stanwell question

[benmarcum]

i am looking to pick up a stanwell before they are nolonger made by stanwell...or at least before they are out sourced. what is the difference between the buffalo and the colonial? you guys like yor stnwells? should i try to get my hands on one before it is to late?

 

[puros_bran]

Respect out past, fear our future, UK in da house...

Were coming for you U of L




Sorry, couldn't resist...

As to the question... I have no idea what a Buffalo is in the context of Stanwell, must be one of their European lines that seldom makes it stateside... Most of their designations are just finishes...dark/light stain, smooth/textured, shank extensions etc etc...

As to getting one before they are all gone, don't buy into the hype, there are literally millions of them on the New market right now. And their are millions more on the estate market... The announcement earlier in the year doesn't really effect their availability at the moment.... (It does drive me nuts though, prices went up 10-15 bucks over night because the dealers knew everyone would make a run on them) There are just as many out there right now as there was a year ago, don't freak out on me.

Now as to whether you should get one, if you are comfortable in the 'less than 100' market by all means get one, or two, or even three.. I'm sitting on a stack of them. I don't think they can be beat for the money.

 

[Anonymous]

Buffalo: http://www.cupojoes.com/cgi-bin/spgm?dpt=H&srch=KW&item=stabfs64
Colonial: http://www.cupojoes.com/cgi-bin/spgm?dpt=H&srch=KW&item=stacol64
Notice the horn trim on the shank of the Buffalo.
I think the Colonial is a little darker brown as well.

 

[puros_bran]

I shoulda known... Cupojoes... What an off the wall dealer...

Probably why I did most of my shopping there before I got hooked on ebay.

 

[Anonymous]

... Cupojoes...

Hey, they had the best photo examples.

 

[puros_bran]

I'm not knockin them....

They are my number 1 shop...

I really like smokingpipes but Cupojoes can compete on most things price wise, and like I said they have some off the wall stuff a lot of other sites don't carry...

Being a weirdo, I groove on off the wall...

 

[Eulenburg]

...you guys like your Stanwells? Should I try to get my hands on one before it is too late?

I have six or seven and they are very good value, among the best machine-made pipes in the market. They smoke and look fine.

As they are machine-made from templates, I assume that, once they are made outside Denmark, they will be exactly like the Danish-made ones, made from the same templates. One hopes that the propietors of the Stanwell brand will have access to the same quality briar and will suply it to their manufacturers. It all depends on what product the propietors of Stanwell want to offer. The manufacturers will provide them with exactly what they ask for.

Bruken in Spain, for example, provides finished and half-finished pipes of all quality levels for many well-known European and North American brands.

 

[adauria]

I actually have that colonial... bought it (used) from JustPipes at this years TAPS show. It's a great smoker!

-Andrew