Wow. Regina Scarlatta

[Richard Burley]

Rhapsodizing on a theme suggested by some Beckers, a marque I have admired for some time, though I own exactly none.  I was going to title this post "Outdoing Becker." What better way to spend $500+? Food, clothing, mortgage, or other tomfoolery? I don't know, maybe Becker does it better--more understated or something. Still...  

 

[Blackhorse]

Looks like the check mark you’d make next to the “bucket list pipe #1” thing...if you got it.  

 

[Richard Burley]

Looks like the check mark you’d make next to the “bucket list pipe #1” thing...if you got it.  

That's it! The check mark look. That's what I was alluding to. In case anyone wonders, no, I didn't buy it. I'll never pay $500 for a pipe that doesn't have a concave button. One of Jesse Jone's billiards ruined me for anything else. But the pipe is available at Iwan Ries, for those interested. Or at least was.

 

[huffelpuff]

It sure is a hell of a good looking pipe!

Jim

 

[Zeno Marx]

I've owned a few Beckers. I really miss those days of heavy trading. I digress. None of the Beckers were bad smokers, but none stood out either. I did like that rustication though. I don't know how much influence this had back then, but I've come to realize I don't care for that sense of dainty shanks and stems. Seems like an aesthetic you either love or hate, no?

 

[Idlefellow]

That pipe reminds me of one you'd see in one of those stylized 50's era cartoons...you know: smoking jacket, ascot, martini glass, mid-century modern furniture, et al. Probably would have had more appeal to me at one time; not really my cuppa these days, but a beautiful pipe nonetheless.

 

[Richard Burley]

That pipe reminds me of one you'd see in one of those stylized 50's era cartoons...you know: smoking jacket, ascot, martini glass, mid-century modern furniture, et al.  Probably would have had more appeal to me at one time; not really my cuppa these days, but a beautiful pipe nonetheless.  

Dammit Idlefellow--if that's really your name--you just ruined it for me. Seriously. :fpalm:

 

[Idlefellow]

That pipe reminds me of one you'd see in one of those stylized 50's era cartoons...you know: smoking jacket, ascot, martini glass, mid-century modern furniture, et al.  Probably would have had more appeal to me at one time; not really my cuppa these days, but a beautiful pipe nonetheless.  

Dammit Idlefellow--if that's really your name--you just ruined it for me. Seriously. :fpalm:

Oops; sorry!

 

[Richard Burley]

That pipe reminds me of one you'd see in one of those stylized 50's era cartoons...you know: smoking jacket, ascot, martini glass, mid-century modern furniture, et al.  Probably would have had more appeal to me at one time; not really my cuppa these days, but a beautiful pipe nonetheless.  

Dammit Idlefellow--if that's really your name--you just ruined it for me. Seriously. :fpalm:

Oops; sorry!

 

[KevinM]

SP had some Lacroix pipes — “never smoked” — in its French estate pipe section. In it were some extreme rusticated lumbermans. I mean extreme, looked like chunk was torn off the tree and perfectly drilled. I bought one. $45. I liked it so well I ended up buying two more. Same pipe differentiated by the pattern of the rusticated carving. It may seem a bit, ah, impulsive, but I like ‘em. Eye appeal + smokability + workmanship = a place on my rack. No need to ‘splain what appeals to you. As Dubya said long ago, “You earned it. You should spend it.”