Would you keep an ugly pipe that smokes really well?

[telescopes]

Oh I know. It was more tongue in cheek than anything.

That being said, if I could wave my hand and turn all my pipes into Algerian, I would. They taste better and smoke better, no doubt.

Until @Briar Lee tries to espouse the virtual of this this Algerian.

 

[Kollman]

You can always get out your bedazzler and add a bit of flare to an ugly pipe or let your kids dive into their sticker pile and glitter. I agree with the advice that a good smoking pipe with a bad haircut is worth keeping around, but a looker might need to go to the shop to get an upgrade.

 

[dd57chevy]

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Until @Briar Lee tries to espouse the virtual of this this Algerian.

Uh , yea , (trying to be charitable here ) ,......that pipe could probably be considered........aesthetically challenged..................

 

[Sobrbiker]

It’s like asking would you prefer a good screw to eye candy.

Ah, the old moped conundrum….

 

[Sobrbiker]

If they smoke great, sure, keep them. If you ever start making pipes, you'll learn to love the ugly ones, those are the ones you keep

Or you could start a seconds line for us poor folk

 

[HillbillyThomist]

I enjoy my smoke less from an ugly pipe, so there's a limit on how good it could actually be.

 

[wyfbane]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have some pipes that I am sure aren't on anyones top 25 list that smoke ok, but I don't mind how they look.

 

[Remorc]

My first pipe I bought in my mid 20s was a medium bent Peterson Fermoy 05 with a wide polished nickel band. Being the idiot I was (still am), when the band slid off once, I tried to super glue it back on. Went about as well as you’d expect.

I’ve since polished most of the glue off, and it looks okay. It doesn’t smoke very well though, gurgles a lot, regardless of what I put in it. I don’t smoke it often anymore, but keep it around since it was my first pipe.