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General Pipe Discussion
Can ALL of you experienced pipe smokers chime in on this one
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<blockquote data-quote="Zeno Marx" data-source="post: 498499" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p>I definitely understand. It's an intuitive notion, for me, that certain regions or markets would be better skilled or have particular knowledge of how to do things. I don't know if that is a smart or accurate way to go about things, but it makes sense on some level. Then again, with globalization and markets competing in a different way than in the past, things might not be like that now. My wording has been atrocious today. Please forgive me.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking and projecting from my own world. I was involved in the music industry for a while, and for a long time, things were done this way or that way. Then, in the past 10-15 years, it changed a lot. The assumptions in the past have become less and less accurate to how things happen now. Things adjusted to the new market and priorities, and now things aren't handled in the same qualitative manner. They adjusted so each craft could stay competitive in the new market. Their specialties, or uniqueness, was of dwindling value in the new world, and if they didn't change how they did business, they would have been forced out of the market and out of business.</p><p></p><p>So, if Algerian briar was handled a certain way in the past, it might not be plausible for it to be handled that same way now. Just for an example. Make any sense? Not trying to be obtuse or cryptic here. I basically only look for older pipes, so this isn't something that has affected me a whole lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeno Marx, post: 498499, member: 1211"] I definitely understand. It's an intuitive notion, for me, that certain regions or markets would be better skilled or have particular knowledge of how to do things. I don't know if that is a smart or accurate way to go about things, but it makes sense on some level. Then again, with globalization and markets competing in a different way than in the past, things might not be like that now. My wording has been atrocious today. Please forgive me. I'm thinking and projecting from my own world. I was involved in the music industry for a while, and for a long time, things were done this way or that way. Then, in the past 10-15 years, it changed a lot. The assumptions in the past have become less and less accurate to how things happen now. Things adjusted to the new market and priorities, and now things aren't handled in the same qualitative manner. They adjusted so each craft could stay competitive in the new market. Their specialties, or uniqueness, was of dwindling value in the new world, and if they didn't change how they did business, they would have been forced out of the market and out of business. So, if Algerian briar was handled a certain way in the past, it might not be plausible for it to be handled that same way now. Just for an example. Make any sense? Not trying to be obtuse or cryptic here. I basically only look for older pipes, so this isn't something that has affected me a whole lot. [/QUOTE]
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