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Post by Plainsman on Mar 27, 2023 18:31:30 GMT -5
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Post by turbocat on Mar 27, 2023 19:06:05 GMT -5
I personally think that 10% of that price would still be steep for that pipe. Even though I don’t smoke many briar pipes, I can still understand the value of incredible grain, elegant design, etc., which seems to be missing from that pipe, but that’s just me. That lid kinda looks like something I’d expect to see on some $50 Chinese made pipe too.
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Post by don on Mar 27, 2023 20:27:39 GMT -5
I’d sooner spend the $3600 on a custom 1911, and I think that is silly enough.
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Post by urbino on Mar 27, 2023 20:44:52 GMT -5
Not my cuppa, but if somebody else wants to buy it, it's fine with me.
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 27, 2023 21:12:40 GMT -5
Chacun au son gout.. Or something like that…
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Post by Silver on Mar 27, 2023 22:08:14 GMT -5
Ummm...nope.
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Post by username on Mar 27, 2023 22:16:35 GMT -5
I think it’s neat. But I’m also not the target demographic to spend that kind of coin on a pipe.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 27, 2023 23:51:01 GMT -5
You could buy 288 tins of Royal Yacht for that price!
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 28, 2023 6:49:15 GMT -5
Nope, neither is the Castello at $3400, which I think looks better. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 28, 2023 6:50:23 GMT -5
I personally think that 10% of that price would still be steep for that pipe. Even though I don’t smoke many briar pipes, I can still understand the value of incredible grain, elegant design, etc., which seems to be missing from that pipe, but that’s just me. That lid kinda looks like something I’d expect to see on some $50 Chinese made pipe too. Maybe it's made with bits of real dragon. |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 28, 2023 9:13:00 GMT -5
I think it’s the same process that makes some pieces of canvas slathered with paint “worth” $50,000,000. Money in pursuit of caché.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 28, 2023 12:27:16 GMT -5
Well, they have several pipes in a similar price range that don't have a silver dragon on top. Just say'n. 😉 |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 28, 2023 12:42:24 GMT -5
Have to wonder: If you buy a $3600 pipe, do you smoke it?
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Post by Goldbrick on Mar 28, 2023 12:42:25 GMT -5
No sale here...if I ever run across a Bo North for Thirty-five Hundred, I'll be all over it, otherwise, I'm keeping a tight grip on my clip.
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Post by daveinlax on Mar 28, 2023 13:13:46 GMT -5
Have to wonder: If you buy a $3600 pipe, do you smoke it? The guy I know who buys every Dunhill Ltd edition buys two. One goes in the bookcase one he smokes. |
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Post by urbino on Mar 28, 2023 15:26:01 GMT -5
Have to wonder: If you buy a $3600 pipe, do you smoke it? I would. I’ve got a couple of 4-digit pipes. They get used like anything else. I’ve got some other nice things that do the same. Like any good American, I own too much stuff, but I am good at not letting any of it own me. |
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Post by sperrytops on Mar 28, 2023 17:50:11 GMT -5
Basically a Group 4 Dunhill Cumberland that goes for about 6-700 without the accessories. Is the box and doodads worth another 2600? I like Dunhill's, but I'll pass on these 'limited editions.'
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Zach
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Post by Zach on Mar 28, 2023 18:13:14 GMT -5
I think the dragon on top makes it look really chintzy and gimmicky. Any pipe I own gets smoked but I can't see paying beyond a certain threshold for a chunk of wood from which to smoke. I've yet to spend over $400 on a pipe in 11+ years but I've certainly seen many fetching pipes a few hundred bones North of that price and I've been tempted. I'm sure I'll end up ranging a few hundred beyond my high mark but there are just so many well engineered pipes available today for $500 or less.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 28, 2023 21:02:28 GMT -5
I think the dragon on top makes it look really chintzy and gimmicky. Any pipe I own gets smoked but I can't see paying beyond a certain threshold for a chunk of wood from which to smoke. I've yet to spend over $400 on a pipe in 11+ years but I've certainly seen many fetching pipes a few hundred bones North of that price and I've been tempted. I'm sure I'll end up ranging a few hundred beyond my high mark but there are just so many well engineered pipes available today for $500 or less. Well said. I could not agree more, my most expensive pipes are in the $400 range, but when I saw pipes like what Ron Powell turned, at that price point and great smokers… why pay more? There is a point in diminishing returns. I suspect a Chinese person with too much money will be tempted to pull the trigger on a pipe that (seems to me) be targeted to that market. |
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Post by mgtarheel on Mar 28, 2023 21:51:36 GMT -5
I’d sooner spend the $3600 on a custom 1911, and I think that is silly enough. Be there, done that . Wilson Combat Classic |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 28, 2023 22:03:37 GMT -5
I get it on a nice firearm, on a pipe not so much.
But to those that do, if it trips their trigger….
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 29, 2023 9:30:32 GMT -5
  1100$ had a good crop, treated myself, usually give my wife the crop money!
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 29, 2023 9:37:15 GMT -5
 1500$, anti home invasion tool, son built it for me, I believe I will have more use for this.
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If you can't send money, send tobacco.
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First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
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Post by Zach on Mar 29, 2023 13:30:20 GMT -5
Brad, why does it look like that just has a 30rd pistol mag jammed into it?
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Post by roadsdiverged on Mar 29, 2023 13:44:39 GMT -5
9mm?
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 29, 2023 15:48:27 GMT -5
Yep, didn’t want no wall busters, its a little humdinger.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 29, 2023 17:28:18 GMT -5
1500$, anti home invasion tool, son built it for me, I believe I will have more use for this. Sweet! Mines 300 Blackout running subsonic. Hits just a little bit harder. Plus, I can shoot through a deer if required by just changing the magazine. I wanted one in 45, but I decided I didn't need it. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 29, 2023 17:29:01 GMT -5
1100$ had a good crop, treated myself, usually give my wife the crop money! 👍 👍 👍 👍! 😁 |
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 29, 2023 18:56:55 GMT -5
Nice shoes, Brad.😋
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 30, 2023 9:32:43 GMT -5
And while we chat about hype and marketing… I was recently confronted with the cover of the latest NRA magazine. Good grief! Two of the most ridiculous firearms I have ever seen. Notwithstanding that some might find them attractive, which is their right— they seem downright silly to me. But the firearm industry MUST keep “new stuff” in the pipeline, AND hype them, to survive and grow. But, geez…  |
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