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Post by mrlunting on Aug 6, 2020 16:30:47 GMT -5
I hope that I can post this. If not please moderators feel free to remove it.
My question is...
What pipe brand are you most loyal to? And why?
Fir me personally. I am particular to Brigham.
The quality. The ease of cleaning. The price.
What are you all loyal to? And why?
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Post by Goldbrick on Aug 6, 2020 17:00:28 GMT -5
Looking at my pipes,you'd think my reply would be Savinelli, but I also like my Camminetto pipes...I've a good many American made pipes like Kaywoodie ,Dr Grabow, and my MM cob pipes.
I also really enjoy my Dannish pipes from the mid Seventies, like Stanwells and a few Ben Wades. A dozen or so Petersons live here too, with some Hardcastles and a few no-names...even two Brighams.
You see, like tobacco, I just can't fix my mind on and one pipe brand; there's even a few pipe makers on this forum that I haven't reached out to yet.
Life is so short!!!
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jay
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Edward's Pipes....only Edward's pipes....and Buccaneer in the bowl
Posts: 442 
First Name: Jay
Favorite Pipe: Edwards handmade
Favorite Tobacco: Buccaneer, Special Balkan, Scottish Moor
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Post by jay on Aug 6, 2020 18:49:09 GMT -5
Look to the left.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 6, 2020 20:23:24 GMT -5
Radice.
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Post by Huxfords Hiatus on Aug 6, 2020 20:24:07 GMT -5
Always hard to be loyal to just one. I pretty much enjoy all my pipes. Peterson’s are always good and I’d say I’m a lifer with their brand.
Currently I’ve taken a liking to Rattray’s pipes. Only have two of their pipes so far, but also have a tamper and flask by them. Both pipes, a straight Fachen and a bent Goblin, are great little smokers. Their box presentation is really nice. Outer sleeve slips over nice box. Inserts inside including guitar pick stand. Oh, and the two I have were well under $100 each. I really like this company and for that I can say I’m a loyal customer.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 6, 2020 20:38:29 GMT -5
I would say that I am loyal to Ron at RdPipes and Cramps...both are great carvers, and both have a certain style that makes me want another.
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 7, 2020 3:11:20 GMT -5
I don't have any high-end artisan pipes like RD or Cramps, but if I did / when I do, I'd probably turn to them more often than not. I would probably be most loyal to my cobs. Hard to go wrong with a cob. That said, my most recent purchase was over a year ago but it was a lovely Savinelli and I do find myself turning to that one a LOT these days.
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calabash
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Posts: 560
Favorite Pipe: Baki meerschaum, 1972 Dunhill
Favorite Tobacco: C & D Yorktown, Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake, Gawith St James Flake
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Post by calabash on Aug 7, 2020 9:18:28 GMT -5
I have more Dunhill and Nording than anything else.
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Post by pappyjoe on Aug 7, 2020 9:22:15 GMT -5
Loyal to one brand of pipes? Nope.
I'm an eclectic pipe smoker/collector and the majority of my collection are single pipes from one maker. The most I have are two pipes from the same brand.
CAO Meerschaum (2)
Rinaldo (2)
Preven Holm (2)
RD Powell (2)
Savinelli (2) - plus one Savinelli made for Bayou Tobacco pipe shop in Baton Rouge.
Peterson (1) - plus a Peterson Kap-Royal made for Iwan Ries Co.
That's only 11 pipes out of the 55 I currently own.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Aug 7, 2020 10:12:42 GMT -5
 Probably Becker, then Joura, love my Edwards, Bertram’s, my grass cutting pipe a a big bent Savory I couldn’t do without.
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joeman
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First Name: Joe
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Post by joeman on Aug 7, 2020 10:25:14 GMT -5
Brigham are good pipes. Their filter system is VERY unique and works great.
As for me, I prefer Stanwell, Grabow, Peterson, Alpha (Israel), and Savinelli. They smoke excellent...and I also like the style of the pipes.
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Post by mrlunting on Aug 7, 2020 14:06:56 GMT -5
A lot of great posts. I am coming down with a serious case of PAD. 😛
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Post by simnettpratt on Aug 7, 2020 15:29:45 GMT -5
I don't have a loyalty to any brand. I will say the one $80 Brigham Mountaineer I won in a contest is my best smoking pipe though. It's not my favorite shape (a Rhodesian), or my best-looking pipe, but it consistently smokes the sweetest. When it comes up in my rotation, I always load the good stuff in it. Why, it smokes as well as my cobs!
I'd like one of the two Dunhills my brother-in-law got me to smoke the best, but they don't, and one tends to smoke wet too. He also carved me a 'small pipe, with a wide, flattened bowl' (some of you will know why I wanted one of those), but as his first pipe ever, the draw hole is too tight and it clogs easily.
I hate to say it, but my cobs smoke better than any briar, and for ease of cleaning and price are the best pipes I own, as long as you don't mind their rustic charm versus the more sophisticated and fancy ones.
I have a custom cob too, one Lady Margaret made for me, and she stained it black and carved skulls and flames on the side, except she didn't and stained it purple with little sparklies.
For your three criteria, quality, ease of cleaning and price, cobs blow all other pipes out of the water on cleaning and price, and I'm not sure how to judge quality, unless you want to say Missouri Meerschaums are the one and only quality cob made.
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Post by peteguy on Aug 10, 2020 14:31:40 GMT -5
Curtz & Cramp (Jason) for handmades.
Off the shelf I like IMP and SMS Meers, Grabows & most Italian makers.
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Probably Becker, then Joura, love my Edwards, Bertram’s, my grass cutting pipe a a big bent Savory I couldn’t do without. 
