Should I bid on this unknown?
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Why not ? 
If you like it enough. And the price was right
You know we are enablers on the Forums, right ?
There are not too many members here that will tell you "Do Not Do It !"
If you like it enough. And the price was right
You know we are enablers on the Forums, right ?
There are not too many members here that will tell you "Do Not Do It !"
If the appeal exceeds the price, buy it. Appeal includes whether being an "unknown" affects you in a negative way. Or not. If it doesn't matter to you, I doubt it matters to anyone else and who cares if it does?
Several of my meerschaums are no names and I like them more than the big companies. I say go for it if you like it.
This is not a pipe addicts anonymous meeting I guess. 
I think this is quite a handsome pipe. I wish I could find out more. I wonder if 2145/5 means someone made thousands of these? Seems unlikely. I wonder if there’s a way to make an educated guess about how a pipe like this may have been manufactured? I suppose it’s hard because local tobacco shops may have had pipes made just for them or something? We’ll, who knows…if it’s cheap enough then who cares.
I think this is quite a handsome pipe. I wish I could find out more. I wonder if 2145/5 means someone made thousands of these? Seems unlikely. I wonder if there’s a way to make an educated guess about how a pipe like this may have been manufactured? I suppose it’s hard because local tobacco shops may have had pipes made just for them or something? We’ll, who knows…if it’s cheap enough then who cares.
Any pipe that you buy on line is a Question mark until you smoke it. Names guarantee nothing, just the odds that the one you're contemplating might be well made.
I own some of the finest pipes ever made, legendary names with high collector followings.
Big deal.
In my top 5 is a mid level Brebbia that I picked up on eBay for $2.
It’s a great point. I love this Viby pipe I picked up for 7$. It’s so well balanced in my hand and smokes great. Although, that is made as a second by a pretty famous artisan. But I bet big factories like Brebbia make solid products. We were talking about these cheap new Ropps on the market now. There’s one for 45$ I want. The only thing is the current global currency situation makes me hate to buy anything in dollars right at this moment.
no matter what people say there really is only so much one can do to make a pipe better or worse. Not that there aren't better and worse pipes, but most pipes are going to be decent.
Walk up to your computer, put in the maximum amount you are willing to pay for the pipe, and walk away. Ebay will let you know if you won.
brebbia maybe the most underrated brand.
In a pipe shop i just look at the pipe and price, no worry about brand. Only shop by brand because the way pipe sites are set up.
I agree that the brand of a pipe is meaningless as the main determiner for purchasing a pipe. It is a factor for me, but rather low on the scales.
The name is just a reputation. And even great names make meh pipes sometimes. I still miss my 1st cheap tyrolean it even came with a warning that was like this is going to smoke like crap we made it for display, that sucker smoked great. I bought another one later and it smoked worse then something I could have fashioned out of dog droppings. A name only indicates so much. The real test is smoking the thing. I say go with your gut.