Thread: Pipe of the Day

C&D Old Joe Krantz in a Whitehall Grand National

Originally Posted by straightshot

Also I don't mind putting some elbow grease into making it work well and/or look nice. My reason for looking at used estate pipes is that I hear pipes need to be broken in. l figured that I could buy one that was already broken in for my first. From what I hear, the experience is not as nice with a brand spanking new pipe.

Don't believe that a decent estate pipe isn't every bit as good as a new one. I don't own a single pipe that I bought new and every last one of them is a great smoker. It's all in the restoration. I've made many pre-1938 Kaywoodies smoke as good as they did day 1. If you'd like to learn to restore old nasty pipes into primo smokers PM me.

Sunday morning
I'll try another new tobacco:
Patriot Flake
DanPipe wrote at the website:

"Ein Tribut an die tapferen Kämpfer des Unabhängigkeitskrieges.

Ein klassischer Flake mit sowohl süß-aromatischen, als auch würzigen Charakterzügen, eine Komposition verschiedener Virginia Grades aus der Neuen und der Alten Welt.

Durch die lange Reifung in der Presse vereinen sich die unterschiedlichen Partien zu einem harmonisch ausgewogenen Ganzen.

Langsam im Abbrand, kühl im Rauch, rund und süffig im Geschmack - genau so, wie es Liebhaber dieser traditionellen Tabakspezialität erwarten und schätzen."

sweet-aromatic and spicy character, a composition of different Virginia grades of the "old and new world"



Have a nice sunday

Nice Dunhill, Thomas! Could you give us few more pics.
I've always watched for Dunhill pipes, but never tried one.

No Dunhill, Tomi. It is a Vauen!
Pipe of the year 2005 and I posted already different pics of this pipe at page 153!

Originally Posted by eTom

No Dunhill, Tomi. It is a Vauen!
Pipe of the year 2005 and I posted already different pics of this pipe at page 153!

Sorry. From the white spot i thought it's Dunhill. Nice pipe anyway!

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Don't believe that a decent estate pipe isn't every bit as good as a new one. I don't own a single pipe that I bought new and every last one of them is a great smoker. It's all in the restoration. I've made many pre-1938 Kaywoodies smoke as good as they did day 1. If you'd like to learn to restore old nasty pipes into primo smokers PM me.

Yes, you have enough experience in pipe restoring, but if it is the first pipe it could be a problem for the new user of a estate pipe.

Originally Posted by Sailor

Sorry. From the white spot i thought it's Dunhill. Nice pipe anyway!

All we become older, Tomi.
If you smoke to much...the glasses get some fog

I know, I'm a bad boy!

Cleaning old rugged estate pipe is not a rocket science, but i think that new pipe smoker shouldn't start his journey by cleaning and reaming his new used pipe. Unless you find some that is already cleaned of course. Time for that might come later. That is why i suggest getting some low budget decent new pipe. Breaking in the pipe is not a big issue either, just smoke evenly without speeding, do not use heavy aromatics as your break in tobacco and let the pipe rest after you smoked it. Like a walk in a park.
Also remember that eBay sellers seem to think that some people are ready to pay idiotic prices for some old pipe (same goes with razors and so many other things as well).

You're absolutely right, Tomi!