Sasquatch
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There's a WHOLE bunch of conflating going on - perfect exterior shaping has nothing to do with perfect "guts" as has been noted, and an ugly pipe can be a great smoker.
Likewise, there is some overlap of a pipe's smoking performance and it's other physical attributes. If I got lucky my Savinelli Roma might smoke as good as a Davis. But the bit would be twice as thick and half as comfortable. That's fine for some, not fine for others.
Unfortunately it's very difficult for the average pipe smoker to make a truly informed decision on a new pipe purchase - over the net you can't handle the pipe before paying, and in a shop you can't usually test the draw etc without raising eyebrows.
Luckily, there's guys like Rad who ONLY sell stellar kick ass stuff, and that's why he's a well respected pipe maker whose name rings like a bell in the hallowed halls of ... ahh... shucks I give up.
Likewise, there is some overlap of a pipe's smoking performance and it's other physical attributes. If I got lucky my Savinelli Roma might smoke as good as a Davis. But the bit would be twice as thick and half as comfortable. That's fine for some, not fine for others.
Unfortunately it's very difficult for the average pipe smoker to make a truly informed decision on a new pipe purchase - over the net you can't handle the pipe before paying, and in a shop you can't usually test the draw etc without raising eyebrows.
Luckily, there's guys like Rad who ONLY sell stellar kick ass stuff, and that's why he's a well respected pipe maker whose name rings like a bell in the hallowed halls of ... ahh... shucks I give up.
