Tom Eltang Celebrates 50 Years of Pipe Making

[Homer]

That just sounds so... communistic. Sorry, but you mean that you could make a pipe as good as Tom Eltang?

Sure, why not?

 

[fireground_piper]

Hey, if you aren't willing to trigger people, your posts won't ever get much traction. Just jump into the frey and start swinging.

Just look at some of claims in this thread!

I hereby make the factual statement that silver has never been used in the history of pipe making. Everything claiming otherwise is fake.

 

[Chasing Embers]

If we look at the prices there is no difference between Tom Eltang, Lasse Skovgaard and Chris Asteriou.
They all are talented and expensive.

Price was never a category for me. I've just never been impressed with Tom's designs.

 

[Chasing Embers]

On these the bamboo is drilled and interior air passage is left raw, which aids in absorption.

Many of Andre Kharitonov's pieces are like that.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Price was never a category for me. I've just never been impressed with Tom's designs.

I think that if we are looking for a way to objectively measure who is the best, outside of "I like them or not", Tom has held the highest prices that actually sell to a world wide audience for longer than most. Actually, I can't think of anyone who has sold for his prices for as long as he has.
Also, he is more well know than most of these pipemakers that also sell for as much.

His name is synonymous with pipemaker.

Now, all of those other folks you guys mention may make a pretty pipe, and they may get their asking prices, but I've either never heard of them, or I've only ever heard you mention them.

Now, I could charge a million dollars for a pipe, but that doesn't make my pipes worth that much. What makes his pipes worth that much is that they sell without flinching.

Now, there are pipemakers that I like more than Eltangs. Hell, I would list twenty before I got to him. But, just going on fame and demand for a certain amount of time, he is at the top of his game.