Finding a new but neglected quality pipe at a cigar store
Whenever I pass a cigar storefront I like to stop and ask if they have any pipes. Usually a few were stocked at their “grand opening” years ago. And for the second time this year I got lucky today at a small cigar shop. When I asked about pipes, the guy at the counter said he thought there were “a couple over on one of the shelves.”
Sure enough, there were two (once) new, still unsmoked Erik Stokkebye pipes, both made in Denmark, a model 1931 “porter” with a yellowing price tag that said $180 and a natural model 1982 with a even yellower price tag for $230. The brass “4th Generation“ collars on both were badly tarnished.
I asked the guy if he’d take $200 for the pair and he said “probably,” but that he had to call his manager. Five minutes later the deal was done. I got them home and polished the briars, brass collars and stems and they really shined up nicely. After tomorrow, neither will “unsmoked“ any longer.
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Whenever I pass a cigar storefront I like to stop and ask if they have any pipes. Usually a few were stocked at their “grand opening” years ago. And for the second time this year I got lucky today at a small cigar shop. When I asked about pipes, the guy at the counter said he thought there were “a couple over on one of the shelves.”
Sure enough, there were two (once) new, still unsmoked Erik Stokkebye pipes, both made in Denmark, a model 1931 “porter” with a yellowing price tag that said $180 and a natural model 1982 with a even yellower price tag for $230. The brass “4th Generation“ collars on both were badly tarnished.
I asked the guy if he’d take $200 for the pair and he said “probably,” but that he had to call his manager. Five minutes later the deal was done. I got them home and polished the briars, brass collars and stems and they really shined up nicely. After tomorrow, neither will “unsmoked“ any longer.
(tap on photos to enlarge)
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