Thoughts on Vauen Pipes?
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They're top notch pipes. Most are drilled for 9 mm filters, which probably explains why they don't get much love here, but they're very well made and durable pipes.
I've three and even the cheapest one, an apple from their Basic line is excellent. The Auenland Almar is my best pipe. Period.
I've three and even the cheapest one, an apple from their Basic line is excellent. The Auenland Almar is my best pipe. Period.
I have ten all made in Germany excellent smokers one of the top factory made pipes IMO.
If you don’t use 9mm filters I wouldn’t bother defeats the object.
I get most of mine new from smoking pipes Eu you can pick up some bargains
You can’t beat their Italian designed German made Mastro de paja line.
If you don’t use 9mm filters I wouldn’t bother defeats the object.
I get most of mine new from smoking pipes Eu you can pick up some bargains
You can’t beat their Italian designed German made Mastro de paja line.
I used to have three of their Auenlands. They make a good pipe.
I love my one. It's a great pipe. I don't smoke it with the filter and find the filter chamber acts kind of like a system pipe. Tried it with the free filter they come with and I don't like filters but it seemed like if I was I would have found it a top notch filter. Mine is an Ocean and it has a beautiful finish. Under lower lights it looks almost black, under medium lights it looks dark grey and the grain shows beautifully, and when the sun is extra bright it takes on a blue grey sheen and the grain really pops. I think it's typical for pipe finishes to work like this but it's very notable and more extreme then it is with my other pipes. I would highly recommend a Vauen.
Mines top notch! I've had it for six years and It's one of my regulars.
Vauen flies under the radar around here I think because they are 9mm filter pipes. Mine have been great, and very well made. I'd recommend them to anyone.
I've only got one Vauen pipe (a Minni for strong shags) and it's an absolutely twee little thing. It seems very well made and smokes nicely, so their other pipes are probably generally just as good.
Buy them in Germany and you get the white dot for a fraction of the cost!
This is the Vauen Natura. Smokes very nice - has a drilled plug if you don’t want to use the filter. Requires slightly more cleaning because of that. But it’s one of my daily smokers
Vauen have been making pipes for almost 170 years!
I have 3 of their pipes. The first one I got was a Basic sandblasted bent apple that I loved so much I bought another dark smooth Basic bent billiard and an Adagio (My favorite) in the following weeks.
They are very well made and precisely drilled, smoke wonderfully, even their Basic line.
I use their Dr. Perl 9mm filters but you can use an adapter if you don't like filters or even smoke without one.
I would buy another Vauen in a heartbeat, so I do recommend them.
I have 3 of their pipes. The first one I got was a Basic sandblasted bent apple that I loved so much I bought another dark smooth Basic bent billiard and an Adagio (My favorite) in the following weeks.
They are very well made and precisely drilled, smoke wonderfully, even their Basic line.
I use their Dr. Perl 9mm filters but you can use an adapter if you don't like filters or even smoke without one.
I would buy another Vauen in a heartbeat, so I do recommend them.
I don’t know…is it?
I couldn’t decide which way to put it in, it had no instruction manual and its just a plug with a hole…
I think so, yes.
See here:
Also note that the rubber ring doesn't sit right in the centre of the tube:
Not lecturing you, mind you. When I saw your pic last night I wondered too: so much so that I took my adapter and tried it both ways in my Vauen Quixx—specially because that's one pipe in which the adapter doesn't seem to fit when I insert it in the "right" direction (i.e. rounded end towards mortise).
The rounded end goes towards the stummel because Vauen pipes are not drilled dead centre (and no, this is NOT a defect: it's by design):
thus, if you have the flat end forwards you might end up plugging the draught hole.
well you learn somethin
I always assumed the rings were to help you grip/remove it and therefore faced the mortice
well you learn something every day.I think so, yes.
See here:
Also note that the rubber ring doesn't sit right in the centre of the tube:
Not lecturing you, mind you. When I saw your pic last night I wondered too: so much so that I took my adapter and tried it both ways in my Vauen Quixx—specially because that's one pipe in which the adapter doesn't seem to fit when I insert it in the "right" direction (i.e. rounded end towards mortise).
The rounded end goes towards the stummel because Vauen pipes are not drilled dead centre (and no, this is NOT a defect: it's by design):
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thus, if you have the flat end forwards you might end up plugging the draught hole.
I always assumed the rings were to help you grip/remove it and therefore faced the mortice
I have three which are all excellent, and I think for the mot part I only intend to buy Vauen from now on. The only issue I've had is bublling of the paint on the bowl, which I think it me letting the tobacco get too hot (depite my best efforts not too!).
As mentioned, they do make an adaptor if you don't wish to use a filter.
As mentioned, they do make an adaptor if you don't wish to use a filter.
I have one Vauen pipe. Seems just fine. One of the better pipes in my limited rotation
Most of my pipes are Vauens, they're very solidly made for the price and are all great smokers. I tend to go with them due to their more unusual finishes and takes on classic shapes. Rattray's is another good one in a similar vein.
Own one Vauen Solitaire ( solitarius "alone or isolated " ) .
Wonderful to behold and an excellent smoker too. Yes, they fly under the radar and we much
want to keep it that way and not stir up positive emotions
Made with German thoroughness and widely available they perhaps suffer from a somewhat dull imago.
Entirely unjustified.
Wonderful to behold and an excellent smoker too. Yes, they fly under the radar and we much
want to keep it that way and not stir up positive emotions
Made with German thoroughness and widely available they perhaps suffer from a somewhat dull imago.
Entirely unjustified.