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Why is Buying Pipes (on a Budget) So Difficult?
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<blockquote data-quote="alfredo_buscatti" data-source="post: 269587" data-attributes="member: 36"><p>The short in answer is that the are many artisan pipes available, more or less, from $200 to ~$800 that are very desirable. Similarly, good, attractive but comparatively dull estate pipes are sold on ebay for under $100. I've seen this type of pipe sell for $25. Moreover, I've smoked many such pipes, and being the dullard that I am, can't tell the difference between them and artisan pipes which seem to me more about the fit and finish. </p><p></p><p>Ebay pipes by the coveted makers have many bidders and easily sell for two and three times the price of a humdrum estate. I know some will say that the engineering in artisan pipes is usually spot-on, but I've owned and smoked some dozen and don't find that they smoke any better than the Jobey and Milville I've rescued from this year's purge. I just bought an estate Ferndown REO, and I am in love, but more with the fit and finish than for any vaunted engineering. I'm still battling stem cleaning problems, but I suspect when I do smoke it it will not perform better. I can already tell that the airway is not as open as the eight cobs pressed into service on my resuming my pipe addiction in October.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if this is true because of the capitalist spirit. Then again tobacco is grown by the field whereas it takes at least a few hours to make an attractive pipe and from what I know, ofttimes quite a bit more. </p><p></p><p>But pipe makers have to make a living. This leads me to ask if factories have to make a living<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alfredo_buscatti, post: 269587, member: 36"] The short in answer is that the are many artisan pipes available, more or less, from $200 to ~$800 that are very desirable. Similarly, good, attractive but comparatively dull estate pipes are sold on ebay for under $100. I've seen this type of pipe sell for $25. Moreover, I've smoked many such pipes, and being the dullard that I am, can't tell the difference between them and artisan pipes which seem to me more about the fit and finish. Ebay pipes by the coveted makers have many bidders and easily sell for two and three times the price of a humdrum estate. I know some will say that the engineering in artisan pipes is usually spot-on, but I've owned and smoked some dozen and don't find that they smoke any better than the Jobey and Milville I've rescued from this year's purge. I just bought an estate Ferndown REO, and I am in love, but more with the fit and finish than for any vaunted engineering. I'm still battling stem cleaning problems, but I suspect when I do smoke it it will not perform better. I can already tell that the airway is not as open as the eight cobs pressed into service on my resuming my pipe addiction in October. I wonder if this is true because of the capitalist spirit. Then again tobacco is grown by the field whereas it takes at least a few hours to make an attractive pipe and from what I know, ofttimes quite a bit more. But pipe makers have to make a living. This leads me to ask if factories have to make a living:). [/QUOTE]
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