What's Your First Pipe Purchase of the New Year?

[Rebub24]

A rad davis black and tan dublin with super thick walls. Not normally a partial rustication fan, but the huge smooth rim and cumberland stem got me on this one, and a big, thick walled dublin just might be my favorite shape. The stain and stem colors just really remind me of something you'd see in an old school den or office. A room that oughta smell like codger blends. That and, I mean, It's a Rad.....

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Love the grain pattern on the rim!

 

[Rebub24]

This was it for me. My local B&M is going out of business and selling all pipes 50% off. I received a $75 Visa gift card from my parents for Xmas. The stars aligned and i could finally justify buying this Brigham by Nording freehand.

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Nice find!

 

[Rebub24]

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Got me this Estate 303 Peterson from Smoking Pipes..

Nice and classic! Love it!

 

[Rebub24]

Already put this in the Castello thread, but you know what it’s like when you get a new pipe worth showing off. Sea Rock army mount billiard.
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First impressions are great. It’s exactly what I had hoped: medium size, light and clenchable, grippy, an open draw, easy to clean, thick walled and cool to hold.

Great smoking pipes, Castellos are!

 

[olkofri]

 

[alaskanpiper]

This was mine, an estate W.O. Larsen Super shape 70, designed by Sven Knudsen.

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Reminds me a lot of my 2013 Genod Noel Series Author. Equally expensive and prestigious, right?

 

[dmcmtk]

This one was just before the New Year, but it's a great Pipe. Blue Room Briars Bamboo.

"Sleek and sophisticated, these supremely shaped classic and affordable pipes are hand finished to order by Jesse Jones and come from aged briar at least half a century old. Each pipe is fitted with a pre-molded ebonite stem and then hand engineered for perfect smokability..."

 

[alaskanpiper]

I am really tempted to nab my second of 2020 though, a pipemaker I had never heard of until recently Richard Friedman (RMF pipes). Apparently runs yacht tours in SE Alaska, some amazing looking pipes but rather high for my price range.

 

[voorhees]

Not buying any pipes at the moment, but I did pick up a new pipe lighter for my b-day. Still in route.

 

[adui]

Does two ebuchaun blocks and the tooling to make them into pipes count?

 

[agnosticpipe]

Something fun to restore. Real Ascorti stem on a non-Ascorti stummel, came to me from eBay on the cheap! A few fills needed addressing as well as some serious finish work, but the stem fits perfect and it even smokes great!

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Not buying any pipes at the moment, but I did pick up a new pipe lighter for my b-day. Still in route.View attachment 16009

Ive been going back and forth on a Pipemaster for a long time. How do you like it?

 

[ray47]

I'm thinking about getting this Savinelli Series III paneled saddle stem with a natural bowl. I had my paws on it back in December at Boda Pipes in Greenville, SC, but opted for a Savinelli Oscar Lucite 614, which was more expensive. It very light and feels good in the hand. Only drawback is the vulcanite stem. I'm not a fan of vulcanite.

 

[smokeyweb]

Here is my first purchase of 2020.

 

[rogers]

 

[Parsimonious Piper]

Mine was the Pipe by Lee bulldog I posted in the repair section.

 

[crashthegrey]

Kaywoodie Unique Lovat. I have been hooked on the Lovat shape lately.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

 

[Jef]

A rad davis black and tan dublin with super thick walls. Not normally a partial rustication fan, but the huge smooth rim and cumberland stem got me on this one, and a big, thick walled dublin just might be my favorite shape. The stain and stem colors just really remind me of something you'd see in an old school den or office. A room that oughta smell like codger blends. That and, I mean, It's a Rad.....

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I like it! Unique! ?
Jef

 

[Chasing Embers]

Already had one of these going.

First In 2020 :: Pipe Talk

What is your first pipe to come in 2020? Mine arrived yesterday. Moonshine Light Smooth Devil Anse. Checked all the boxes. I wanted: a smaller pipe; devil anse shape; a U.S.-made pipe; with a nice colored acrylic stem. Bonuses (given my recent country music zeal): made in Nashville, TN...

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