What’s a Good 9mm Pipe- Vauen, Barling or Rattray?
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I’ve got a couple Vauens, Mastro de Paja’s, and Lorenzetti’s. All are decent pipes for decent prices.
Peterson, Vauen, Savinelli all make nice 9mm. Radice and Ser Jacopo do as well but harder to find and more $. The Barling Trafalgars look nice but I’ve only seen them online never in person. @sablebrush52 may have more advice as he is “The Bard of Barlings”
My favorite is. Beretta 9mm.
My favorite is. Beretta 9mm.
Stanwell, Savinelli, & Peterson are all good options if you're going for factory production pipes. Plenty of artisan pipe makers out there make 9mm options.
I’d go with Vauen if it were me. I don’t own one but I’ve been looking at 9mm for a few years and I like what I’ve seen, and heard, for that matter.
Entirely satisfied with my Luigi Viprati 9mm also can't go wrong with Sig Sauers
I have a Kemperling, an Austrian made 9 mm filter pipe, which I think is similar to Vauen, and it is made with noticeable precision, with an open airway and a wide bit and a meticulous finish, so that would be my pick. The new Barlings aren't comparable to the classics sablebrush recommends; I guess they're okay, but no one is pushing them on Forums. I think Rattray is contracted out to France or Italy, probably a good pipe, but I'd rather buy from the nation were the marque originated. However, Italian Stanwells are just fine to me. Incidentally, the Kemperling smokes just fine without the filters too, which is usually my preference.
I mostly prefer not to have any filter, but I do have Il Ceppo, Rattray, Stanwell, and Vauen 9mm pipes. For me they are all good smokers, mostly ascetic differences. The most important thing I feel is your choice of filters. After trying a number of different brands, I settled on Savinelli balsa filters. They pass plenty of smoke without dulling the flavor of the tobacco, and mostly just adsorb moisture. You'll have to experiment yourself to see what you prefer.
I think of filters for when I smoke more than usual, like a pipe show, pipe club, or pipe shop, or to try out very strong blends that people find overbearing before I dive in filterless. I'm a moderate smoker, so when I do smoke, I usually don't want a filtered experience; that would just lead me to smoke more bowls.
Probably not that much other than the damage to your wallet.
I have $60 Vauen and a Vauen Auenland churchwarden that retails ~$200. They both smoke fantastic. The churchwarden though is the coolest smoking pipe I own. Even more so than the Savinelli and Peterson churchwardens I own. I absolutely love the thing but it is a beast. Flawless in design and constructionProbably not that much other than the damage to your wallet.
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Not really. Vauen makes really nice pipes at the lower end. I have an Olaf 1811 I paid about $70 for and it has a nicer finish than some of my $170 deluxe pipes.
Rattray's are also good and I'd say fairly equivalent to Vauen.
I wanted to try 9mm filters so I bought a Vaughn Olaf bent egg (#4873) on SP.eu as unsmoked estate pipe on sale for $56. (normally 120). Great pipe, well made, lightweight, one of my daily rotation. Well worth the money. I recommend vaughn as well.
