Nording Viking Going Cheap

[woodsroad]

Is it me, or are good pipes getting more and more affordable?​

The whole Nording Viking line is down to $60 at P&C​

 

[buroak]

Could it be that this line is moving slowly at P&C? I have noticed that they do this sometimes only to later return to the earlier, higher pricing. Beyond that I cannot speak to the market for Nordings. I only had one and I sold it a while back.

 

[papipeguy]

I'd say that's a great value.

 

[wyfbane]

They also might have gotten them cheap in bulk just after the euro fell...

 

[woodsroad]

I think that they fell in to a good pipe at a great deal, and rather than retailing them at their market value price, they are blowing them out. Keeping stock in a warehouse costs money. Happy customers make you money.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Is the stem pushed in all the way? I hate the way that looks. For the same money Stanwell makes their stems look like they were made for the pipe. Maybe these were practice pipes, to teach the workers how to run the equipment.

 

[delro]

I have to agree with cosmic, that looks awful

 

[freakiefrog]

I'm with these guys.. The stem looks like an after thought to me.

 

[murf]

To me that just looks like the nording style. You see it on all the freehands.

 

[woodsroad]

The stem style has been common to freehands for a long time. Nording has been doing it for years. Same with Preben Holm. It was also common on the Stanwell "freehandesque" machine-made pipes.

 

[delro]

I have a nording freehand and I assure you the stem does not look like that

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Isn't it funny how a pipe can repulse and appeal to different people? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. That said, his Valhalla line has been priced at bargain basement prices for quite a while. Milan used to carry most of the line for about $65 a pipe, and all under $100. His pipes generally have been on the cheap end for quite a while. For several months I was able to buy every one of the pipes in two of the Valhalla style for two at a time. Great smokers, all of them.
This one just happens to not appeal to me. Most of his straight billiards, also, just don't impress me also. But, despite the gag reflex, I bet this one smokes like a champ.

 

[mephistopheles]

I'm not digging the stem on that either. It really does look awful.

 

[zitotczito]

Just looked over there and all of the stems seem to look this way. I have a Nording freehand natural that smokes fine as I hope this one will also.

 

[mso489]

The different online sites come up with some remarkable bargains. I think the PC pipe buyer works hard at locating lots (groups) of pipes at unusually low prices. I'd never seen a Stanwell for $49.95 until they offered their brushed brown and black series. SP came up with 30% (I think it was) off on Ser Jacopo pipes, but it only happened once that I know of. Tobacco too, if you watch our sponsor sites ... where a lot of the action is. That is an odd stem on the Nording, but I think it's just a style.