Jack H. Weinberger JHW Pipes....

[droy1958]

Hi David,

I used to tell clients in the horse business, better to cry about the one that you sold rather than the one that you didn't. Same idea with pipes, every one has a price where they should be sold. No offense to Jack Weinberger (RIP), but this pipe was in that category.

There are ways to make a better smoking pipe that are quite specific, I've written about this in general terms, and made from a natural product (briar) there's no guarantee that any individual pipe will smoke well, only that they are better made to have the potential to do so. If you wish, run your finds by me and I can tell you if you might want to try smoking it before selling it.

And yes, groceries trump pipes (heresy!)

Pete

The Schiffsmakler Jürgensen I smoked earlier did OK, but did get a little warm because I was puffing too fast. The Sportsman pipe I'm smoking now seems to be doing good. I was just reading up on it on the Pipe Phil website and it looks like it could've been made by several different companies....

From Pipe Phil: According to Wilczak & Colwell, op. cit. SPORTMAN pipes could have been from A. Frankau (GB), Alex. Royan (GB), H B Saunders (GB), John Hudson Moore Inc. (USA, GB), Lorraine (USA) or Sasieni (GB).

Edit: I just figured out what the JHW pipe reminded me of. It was the head on the creature from the "Alien" movie....