Two New Estate Pipes Arrived Today

[Ryan]

Today the mailman brought me the two estate pipes I bought online last weekend.

The photos had been a little blurry and not close enough to see any details, and were not very complete. There was no description of condition, but I didn’t have to pay much so I took a chance on them.

Fast forward a few hours, and I got them cleaned up and ready to use. I’m pretty happy with this purchase and how they cleaned up. The shiny one with colored stem is a Butz Choquin Savane 1600 and the other just has the word “ITALY” on the bottom. Another fun pipe project complete. Here are a couple of before and after photos.

 

[mso489]

Those cleaned up nicely. I like my BC's.

 

[Ryan]

Those cleaned up nicely. I like my BC's.

I like the two BCs I have, I look forward to trying this one out. I actually like the look of the unbranded pipe a little better though.

 

[trouttimes]

Nice but…how do they smoke?

 

[Ryan]

Nice but…how do they smoke?

That's the thing, isn't it? I will report later today on at least one of them.

 

[OzPiper]

The previous owner of the BC was a definite devotee of ?
Job well done.

 

[mikethompson]

Great job cleaning up the rim on both.

 

[STP]

Nice pipes. Enjoy ?

 

[Ryan]

UPDATE: The unbranded pipe gave a nice smoke and never even got warm. It feels great in hand too, seems small in a good way. Good draw.

 

[Ryan]

The BC smokes fine as well, but I now know I'm not crazy about acrylic stems. They look great, but I don't like the feel.