Pipes don't get reviewed much, for understandable reasons. In few cases will someone go out and
buy that same pipe, and if they do, they might have a decisively different experience with it, because of
their own perspective and habits, or because the pipe is fundamentally different in some way. So I puzzle,
are pipe reviews ever useful? Perhaps with high production factory pipes where the similarities are strong.
Numerous posts on Falcon pipes have given a good feel and excellent information on the qualities and
perhaps some limitations on these pipes. Alternately, a review of a really unusual or exotic pipe might not
help people decide on buying such a pipe but still have interest on the unique experience of owning that pipe.
Sometimes "reviews," in the form of comments, point out quality control issues with a specific brand, although
not usually with a specific model of pipe. Likewise, sometimes experiences with specific artisan pipes recommend
or discourage purchase of that carver's pipes. You can probably successfully review any pipe as long as you figure
out how the review might serve a reader who will never own that same pipe, or a model like it. You are telling them
about the brand, the shape, the size, the materials, and the engineering, which can be a guide in other pipe purchases.
Reviewing pipes isn't easy, but it can be useful to a reader.
buy that same pipe, and if they do, they might have a decisively different experience with it, because of
their own perspective and habits, or because the pipe is fundamentally different in some way. So I puzzle,
are pipe reviews ever useful? Perhaps with high production factory pipes where the similarities are strong.
Numerous posts on Falcon pipes have given a good feel and excellent information on the qualities and
perhaps some limitations on these pipes. Alternately, a review of a really unusual or exotic pipe might not
help people decide on buying such a pipe but still have interest on the unique experience of owning that pipe.
Sometimes "reviews," in the form of comments, point out quality control issues with a specific brand, although
not usually with a specific model of pipe. Likewise, sometimes experiences with specific artisan pipes recommend
or discourage purchase of that carver's pipes. You can probably successfully review any pipe as long as you figure
out how the review might serve a reader who will never own that same pipe, or a model like it. You are telling them
about the brand, the shape, the size, the materials, and the engineering, which can be a guide in other pipe purchases.
Reviewing pipes isn't easy, but it can be useful to a reader.
