Rationalizing Spending A Lot On A Pipe?

[geopiper]

You'll forgive my ignorance, I'm not well attuned with the artisan pipe makers, but who was it made by?

Jody Davis

 

[sablebrush52]

Jody Davis

Wow! He make a great looking Jess pipe! No wonder the grain is so much better.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

While I totally respect that most people aren't going to be able to buy $1500 pipes, I have never understood people who brag about how cheap they are.
Like I tell them, "nice truck," and they're all... "got it for $150."
I mean, that's the exact same thing as me bragging about how much I spent. Someone likes a pipe of mine, I just say, "thank you." You can ask me how much it was, but whether I respond to that is determined by how much I think it is within your business to know.

 

[alwayslit]

Jody Davis

Nice pipe......enjoy!

 

[sablebrush52]

While I totally respect that most people aren't going to be able to buy $1500 pipes, I have never understood people who brag about how cheap they are.
Like I tell them, "nice truck," and they're all... "got it for $150."
I mean, that's the exact same thing as me bragging about how much I spent. Someone likes a pipe of mine, I just say, "thank you." You can ask me how much it was, but whether I respond to that is determined by how much I think it is within your business to know.

Maybe that "I got it for cheap" is an evocation of the tradition of the Yankee trader, the sharp trader whose acumen allows him or her to go from rags to riches based on a savvy business sense. It's certainly some form of bragging.

 

[Bushido]

Glad you got it. You'll enjoy it for the rest of you days. Just don't drop it!

 

[anotherbob]

I don't.