Nice, but I think my wife would divorce me.

[Josjor]

I've got a hankering to get one of those freehands with a lot or plateau showing. On tonights eBay search I came up with this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Age-Bogelund-Freehand-Pipe-Very-Unique-/160658339748?pt=UK_Collectables_Tobacciana_Smoking_LE&hash=item2567fbb7a4

What the heck? I mean, it comes with a free stand, right? Hmmmmmm. I can affore either a pipe or a divorce attorney. Not both.

Still, it's a helluva great looking pipe.

 

[Boulder]

Very cool pipe.

 

[Harlock999]

Wow, they are seriously fishing with that "Buy It Now" price!
It's a really great looking piece, but not quite deserving of that price tag.
Now if it were a Lars Ivarsson...

 

[Young briar fan]

Call her bluff!!!

 

[riff raff]

Bonds always seem to have overpriced (too me) oddities. I like this one, and hey, free shipping.....

 

[Wet Dottle]

Although the concept is quite interesting and unusual, I find the curves all wrong and the pipe quite ugly. And you can get much nicer pipes for that kind of dough.

 

[Buckshot]

Call her bluff!!!

:lol!:

 

[s.ireland]

Although the concept is quite interesting and unusual, I find the curves all wrong and the pipe quite ugly. And you can get much nicer pipes for that kind of dough.

My thoughts exactly. Not a very attractive piece. I'd rather have several pipes that would blow that one away for the same money

 

[thedeep]

See the Tokutomi at Smoking Pipes--much nicer and $1500 less!

 

[Harlock999]

Although the concept is quite interesting and unusual, I find the curves all wrong and the pipe quite ugly. And you can get much nicer pipes for that kind of dough.

The price of this piece is not realistic, and I wouldn't compare it to other pipes in the same price range. Usually, these sets by Bari go for between $200-$300, and Age Bogelund carved for Bari. That $7000 price tag puts it in a category usually reserved for Sixten, Lars Ivarsson, and Bo Nordh, and even though Bogelund was a respected carver, he doesn't have the reputation to pull him up into that super elite group, no matter what an optimistic retailer may wish (fish) for.
Otherwise, I've got an $7k Bjarne I'd like you guys to see...