The Beauty of Budget Pipes

[kitchnsink52]

Price doesn’t always equate to a better smoker!

Next, the so called budget pipe, is only whatever budget you are on, not anyone else.

Be sure to read the article, ‘The Myth of Brand and Maker in Pipesmoking’, by Dr. Fred Hanna.

https://www.greatnorthernpipeclub.org/_files/ugd/17b259_acdce5ca70354ca7a5f64775f95ae600.pdf

Here are two inexpensive pipes I own. Not to toot my own horn, but they have character, for pipes, that probably only cost $7-$10 when they were made, and smoke as nice as any $300 pipe I’ve smoked so far.

1931-1967 BBB Wyteway Billiard with a vulcanite stem. I think most will agree, an old Billiard like this, is a timeless classic.

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Dr. Grabow: Commodore 65 Zulu, dated from 1967-1969, vulcanite stem, metal screw-in tenon, no stinger.

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Don’t worry about costs, buy what you can afford, and whatever catches your eye!

@Briar Lee time to get in here and start promoting those Lees!

Those are awesome pipes! And thanks for the article, that was a really good read. Interesting thoughts about the quality of the soil affecting the briar.

 

[OzPiper]

@Briar Lee time to get in here and start promoting those Lees!

@Briar Lee has discovered Marxman pipes
Watch out for the avalanche of Pipes by Lee he will be offering for sale in the coming months

 

[fMf Piper]

1931-1967 BBB Wyteway Billiard with a vulcanite stem. I think most will agree, an old Billiard like this, is a timeless classic.

Absolutely, that is a pretty pipe. I love a classic straight billiard, and I could care less how little it cost.

 

[tklee]

Doesn't matter cheap pipe or expensive pipe, as long as it's a good smoker, it's a good pipe. I don't have expensive pipe either, the pipes that I smoke the most are my corn cobs