Dock
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The way I see it our little group is split into two camps,those who smoke estate pipes and those who do not.It's very hard to convince someone who belongs to either camp to convert over to the other's way of thinking but I'm going to try anway.
I'm a proud estate pipes smoker and have been for almost my entire 10-12 year pipe smoking career! There are many good reasons for belonging to camp #1. First off, estate pipes usually sell for 1/2 or even less than the pipe would have sold for new! Secondly, estate pipes are already broken in for you! There's usually no tongue burn and no briar taste through the first dozen bowls! As soon as you load er' up you're ready to smoke a nicely seasoned pipe. Thirdly and probably the biggest reason that you should give estate pipes a try is a purely financial one. Let's say you buy an unsmoked Castello Greatline for $800.00. You smoke that pipe 5-10 times only to discover that it's not for you.Perhaps it's too heavy or you don't care for the astetics as much as you did when you bought it or perhaps you've got a chance to buy an ever better greatline.When you go to sell your $800 pipe you'll find that it's only worth $400 or even a bit less! Now let's say that you had bought that Greatline as an estate and found that you don't care for it.You'll likely be able to get almost all of your investment back and in some case actaully make a bit on it if it's listed on e-bay with several interested parties bidding! As long as you keep an estate pipe in resonably good shape there's a good chance that it'll never go down in value.
The most important thing to have when venturing into the world of estates is an excellent pipe rejuvenator.I've been incredibly satisfied with the work of George at Precision Pipe Rejuvenation & Repair. He'll make any well smoked estate pipe look and smoke like new for a very minimal fee.
I hope that I've made some of you camp #2 ers at least consider the benefits of trying estates....
Best,
D.J.
I'm a proud estate pipes smoker and have been for almost my entire 10-12 year pipe smoking career! There are many good reasons for belonging to camp #1. First off, estate pipes usually sell for 1/2 or even less than the pipe would have sold for new! Secondly, estate pipes are already broken in for you! There's usually no tongue burn and no briar taste through the first dozen bowls! As soon as you load er' up you're ready to smoke a nicely seasoned pipe. Thirdly and probably the biggest reason that you should give estate pipes a try is a purely financial one. Let's say you buy an unsmoked Castello Greatline for $800.00. You smoke that pipe 5-10 times only to discover that it's not for you.Perhaps it's too heavy or you don't care for the astetics as much as you did when you bought it or perhaps you've got a chance to buy an ever better greatline.When you go to sell your $800 pipe you'll find that it's only worth $400 or even a bit less! Now let's say that you had bought that Greatline as an estate and found that you don't care for it.You'll likely be able to get almost all of your investment back and in some case actaully make a bit on it if it's listed on e-bay with several interested parties bidding! As long as you keep an estate pipe in resonably good shape there's a good chance that it'll never go down in value.
The most important thing to have when venturing into the world of estates is an excellent pipe rejuvenator.I've been incredibly satisfied with the work of George at Precision Pipe Rejuvenation & Repair. He'll make any well smoked estate pipe look and smoke like new for a very minimal fee.
I hope that I've made some of you camp #2 ers at least consider the benefits of trying estates....
Best,
D.J.