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Prices of meerschaums - are they at times arbitrary? Yes
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<blockquote data-quote="WarneOut" data-source="post: 586650" data-attributes="member: 5415"><p>There was a bit of wonkiness with the shape of 2 of the stems, and on one of them the bowl was off center in the stummel (creating one wide side and one narrow side) and seemed to have a minor airflow problem. </p><p></p><p>I've learned the hard way after several expensive mistakes to not buy a pipe unless it really speaks to me and makes me excited to use it. When I add up the cost of all the pipes I don't really want to reach for, and realize how many premium pipes I could have bought for the same amount of money, it breaks my heart.</p><p></p><p>For that reason I can be a bit picky, but that doesn't mean that the Srv pipes at Meerschaum market are bad. Mostly they're pretty good, but again mostly they're overpriced. </p><p></p><p>I would compare the quality of Srvs roughly to black stemmed (briar tenon) AKBs. And a comparable AKB is generally cheaper. Some of the higher priced Srvs encroach into the pricing territory of Altinoks and Altinays, which would almost certainly be a better value for money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WarneOut, post: 586650, member: 5415"] There was a bit of wonkiness with the shape of 2 of the stems, and on one of them the bowl was off center in the stummel (creating one wide side and one narrow side) and seemed to have a minor airflow problem. I've learned the hard way after several expensive mistakes to not buy a pipe unless it really speaks to me and makes me excited to use it. When I add up the cost of all the pipes I don't really want to reach for, and realize how many premium pipes I could have bought for the same amount of money, it breaks my heart. For that reason I can be a bit picky, but that doesn't mean that the Srv pipes at Meerschaum market are bad. Mostly they're pretty good, but again mostly they're overpriced. I would compare the quality of Srvs roughly to black stemmed (briar tenon) AKBs. And a comparable AKB is generally cheaper. Some of the higher priced Srvs encroach into the pricing territory of Altinoks and Altinays, which would almost certainly be a better value for money. [/QUOTE]
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