn't until the fourth and final day of my trip that I was finally able to get to Blatter and Blatter. The Easter holiday kept it closed the first three days was visiting. When I walked in I was immediately greeted by both Pierre and and his son Patrick. They were very patient and kind as I thoroughly looked through their pipes. Pierre's son Patrick makes a lot of very nice pipes. The other pipes are made by Pierre's brother. Pierre showed me all sorts of really awesome calabash pipes made by his grandfather. His grandfather apparently "invented" the calabash. He had some cool pipes his grandfather made stashed away in drawers and cases. These were not for sale. He seemed to enjoy showing them and telling me the stories behind the pipes. While they had many pipes made by different makers, I was only focusing on their Blatter and Blatter offerings.
The regular line of pipes seem to range between $80-$120. These are well made classic shapes. Very good, well aged briar. I found a Lovat and had to have it. I have been looking for a nice Lovat for some time. They also have two different lines of "select pipes." They either have one or two dots. Pierre said the pipes with two dots have very rare and exceptional straight grain for the size of the pipe. He only had a couple and they ranged between $400 and $550. The one Dot pipes ranged between $200 and $400. The grain and size varied - but all were made very well. It took me some time, but I settled on this bent billiard covered in birds eye with a cool band of straight, flame grain. Even though I typically prefer the straight pipes, I couldn't resist this one.
Before I share any pics I want to say that the USA dollar is very strong at the moment. All of the $ amounts I posted previously were in Canadian dollars. You are getting almost $1.30 of Canadian dollars for every one USA dollar. My $300 Select cost me $213. If you want to buy a pipe now I would suggest calling Patrick, or possibly commissioning a Montreal resident like Ben88 ;-).
Here's the Batter and Blatter website link: http://www.blatterpipes.com/English.html
Pierre and I:
A pipe made by Patrick I wish I bought! It would have been about $175 USA $: (But you can't have it all).
Select on top, Lovat on bottom:
Their main case with select pipes:
Their Case of special select pipes:
The regular line of pipes seem to range between $80-$120. These are well made classic shapes. Very good, well aged briar. I found a Lovat and had to have it. I have been looking for a nice Lovat for some time. They also have two different lines of "select pipes." They either have one or two dots. Pierre said the pipes with two dots have very rare and exceptional straight grain for the size of the pipe. He only had a couple and they ranged between $400 and $550. The one Dot pipes ranged between $200 and $400. The grain and size varied - but all were made very well. It took me some time, but I settled on this bent billiard covered in birds eye with a cool band of straight, flame grain. Even though I typically prefer the straight pipes, I couldn't resist this one.
Before I share any pics I want to say that the USA dollar is very strong at the moment. All of the $ amounts I posted previously were in Canadian dollars. You are getting almost $1.30 of Canadian dollars for every one USA dollar. My $300 Select cost me $213. If you want to buy a pipe now I would suggest calling Patrick, or possibly commissioning a Montreal resident like Ben88 ;-).
Here's the Batter and Blatter website link: http://www.blatterpipes.com/English.html
Pierre and I:
A pipe made by Patrick I wish I bought! It would have been about $175 USA $: (But you can't have it all).
Select on top, Lovat on bottom:
Their main case with select pipes:
Their Case of special select pipes:
