Supporting Pipe Artisans

[ejames]

I would-if I could-buy only artisan pipes. But my budget won't allow it. I have one, A Tim West that a friend picked up cheaply at a flea market! Evidently they didn't know much about pipes. My friend sold it to me a for a song IMO.
I love to go to their websites and spent some time drooling and thinking(as a hobbyist pipe maker) why can't I make 'em look like that!

Been thinkin' I should sell off a bunch of my drug store pipes and get another.

 

[dshpipes]

I would-if I could-buy only artisan pipes. But my budget won't allow it. I have one, A Tim West that a friend picked up cheaply at a flea market! Evidently they didn't know much about pipes. My friend sold it to me a for a song IMO.
I love to go to their websites and spent some time drooling and thinking(as a hobbyist pipe maker) why can't I make 'em look like that!

Been thinkin' I should sell off a bunch of my drug store pipes and get another.

I spent a lot of time buying buying factory pipes and eventually, when I did the math, I discovered that if I saved the money from 3 factory pipes, I could buy 1 high end artisan pipe. Since then, I've only been buying artisan's works and have been a much happier collector and smoker as a result.