Buster
Joined : 25 Oct 2008
Posts : 48
 |  Subject: Bjarne Houston, Savinelli Morino or Duca Carlo - or other?  Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:28 pm | |
| Hi all,
Looking to get a nice pipe (a straight saddle-bit, either billiard or a bulldog) under $50 to dedicate to Maltese Falcon.
I've narrowed it down to a Bjarne Houston, Savinelli Morino and a Savinelli Duca Carlo. Which will give me the best bang for the buck?
Thanks!
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Justpipes
The Duke
Age : 50
Joined : 17 Dec 2007
Posts : 3716
Location : American by birth, Southern by the grace of God!
Tobacco : John Middleton Walnut, Prince Albert, GLP Cumberland, Recently Exhausted Rooster.
Pipe : Brissetts, Kaywoodies in variations of the billiard and dublin shape.
| | Subject: Re: Bjarne Houston, Savinelli Morino or Duca Carlo - or other? Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:19 pm | |
| Kaywoodie Shellcraft on sale right now at Gray Fox Online and some of them at $38 can't be beat! Great American made briars for the money. Some of the other offerings are fabulous too for the money. Oh yeah, free shipping on all of their pipes.
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Centurian 803
Age : 58
Joined : 10 Sep 2008
Posts : 162
Location : Oak Ridge, TN
Tobacco : Gatlin Burley
Pipe : GBD Canadian
| | Subject: Re: Bjarne Houston, Savinelli Morino or Duca Carlo - or other? Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:28 pm | |
| I sure like Savs. I haven't had the pleasure of smoking a Bjarne. It's just a little over you fifty dollar mark, but I bought a Peterson Cara from Iwan Ries the other day for $63.00. It'd be hard to beat a Pete. (Sorry, didn't intend to make that rhyme).
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Buddy Springman
Age : 51
Joined : 01 Jun 2008
Posts : 156
Location : SE Coast of Lake Michigan
| | Subject: Re: Bjarne Houston, Savinelli Morino or Duca Carlo - or other? Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:39 am | |
| | Centurian 803 wrote: | | I sure like Savs. I haven't had the pleasure of smoking a Bjarne. It's just a little over you fifty dollar mark, but I bought a Peterson Cara from Iwan Ries the other day for $63.00. It'd be hard to beat a Pete. (Sorry, didn't intend to make that rhyme). |
I've owned my share of lower-priced Peterson's. Enjoyed them all. BUT my pre-first-smoke ritual is to spend twenty minutes with 400 sandpaper taking the dunk-stain out of the bowl - followed by a good alcohol swabbing of the bowl & shank. Can't take the taste of stain.
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Buster
Joined : 25 Oct 2008
Posts : 48
| | Subject: Re: Bjarne Houston, Savinelli Morino or Duca Carlo - or other? Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:32 pm | |
| I hadn't even looked at Ries' petersons. Both the kildare and sterling look pretty good. Would you say these would be a better choice than the others I've listed?
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