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"...they have a soul and smoke impossibly well..."
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<blockquote data-quote="Sasquatch" data-source="post: 233247" data-attributes="member: 509"><p>Greg, all fair points, and I wasn't intending to accuse you of lacking intellectual honesty. But I found the article in question to be an unsettling mix of gentle, whistful simplifying and slightly acidic remarks about, well, credibility and particularly credibility of pipe makers. </p><p></p><p>I'll judo this: right now I think the average production pipe smokes less well than it could if a few extra minutes were taken in the factory to apply a few tweaks. Assume all else is equal and that their briar is as good as mine for smoking purposes. I think almost every pipe coming out of Peterson, Savinelli, Stanwell, etc could use some engineering tweaks. </p><p></p><p>The fact that a guy gets a decent, or even a transcendent smoke out of a certain pipe once in awhile is not, in my opinion, an indicator that the pipe is good. Most pipes under some specific set of conditions will do this. </p><p></p><p>Get me a pipe that does it no matter what, or 9 times in 10, and we have something special. This is what I attempt to build, this is the goal of SOME artisan pipe makers. I honestly think some guys get more out of how the pipe looks than how it smokes. That's fine for them. </p><p></p><p>So I guess I naturally bridle because I do in fact have a vested interest in making claims about how good my pipes smoke. I try not to use the "harvested by moonlight" approach too often, but damn, there's only so many ways to say the same thing. Next pipe gets the "regular briar and a black stem" sales pitch, I promise. :cheers:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sasquatch, post: 233247, member: 509"] Greg, all fair points, and I wasn't intending to accuse you of lacking intellectual honesty. But I found the article in question to be an unsettling mix of gentle, whistful simplifying and slightly acidic remarks about, well, credibility and particularly credibility of pipe makers. I'll judo this: right now I think the average production pipe smokes less well than it could if a few extra minutes were taken in the factory to apply a few tweaks. Assume all else is equal and that their briar is as good as mine for smoking purposes. I think almost every pipe coming out of Peterson, Savinelli, Stanwell, etc could use some engineering tweaks. The fact that a guy gets a decent, or even a transcendent smoke out of a certain pipe once in awhile is not, in my opinion, an indicator that the pipe is good. Most pipes under some specific set of conditions will do this. Get me a pipe that does it no matter what, or 9 times in 10, and we have something special. This is what I attempt to build, this is the goal of SOME artisan pipe makers. I honestly think some guys get more out of how the pipe looks than how it smokes. That's fine for them. So I guess I naturally bridle because I do in fact have a vested interest in making claims about how good my pipes smoke. I try not to use the "harvested by moonlight" approach too often, but damn, there's only so many ways to say the same thing. Next pipe gets the "regular briar and a black stem" sales pitch, I promise. :cheers: [/QUOTE]
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