I have an old Yello Bole bulldog that's really pretty ugly. But, I always get a good smoke from it and I wouldn't trade it.
Would you keep a pretty pipe that smokes lousy?
Would you keep a pretty pipe that smokes lousy?
Would you keep an ugly pipe that smokes really well?
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I wouldn't buy a pipe that wasn't aesthetically pleasing. An attractive pipes that doesn't smoke well goes to the landfill.
What @Chasing Embers said bout sums it up. Though i might experiment with a pipe that doesn't smoke well first to see if i can correct it with a re-drill or stem adjustment prior to retiring it altogether.
Ugly pipe that smokes well: of course I'd keep it.
Ugly pipe that smokes poorly: bye
Attractive pipe that smokes poorly: if it's pleasing to the eye, I'd consider it a decorative art piece, and keep it. I've never had to make this decision in real life, though...yet.
Ugly pipe that smokes poorly: bye
Attractive pipe that smokes poorly: if it's pleasing to the eye, I'd consider it a decorative art piece, and keep it. I've never had to make this decision in real life, though...yet.
If I think a pipe is ugly, why would I buy it in the first place?
But if I got it somehow, without looking, blind tested it, and it smoked great, I'd keep it.
But if I got it somehow, without looking, blind tested it, and it smoked great, I'd keep it.
Yes, unless it's a falcon.
If a falcon gave the best smoke on earth I'd still pay someone to take it away.
Otherwise, sure, I'd sometimes use an ugly pipe that smoked really well.
If a falcon gave the best smoke on earth I'd still pay someone to take it away.
Otherwise, sure, I'd sometimes use an ugly pipe that smoked really well.
Well, I once acquired a beat-up old Meerschaum in a job lot of 6 estate pipes, of which there were only a couple I really wanted, and this Meer that came with them was a right old codger pipe. I couldn't resell it on its own, and I kind of felt sorry for it, because it had at least been loved, if roughly, a long time. So I cleaned, sanded and waxed it, smoothed off its chips, then filled it and lit it up: and it's a great little pipe.
If I can't get the functionality out of it that I want, I move it along to another who may do better with it.
It’s like asking would you prefer a good screw to eye candy.
Not regarding aesthetics, but I believe I've read more than one story about smoking a pipe into "submission" regarding pleasantness.
If it doesn’t flip the bill it’s gone regardless and I don't want it.
Ha! My falcon is my best smoking pipe.
But Falcons are jolly useful. They please the engineering side of me and have a singular aesthetic.
Ugly pipes: I get rid of, great smoker or not
Pretty pipes that smoke bad I get rid of
Real pretty pipes that smoke exquisitely well: I keep and collect
There are simply too many real pretty pipes that smoke really great.
Why spend time relaxing with an ugly pipe regardless of how it smokes is what I'm thinking
Pretty pipes that smoke bad I get rid of
Real pretty pipes that smoke exquisitely well: I keep and collect
There are simply too many real pretty pipes that smoke really great.
Why spend time relaxing with an ugly pipe regardless of how it smokes is what I'm thinking
you need a Radiator or that Dunhill that is built like one, or the Dunhill motorist that is bent 90 deg so the ash flys around the side when you take the open top Bentley out
My two Pipe Maker pipes are not particularly ugly, but they are 5's at best. However, because they are such reliably good smokers, I keep them. I bought them as artifacts of days gone by - examples of working men's pipes for my American drug store pipe collection. That said, because they smoke great, I keep them even thought I have found and acquired better examples since purchasing them.
Just to clarify. I was asking two questions.
And, I didn't buy this pipe. It was part of a collection that an elderly neighbor gave me a long time ago. I wouldn't have picked it out myself.
And, I didn't buy this pipe. It was part of a collection that an elderly neighbor gave me a long time ago. I wouldn't have picked it out myself.
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