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Quality over Quantity
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 124233"><p>A new pipe (like made inside the last 20 years or so), IMO, is not unlike a new pair of leather shoes. Comfortable enough to not be distracting, but stiff -- not comparable to a pair you've worn for years. </p><p></p><p>There are pipes that taste pretty good new -- Peterson (<em>sans</em> interior stain if that's present), Castello & Cavicchi stick out from a very limited sampling base. But when I pick up an old briar (not a <em>cliche</em> for no reason) that's made the pilgrimage to North Dakota and has long been dedicated to the backy that suits it, I know going in that if the smoke that follows is not a positively brilliant one (to borrow Piet's term), the fault is on my end. </p><p></p><p>Why it is I don't know, but pipes, violins and accoustic guitars all seem to start coming into their own after around 30-40 years of use. They just open up and bloom.</p><p></p><p>:face:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 124233"] A new pipe (like made inside the last 20 years or so), IMO, is not unlike a new pair of leather shoes. Comfortable enough to not be distracting, but stiff -- not comparable to a pair you've worn for years. There are pipes that taste pretty good new -- Peterson ([i]sans[/i] interior stain if that's present), Castello & Cavicchi stick out from a very limited sampling base. But when I pick up an old briar (not a [i]cliche[/i] for no reason) that's made the pilgrimage to North Dakota and has long been dedicated to the backy that suits it, I know going in that if the smoke that follows is not a positively brilliant one (to borrow Piet's term), the fault is on my end. Why it is I don't know, but pipes, violins and accoustic guitars all seem to start coming into their own after around 30-40 years of use. They just open up and bloom. :face: [/QUOTE]
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