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Why is Buying Pipes (on a Budget) So Difficult?
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<blockquote data-quote="Briar Spirit" data-source="post: 269595" data-attributes="member: 2669"><p>For my part, I feel the price of Artisan pipes is perfectly justifiable up to a certain point, those who demand seriously high wads of dosh for their pipes, I just don't see those as anything other than greedy. The main thing for me when it comes to Artisan pipes is you are paying someone for their time and for the fact that they are making a pipe which one wouldn't see being pumped out of a factory. But it is not safe to presume that pipes out of a factory are any less in man hours, it's still a guy or a gal sat at a lathe etcetera working a chunk of wood or what ever material for a stem. We've all read or heard stories of pipes from factories that are classified as high end pipes which are nothing of the sort, yet a hefty price tag is still applied to that pipe, from an Artisan, you are guaranteed quality from start to finish. Even newcomers to the World of Artisan pipe makers turn out pipes which leave many high-end factory pipes in the dark ages, had I the finances to do so I would far sooner pay someone like Paul Hubartt or Craig Cooper $500 for a pipe than pay Dunhill $350 for the exact same pipe, I know Paul or Craig would put their heart and soul into that pipe, I cannot get myself to believe the same of Dunhill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Briar Spirit, post: 269595, member: 2669"] For my part, I feel the price of Artisan pipes is perfectly justifiable up to a certain point, those who demand seriously high wads of dosh for their pipes, I just don't see those as anything other than greedy. The main thing for me when it comes to Artisan pipes is you are paying someone for their time and for the fact that they are making a pipe which one wouldn't see being pumped out of a factory. But it is not safe to presume that pipes out of a factory are any less in man hours, it's still a guy or a gal sat at a lathe etcetera working a chunk of wood or what ever material for a stem. We've all read or heard stories of pipes from factories that are classified as high end pipes which are nothing of the sort, yet a hefty price tag is still applied to that pipe, from an Artisan, you are guaranteed quality from start to finish. Even newcomers to the World of Artisan pipe makers turn out pipes which leave many high-end factory pipes in the dark ages, had I the finances to do so I would far sooner pay someone like Paul Hubartt or Craig Cooper $500 for a pipe than pay Dunhill $350 for the exact same pipe, I know Paul or Craig would put their heart and soul into that pipe, I cannot get myself to believe the same of Dunhill. [/QUOTE]
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