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Would you buy an estate pipe from a pipe smokers collection?
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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 398634" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>Y.E.S. I won't repeat the very good responses above, but I'd like to add that pipers' preferences change over time. They might decide they prefer a certain brand ,,, or smaller bowls ... or bents ... or whatever. This naturally leads to "thinning the herd, " but it needn't mean that the pipes that are thinned are stinkers. F'r instance, I passed along to a chum a very nice group size five+, because I'd rather sit out under my trees next Spring and smoke two bowls from a size three than one from a five. Sorry to see it go, but even my friend said, "This pipe looks almost new." Yes, but it's because my smoking style changed, not because it wasn't a good pipe. I suspect there's a natural churning that takes place -- for every piper who moves to smaller bowls (or whatever), there's another moving to something larger. Don't tell the missus, but I have sitting on that bookcase over there, seven pipes I've bought and have yet to smoke. Five of them are refurbed estates. It would take a little experience to ID which are new and which are refurbed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 398634, member: 2318"] Y.E.S. I won't repeat the very good responses above, but I'd like to add that pipers' preferences change over time. They might decide they prefer a certain brand ,,, or smaller bowls ... or bents ... or whatever. This naturally leads to "thinning the herd, " but it needn't mean that the pipes that are thinned are stinkers. F'r instance, I passed along to a chum a very nice group size five+, because I'd rather sit out under my trees next Spring and smoke two bowls from a size three than one from a five. Sorry to see it go, but even my friend said, "This pipe looks almost new." Yes, but it's because my smoking style changed, not because it wasn't a good pipe. I suspect there's a natural churning that takes place -- for every piper who moves to smaller bowls (or whatever), there's another moving to something larger. Don't tell the missus, but I have sitting on that bookcase over there, seven pipes I've bought and have yet to smoke. Five of them are refurbed estates. It would take a little experience to ID which are new and which are refurbed. [/QUOTE]
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