What Is a Pipe You Regret Not Purchasing?

[americaman]

What is a pipe you really thought about buying, maybe for a minute or a few days, and then when it was sold you kicked yourself for not buying it? I’m talking about those pipes that spoke to you, where you should have just bit the bullet and threw money at your screen.

Post your reason for not buying and a picture if possible.

For me it’s this S. Bang, and I would love to find another one like it in the future. Reason: Expensive.

 

[Sonorisis]

This Piersel was up at SPC for a short time. I thought about it.... Gone, but not before I had my chance to grab it. Later contacted the carver only to learn it could not be duplicated because of rarity of the bamboo in the original. Have thought about it ever since.

 

[NomadOrb]

I haven't regretted not buying any pipes, but I have regretted buying a few.

 

[briarbuck]

Never regretted not buying a pipe. There have been a couple Rad's that I wished that I had won, but quickly got over it.

In the last days of EBAY tin sales there was a lot on sale for WEEKS of probably 50 cans of aged Christmas Cheer + 50 other McClelland Va's for $1200. Still kick myself in the ass for not pulling the trigger on that lot.

 

[BROBS]

I haven't regretted not buying any pipes, but I have regretted buying a few.

Exact

 

[mso489]

It would be something obscure and inexpensive for me. Years ago, Iwan Ries had four or five Hardcastle shapes with bronze colored bands that I kept looking at, for forty bucks. I'd always look but never bought. I suspect they were pretty good English wood, sturdy and with real British reserve. They could be hiding somewhere in IR's vast inventory even today, but I have plenty of pipes by now.

 

[kcghost]

Nate King a small half-dent brandy at a Chicago show. I should have bought it as soon as I saw it but I decided to wait until Sunday. Bad mistake. And he hasn't made one since then.

 

[sablebrush52]

The one and only pipe I am sorry not to have obtained is actually a cased set of two pipes up for auction on eBay. 1915, my father's birth year, and Barlings, in really mint condition. It wasn't that I didn't pull the trigger, it was that my opponent had a deeper resolve to own it. So when it reached about twice market value I let him have it. Other than that I could care less.

 

[BarrelProof]

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Well,over the years there were some stunning estate Dunhills on ebay auction that I simply could not afford to win,,

 

[anotherbob]

nope the one time I saw a pipe like that I bought it right away even though I couldn't afford it. But otherwise I have never seen a pipe I must have. I don't tend to like overly fancy pipes much and as far as the price range I enjoy there will be another one just as perfect.

 

[boston]

More than one Negoita...he had some amazing pieces, and I purchased quite a few from him. But one can't buy them all.

 

[OzPiper]

A birth year Dunhill bulldog. I'd just received that exact same model Dunhill bulldog a couple of days earlier and had overspent my pipe allowance for the month with several other purchases.
I did get a birth year Dunhill much later, but it's not a bulldog.

 

[tobefrank]

This Yuwei sandblasted acorn came up on Smoking pipes.com a while ago and before I could pull the trigger it was gone. I was a bit sore about that for a while.

It was right at the top of the price range of what I'm willing to spend on a pipe and I normally need months to think that over and justify it to myself.

I've been lucky that the two artisan pipes I bought flew under the radar for months and gave me time to slowly make the decision.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

To date, none.

 

[ashdigger]

It’s complicated.

 

[olkofri]

A Savinelli Qandale during the IPSD sale two years ago.

 

[captpat]

Caminnetto Business Class Bent Egg, the blasted version, passed on the opportunity several years ago and haven't seen another that was in as good a shape for a reasonable price.

 

[odobenus]

There have been some really weird, extravagant P. Holtorp pipes that I turned up my nose at, and now kinda wish I hadn't. I just think the guy was amazing.
Also a few reasonably priced, dotted Sasienis that crossed my path. Still looking for that perfect (affordable) Dot.

 

[workman]

I just don't think of pipes that way.